Face-to-face talks demand in Wem postal row

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Campaigners have demanded face-to-face talks with Royal Mail bosses after the business refused their requests to drop the Shrewsbury reference from postal addresses in Wem.

Currently Royal Mail uses a system in which all letters for Wem include the county town in their address – despite residents complaining it causes post to regularly go missing.

Earlier this week bosses told residents they had no intention of changing it.

But Wem Town Council has vowed to fight on and call on the support of North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson after Royal Mail refused to amend its system.

Councillors claim many people outside the area wrongly believe Wem to be a part of Shrewsbury instead of a separate town several miles away.

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