Postie Mick Cumbers will host Royal Mail's TV news

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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AS A POSTMAN Mick Cumbers is used to delivering the news.

So when the 55-year-old was offered the opportunity to front his own news programme on the Royal Mail's TV channel – shown to over 100,000 posties across the UK – he jumped at the chance.

The South Woodham Ferrers resident will host a weekly news show, aired in 1,400 delivery offices across the UK.

He has just returned from three days' training at ITN – where he was put through his paces by news anchor Alastair Stewart.

"I was a bit apprehensive going into the studio but I soon relaxed," he told the Chronicle.

"The more you're in front of the camera the easier it becomes," said Mick, a postman of 28 years.

At ITN he was taught how to find his 'news voice', interviewing techniques and where to stand in relation to the camera.

"Always look at the lens.

"Never deviate from the lens," he joked.

"We then got to watch Alastair in action – he's such a natural. Hopefully, I can be half as good," added the father-of-two.

Mick won the chance to present the news after entering a competition that was open to all Royal Mail employees.

He will make a ten-minute news programme every week for six months that will be shown to all staff.

It will cover anything from the price of stamps to labour relations.

"It's the headlines about what's going on in the world of post," said Mick.

"If the price of stamps goes up I will no doubt have to explain to our workers why it's the case."

And Mick already has his sights set on bigger and better things and hopes his little bit of stardom can propel him to career in television.

"I still enjoy being a postie," said Mick.

"But you never know – I enjoy being in front of the camera and it might lead to other things.

"I thought I would give presenting a go so who knows?"

[Lounge Lizard]

"So when the 55-year-old was offered the opportunity to front his own news programme on the Royal Mail's TV channel – shown to over 100,000 posties across, aired in 1,400 delivery offices across the UK." Where do they get the 100,000 and 1,400 figures from ? There's no Royal Mail's TV channel where I work and I've never seen it.

[DGP1]

"So when the 55-year-old was offered the opportunity to front his own news programme on the Royal Mail's TV channel – shown to over 100,000 posties across, aired in 1,400 delivery offices across the UK." Where do they get the 100,000 and 1,400 figures from ? There's no Royal Mail's TV channel where I work and I've never seen it.

There is in my office but nobody ever watches it...........I didn't see it on the IWT......just prep and delivery

[Stormproof]

No plasmas left at my place, they came and took the last one away the other week Does this bloke get to write his own script?

[fishtank]

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It's nice to RM sticking to the typical Newsreader/Sexist/Stereotype with a pretty,young female anchor and well...there's Mick.

[Lounge Lizard]

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It's nice to RM sticking to the typical Newsreader/Sexist/Stereotype with a pretty,young female anchor and well...there's Mick.

What, no ethnic minority though they don't look disabled and there's no suggestion they're gay or lesbian
Has Royal Mail given up on its equality policy ?

[DGP1]

[TrueBlueTerrier]

[blue1873]

Lights, Camera......OH OH Cue.. Cumbers
This RMTV is just another WCM
Wasting Company Money

[R@YAL F@IL]

Who will be working the camera and who writes the scripts, the cost of these alone are excessive for a company on the brink of being privatised besides these tv showings will be in WTLL in which the Line Managers cop out of doing something else, sheer waste of time and money

[glenfiddich]

No plasmas left at my place, they came and took the last one away the other week Does this bloke get to write his own script?

damn we've still got ours and forced to watch it every week what a total waste of time and money there's nothing in it that can't be read out to us by a manager:arrrghhh

[Lincox]

Why not get that guy off of Britains got talent to do a stint.

Where,s yur helmet and yur hi-viz vest
yur new Cat Shoes for kicking dogs, bloody pests

Yur showerproof rainy and yur Harrington Jacket
Come on lads, where paying you a packet

Get off yur asses, no overtime can be paid today
The mails gone down, weve nuffing else to say

Were off to Gregs for our usual box of six
Turn off the screen, and no cutting off you dicks.

[BoltonPostie]

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It's nice to RM sticking to the typical Newsreader/Sexist/Stereotype with a pretty,young female anchor and well...there's Mick.

What, no ethnic minority though they don't look disabled and there's no suggestion they're gay or lesbian
Has Royal Mail given up on its equality policy ?

They have NEVER had an equality policy.

[brothermagrew]

Mick needs to learn quickly how to properly pronounce Scottish delivery office names correctly, our office to a tee nearly all bust a gut with laughter this morning, Kirkcaldy and Montrose had us rolling in the aisles.

[oypostie]

We've only got ourselves to blame. If we'd all read and swallowed the propaganda in the Courier then there would be no need for propaganda TV