One of Britain's oldest post offices has closed after 224 years in the wake of stringent government cuts. The vast majority of post offices, about 98 per cent, are operated by franchise partners or sub-postmasters, who are independent business people. Only Crown post offices are directly managed by the Post Office. 'But their illogical policy made this business unsellable and unviable, and there are hundreds of other 'stuck post offices' in our position.' The oldest working post office in the world is in Sanquhar in Dumfriesshire in Scotland.

Source: Daily Mail May 22, 2019 10:50 UTC