Vital Post Office services will be returning to rural communities in the new year.

West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has worked with Kemerton villagers who were calling for a mobile post office to replace the service which was withdrawn in 2018.

Now their wish has come true and mobile service has been allocated to visit the village from January 4.

The mobile service will run out of Evesham’s main post office and will also visit Beckford, which saw the store closed down in December of last year.

A full-time solution is still being identified but villagers will be able to make use of the temporary mobile service in the meantime.

Mrs Baldwin said: “Rural postal services are essential, particularly for elderly residents and I have worked closely with the Post Office team to lobby for solutions including the mobile post office.

“I am glad that two rural villages will see a return of a service and I’ll keep speaking up for solutions which allow people to access post office services closer to their homes.

“I’ve supported successful community schemes in Alfrick and Lower Broadheath and I hope other villages are able to look at this model to return Post Office to rural West Worcestershire.”