DEESIDE will getting a mobile post office service with a local branch set to close its doors.

Shotton Post Office, based inside Crooks Pharmacy, is closing on Thursday (February 24) due to the resignation of the Postmaster.

The Post Office is introducing a temporary mobile service, whilst it continues to seek a permanent solution.

The new mobile service will operate from the roadside by St Ethelwold Church, 97 Chester Road East, Shotton, CH5 1QD from Wednesday, March 2.

The Postmaster for Flint will visit every Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm.

A temporary mobile service is also being provided for Sandycroft to restore service.

It will operate from outside the Methodist Chapel, Evansleigh Drive, Sandycroft, CH5 2PG from Wednesday, March 2. This will be every Wednesday from 10.30am to 11.30am.

To accommodate the new mobile stop, there will be changes to the current service at Mancot with new times on a Wednesday.

The new Wednesday times outside Mancot Community Library are 11.45am to 12.45pm.