The Mailing Preference Service will no longer de-register you after five years. When you register you'll be on the opt-out list indefinitely.

The website of the All-Party Group on Junk Mail, which was shamelessly abused by the Read Group Plc to promote itself, has finally been taken down.

If you live in the States, have a smartphone, and agree that unsolicited mail is a pest then this may be for you.

Royal Mail has been telling porkies about how much unaddressed rubbish it distributes. They're very sorry.

I probably won't have much time to battle junk mail this year, but I've made a start – I had a moan to my local MP about the consultation on the future of the electoral register and the website of the All-Party Group on Junk Mail.

I've received information from Defra about its 'responsibility deal' with the junk mail industry. It's a matter of principle for the Direct Marketing Association that opting out continues to be off-putting.

There's a new sticker in the shop! It should stop any type of unsolicited, unaddressed mail, including charity bags.

The first episode of That's Britain tried to tackle the nuisance that is junk mail. It was a decent attempt.

Royal Mail will soon start leaving parcels that can't be delivered to your neighbours. People who don't get on with their neighbours can opt out by putting a sticker on their door. Perhaps we could also have a No Royal Junk Mail sticker?

Just in case you didn't know: Various Data Solutions is a scam.