A MODERNISED post office open seven days a week has reopened in Colden Common.

The new local service, at the Southern Co-operative in St Vigor Way, will be open from 7am-10pm offering such services as bill payments, banking, benefits, travel money, postage and home shopping returns.

Adrian Skinner, area manager, said: “We know how important post office services are to residents in Winchester and we are confident that this vibrant new-style post office will be popular.

“The modernisation is part of a major Government investment programme that is enabling us to continue investing in the post office network and to map out a bold growth strategy to the end of the decade.”