CUSTOMERS will access an improved Post Office service when it reopens following a modernisation scheme in Ferryhill.

The branch will open at Mainsforth News, 13 Dennison Terrace, Ferryhill, on Monday, April 28.

The service will be open between 5am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and between 5am and noon on Sunday.

The new service replaces a former Post Office which was located on Eldon Terrace, Ferryhill.

Nationally up to 8,000 branches will be modernised with additional investment to take place in over 3,000 community and outreach branches.