The good folk of Easingwold are bewildered by the latest addition to their street furniture.

Residents have been popping their mail into the red receptacle, unaware that it is actually designed to collect unwanted doggy deliveries.

And the post box and the red mess bin do bear a passing visual resemblance, although they might be more easily distinguished by odour.

We earnestly hope that this confusion has not happened the other way around. Easingwold postal workers must now approach each collection with apprehension, unsure if an inappropriate parcel has been pushed through the slot.

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