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Sir Paul McCartney has waded into the row over the closure of his village post office, the ex-Beatle's brother said. McCartney backed a campaign by locals in Lower Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, to retain the community's 100-year-old post office. McCartney was described as "indignant" about the plan to shut the Lower Heswall branch, according to his younger brother, and fellow Heswall resident, Mike McCartney.
He said: "Paul sent me a text saying that it was wrong and supporting us. He has the same indignation we feel. It is terrifying. For all the elderly people, the retired and the disabled it's a severe setback. It is an important part of our community, Paul visits the post office when he's here, just like other people."
