Herald Scotland Royal mail's guide to the galaxyHerald ScotlandA set of new stamps celebrating Britain's contribution to space exploration is being issued by the Royal Mail. A set of new stamps celebrating Britain's contribution to space exploration is being issued by the Royal Mail. Tweet. Photos: Royal Mail/PA … More: …

Daily Mail Space? We've got it licked: Royal Mail releases set of stamps to commemorate …Daily MailA set of new stamps celebrating Britain's contribution to space exploration is being issued by the Royal Mail. The six stamps, which go on sale next week, mark the 50th anniversary of the launch …

A pair of 1941 Dr. Sun Yat-sen stamps from China sold for HK$5.5 million ($709,000) in Hong Kong, setting a world auction record, Zurich Asia auction house said today. More: continued here

Riders gird for reborn StampsMontreal GazetteEDMONTON — The Saskatchewan Roughriders remain wary of slotback Fred Stamps, who recently reclaimed his position as the Edmonton Eskimos' go-to receiver. Stamps had become an afterthought while Edmonton struggled through a five-game losing …and more » More: continued here

San Francisco Chronicle Calif. tech companies branching into Pacific NWSan Francisco Chronicle"We want the renaissance engineers out there, the guys that see the big picture," said Kevin Hurst, who worked at Oregon tech companies InFocus, Extensis, Digimarc and Ensequence before joining eBay last year as vice president of mobile products.and …

ITV News Cumbrian robbers jailed for outrageous post office raidNews & StarMatthew Scott, 25, and Kye Halliburton, 21, raided the post office and shop in Wetheral, near Carlisle, because they thought it would be a soft target. Jailing them for a total of 12 years, Judge Paul Batty QC told …

Fake gun post office raider jailedThis Is LancashireA ROBBER built an imitation shotgun in his garage from pieces of pipe before holding up a Harwood post office while wearing a monkey mask, a court heard. But Kris Whittaker's attempts to pay off drug and loan debts through crime failed and …

BBC News Yorkshire man to help run post office in AntarcticaBBC NewsA man from Huddersfield will spend four months helping to run the world's most southerly post office. Ben Kaye, 28, will be working for the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT), which works to preserve the region's historical buildings. The …

Two armed robbers are today starting six-year jail terms after traumatising a village near Carlisle with an “outrageous” robbery which sent shockwaves across rural Cumbria. More: continued here

Pushing the envelope? Religious image stamps part of holiday traditionGeorgia BulletinHe also said the post office doesn't "really get comments" about the holiday stamps in general, most likely because of the diversity of stamps — besides stamps with Christian imagery, there are those that commemorate Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and Muslim … …