Royal Mail posts good resultsHalifax Evening CourierFigures showed 95.2 per cent of First Class mail was delivered on time – the next day after posting – the national target is 93 per cent. Royal Mail also exceeded its national Second Class mail and Standard Retail Parcels quality targets. In the …

Burnham-On-Sea Payback time for former Royal Mail coupleThis is The West CountryA COUPLE who stole stacks of foreign currency while working for the Royal Mail have been ordered to pay back almost £20,000. Jayne Hopkins, 44, a delivery office manager at Burnham, was jailed for 14 months last year after …

Silver plans to refashion the 1939 building, a beloved Venice fixture that contains a historic mural, as the new home of his Silver Pictures. Joel Silver, producer of movie franchises "The Matrix," "Lethal Weapon" and "Sherlock Holmes," has bought the former U.S. post office in Venice and plans to refashion …

Broadcast Off Cuts: eBay goes mad for AdamBroadcastDuring Monday night's show, Hills pointed out that the doll was a snip at £15 on eBay. By the next ad break, bidders had offered £2,000, and by the end of the show, the total was £9,000. The following day, as Broadcast went …

The number of Americans on food stamps hit a record high in June, and economists don't expect much improvement as long as unemployment remains high. Those receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program numbered 46.37 million, the government announced in a report that hit just days ahead of the …

Troupe stamps musical with its own sizzleColumbus DispatchShadowbox Live is giving its next musical that old razzle-dazzle and some new spin. Chicago — the popular Kander and Ebb musical about two women who use courtroom shenanigans, jailhouse manipulations and media sensationalism to get away with … More: continued here

South Windsor Applies for Grant to Renovate Vacant Post OfficePatch.comasset[new_asset_attachment_attributes][to_type]. Article. article[new_asset_attachment_attributes][user_id]. new_asset_attachment_attributes. The town has taken steps to finally make use out of the vacant post office building located at 1530 Sullivan Ave. More: continued here

For several decades a mural depicting the early history of Venice with the image of community founder Abbot Kinney at the center graced the foyer of a Works Project Administration-era post office. More: continued here

Up to 200 postal workers’ jobs could be axed in Cambridge after the Royal Mail revealed it will close the city’s Clifton Road sorting office. Royal Mail made the announcement today, saying that most of the mail processing operations in Cambridge would be switched to Peterborough . More: continued here

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