Fife Today Stamp to honour historic Murray winFife TodayRoyal Mail is producing it in his honour after the 25-year-old saw off tennis world number one Roger Federer in straight sets to become Olympic champion. The stamp, which features an image of Murray mid-shot, will be on sale in more than 500 post …and more » More:…
San Francisco Chronicle EYES ON LONDON: Wambach, Phelps, Murray, DouglasSan Francisco ChronicleLaura Trott, Britain's Olympic gold medal-winning track cyclist, will have two mailboxes painted in her honor after the country's Royal Mail postal service mixed up her place of birth. The Royal Mail is painting one of its famous red post boxes gold in …and…
New York Daily News 'Dark Knight' on top for third straight weekWashington PostLOS ANGELES — “The Dark Knight Rises” topped the box office for the third week in a row, making $36.4 million this past weekend. The finale in Christopher Nolan's epic Batman trilogy has now made nearly $355 million domestically alone, according to …'The…
eBay today invited some San Francisco users to a new same-day shipping service called eBay Now . An iOS app, eBay Now's beta will let SF residents get $5 same-day shipping on products from local stores. It's now signing up users for an "exclusive beta". It seems that anyone can currently register, though those admitted…
This is Money We lend to entrepreneurs who use eBay: Iwoca targets e-commerce firmsThis is MoneyFriends Christoph Rieche and James Dear set up Iwoca in March to provide working capital to sole traders and firms that sell goods through Amazon and eBay. Iwoca says it has issued hundreds of loans from £100 to £20000 to…
Stamps experimenting with new faces both sides of the ballCalgary Herald (blog)The most noise made at Stamps practice today was actually after practice as the lads gathered around the locker-room televisions to watch the Olympic men's 100-metre semifinals, and while Canadian Justyn Warner had plenty of support from the, ahem, … More: continued here
BBC News EYES ON LONDON: Ainslie, tattoos, women's marathonAtlanta Journal ConstitutionIn this photo provided by the Royal Mail Press Office a post box is painted gold in Penzance, England, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. The Royal Mail celebrated the Olympic gold medal of British rower Helen Glover by painting an iconic red post box gold in…
BBC News Royal Mail's Olympic race to produce medallist stampsBBC NewsThe GB gold rush has created a marathon task for Royal Mail, which is rushing out stamps in honour of each winner. Royal Mail has promised to issue a stamp bearing the medallist's picture within 24 hours of the victory being secured. A team of…
The Star UK's golden athletes get stamp of approvalReutersLONDON (Reuters) – Britain's Royal Mail will give the country's gold medalists its stamp of approval, issuing special stamps commemorating each Team GB Olympic win. Also its famous red post boxes will be painted gold in the victors' home towns, where …Stamps to celebrate Team GB goldThe…
Sydney Morning Herald Your Shout: Should Jessica Ennis be made a Dame after her London 2012 …Birmingham MailAnd Royal Mail has promised the city one of the gold post boxes it is bringing to the home towns of the British gold medalists. Now another Lib Dem, former council leader Paul Scriven, has started a Twitter…