TWO men brandishing knives threatened staff before robbing a post office in Sydney’s eastern suburbs today. A crime scene has been set up. More: continued here

Mail sorting offices are closed for goodShropshire Star, UKTwo Shropshire Royal Mail delivery offices were today closed with 16 staff moved and a further four made redundant. Operations at Ellesmere and Church Stretton sorting offices were transferred to Oswestry and Craven Arms as part of a Royal Mail move to … …

ABC News Hostilities over, but Gordon Brown is warned: 'We'll be watching you'This is London, UKGordon Brown was put on probation today as he tried to move on from the Labour leadership crisis with a package of reforms and more hints of a climbdown on Royal Mail. The Prime Minister called …

Proposals to part privatise Royal Mail shelvedThe Herald, UKThe part privatisation of the Royal Mail is to be put on hold by the government in an attempt to placate backbench anger against Gordon Brown. In what is being anticipated as a huge victory for rebel backbenchers over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, …

The Geneva post office is up for sale, after 72 years in business. ut U.S. Postal Service officials say they really want to keep a post office ­- albeit one they rent, and much smaller – in downtown Geneva. More: continued here

A car parked outside the Groves post office at 1:30 a.m. Sunday was the clue that led Groves police officer Dane Hollier inside to find a young man sorting through mail apparently taken from nearby post office boxes. More: continued here

guardian.co.uk PM Meets New Cabinet After Quashing RebelsSky News, UKThey are expected to discuss concessions on a plan to part-privatise Royal Mail that has provoked an angry reaction from many Labour politicians. It comes at the end of a tumultuous seven days for Mr Brown. Eleven ministers walked out of the …

Politics.co.uk Royal Mail plans quietly droppedPolitics.co.uk, UKBy Alex Stevenson The government may be hoping to lose its plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail in the post. politics.co.uk has learned the expectation from Labour party backbenchers is the sale of a stake in the postal services provider will be … More: continued …

Post office wins 'Star' status from fedsVentura County Star, CAThe Simi Valley post office has earned “Star” status in the US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program. The accomplishment will be recognized in a ceremony at 9 am Thursday when a VPP Star flag … More: …

Anger at post office closurePeterlee Mail, UKThe post office underwent an audit, but did not re-open its doors for business on Friday or yesterday. Post Office chiefs say the shop, which has been described as a "lifeline", was due to re-open today. But the closure has led to anger from worried …