Economy posts a downturn in the mailThe Age, AustraliaAustralia, it appears, is bucking the trend of the decline of paper mail elsewhere in the world — the recession notwithstanding. The US Postal Service saw volumes fall nearly 15 per cent in the year to the end of March, while Britain's Royal …

Markets now accept food stampsTopeka Capital Journal, KSBy The Capital-Journal WHITING — Vendors at 11 farmers' markets in Kansas are accepting food stamps, up from two last year. Eleven Kansas farmers' markets now take Vision Cards, the Electronic Benefits Transfer method for the Food Assistance Program in … More: continued here

Royal Mail hopes posted on derelict warehouseReading Evening Post, UKRoyal Mail's soon-to-shut Caversham Road sorting office looks set to be replaced by a delivery centre in a South Reading trading estate. The postal giant has submitted a planning application to Reading Borough Council for the warehouse in Gillette Way. … More: …

West Monkseaton wins major post office awardNews Guardian, UKBy NEWS REPORTER WEST Monkseaton Post Office in Whitley Bay has been crowned the UK's 'Best Town and City Post Office of 2009'. And their success resulted in a prestigious award at a ceremony hosted by BBC Breakfast presenter Kate Silverton today … …

Bolney villagers urged to use new post officeMid Sussex Times, UKBOLNEY villagers are being urged to 'use it or lose it' after their post office reopened for the first time for nearly three months. The former post office closed at short notice on February 24 when the premises were no longer …

Create a Postage Stamp and Help Your SchoolWSAW, WIA new website allows you to create your own postage stamps, personalized to participating schools in the WIAA. You can either upload your own photos for the stamp, or use a school mascot, and for every pack of stamps ordered, the school will …

Postman stole and sold on parcelsBBC News, UKHe was arrested after Royal Mail bosses became suspicious and mounted a surveillance operation. Stolen mail was found in Backhouse's work van, his private car and at his home. Backhouse told police he had targeted envelopes with the logo of an …Postman jailed for …

The organic food stamp dietReno News & Review, NVAddressing the perception that eating “conscientiously' can't be done on a tight budget, writer Siobhan Phillips and her husband chose to eat only sustainable, organic, local or ethical (SOLE) alternatives for a month on the food stamp minimum. … More: continued here

Spectator.co.uk Peter Mandelson's local post office set to shut downMirror.co.uk, UKNow sub-postmaster Vimal Shah has called on him to step in after accusing the Royal Mail of using a row over opening hours as a "back door excuse" to wind up his business. But Lord Mandelson has never been seen at …

Telegraph.co.uk MPs' expenses: chaos theory engulfs Gordon Brown as he struggles …Telegraph.co.uk, United KingdomBy Andrew Gimson But few sound quite as disorientated as Gordon Brown, who started Prime Minister's Questions yesterday by declaring that Royal Mail“is losing five million letters a year”. Laughter broke out at this declaration of mind-boggling …Video: …