A positive future for Royal Mailguardian.co.uk, UK –4 hours agoYour leader correctly concludes: "Ministers should have begun by asking themselves how best they could build upon the achievements of the Royal Mail and the … More: continued here

Daily Mail Labour MP quits Government over Mandelson's Royal Mail part …Daily Mail, UK –10 hours agoBy James Chapman A junior member of the Government resigned today as a Labour rebellion over plans to sell off almost half of the Royal Mail to a foreign … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail: Jim McGovern quits as Government aide over part …Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –17 hours agoA Government aide has resigned in protest at Peter Mandelson's plan to part-privatise the Royal Mail. By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent Jim McGovern, … More: continued here

Letter: Your View – Mail MiseryGlasgow Daily Record, UK –2 minutes agoWHO can blame Business Secretary Peter Mandelson for wanting to offload the lame duck outfit that the Royal Mail has become? Royal Mail is losing cash … More: continued here

UK plans Royal Mail stake sale, TNT interestedReuters –2 minutes agoBy David Milliken LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – British business minister Peter Mandelson said state-owned postal operator Royal Mail should be part-privatised … More: continued here

Royal Mail is set to scrap postal services to rural homes in East Cleveland over claims poorly kept private roads could cause damage to vehicles. Resident spokeswoman Josie Etches, of Hummersea, Loftus, spoke to gazettelive.

Record number of Oregonians get food stamps in NovemberThe Oregonian – OregonLive.com, OR –15 minutes agoby Michelle Cole, The Oregonian A deepening recession has resulted in a record half million Oregonians receiving food stamps last month. … More: continued here

A ministerial aide quit today in protest at Government plans to partly privatise the Royal Mail. Jim McGovern resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Business Minister Pat McFadden. More: continued here

BREA, Calif., Dec. 17 (UPI) — A Southern California man says he took on city hall and the federal government to exile Salvation Army bell ringers from his local post office. More: continued here

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