Kauto Star faces just four rivals as he heads across the Irish Sea for the first time in Saturday’s JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal. Last year’s Grand National third Snowy Morning was the notable absentee from what was already set to be a small field affair. More: continued here

A WEST Norfolk post office worker who prevented three masked robbers wielding a samurai sword from opening a safe was yesterday praised for her bravery by a judge. (31/10/2008) More: continued here

THE CONTROVERSIAL decision to axe two popular post offices in Redditch was signed, sealed and delivered this week. Post Office bosses confirmed on Wednesday (October 29) that Mount Pleasant and Woodrow branches would close as part of a nationwide cull. More: continued here

Runner completed 13 miles in Birmingham half marathon with broken legBirminghamMail.net, UK –1 hour agoThe Royal Mail van driver, who now has had a metal plate inserted in his left leg, said: “I must have fractured it earlier in the race without knowing it. … More: continued here

Post office robber huntedNews Wales, UK –6 minutes agoNorth Wales police using a helicopter are hunting a man or men who robbed the village post office at Llanarmon yn Ial in Denbighshire at ten o'clck this … More: continued here

Feds investigate irregularities at W.Va. post officeCharleston Gazette,  USA –13 minutes agoA rural post office in West Virginia has been temporarily closed while postal officials investigate possible financial irregularities at the facility. … More: continued here

It’s Halloween and the Calgary Stampeders are full of tricks. Thursday, for instance, the veterans huddled with all the rookies following practice, patted them on their backs for a job well done and promptly splatted whipped cream pies into their faces. More: continued here

Post office to stay open, plans to close Newtown facility are…Danbury News Times, CT –2 hours agoBy Melissa Bruen NEWTOWN — The Housatonic Railroad's order to vacate the Hawleyville post office has been put on hold. "We will continue operating from the … More: continued here

Web exclusive: Lincoln stamps unveiled as celebration nearsKankakee Daily Journal, IL –1 hour agoThe US Postal Service unveiled a set of Abraham Lincoln stamps Thursday as a preview of his 200th birthday celebration. The four stamps chronicle Lincoln’s … More: continued here

North Wales police using a helicopter are hunting a man or men who robbed the village post office at Llanarmon yn Ial in Denbighshire at ten o’clck this morning. More: continued here