Burnham in Post Office rowManchester Evening News, UK –1 hour agoThe Leigh MP is one of seven cabinet ministers accused by Tories today of double standards over plans to close 2500 post office branches. …27/02/08 – Tributes paid to much-missed Post Office man, LeighLouth Todayall 2 news articles More: continued here

A computer repair technician has told Sky News how he discovered a highly confidential Government data disc hidden within an official laptop, which had been sold over eBay. More: continued here

Can’t lick stamp collectingVietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam –3 hours agoVietNamNet Bridge – Hi-tech and fashion able it certainly isn't but age-old pastime of stamp collecting is still alive and kicking in Hanoi. … More: continued here

Italy's antitrust accepts post office commitments to end …Forbes, NY –28 minutes agoToday, the authority said the post office commitments should remove the anti-competitive issues raised by the state company's conduct. … More: continued here

Her successor, Rep. Robert Wittman, is sponsoring a bill to rename the Gloucester facility. The main Gloucester post office in the Courthouse area would be named for the late Rep. Jo Ann Davis , under a bill introduced Wednesday by her successor. More: continued here

Requests for food stamps surgeCharlotte Observer, NC –2 hours agoNot since the recession that began in 2001 has Mecklenburg County's Department of Social Services seen such a surge in requests for food stamps, … More: continued here

Gibbons Stamp Monthly New Sark StampsGibbons Stamp Monthly, UK –4 hours agoTo celebrate this island’s habitat, Guernsey have released a set of stamps. They feature plants that grow in the wild, birds and creatures that live in the … More: continued here

Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal MP: 'I'll pressure government to save post office'ic SouthLondon.co.uk, United Kingdom –2 hours agoRESIDENTS and councillors have slammed the proposed axing of two more post offices in Bexley. Post Office Ltd announced last week that it planned to close …SOUTH WOODFORD: Anger grows over post office …

TYTHERINGTON’S post office service faces the axe – just a decade after it was saved by community-minded villagers. The village’s post office, in Itchington Road, has been included in a hit list of closure-threatened branches across the South West, released by Royal Mail bosses this week. More: continued here

Royal Mail needs consultantsComputing, UK –3 hours agoRoyal Mail is tendering for up to £40m-worth of IT consultancy services as part of plans to improve the efficiency of its £1.5bn-worth of technology … More: continued here