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Cash plan to finance post office fight
Blackpool Gazette, UK – Essex County Council last week became the first local authority to pledge money and enter into negotiations with Post Office Ltd to save some of their under … Final push to lobby post office bosses Shadow MP in Lytham Aid offer to help POs |
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Worker stole more than £5000 from Post Office to pay off debtsPlymouth HeraldA WORKER stole more than £5000 from a post office to pay off her debts, a court heard. Employee Hannah Lewis took cash from the till at the Tavistock branch and then altered computer records to cover her tracks. Lewis, aged 25, took…
The U.S. Postal Service said Friday it lost $5 billion over the past year, and postal officials again urged Congress to pass legislation to help the beleaguered agency solve its financial woes. More: continued here
Robbers hit post Sarajevo office while guards watch Euro 2008 …International Herald Tribune, France –1 hour agoAP SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Robbers wearing police uniforms and armed with automatic weapons stormed a post office in central Sarajevo and stole … More: continued here
New York Times Senate Passes Plan to Give Postal Service Fiscal ReliefNew York TimesWASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday overcame opposition from several Republicans and passed legislation that would overhaul the financially ailing Postal Service, voting weeks before the agency plans to begin closing thousands of post offices and …Senate passes bill that would keep…
Sell a submarine save the post office?Thought Leader, South Africa –19 hours agoIn response to allegations, the SAPO spokesman Lungile Lose (most unfortunate name for a post office mouthpiece), expressed surprise at the news and said … More: continued here
Mum of Afghanistan squaddie blasts post office over birthday cake giftMirror.co.uk, UKBy Richard Smith 9/06/2009 A proud mum wanted to send a birthday cake to her soldier son in Afghanistan – but Post Office staff insisted she cut it in half. Susan Evans decorated the cake with a 30th birthday icing message before sending it to…