Post Office

Post office boost for StokeThis Is The WestcountryCOUNCILLORS have welcomed the news that a post office service has been restored in Stoke-sub-Hamdon. The post office closed last June, but the vital community facility has been re-introduced by sharing premises with a shop – an idea …and more » More: continued here

Street Smarts: Reader questions disabled parking enforcement at Santa Cruz …Santa Cruz SentinelQ: I have to go to the main post office six days a week and there are only two disabled spaces there. Since all the other spaces are usually filled, I have to wait for one, most of …

Cambridge First Two teens arrested over post office arsonHertfordshire MercuryTWO teenagers have been charged after a village post office was destroyed by a blaze police believe was started deliberately. Three people suffered minor injuries after Orwell's general store, in Town Green Road, was gutted by the fire …Video: Teen boys …

Q: I have to go to the main post office six days a week and there are only two disabled spaces there. More: continued here

Holme Wood battle to re-open Post OfficeBradford Telegraph and ArgusA Bradford vicar is spearheading a campaign to re-open a post office which serves thousands of people on one of the country's biggest housing estates. The post office at The Parade, Broadstone Way, Holme Wood, has been forced to close, … …

Challenges before India PostThe HinduChallenge is training Postal staff customer oriented and removing practices of corruption from each post office. Once upon a time Indian Postman is a good friend of every citizen and Indian Post office is very clean office to serve people. …and more » More: continued here

Two teenage boys have been charged with arson and endangering life after a village post office was destroyed in a fire. More: continued here

Thaxted sub post office manager admits £41000 cover-upHerts and Essex ObserverBy Court Reporter A THAXTED sub post office manager who covered up a "mysterious" £41000 shortfall has been spared jail. Instead a judge at Chelmsford Crown Court has sentenced Duranda Clarke, 54, of Limefields, Saffron Walden, to six months' jail …

Hell Mail End of the giro could spell doom for post officesThe StarThe 250000 pensioners and other benefit claimants who still cash giro cheques each week will receive their payments through bank accounts or Post Office Card Accounts. Alternatively, they will be able to withdraw money over the counter at …

The State Column (blog) Sens. Durbin, Kirk Express Concern Over Post Office ConsolidationThe State Column (blog)In a letter to the Postmaster General, US Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and US Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL) today expressed concern about the United States Postal Service's plan to conduct a …