Post Office

The Guardian Anger as benefits deal snubs Post OfficeFinancial TimesMinisters have angered subpostmasters, unions and the consumer watchdog by awarding the contract for a new service to replace welfare cheques to Citibank rather than the Post Office. …Hammer blow to Post Office as it loses £20m contract to PayPointMirror.co.ukBlow to …

Officials say a man charged with killing two small-town postal workers during a robbery has been fired from his job as a Tennessee prison guard. More: continued here

The Guardian Hammer blow to Post Office as it loses £20m contract to PayPointMirror.co.ukThe announcement comes just 24 hours after the Post Office missed out on a slice of a £175million money-spinner when Camelot was refused permission to use its terminals, including around 4500 PO branches, to process phone and …

Weymouth People Man wanted over post office raidBBC NewsPolice have named a man they want to speak to about an armed robbery on a post office in Dorset. Officers said Colin Douglas, 25, from Weymouth, is wanted for questioning about Wednesday's raid in the town. A police officer was threatened …

Another post office in our area is closing its doors after decades of service because of budget cutbacks. More: continued here

The mail will no longer go through the city of Seagoville. City officials said it is losing its post office. For a hundred 129 years, Seagoville has had a post office. Those who live in the city, it is not just a place to mail a letter. “It’s kind of, …

al.com Ryland Post Officeal.comEric Schultz / The Huntsville Times — Berns Miller, owner of Post Office Box #1 at the Ryland Post Office worries about what will happen to the Ryland community if the post office closes in Ryland, Ala., Thursday, … More: continued here

Elmhurst Post Office to CloseWNEP-TVAnother post office in our area is closing its doors after decades of service because of budget cutbacks. The Elmhurst Post Office is a quiet place. There is only one car in the lot much of the time, and that belongs to the post master. …Elmhurst …

More than a quarter of a million people, many of them vulnerable pensioners, will no longer be able to cash their benefit cheques at the Post Office, after the Government awarded the contract to a rival operator. More: continued here

Post office lifts temporary ban on Herald ownerHuntersville HeraldLillie then walked from the public area of the post office through an open gate and into an area reserved only for employees. The report further stated, Mayne then asked him to leave. As he left, Lillie called the postmaster a name …