Post Office

BBC News Postmaster sacked for refusing to serve poorly spokenTimes Online, UKWhen the 40-year-old district councillor turned up for work at the inner-city sub-office this morning he was told he had been moved to another post office in the city. The owners of the shop at which the Post Office concession …

Post office to be named in honor of surgeonAlbany Herald On-line, GAThe Main Post Office of Albany will be dedicated to the late Dr. Walter Gordon, Jr. in a ceremony to be held in April. ALBANY — The Main Post Office of Albany at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard will soon be …

Fraudster targeted Dorking post officewww.thisissurreytoday.co.uk, UKA fraudster used an innocent woman's identity to try and con Dorking Post Office staff into re-directing mail. Makala Robinson even took the victim's bank statement to the High Street branch to help pull off the scam, a crown court heard. … More: continued here

New bank could save Post OfficeClickAJob News, UKA coalition of groups is calling on the government to establish a state-run bank out of the nation's post offices. The Post Bank concept was first muted as a way of holding back the Labour backbench rebellion over Post Office privatisation, … More: continued …

VOICE OF THE SUNDAY Mirror: The cheque's in the post office..Mirror.co.uk, UKEven though post offices are a crucial part of holding communities together, thousands are being closed because, we were told, they failed to provide modern services. Now a deal has been done with the DVLA to allow them to fast …

Times Online Obama Makes Pitch for Budget PrioritiesWashington Post, United StatesThe budgetary concerns, voiced by congressional Republicans and some deficit-wary Democrats, were only amplified yesterday by a new forecast from the independent Congressional Budget Office estimating that this year's deficit will surpass $1.8 trillion …Video: Obama Lists Budget Priorities in Weekly …

You may soon start seeing less post office employees delivering your mail. The service will offer early retirement to 150,000 workers across the country. More: continued here

WASHINGTON — The post office finds itself battered by the economy. So it’s offering early retirement to 150,000 workers, cutting management and closing offices. More: continued here

Police want to speak to anyone offered stamps for sale in unusual circumstances after a robbery at a North Yorkshire post office. More: continued here

The post office finds itself battered by the economy. More: continued here