Post Office

MP: Post Office closures blow to rural communitiesBiggleswade Today,  UK –5 hours agoIn many places shop and post office is combined. The loss of one leads to the loss of the other. But it is not simply the loss of the chance to buy …Post offices saved in revamp of serviceRoyston …

MP leads Commons debate on post office closuresNorth Devon Gazette & Advertiser, UK –6 hours agoIn a final bid to mitigate the severity of post office closures in Torridge and West Devon, Geoffrey Cox MP has urged the Government in the House of Commons … More: continued here

The Post Office will pick up the cost of repaying the taxpayer for grants paid out to branches now closing. More: continued here

DRAMA erupted in a quiet west Wiltshire village after a would-be thief got more than he bargained for when he attempted to rob a village store and post office. More: continued here

RESIDENTS' ANGER OVER POST OFFICE CLOSURE PLANHerts and Essex Observer, UK –26 minutes agoBy James Burton THE Post Office's decision to put the Havers Lane branch in Bishop's Stortford on its latest closure list has sparked fury on the estate … More: continued here

Neb. post office evacuated over powder scareAction 3 News, NE –13 minutes ago(AP) – A package leaking powder causes the temporary evacuation of a US Post office in Bellevue, south of Omaha. The package was discovered shortly after 11 … More: continued here

Alistair Burt’s monthly column on Post Office proposals (11/07/2008 09:02:17) More: continued here

Neb. post office evacuated over powder scareNTV, NE –10 minutes ago(AP) – A package leaking powder causes the temporary evacuation of a US Post office in Bellevue, south of Omaha. The package was discovered shortly after 11 … More: continued here

Postmistress urges public to attend meeting on Post Office closuresBirminghamMail.net, UK –2 hours agoPat Grainger, manager of Maney Post Office, Beeches Walk, Sutton Coldfield, said she and her three part-time staff will be out of a job if the branch shuts. …MP leads Commons debate on post office closuresNorth Devon Gazette & …

Drama as post office thief is foiledWiltshire Times, UK –5 hours ago… in a quiet west Wiltshire village after a would-be thief got more than he bargained for when he attempted to rob a village store and post office. … More: continued here