Post Office

Eleven post offices to closeic Wales, United Kingdom –1 hour agoPost Office Ltd today announced the decision to press ahead with the closures following a six-week public consultation period. It will retain 154 branches …Penparc PO in dangerTivyside Advertiserall 2 news articles More: continued here

SHOT FIRED IN POST OFFICE RAIDBournemouth Daily Echo,  UK –1 hour agoBy Fiona Pendlebury A SHOT was fired as robbers escaped with hundreds of pounds following an armed robbery at Hurn Post Office yesterday afternoon. … More: continued here

Post Office To Be RenamedHartford Courant, United States –8 minutes agoSUFFIELD — – The Suffield Post Office will be renamed in honor of Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler, a town native who was killed in Iraq in 2006. … More: continued here

HARROW Council’s idea to house a post office branch in one of its buildings has won support in a Harrow Times online poll. Sixty two per cent of voters supported the idea, which was sparked by Post Office Ltd’s decision to close five branches in the borough. More: continued here

Readers want council post officeHarrow Times, UK –17 minutes agoBy Tristan Kirk HARROW Council's idea to house a post office branch in one of its buildings has won support in a Harrow Times online poll. … More: continued here

Letter: Your Say – Wages to Blame ; In Association With POST OFFICEBlack Enterprise, NY –6 hours agoBy A Hine Although demand for oil and gas is growing, which raises prices for these commodities, I think wage levels have a far greater impact on the cost … More: continued here

First responders and postal workers participated in an emergency drill at Cincinnati’s main post office on Dalton Avenue. More: continued here

KCEN-TV Waco Resident Upset Over Possible Post Office ClosureKCEN-TV, TX –7 minutes agoSome North Waco residents are upset about the possibility of a neighborhood post office shutting down after 47 years of business. … More: continued here

Workers Hold Emergency Drill At Main Post OfficeKentucky Post, KY –6 hours agoFirst responders and postal workers participated in an emergency drill at Cincinnati's main post office on Dalton Avenue. The drill focused on response to a … More: continued here

ITN Political party funding: Union cuts funds to MPs it says do not …guardian.co.uk, UK –4 hours agoThe union also has a motion to review support for MPs, but here the issue is the privatisation of the Post Office and Gordon Brown's statement last year …Union votes to take £20000 from MPsNorthern …