Post Office

ALVESTON Post Office is up for sale – only weeks after escaping the axe under the latest round of closures. Sub postmaster Julian Goulden and his partner Ann Turner have put the business – along with attached accommodation – on the market with a view to taking early retirement. More: …

Anger at closure of post office branchGloucestershire Gazette, UK –3 hours agoBy Alex Ross RESIDENTS in Yate voiced their anger at Post Office bosses wanting to close their branch. Around 60 residents and traders made their case known …Residents rally to save post officeGloucestershire GazetteProtest against post office closureEaling Timesall 4 news …

Shropshire Star Late reprieve for Ruswarp Post Office?Whitby Today, UK –2 hours agoBy Staff Copy RUSWARP Post Office, one of five in the Whitby area forced to close following a shake-up of services, could be given a last-minute reprieve …Post office win reprieveShropshire Starall 2 news articles More: continued here

RESIDENTS in Tytherington have pledged to fight a “mean” decision to axe their cherished post office as part of a dramatic national cost-cutting exercise. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Villages post office stores face the axeTalking Retail, UK –6 hours agoA thousand village stores are facing closure as a result of draconian rules that will ban them from offering rival postal services after their post office…1000 village shops may close with post officesTelegraph.co.ukLabour MPs urged to rebel to save post …

The consultation on plans to close 66 Post Office branches in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire comes to an end. More: continued here

Police say that a body has been discovered in Grass Valley a block away from the main Post Office on Bennett Street. More: continued here

Legal bid over Post Office closuresThe Press Association –2 hours agoMr Livingstone has urged the Government to call a halt to post office closures in London and said plans to shut 2500 branches nationwide should be …Mayor Livingstone Blasts London Post Office ClosuresHell MailMayor to challenge Post Office closures in courtGreater …

RESIDENTS in Yate voiced their anger at Post Office bosses wanting to close their branch. Around 60 residents and traders made their case known for keeping the Station Road branch open at a meeting on Friday evening. More: continued here

BROADLANDS – A fire Saturday evening destroyed the interior of the Broadlands post office on East Diller Street. Fire Chief Shawn Walker said firefighters gained control of the blaze by about 5:20 p.m., 30 minutes after they were dispatched. He said firefighters remained on the scene until about 10 p.m. …