Post Office

PLANS to cut Post Office services in Banburyshire could hit five …Banbury Guardian, UK –3 hours agoAn announcement by the Post Office this morning (Tuesday) has confirmed Grimsbury Post Office is being considered for closure, as is Orchard Way Post Office… More: continued here

First to fall to the post office axeYork Press, UK –3 hours agoBy Gerran Grimshaw THE first confirmed casualty in the slashing of the post office network in North Yorkshire has been announced. Sonia and Darren Leeming's …Villagers' dismay at reduced post servicePeterborough Evening TelegraphBusinessman hits out at post office closuresBlackpool Gazetteall …

Post office branches are to closeGloucestershire Gazette, UK –25 minutes agoBy Liza-Jane Gillespie POST office branches in Sharpness and Highfields, in Dursley, are among those facing closure, it was announced today. … More: continued here

BBC News At-risk Post Office outlets namedBBC News, UK –1 hour agoThe Post Office has named 66 branches it proposes to close in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire under plans to shut 2500 nationwide by the end of 2008. … More: continued here

No Evidence That Communities Support Post Office ClosuresHell Mail, UK –13 minutes agoThe Post Office provides services which are worthy of investment and the current subsidy is a pittance compared to what other institutions receive. … More: continued here

Council leader slams post office closures as 'short-sighted 'Sussex Express, UK –21 minutes agoShe added: 'We made it very clear to the Post Office how we expect the district to grow over the next 20 years and the need to increase the infrastructure … More: continued here

Post Office Ltd Delivers Crippling Closure ProgrammeCotswold Chatterblog, UK –5 hours agoFinal details of the Post Office Closure Programme, made public on Tuesday 5th February 2008, have been described by Cotswold MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown as … More: continued here

thisisgloucestershire.co.uk 'IT'LL BE A NIGHTMARE IF OUR POST OFFICE SHUTS'thisisgloucestershire.co.uk, UK –2 hours agoAbout three-and-a-half thousand people live in the Kingsholm area, but the post office is also used by people from Longlevens and Linden who use the post… More: continued here

Barker backs Collington post officeBexhill Observer, UK –1 hour agoBEXHILL MP Gregory Barker has vowed to keep applying pressure in the bid to keep Collington Mansions Post Office open. Mr Barker visited Derek and Jill … More: continued here

RAF families bid to save post officeOxford Mail, UK –46 minutes agoBy David Horne Hundreds of customers – many of them RAF families – are preparing to fight to save a Carterton Post Office. The Stanmore Crescent outlet, … More: continued here