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Man caught adding a golden touch to Royal Mail post box in BelvedereThis is Local LondonA MAN was caught trying to deliver the Olympic spirit to Belvedere with his very own golden touch. The gold-fingered 38-year-old was caught red-handed by police officers in Station Road at 2:50am on Wednesday (August …

Telegraph.co.uk Andy Murray and Kat Copeland's gold post boxes damagedTelegraph.co.ukGolden post boxes painted by Royal Mail to celebrate the victories of Andy Murray and Kat Copeland have been damaged. Murray's gold postbox in Dunblane will have to be repainted after fans picked away much of the paint, it has emerged. …

Telegraph.co.uk 'Discriminatory' Royal Mail snubs Paralympians for stampsMorning Star OnlineRoyal Mail faced accusations of discrimination today after it was revealed that Paralympic gold medallists will not feature on individual stamps like their Olympic counterparts. Instead a series of six first-class stamps featuring every medallist will …No individual stamps to honour …

Royal Mail faced accusations of discrimination today after it was revealed that Paralympic gold medallists will not feature on individual stamps like their Olympic counterparts. More: continued here

Royal Mail delivers third-class serviceWitney GazetteSir – Once again Royal Mail fouls things up. The whole fiasco is a third-class service, for which we pay a hell of a lot. On July 6 I posted off my Medic-Alert emblem (fortunately I do have a spare) for a replacement band. Waiting …

Newsday Going for gold: Royal Mail issues Olympian stampsNewsdayThe Royal Mail has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with special-issue stamps for gold medalists. The stamps feature the athlete in an action photo taken as they were competing — and with Britain in …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail's great stamp sprint: podium to printer in an hourTelegraph.co.uk“Well, he has just done a triathlon,” says Andrew Hammond, the head of stamps at Royal Mail. His was the inspired idea not just to put every British gold medal winner on a stamp, but to make sure that …

Royal Mail is working fast to get gold medal winners immortalised, says Harry Wallop More: continued here

The Guardian Royal Mail defends decision to deny Paralympic gold medallists own stampsThe GuardianTim Cowen of Royal Mail said: "We're honoured to be celebrating the achievements of ParalympicsGB. We will be doing more than any other postal administration in history to celebrate the Paralympic Games and Paralympic athletes. For the …

Royal Mail stats show dog attacks on postal workers fell by 50%Runcorn and Widnes Weekly NewsA Royal Mail spokeswoman, said: “While this reduction is a step in the right direction, the number of incidents is still unacceptably high and we are working with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) to reduce …