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UNION 'FORCES OUT' POSTMANExpress.co.ukAndy Bainborough, 53, is being moved at the end of next month due to “operational changes” agreed by Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union. But villagers claim he is being replaced to allow long-serving union members to pick the best rounds …and more » More: continued here

All deliveries have been suspended to 62-year-old Muriel Mallam's detached property in Staffordshire because postal workers have to walk a few yards along a busy country road. More: continued here

Indicative image from Google Street View. Southwark Council brought forward the proposal after posters on the London SE1 forum highlighted the difficulty in parking legally near Royal Mail's Southwark Delivery Office when collecting parcels. More: continued here

Royal Mail refuses to deliver to woman's home because there's no pavement outsideDaily MailBy Leon Watson Royal Mail are refusing to deliver post to a woman's home because there is no pavement directly outside her house. All deliveries have been suspended to 62-year-old Muriel Mallam's detached property in Newchapel, Staffordshire. …

Royal Mail Mandela Way: short-term visitor parking bays approvedLondon SE1Members of Bermondsey Community Council have unanimously approved a proposal to create short-term parking bays outside the Royal Mail enquiry office in Mandela Way. Southwark Council brought forward the proposal after posters on the London SE1 forum … More: continued here

Royal Mail restore service to residents in Hovefields, WickfordEchoBy Gina Marden » OVERJOYED residents are celebrating after Royal Mail finally resumed daily deliveries to their homes after seven years. Royal Mail suspended deliveries to Hovefields, Wickford, in May, 2005, after a postman was shot near the …and more » More: continued …

Daily Mail The yacht that could float Charles's boatDaily MailBy Quentin Letts Prince Charles, who is watching with interest the Mail's campaign for a new Royal Yacht, was presented five years ago with a plan for a new sailing ship which could fly the Royal Standard. Nautical writer Sam Llewellyn …

People should start stock-piling stamps now ahead of an expected steep price rise in April, the official consumer watchdog has said. More: continued here

Mirror.co.uk Stock-pile stamps now, Royal Mail customers toldTelegraph.co.ukDowning Street also put further pressure on Royal Mail over the proposed increase, insisting that any price rise had to be “affordable”. It emerged yesterday that Royal Mail has asked its regulator Ofcom to increase second class stamps by 53 per cent …Royal …

The Independent (blog) Lord Ashcroft offers to pay £5m towards royal yachtThe GuardianThe former deputy party chairman, 65, told the Daily Mail he would donate the money as part of a plan to give away much of his fortune before he dies. "The nation lost a wonderful asset in 1997, …