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Daily Mail (blog) After 40 years is this the end of the first class post? Two-day delivery plan …Daily Mail (blog)At present, Royal Mail is legally bound to pick up and deliver letters six days a week for the same price – known as the 'universal service'. Cost of posting …

This is Money Veteran retailer Leighton joins Matalan as chairmanThe IndependentAllan Leighton, the former chief executive of Asda and ex-chairman of Royal Mail, has been appointed chairman of the cheap clothes retailer Matalan. Mr Leighton, who led the board of Matalan's rival Peacocks before it collapsed into administration …Matalan names …

In celebration of Britain's contributions to space discovery and exploration, Royal Mail is issuing a set of six special stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of Britain's first launch into the final frontier. More: continued here

This is North Devon Car and Royal Mail van crash in Lower LoxhoreThis is North DevonAn elderly man had to be treated for minor injuries after his car was involved in a collision with a Royal Mail post van near Barnstaple at lunchtime today. The man, who police believe is …

Abandoning Saturday postal delivery “acceptable” says OfcomPost and ParcelOfcom issued a review of customer views on Royal Mail's delivery in the UK today, as part of its annual assessment of the nation's universal postal service. Polling 4,085 people and 1,126 businesses, the regulator said that although there was generally …OFCOM …

OFCOM – OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS : Consumer perspectives on postal …4-tradersUK consumers and businesses benefit from the universal postal service, which requires Royal Mail to deliver to every address in the UK six days a week at affordable and uniform prices. Ofcom is required by law to carry out an …

This is Kent Anger at Royal Mail as Sevenoaks post service is far from first-classThis is KentSENNOCKIANS are angry that their postal service is anything but first-class. Residents and businesses have been affected by delayed mail for some weeks. Professor Ron Denney, 76, who lives in the aptly named Letter …

SENNOCKIANS are angry that their postal service is anything but first-class. Residents and businesses have been affected by… More: continued here

Fears of union boss over Shropshire mail office threatshropshirestar.comFears of union boss over Shropshire mail office threat. Shropshire union officials today branded plans to close Shropshire's Royal Mail sorting office as 'ridiculous', claiming the move would send the town into a 'downward spiral'. Tweet. Brett Davis …and more » More: continued …

Portsmouth News Royal Mail customers furious at 90-minute wait to collect parcels in PortsmouthPortsmouth NewsROYAL MAIL customers are queuing for up to 90 minutes for their parcels as workers struggle to keep up with demand. Often the queue for collections at the office in Slindon Street, Portsmouth, snakes out of …