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LETTERS delivered across the UK will feature a new postmark to signal Royal Mail's support for the Stroke Association. More: continued here

Sidmouth Herald Royal Mail delivers in post box paint victorySidmouth HeraldThe Royal Mail box outside Sidford Post Office will next week undergo its first re-paint in several years, following repeated requests from some villagers, who have welcomed the news. John McGregor, a Sidford resident, said: “I am sure local folk will … More: continued here

Royal Mail closes below 400p as FTSE dips after Hong Kong protestsThe GuardianBut the most recent falls follow warnings from rivals TNT and UK Mail, as well as confirmation the government will investigate the UK postal market. Ironically this investigation came about because Royal Mail complained it had to provide a universal … More: continued…

Vindication is bitter for Royal Mail privatisationBreakingviewsThe froth is off. Forget the 87 pct pop: a year after its frenzied IPO, shares in the UK postal service hover 20 pct above its float price. That feels about right. The snag for the state and its bankers is that it will be fiendishly difficult to shift…

BBC News Stamps mark seaside architectureshropshirestar.comRoyal Mail said all of the attractions have been newly photographed to mark the "resurgence of interest in the British seaside" in the past two decades. Royal Mail spokesman Andrew Hammond said: "This stamp issue captures the spirit of the seaside …New stamps celebrate 'spirit of seaside'BBC NewsSussex seaside attractions star…

IF YOU were in any doubt that Royal Mail and its workforce have been continually subjected to mismanagement and treated as a political football by successive governments, this book will dispel any such thoughts. More: continued here

royal mail stamps 450 christmas jobs on stokeEmployment4studentsThe Royal Mail customer service in Stoke is always a busy hive of activity, but needs extra hands on deck as the amount of post needed to be delivered double in the weeks up to Christmas. The new temporary recruits will start work with Royal Mail at ……

Herts and Essex Observer Royal Mail's reminder for sending Christmas cards and parcels overseasHerts and Essex ObserverFINISH writing your Christmas cards this weekend – if you want to send them by surface mail to Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, they must be posted by Monday (September 29) to arrive…

Vince Cable MP meets Royal Mail bosses to discuss Whitton postcode sagaYour Local GuardianCampaigners and Twickenham MP Vince Cable met with Royal Mail bosses to discuss the prospect of creating a new post town for Whitton. Dr Cable met postal chiefs on Friday, September 19, to put forward the case for a post town called…

The Royal Mail Choir, Edington Priory, October 5.The Wiltshire Gazette and HeraldThe choir formed in 2012 for the BBC TV programme Sing While You Work is to give a concert in Edington in October. The Royal Mail Choir was set up by Gareth Malone and is made up of postmen and women, delivery office, mail…