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Bradford post manager jailed for theftsBradford Telegraph and ArgusA Royal Mail manager who stole hundreds of items of mail over five years, including bank cards, a driving licence and football tickets, has been jailed for 18 months. Mohammed Mustaq, 25, acting delivery manager at the Bradford North … More: continued …

Three New UK Postal Licence ApplicationsHell MailThere are currently 57 licensed operators in the UK, including the Royal Mail. The licences are issued on a rolling ten-year basis period, requiring licence holders to comply with codes of practice on mail integrity (safety and security of the mail) … More: continued …

The head of investment and funding at the Royal Mail Pension Plan, is to leave at the end of October, as the £28bn pension-fund – the country’s third-biggest – begins to wind down most of its investment operations under a deal to part-privatise its parent company. More: continued here

Financial News Royal Mail pensions investment chief departsFinancial NewsThe head of investment and funding at the Royal Mail Pension Plan, is to leave at the end of October, as the £28bn pension-fund – the country's third-biggest – begins to wind down most of its investment operations under a deal to …

Consumers like 'junk mail' – reportMyCustomer.comDespite the negative connotations attached to so-called 'junk mail', nine in ten people are happy to regularly receive unaddressed mail from retailers, a new study has found. The study, for Royal Mail Door to Door, revealed that consumers like to …Royal Mail: 9 in 10 …

DOG owners are being urged to keep their pets under control after it emerged 11 postmen a day are being bitten on their rounds. More: continued here

11 Royal Mail posties bitten by dogs every dayMirror.co.ukFigures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed yesterday that 20528 Royal Mail workers have been bitten since 2006. Mr Joyce said: “The cost to Royal Mail in sick pay is the tip of the iceberg in terms of real costs …

The woman behind the Age Good Food GuideCasey Weekly BerwickApelgren sipped and supped her way through Dunkeld's Royal Mail Hotel, winner of The Age Good Food Guide's 2011 Restaurant of the Year; three-hatted Vue de Monde and Jacques Reymond; and Attica, whose chef Ben Shewry won the guide's 2011 Chef …

Pledge over mail servicesWiltshire Gazette and HeraldEFFORTS to convince the Royal Mail not to scrap a delivery office in Malmesbury appear to have failed. The company announced earlier this year that the High Street sorting office would close and posties would have to drive to Wootton … More: continued here

Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas left San Juan, Puerto Rico, early to avoid Hurricane Irene. More: continued here