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Telegraph.co.uk English postman fined for calling Andy Murray a 'useless Jock'Herald SunDarren Swain was convicted of daubing dozens of posters at a Royal Mail sorting office in Coventry with abusive comments, two of which featured "racist slurs", The Scotsman reported. The word "Jock" is a slang term for a Scot. …

BBC News Woman 'killed companion for cash'BBC NewsMr Bendall said Browning told "elaborate lies" about Mr Williamson's whereabouts, including that he was in Ireland for a funeral and also forged documents to close a Royal Mail account in his name. He said when she confessed the murder to police, …Cleaning …

Company also wants to end compensation for loss or damage for business customers using ‘untracked’ services Royal Mail has signalled an end to the inconvenience of arriving home to find a note saying your parcel with an online order or long-awaited gift must be retrieved from the local sorting office. …

Capelulo campaigner puts hamlet on mapNorth Wales Weekly NewsA CAMPAIGNER has won his battle to have his village recognised by Royal Mail and on sat-navs. Rob Patterson, 64, expressed his joy at learning this week that Capelulo and Dwygyfylchi will be recognised on letters after a 14-month campaign with Royal …

In this week’s installment of “Fan Mail,” Broncos wide receiver Eddie Royal talks nicknames, playing for new coach John Fox and pitching for Taco Bell. More: continued here

Daily Mail Royal Mail denies claims over delivery officePeterborough TodayROYAL Mail has flatly denied it is closing a sorting office on health and safety grounds, calling the idea “a nonsense”. Chatteris town councillor Chris Howes claims the Royal Mail is shutting the town's delivery office, in Park Street, because it …

Engineering Apprentice Royal Mail makes progress in professional registrationEngineering ApprenticeIn what is said to be a 'landmark' in its company wide engineering professional registration programme, 50 Royal Mail frontline engineers have attained registration as Engineering Technicians (EngTech) , while five managers have been registered as … More: continued here

New church home for Flintshire village post officeDaily Post North WalesIt will be open for three mornings every week and will be run by a sub-postmaster from Flint, Royal Mail chiefs have confirmed. The original post office closed in September 2009 after the original postmaster became ill, and has been …

Royal Mail Paddington scheme hit by TfL's Underground expansion demandsProperty Week NewsRoyal Mail's plans to develop a 270000 sq ft mixed use scheme next to Paddington train station could be sent back to the drawing board tonight as it failed to make provision for upgrade works to an underground station …

Postman convicted of racism for scrawling 'Jock' on Murray postersThe IndependentDarren Swain described himself as the "Scarlet Pimpernel of the Post Office" as he defaced posters at a Royal Mail sorting office in Coventry, boasting: "You'll never catch me." But he did not anticipate the handwriting experts who matched his …