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Posties in pledge to strike for third timeStoke & StaffordshirePOSTAL workers at Stoke-on-Trent's main sorting office are set to walk out indefinitely next week as their row with Royal Mail escalates. … More: continued here

findingDulcinea On This Day: “The Great Train Robbery” Is Carried Out by 15 ThievesfindingDulcinea8, 1963, robbers boarded the Royal Mail train and made out with 2.6 million pounds (equivalent to $50 million today). The crime took only 15 minutes and led … More: continued here

Sussex post office boss fiddled the books to save his businessThe Argus.co.ukSami Sabet pocketed the cash after a row with Royal Mail who he claimed owed him the money. Yesterday the 53-year-old, who stole from his two post offices … More: continued here

Leeds Post Offices fight is lostYorkshire Evening PostTHE fight to save dozens of post offices across Leeds has been lost – after months of talks between the city council and Royal Mail bosses … More: continued here

Postal strike starts in BritainUnited Press InternationalUnion leaders said the stoppage Friday, Saturday and Monday would affect vast areas of the country, but Royal Mail officials said only 10 percent of the … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Post workers strike for second dayThe Press AssociationThe CWU said it had repeated its offer of a no-strike deal to Royal Mail in return for negotiations to agree a "sustainable future" for the company. …Postal workers stage strikeTeleTextPost workers' strikes set to spreadThe Press Associationall 149 news articles » More: …

Postal workers on strikePeterborough TodayBy ET Staff 10.20am: Postal workers are striking outside the Royal Mail offices on Papyrus Road in Werrington, Peterborough. The current four day strike … More: continued here

Sky News Scottish post workers join strikeBBC NewsRoyal Mail said only about 800 out of its 12000 Scotland-based workers would be involved in the walkout, which will affect 11 delivery offices. …UK Postal Union Strike Starts in Protest at Proposed Job CutsBloombergPost workers strike for second dayThe Press AssociationDeliveries hit …

guardian.co.uk 'Great Train Robber' Freed from JailTIMEBiggs and 14 other men robbed a Royal Mail train of 2.6 million pounds (about $67 million in today's terms). The gang, which included an antiques dealer, …Ronnie Biggs "over the moon" about being free at last (Roundup)Monsters and Critics.com'Great Train Robbery' perpetrator Ronnie …

Up to 25,000 set to take part in action that threatens the biggest disruption to Royal Mail deliveries in two years Thousands of postal staff across Britain are to launch a series of strikes in an escalating dispute over pay and jobs tomorrow, threatening the biggest disruption to Royal Mail …