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BASC meets Ofcom on Royal Mail gun ban plansFarming UKThe UK's largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, has held a meeting with Ofcom to discuss Royal Mail's plans to ban the transportation of guns and their component parts. BASC is challenging the proposals … More: continued …

Ireland's Smyth, McKillop and Firth deprived of golden post box honourInsidethegames.bizBarbara Roulston from Royal Mail responded: "Royal Mail announced in June that it was to mark the achievements of Team GB and ParalympicsGB by issuing gold medal stamps for gold medal winners and painting a post box gold in their …

Shields Gazette Golden boy's stamp of approval for postboxShields GazetteThe Royal Mail transformed the traditional red box on Grange Road, Jarrow, to recognise Josef's gold in the men's S7 400m freestyle, which also saw him break his own world record he'd set in the qualifying heat earlier that day. Commemorative …

Daily Mail Royal Mail snubs ParalympiansMetro (blog)This honour has been applied to athletes from both Olympic and Paralympic competition. At the time of writing Royal Mail are planning to release a special issue of six stamps, featuring groups of gold medal winning Paralympians on 27 September 2012.Royal Mail issues final …

Investigation into Somerset parking permit delayITV NewsAn error which lead to dozens of Somerset residents' parking permits being delayed will be investigated by Royal Mail. It comes after a postal box address was closed in error by Royal Mail for 10 days during mid-August. It is thought that up to …

The Memories Of London 2012 stamp sheet is the first to feature the army of volunteers credited with making London 2012 one of the most successful Games ever. More: continued here

Two men fail to answer bail after Royal Mail raids in SouthendSouthend StandardPOLICE are searching for two people who failed to answer bail after a joint operation with the Royal Mail. In April, riot police were joined by undercover Royal Mail officers in three simultaneous raids looking for fake stamps …

BBC News Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie's Lymington bus paradeBBC NewsThe bus passed a postbox on the town's High Street which, without authorisation, was painted gold in his honour by resident Rob Smith – an act described as "vandalism", by Royal Mail. Ainslie said: "The support I have received from the …

Sorting office axe a body blow to Shropshireshropshirestar.comSorting office axe a body blow to Shropshire. Plans to close Shropshire's only Royal Mail sorting office, with the loss of 160 jobs, would be a body blow to the county economy, it was claimed today. Royal Mail sorting office. Tweet. Councillors have …

Belfast Telegraph Royal Mail: Jason Smyth Will Not Get A Golden Post Box For Eglinton4ni.co.ukThe golden post boxes have been a Royal Mail tribute to Team GB in London 2012, but Northern Ireland does not have one as none of its gold-winning athletes were on the GB team, in either …