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Maidenhead Advertiser Royal Mail: 'Please stop meddling with our postboxes'The IndependentA postbox in Doddington, near Lincoln, the home of Team GB's bronze-medal-winning hockey player Georgie Twigg, was painted bronze, only for Royal Mail to paint it red again. A bronze box has appeared in Lowestoft, the home of bronze-winning boxer …

A wave of vigilante postbox painting is sweeping the nation, it seems. After Royal Mail promised to paint a postbox gold in the home town of all Great Britain's Olympic gold-medal winners, overlooked locals have taken matters into their own hands. More: continued here

The Guardian Royal Mail will issue stamp for every UK Paralympic gold medal winnerThe GuardianAndrew Hammond, Managing Director, Royal Mail Stamps, said it was the "right thing" to do. Previously Royal Mail had statement the greater number of Paralympic gold medals expected made it too difficult to produce a stamp …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail signs Chinese joint ventureTelegraph.co.ukGLS, the European parcel business of Royal Mail, has formed an alliance with ZJS Express, which will see the two companies create a China-to-Europe service. Mark Thomson, managing director of Royal Mail's international operations, said the deal with …Royal Mail in parcel deal with …

The Royal Mail has formed a joint venture with a Chinese delivery company in an effort to grow its parcel delivery business. More: continued here

Royal Mail will issue individual and team stamps for ParalympicGB gold medallists. More: continued here

Boxscore Olympic gold for England's postboxesBoxscoreLarkhill Post Office has become the UK's first to have its postbox painted gold in celebration of Captain Heather Stanning's Olympic gold medal win in the women's coxless rowing pairs – but it wasn't done by Royal Mail. The Royal Mail is only painting …Call …

Royal Mail faces "greatest challenge in stamps production ever" after deciding to honour Paralympians. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail to Issue Stamps for UK Gold Paralympic VictoriesBusinessweekRoyal Mail Group Ltd. will issue a stamp to celebrate each U.K. national win at the Paralympic Games in London beginning later this month. “This will be the first time ever any host country has issued Gold Medal stamps for …

Royal Mail caves in over Paralympic stampsNew Statesman (blog)After a week of media pressure, Royal Mail have announced that they will produce a stamp for each Team GB Paralympian gold medal-winner. Royal Mail had originally planned to produce six stamps featuring all Paralympians, rather than the individual … More: continued …