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LABOUR leadership hopeful Ed Balls admitted his party had ‘lost touch with Burnley voters’ on a visit to the town yesterday. More: continued here

Secret to chef's winning way is in the MailWarrnambool StandardDunkeld's Royal Mail Hotel was named Australian Gourmet Traveller's regional restaurant of the year at a ceremony in Melbourne on Monday night. … More: continued here

First class classic!Easier (press release)The chance to own a very special, beautifully restored Royal Mail Morris Minor van comes up next month when it is offered for sale at British Car Auctions … More: continued here

TNT launches data service for direct mailInstitute of Direct Marketing (press release) (subscription)The company hopes its new adMail service will enable it to compete with Royal Mail, which introduced its own direct mail targeting tools earlier this year. … More: continued here

Dropping counties a 'travesty' for RutlandLeicester MercuryThe fight to get the Royal Mail to list addresses as Rutland, rather than Leicestershire was won three years ago by the county's MP Alan Duncan. … More: continued here

ex-postman admits destroying mailBBC News… some post but he did not take any money. He resigned from the Royal Mail in March. Magistrates also ordered him to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work. More: continued here

BUSINESSES or entrepreneurs wanting to use the Jersey Royal brand will have to pay the States under a proposed law change – at the same time that Jersey celebrates its highest export year since 2002. More: continued here

Ed Balls in Burnley to launch Royal Mail campaignLancashire TelegraphMr Balls chose the town to launch a joint campaign with the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) against the privatisation of the Royal Mail. … More: continued here

Tax varying powers could help the Executive rebalance the Northern Ireland economy, a report by business advisors PricewaterhouseCoopers has said. Related Stories Just one in seven would privatise Royal Mail Potash seeks ‘white knight’ to avert takeover by Billiton M&S ends speculation by picking Swannell as chairman Kingspan shares up …

FRONT ROYAL — Sentencing for a man who has pleaded guilty to charges that he held several people at gunpoint in February during a poker game, and took about $700 from one of the players, has been postponed until next week. More: continued here