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Award AFTER 'putting life on line to save trapped motorist'Carrickfergus Today, UKAlex said: “I am thrilled and delighted to receive this recognition from Royal Mail. I couldn’t believe it when I was short-listed and to win the Northern Ireland award is fantastic. I just did what anyone else would have done …

Call for rethink as post bus services axedJohn O’Groat Journal, UKThe Lib Dem has written to transport minister Stewart Stevenson after Royal Mail announced it was going to axe the services between Thurso and Tongue and Bettyhill. Mr Stone said: "I have written to the minister because I believe that he …

Peter Mandelson's clumsy defence of the postal services bill only …guardian.co.uk, UKYesterday saw the second reading of the postal bill that will, if passed, see the break-up of Royal Mail– with a large part of it sold to a private bidder (possibly the none-too-squeaky-clean TNT, accused only this week of tax-dodging, …

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Royal Mail boss angry at TNTThomson Merger News (registration), UKThe UK government's desire to sell a 30% stake in state-owned postal operator Royal Mail received a set-back as the UK company's chief executive Adam Crozier accused TNT of trying to poach business from the Royal Mail. Dutch postal operator TNT is …

Unions accused of deterring Mail buyersFinancial Times, UKBy Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent The “shrill” union opposition to government plans to part-privatise Royal Mail is making it harder to sell a stake in the state-owned postal operator, Lord Mandelson warned on Tuesday. … More: continued here

A new agenda for political changeguardian.co.uk, UK… and green technology, and protecting the existing jobs of ordinary working people; an end to the half-baked privatisations like that proposed for the Royal Mail, and for previously publicly owned companies to be taken back into public ownership. … More: continued here

guardian.co.uk Mail row 'makes sell-off harder'BBC News, UKThe row over plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail is making it harder to find a firm to buy a stake, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has admitted. He criticised the "shrill" nature of the debate and union "propaganda" that "foreigners" would own …Dutch Frontrunner …

Despite the scale of backbench opposition in the Commons, this is not necessarily something Labour MPs and peers will go to the grave for Next week it will fall to Labour peers in the House of Lords to fight the fight begun by Labour MPs to oppose Lord Mandelson’s part-privatisation …

Labour peers yesterday vowed to fight a Royal Mail sale “every step of the way”. More: continued here