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A Royal Mail scheme to deliver post to a neighbour if no one is at home is to be extended across the UK from next month. More: continued here

Royal Mail under pressure to paint Holt postbox gold in honour of Olympic …Norfolk Eastern Daily PressA growing campaign is calling on Royal Mail to relent and paint a postbox gold in honour of a north Norfolk Olympic champion horse. Comments; Email; Print; Got a story? To send a link to this page to a…

Man arrested in Hampshire for spraypainting postbox gold while fans in Lincolnshire pay tribute to hockey team's bronze It started as a touching, light-hearted gesture of pride and congratulation, but Royal Mail's decision to paint postboxes gold in honour of medal-winning Olympians in their home towns is in danger of veering out of control as…

shropshirestar.com Royal Mail rolls out 'good neighbour' schemeThe IndependentThe Royal Mail claimed 90 per cent satisfaction rates in its seven pilot areas – Edinburgh, Hull, Norwich, Swansea East, Wigan, Bolton and Gatwick North – and will roll out the system across the country from late next month, subject to approval from Ofcom.Neighbour post delivery extendedThe…

Daily Mail Please stop painting our postboxes, pleads Royal Mail as public takes tribute …Daily MailRoyal Mail has pleaded with the public to stop taking matters into their own hands by painting its postboxes in honour of Team GB's medal winners. The company spoke out as its initial gesture to colour postboxes gold in recognition…

London 2012 Paralympics: Royal Mail Overturns Decision On Gold Medal StampsHuffington Post UKThe Royal Mail will issue a separate commemorative stamp for every British gold medal winner at the Paralympic games after accusations that the company were treating the athletes as second class citizens. Previously the Paralympics winners were to be … More: continued here

The Royal Mail has spent the last week fretting over a spate of copycat vandalism where members of the public, rather like Alice in Wonderland's Red Queen, have been painting the postboxes gold. More: continued here

Firm is urged to honour Paralympics gold medalists with their own stamps as it did for London 2012 Olympians Royal Mail is coming under increasing pressure to honour Paralympic gold medalists with their own stamps as it did for London 2012 Olympians such as Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis. The shadow Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell,…

Insidethegames.biz Royal Mail will put London 2012 Paralympic gold medallists on stamp after U-turnInsidethegames.bizAugust 15 – The Royal Mail have caved into public pressure following a campaign headed by former Olympics Minister Dame Tessa Jowell and will produce stamps to celebrate each individual or team gold medal won by Britain during the Paralympics at ……

The Guardian Royal Mail backs down over golden postbox in Ben Ainslie's home townThe GuardianRoyal Mail has decided to honour Lymington with a golden postbox as a lasting tribute to Ainslie's victory, following several days of drama that have gripped local residents. The postal service originally chose a box in Restronguet, Cornwall, where …Ben Ainslie…