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Telegraph.co.uk 'Discriminatory' Royal Mail snubs Paralympians for stampsMorning Star OnlineRoyal Mail faced accusations of discrimination today after it was revealed that Paralympic gold medallists will not feature on individual stamps like their Olympic counterparts. Instead a series of six first-class stamps featuring every medallist will …No individual stamps to honour Paralympic gold medallistsTelegraph.co.ukParalympics GB medal…

Royal Mail faced accusations of discrimination today after it was revealed that Paralympic gold medallists will not feature on individual stamps like their Olympic counterparts. More: continued here

Royal Mail delivers third-class serviceWitney GazetteSir – Once again Royal Mail fouls things up. The whole fiasco is a third-class service, for which we pay a hell of a lot. On July 6 I posted off my Medic-Alert emblem (fortunately I do have a spare) for a replacement band. Waiting several days for it ……

Newsday Going for gold: Royal Mail issues Olympian stampsNewsdayThe Royal Mail has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with special-issue stamps for gold medalists. The stamps feature the athlete in an action photo taken as they were competing — and with Britain in third place … More: continued…

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail's great stamp sprint: podium to printer in an hourTelegraph.co.uk“Well, he has just done a triathlon,” says Andrew Hammond, the head of stamps at Royal Mail. His was the inspired idea not just to put every British gold medal winner on a stamp, but to make sure that the stamps were in 500…

Royal Mail is working fast to get gold medal winners immortalised, says Harry Wallop More: continued here

The Guardian Royal Mail defends decision to deny Paralympic gold medallists own stampsThe GuardianTim Cowen of Royal Mail said: "We're honoured to be celebrating the achievements of ParalympicsGB. We will be doing more than any other postal administration in history to celebrate the Paralympic Games and Paralympic athletes. For the first time ever, … More:…

Royal Mail stats show dog attacks on postal workers fell by 50%Runcorn and Widnes Weekly NewsA Royal Mail spokeswoman, said: “While this reduction is a step in the right direction, the number of incidents is still unacceptably high and we are working with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) to reduce this further.” article_mpuAdvertisement … More:…

Royal Mail issues Olympian stampsESPNThe Royal Mail has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with special issue stamps for gold medalists. The stamps feature the athlete in an action photo taken as they were competing — and with Britain in third place … More: continued here

STLtoday.com (blog) Britain's Royal Mail in hot water over gold-medal Paralympic discriminationSTLtoday.com (blog)While most of Great Britain celebrates surpassing the nation's prescribed pre-Olympics total medals target, the Royal Mail service has found a way to embroil itself in a political snafu after it admitted that it would not issue stamps for winners of … More:…