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Royal Mail Contract awarded to the Isles of Scilly Steamship CompanyThis is CornwallFrom Monday through to Saturday, post will be delivered to Land's End Airport by Royal Mail. The post will then be transported by aircraft to arrive on the islands before 9.30am. The return postal service will depart St …

BBC News Henley-on-Thames rowers to get gold postboxBBC NewsThe Royal Mail is to paint a postbox gold in the Oxfordshire town of Henley-on-Thames – in recognition of its medal winning rowing club. The town is home to the prestigious Leander Club, which has trained more than 100 Olympic medal-winning rowers.Henley …

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

The Sun Message in a bottle would have been betterThe SunSadly, this baffling continuous error from Royal Mail has meant Sarah and her son have missed out on many birthday and Christmas cards, and even a message of condolence intended to be read out at a funeral in Australia. The …

Gold Mail Boxes Honor Britain's Gold MedalistsNPRBritain's Royal Mail has been honoring gold medalists by painting some of the iconic red post boxes gold. But after one town was left out, a local man took matters into his own hands. Twitter (0); Facebook (1); Share. Stumble Upon · Reddit · …

Birmingham grandfather's Royal Mail furyBirmingham MailA BIRMINGHAM grandfather is locked in an extraordinary eight-year battle with the Royal Mail– after a string of letters and cards to his daughter in Western Australia ended up in Buckinghamshire. Roy Froggatt, of Selly Oak, says he has been left at … More: continued …

Some 450 jobs are under threat in Gloucester as Royal Mail proposes to move its processing plant to Bristol. More: continued here

HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk Paper defies Royal Mail to paint postbox goldHoldTheFrontPage.co.ukA weekly newspaper has created its own gold postbox in celebration of an Olympic champion who was born on its patch – after Royal Mail bosses chose to paint a pillarbox elsewhere. Macclesfield Express journalists expected a postbox in the town to …

BBC News Royal Mail job loss threat over Gloucester site closureBBC NewsSome 450 jobs are under threat in Gloucester as Royal Mail has proposed to move its mail processing plant. It has announced formal plans to relocate its processing operations to Bristol, resulting in the closure and sale of Gloucester …

News roundup–Royal Mail, Amazon, moreCatalogue e-businessA new Royal Mail scheme allowing items to be delivered to a neighbouring address if no one is at home to receive them is being rolled out nationwide from next month. A three-month trial of the initiative found that customers welcomed the convenience of … …