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Dog nips are just part of the job – Churchdown postmanThis is GloucestershireGETTING the odd nip from a determined dog is part and parcel of life as a postie, a former Royal Mail worker has said. John Jones has spoken out in response to a national inquiry, launched by Royal …

Royal Mail launches inquiry into dog attacksNews ShopperROYAL Mail has launched an inquiry into dog attacks after revealing postal workers across the country are suffering up to 4000 attacks each year. The news follows News Shopper's Shop A Dog campaign calling on the government to extend legislation to … More: …

Daily Mail Meet Britain¿s oldest ice-cream man who has never had a day off sick in 48 …Daily MailNow: The man in the 'reed' van scoops his ice cream from a converted Royal Mail van. He has also used an old ambulance and a water board van …And then: Mr …

Daily Mail Meet Britain's oldest ice-cream man who has never had a day off sick in 48 …Daily MailNow: The man in the 'reed' van scoops his ice cream from a converted Royal Mail van. He has also used an old ambulance and a water board van …And then: Mr …

Emily wins top awardBeverley GuardianTen year-old Emily Sugden from Hornsea Primary School, is the winner of the North East heat in Royal Mail's young letter writer competition. Royal Mail's annual competition, now in its 36th year, aims to recognise the nation's best young letter writers … More: continued here

Daily Mail Britain's oldest ice-cream man Adam Kelly will celebrate 90th birthday by …Daily MailNow: The man in the 'reed' van scoops his ice cream from a converted Royal Mail van. He has also used an old ambulance and a water board van …And then: Mr Kelly serves a customer …

Dartmouth-Today Stamp that nobody told the town aboutDartmouth-TodayInventor Thomas Newcomen has been putting his stamp on the whole nation in the shape of the latest Royal Mail issue. The only trouble is, it appears no one told his home town of Dartmouth about his inclusion in the Britons of Distinction …

Dominic Mills joins content agency RedwoodPress GazetteBy Press Gazette The former editorial director of Haymarket Business Media, Dominic Mills, has joined the content agency Redwood as group editor of its Royal Mail account. Mills, the former editor of Campaign magazine, will oversee a new magazine, … More: continued here

Blast of horn heralds mail coach talkThis is SomersetHe had been invited to speak about the role of the guard on the horse-drawn mail coaches that brought letters from London to Bath and Frome in the late 18th and early 19th century. In 1784 entrepreneur John Palmer started the Royal …

Royal Mail RIB gets major overhaulDCA (press release)The boat responsible for delivering Royal Mail post around the Isles of Scilly has undergone a major overhaul after six years of servicing the Islands. The Redbay cabin RIB (rigid inflatable boat) the Swift Lady was purchased by the Isles of Scilly … …