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Belfast Telegraph Doddington postpox painted bronze by hockey fansBBC NewsRoyal Mail has said it wants the painting of postboxes to be left to its staff after a Lincolnshire postbox was painted bronze by "excited fans". It said it understood the sentiment behind painting the box in Doddington, hometown of Olympic …

Columbus Telegram (blog) Britain's Royal Mail in hot water over gold-medal Paralympic discriminationColumbus Telegram (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 …

Marlovians tell Royal Mail: We want golden post boxBucks Free PressRoyal Mail is painting post boxes gold around the country to honour victorious Olympic athletes. However, winning rower Katherine Grainger has selected Aberdeen, her family's town, rather than her adopted home of Marlow. If the appeal is successful the …and …

Changes to Royal Mail services in BallyclareNewtown Abbey TimesA spokesperson for Royal Mail explained the reasoning behind the changes: “The way in which we communicate with each other has changed dramatically. Unfortunately, fewer letters are now posted every day and Royal Mail needs to organise its delivery … More: continued …

The UK's Royal Mail is reported to be in talks with companies to set up its own MVNO service. The company has around 11,500 retail outlets across the UK, giving it a huge retail presence. More: continued here

Creative Review (blog) Royal Mail defended by BPA over lack of gold medallist stampsinsideworldparasportRoyal Mail_gold_medal_stamps_10_August August 11 – The British Paralympic Association has defended the Royal Mail from criticism for not creating individual stamps for each British Paralympic gold medallist as it has been doing with the Olympics.Fans told to …

Creative Review (blog) Fans told to leave postboxes aloneThe Press AssociationRoyal Mail has urged excited fans to leave the painting of postboxes to their staff after one was given a bronze makeover in honour of the British women's hockey team. The postbox, in midfielder Georgie Twigg's home town of Doddington, …

Royal Mail has urged excited fans to leave the painting of postboxes to their staff after one was given a bronze makeover in honour of the British women's hockey team. More: continued here

The Royal Mail has a message for overexuberant Olympics fans: Leave the spray can at home. More: continued here

BBC News Ben Ainslie: Lymington gold post box painter arrestedBBC NewsPolice have arrested a man for spray painting a Royal Mail post box gold in honour of Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie. Rob Smith, 51, painted the post box in Lymington High Street where the gold medallist lives. He said: "When …