News Update: Petition set up to save sorting officeStoke & Staffordshire, UKCAMPAIGNERS fighting to save 100 Royal Mail jobs are urging people to sign a petition to stop all Stoke-on-Trent mail being sorted in Wolverhampton. Both online and hard copies of the petition have been made available after Royal Mail outlined …
Read More »Stamp of approval for heroine who rescued pensioner from fire – Sheffield Telegraph
Stamp of approval for heroine who rescued pensioner from fireSheffield Telegraph, UKDoncaster postman Lewis Thorpe, 34, was also recognised at the Royal Mail's First Class People Awards for going above and beyond the call of duty. He was nominated by the daughter of an elderly couple who described him as the …
Read More »Royal Caribbean Compromises on Perks for Past Cruise Passengers – Cruise Critic
Cruise Critic Royal Caribbean Compromises on Perks for Past Cruise PassengersCruise Critic, NJNow, a second e-mail, signed by Royal Caribbean President and CEO Adam Goldstein, has been issued — and it turns out the cruise line is making some concessions to please those who were outraged over the cuts. The already …
Read More »Filing at the last minute? Use these post offices – Detroit Free Press
NBC Augusta Filing at the last minute? Use these post officesDetroit Free Press, United StatesOffices on Fort Street in Detroit, Second Street in Royal Oak, and Beech Daly Road in Redford will all be open until midnight Wednesday. All other metro Detroit locations will be open during standard business hours, said …
Read More »Ban the bands! Britain's posties have dropped 400000 red rubber … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Ban the bands! Britain's posties have dropped 400000 red rubber …Daily Mail, UKAs part of his mission to clear the streets of the Post Office's detritus, Mr Felton has offered to take care of any bands the public sends him, and next month he's planning to pass them on …
Read More »Resident’s royal touch teaches civility (The Colony Courier-Leader)
The Colony resident Wanda Sykes-Moore is quick to dispel the notion that proper etiquette is a lot of stuffy nonsense. “Raised pinkies are not required,” she said. “Etiquette doesn’t make you snobbish, it makes you better.” More: continued here
Read More »Man held over suspicious parcels (BBC News)
A 47-year-old Nottingham man is arrested in connection with the discovery of six suspicious parcels at a Royal Mail depot. More: continued here
Read More »Fuel-cell postal vans (the Engineer)
Royal Mail has joined forces with a number of major European postal and energy associations to speed up the development of hydrogen-fuel-cell postal vans. More: continued here
Read More »Princess Anne to officially open Midlands news hub (holdthefrontpage.co.uk)
The new multimedia news operation housing Trinity Mirror’s Birmingham titles is to receive a royal visitor next month. On May 26 Princess Anne will officially open the new offices at Fort Dunlop, just outside the Second City, now home to the Birmingham Post and Mail and Sunday Mercury. More: continued …
Read More »Prince William ‘overcooked’ aircraft engine (CNN)
Britain’s Prince William forced a Royal Air Force plane to be grounded for days after he flicked the wrong switch and “overcooked” the engine, a newspaper reported Tuesday. More: continued here
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