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DOG owners are being urged to keep their pets under control after it emerged 11 postmen a day are being bitten on their rounds. More: continued here

11 Royal Mail posties bitten by dogs every dayMirror.co.ukFigures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed yesterday that 20528 Royal Mail workers have been bitten since 2006. Mr Joyce said: “The cost to Royal Mail in sick pay is the tip of the iceberg in terms of real costs …

The woman behind the Age Good Food GuideCasey Weekly BerwickApelgren sipped and supped her way through Dunkeld's Royal Mail Hotel, winner of The Age Good Food Guide's 2011 Restaurant of the Year; three-hatted Vue de Monde and Jacques Reymond; and Attica, whose chef Ben Shewry won the guide's 2011 Chef …

Pledge over mail servicesWiltshire Gazette and HeraldEFFORTS to convince the Royal Mail not to scrap a delivery office in Malmesbury appear to have failed. The company announced earlier this year that the High Street sorting office would close and posties would have to drive to Wootton … More: continued here

Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas left San Juan, Puerto Rico, early to avoid Hurricane Irene. More: continued here

Daily Mail Daft and dafter: The top ten barmy elf 'n' safety diktatsDaily MailEven the Royal British Legion made the list for not giving out pins to attach poppies, lest supporters prick themselves. Wimbledon bosses featured for barring fans from watching tennis on Murray Mount after rain, in case they …

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, PetroChina Company Limited, Accenture plc, Microsoft and IBM More: continued here

Sky News RBS pay details exposed in Hays e-mailFinancial TimesHays sent out confidential pay details of thousands of temporary workers it had placed with Royal Bank of Scotland, potentially jeopardising one of the recruitment agency's most lucrative contracts. In an e-mail to 800 …Hays Inadvertently Sends E-mail Containing Pay of …

BBC News Pedestrian hurt by falling branch after lorry hits treeBBC NewsThe woman was walking to work when the Royal Mail lorry struck the tree outside her office in Blackfriars Road, Southwark, at about 08:30 BST. Emergency crews were sent to the scene and fire crews held up a blue …

Britain’s royal family has given Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in London a big boost after Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall adopted a puppy from the famous pound. Prince Charles’ wife took charge of the terrier, named Beth, on Monday (22Aug11), according to Clare… More: continued here