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Anger over village post office moveEssex EchoPeople living in Hullbridge have been shocked by a Royal Mail announcement that it is considering moving the facility. A public consultation was launched earlier this week on plans to shift the post office from its current base in …and more » More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail delivers on OlympicsScotsmanA SET of ten stamps has been unveiled by the Royal Mail to mark the one-year countdown to the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. The first-class stamps, titled "Get ready for 2012", feature classic Olympic sports such as athletics and gymnastics, …Medals to be unveiled …

A set of 10 stamps is unveiled by Royal Mail to mark the one-year countdown to the London 2012 Olympic Games. More: continued here

The Economist Appealing anachronisms: Still squeezing it all inThe EconomistMore than 130m picture postcards are received each year, reckons Royal Mail, 30m more than a decade ago. The volume of other personal mail, meanwhile, has fallen by a third in five years. Until 1894 it was illegal to send a …

Figures show that more than 226,000 visitors attended this year’s Royal Welsh Show in Powys over four days. More: continued here

The Guardian Modernisation has put the snail in Royal MailThe GuardianBikes for postal workers are being phased out by Royal Mail, slowing down delivery. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian It's been a bad week for the Royal Mail. What am I talking about? It's always a bad week. First …

Tommy tailors a teepee triumphKeighley NewsThe 42-year-old, from Oakworth, originally trained to be a tailor after leaving school but went on to work for the Royal Mail for more than a decade. He launched Camping Under the Stars last year and now puts his tailoring skills to good use stitching …

Daily Mail Burnley postman who stashed 31000 items of mail spared jailThis Is LancashireTasker, then a postman for 12 years, had been put under surveillance by the Royal Mail last September after reports from the public about mail not being delivered. On the day he was observed, he didn't start …

The Economist Still squeezing it all inThe EconomistMore than 130m picture postcards are received each year, reckons Royal Mail, 30m more than a decade ago. The volume of other personal mail, meanwhile, has fallen by a third in five years. Until 1894 it was illegal to send a picture by …

Marketing Week DM industry slams Royal Mail"delivered by" mark plansMarketing WeekThe direct mail industry has slammed the Royal Mail's decision to include a new “delivered by…” mark on mail as a “high handed” approach that will reduce response rates from DM packs. The postal operator says all machine-sorted mail will …