Royal Mail

Closure of mail offices put backShropshire Star, UKTwo Shropshire mail delivery offices which had been due to close have been given a temporary reprieve. The Royal Mail delivery offices in Ellesmere and Church Stretton had been due to close on May 11, but bosses said today the closures had been put …

No post for a week after postman jars back driving over potholeTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomRoyal Mail bosses stopped a street's deliveries for a week after a post man jarred his back while driving over a pothole. He went off sick after the incident in rural Bell Lane, Smalley, Derbyshire, leaving householders to …

Daily Mail 'Enough is enough': Cameron urges voters to give 'spineless …Daily Mail, UKHe is now facing yet another critical test after Cabinet warfare erupted over plans to sell off part of the Royal Mail. One of the Prime Minister's key allies, Chief Whip Nick Brown, was accused of encouraging Labour …

Aides to Prime Minister Gordon Brown are examining proposals to turn the state-owned postal company Royal Mail into a not-for-profit company, instead of pursuing plans to sell a minority stake to the private sector, the Guardian said on Tuesday. More: continued here

Gordon Brown is facing a critical test of his faltering authority as Cabinet warfare erupted over plans to sell off part of the Royal Mail. More: continued here

postie's pothole injury halts the mailDerby Evening Telegraph, UKTHE Royal Mail stopped delivering to houses on a Derbyshire street after a postman claimed to have been injured by driving over a pothole. Residents of Bell Lane, in Smalley, were left fuming by the decision, which they branded as "ludicrous", … More: …

Downing Street rejects claims it has been talking about alternatives to the part-privatisation of Royal Mail. More: continued here

Gordon Brown’s aides have been in private talks with leaders of the Labour rebellion over the future of Royal Mail in an effort to avert another Commons revolt which could fatally weaken the prime minister’s authority. More: continued here

David Cameron holds Gordon Brown’s political life in his hands after the Prime Minister’s decision to risk a Commons defeat over the Royal Mail sell-off next month, senior government figures believe. More: continued here

LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – Aides to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are examining proposals to turn the state-owned postal company Royal Mail into a not-for-profit company, instead of pursuing plans to sell a minority stake to the private sector, the Guardian newspaper said on Tuesday. The move would be …