Royal Mail

Royal Mail falls victim to thievesRoad Transport, UKRoyal Mail has fallen victim to burglary in two separate incidents in which a total of four delivery vans were damaged and one stolen. Between 9 and 11 April, four Royal Mail vans were broken into at the logistics group's compound on Bridge End …

BBC News End of road for remote post busesBBC News, UKRoyal Mail, which runs the post buses, will also cease operating the far north routes of Thurso-Tongue and Bettyhill-Thurso. Highland Council-funded bus services could replace them. Officers have been asked to arrange interim measures to provide public … More: continued here

Philips Posts Loss on Lower Consumer, Lighting SalesBloombergBy Marcel van de Hoef April 14 (Bloomberg) — Royal Philips Electronics NV, Europe’s largest maker of consumer electronics, reported a second straight quarterly loss as sales in the consumer and lighting units plunged amid the economic slowdown. … More: continued here

Ontario Boosts Funding to Arts InstitutionsARTINFO, NYThese organizations, all of which are located in or around Toronto, are the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Ontario Science Centre, the Ontario Heritage Trust, and the Royal Botanical Gardens … More: continued here

CHANGES to parking at a mail sorting office are causing traffic chaos outside a primary school, a councillor has claimed. More: continued here

Man held after van stolenTeleText, UKA 32-year-old man has been arrested after a Royal Mail post van was stolen on Teesside. The Transit van was taken from outside shops in Birchington Avenue, Grangetown, and was found abandoned half an hour later in Middlesbrough. … More: continued here

Hell Mail Fred Dibnah Could Rescue Bolton PostmarkHell Mail, UKUnfortunately, postmarks are likely to become a casualty to the decline of stamped mail in much the same ways as phone boxes became casualties to the mobile phone revolution. As Royal Mail redefines its mail distribution and sorting centres, … More: continued …

Official: Gunmen attack Nigerian oil facilityThe Associated PressFour other people were wounded in the attack on military forces guarding a facility run by Royal Dutch Shell's local joint venture in Nigeria's southern Bayelsa state, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity due to prohibitions on … More: continued …

Anger over postcodes shake-upManchester Evening News, UKTOWNS will lose their postmarks under a major postal service shake-up, Royal Mail has confirmed. Mail sorting offices in Bolton, Oldham and Stockport have been controversially earmarked for closure – with the potential loss of 900 jobs – and all mail… More: continued here

A man is arrested after a Royal Mail post van is stolen on Teesside, then found with some of its contents missing. More: continued here