Royal Mail

Schoolgirl rescued from under Royal Mail vanSunderland Echo, UKThe 11-year-old became stuck under the front axle of the Royal Mail van after the accident as she was riding her pink bike down Joannah Street, Fulwell. Onlookers informed the girl's mum, who is believed to live in a nearby road, who rushed …

Cambridge Evening News Postal workers face bike banCambridge Evening News, UKPOSTAL workers in Cambridge – the cycling capital of Britain – could be kicked off their bikes in a Royal Mail drive to save cash. Instead, many deliveries will be made by van, adding traffic to the city's roads, angry union …

Royal Mail partial privatisation runs into money problemsTribune, UKby Keith Richmond THE Government’s controversial plan to part-privatise Royal Mail has run into another problem – and this time it could prove fatal for the much-criticised idea. It appears that private companies do not have the cash to buy the stake … …

Shropshire Star Royal Mail Does Have A FutureHell Mail, UKThe UK Government may have come up against a brick wall on its plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. It had been widely rumoured that Dutch-owned TNT was interested in becoming a strategic partner but with banks unwilling to make loans and …

BBC News Thursday in WestminsterBBC News, UKBy Peter Mulligan In 'Today in Parliament', David Wilby reports on exchanges revealing that strikes at Royal Mail accounted for 60% of all days lost to industrial action during 2007 in the UK. That fact emerged during Commons questions about the future … More: continued …

Battle to save Postbus routesNorthern Times, UKHIGHLAND Council is battling to force Royal Mail to change its mind over the axing of five of its Postbus routes, two of them in Sutherland. The Postbus service between Thurso and Tongue, and between Bettyhill and Thurso, along with four other routes … More: …

BBC News Government 'open to Post ideas'BBC News, UKThe government is open to alternatives to selling off part of the Royal Mail, Labour chief whip Nick Brown has said. Mr Brown said Royal Mail had to be modernised but said the government was "still listening" if people had ideas for "other …

Rooftop protest wins apology from Royal MailSocialist Party, UKHe was demanding an apology from Royal Mail 17 months after he was wrongly accused of bullying and harassment by Royal Mail bosses. Paul said, "I am not coming down until I get the apology I am entitled to in writing from a …

A council is looking to protect transport services to remote and rural communities once Royal Mail buses are withdrawn. More: continued here

Plan to replace axed post busesBBC News, UKCouncil-funded bus services could be run on five post bus routes that Royal Mail are preparing to stop operating from 16 April. Those affected are Diabaig-Achnasheen, Applecross-Torridon and Torridon-Strathcarron in Wester Ross. … More: continued here