Royal Mail

So near and yet a world apart: the magical islands of the lochThe Herald, UKAs the beautifully varnished 31ft motor boat chugs away from the banks, a blanched Royal Mail flag flutters from the mast. The Macfarlane family have been operating ferries on the loch since the end of the 19th …

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Kent News Artist behind new folklore stamps only uses emailKent News, United KingdomThe striking images were created for the Royal Mail by illustrator Dave McKean, from Isle of Oxney, near Tenterden. The six stamps, issued on Tuesday, feature fantastical characters from the UK's rich history of folklore and legend. … More: …

Class exchanges love letters with Picasso museMonterey County Herald, CAThe packages came stamped Royal Mail, Postage Paid UK, with a return address written on the back rather than on the front. It was a foreign delivery, for sure, but for Jose Cavazos' students, the letters were personal gifts from Pablo Picasso's …

Royal Mail investigates delayed deliveries in IlkleyIlkley Gazette, UKBy Paul Langan » AN investigation is being carried out in Ilkley into the suspected withholding of mail by a delivery worker. Letters of apology have been sent to homes and businesses by John Carter, the delivery office manager at the Royal Mail …

A millionaire property developer is paying for a private jet to Portugal for the royal to attend the opening of luxury apartments. More: continued here

Postal services in the UK have been disrupted after Royal Mail workers went on strike. More: continued here

Postal services in the UK have been disrupted after Royal Mail workers in London and Scotland went on strike in a dispute over jobs cuts. More: continued here

Royal Mail in 11th hour bid to stop postal strikeEast London Advertiser, UKBy Mike Brooke REGIONAL bosses at Royal Mail today issued an 11th hour appeal to try and avert tomorrow's strike by 10000 London postal workers. The walkout in all postal districts outside central London is in response to job …

Daily Mail Royal Mail threatens delivery withdrawal after postman 'attacked …Telegraph.co.uk, United KingdomRoyal Mail has warned a family they will not deliver their mail after a postman was "attacked" by their kitten. The company wrote to shopkeeper Ken Ridge, 65, and his son Bradley, 30, after the postman was targeted by …