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Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail reveals ten Olympic stampsThe DrumThe Royal Mail has revealed ten of the 30 stamps created for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The first-class stamps, titled “Get ready for 2012”, feature classic Olympic sports such as field athletics and gymnastics, as well as more recent additions …Get ready …

Bomb squad investigate “suspicious package” in RhylDenbighshire VisitorROYAL Mail customers have been warned not to send noisy items through the post after sounds from a “suspicious package” sparked a bomb scare. Police and explosive experts rushed to the sorting office in Vale Road, Rhyl, after staff heard strange noises … …

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 …