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A royal mail van has collided with a car on a busy commuter route in Cambridge creating long delays for motorists. The crash took place in Newmarket Road, close to the junction with Marshalls Van Centre between the Ditton Lane junction and the Barnwell Road shortly after 7am. More: continued …

LLANIDLOES’ Sorting Office is to close as part of Royal Mail’s cost cutting measures. All work carried out at the Llanidloes office and the eight staff will move to Newtown on June 13, with the Royal Mail confirming there will be no compulsory redundancies as a result of the move. …

Residents show thanks to veteran Maldon postwomanMaldon and Burnham StandardClaire Hanner has worked for Royal Mail's Maldon delivery office in Fullbridge for more than ten years, but is now moving to Exmoor, in Devon, with husband Paul, who himself is a postman. Among the residents her round covered were those …

Telegraph.co.uk Ministers line up £1bn cash boost for Royal MailTelegraph.co.ukThe Government is working on a plan to inject up to £1bn into the Royal Mail to shore up its financial position ahead of privatisation, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. As well as restructuring the balance sheet, the Government is looking …

The Government is working on a plan to inject up to £1bn into the Royal Mail to shore up its financial position ahead of privatisation, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. More: continued here

Royal Mail workers' vote raises prospect of strikeThe IndependentRoyal Mail workers will vote next week on an emergency resolution that raises the prospect of the third national postal strike in five years. The resolution, to be discussed behind closed doors at the Communication Workers Union annual …CWU conference: Support joint …

The Guardian UK Post Offices Future Could Be MutualHell MailWith the privatisation of Royal Mail still to be finalised, the long term viability of post offices outlets has long been a bone of contention. With thousands of post offices already culled in recent years, many more are expected to close …

Royal Mail workers will vote next week on an emergency resolution that raises the prospect of the third national postal strike in five years. The resolution, to be discussed behind closed doors at the Communication Workers Union annual conference in Bournemouth, sets out a series of objections to Royal Mail’s …

The Guardian Mutual ownership plan for post offices moves a step nearerThe GuardianThey make their profits by handling Royal Mail post and processing financial transactions on behalf of the government and banks. Around 600 Crown post offices, mainly in city and town centres, are directly owned by the government. …John …

Royal Mail'made £3.2 million in five years selling off "lost" items'myHermesRoyal Mail has revealed it has netted a total of £3.2 million over the past five years by selling items that were "lost" in the post. Last year alone, the company made £824000 by auctioning parcel contents off, the Sunday …