stv.tv Brown lashed over Royal Mail plansstv.tv, UKFurther signs of internal divisions within the Labour Party have burst into the open as a union leader attacked Gordon Brown over plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. The criticism came from a union official who also publicly congratulated a …Labour at war over …
Read More »Thieving postman jailed for 12 months – Worcester News
Thieving postman jailed for 12 monthsWorcester News, UKRichard Wilks, prosecuting on behalf of Royal Mail, said: “Other members of staff were suspicious and reported the matter to the investigating officers. “He was watched by them and when the surveillance was carried out he was seen to open nine packets … …
Read More »Royal mail: Prince's love letters to old flame for sale – Globe and Mail
Royal mail: Prince's love letters to old flame for saleGlobe and Mail, CanadaBut the California woman is now trying to clear stock and retire from Everything Royal, the antiques company she owns, so she posted them again. Now, the story of her letters has stretched from California to Canada to Clarence …
Read More »Royal Mail buy a billion elastic bands because posties discard them – Glasgow Daily Record
Royal Mail buy a billion elastic bands because posties discard themGlasgow Daily Record, UKALMOST a billion elastic bands a year have to be bought by Royal Mail because so many are left littering the streets. The number of red bands used to bundle mail has more than doubled this decade, leaving …
Read More »Different visions as Harman and Mandelson drift apart – guardian.co.uk
Different visions as Harman and Mandelson drift apartguardian.co.uk, UKThese now centre on an issue also involving the word royal – the Royal Mail – which highlights divisions within the Labour family over how to prepare Britain for the world after the recession. Mandelson is challenging the Labour party to accept the …
Read More »Mail staff strike in contracts row – The Press Association
Mail staff strike in contracts rowThe Press AssociationThe Communication Workers Union accused the Royal Mail of forcing the contracts on staff at the Upper Edmonton delivery office in a "cost-cutting" move it warned would affect mail services in the north of the capital. CWU official Mark Dolan said: "As …Royal …
Read More »Balcombe post bus service cancelled – Midhurst and Petworth Today
Balcombe post bus service cancelledMidhurst and Petworth Today, UKA ROYAL Mail post bus between Haywards Heath and Balcombe will cease on April 4 after local authority funding was withdrawn for the service. The post bus runs between the Royal Mail delivery office in Haywards Heath and Balcombe post office and picks …
Read More »Bravery award for TA postie – Scotland Courier
Scotland Courier Bravery award for TA postieScotland Courier, UKBy Lars Niven IT ISN’T every day a postie is fired on by a deadly Taliban rocket, but Iain MacDonald is no ordinary Royal Mail employee. Mr MacDonald has spent the past 12 years in the Territorial Army and has completed tours of …
Read More »Royal mail: Charles's love letters to old flame for sale – Globe and Mail
AFP Royal mail: Charles's love letters to old flame for saleGlobe and Mail, CanadaBut she is now trying to clear stock and retire from her antiques company, Everything Royal, so she posted them again. Now, the story of her letters has stretched from California to Canada to Clarence House, the official …
Read More »Barrie in Neverland – The Herald
Barrie in NeverlandThe Herald, UKI found out that the Royal Mail requires three years for applications to be considered for postage stamps to be issued, so nearly four years ago now I applied to the Royal Mail for a set of stamps for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir …
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