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At their Monday meeting, the town council voted unanimously to ban through trucks on Royal Avenue between Commerce Avenue and South Street. Instead, truckers must turn onto Commerce Avenue – a VDOT-designated truck route – to get through town. More: continued here

JAIPUR: The good old Bharatpur royal has done it again. In what appears to be a reversal of BJP fortunes in the Bharatpur region in the run-up to the Rajasthan Assembly elections, BJP Member of Parliament and royal family scion Vishvendra … More: continued here

PageOne has been chosen by the Royal Academy of Arts to provide a messaging solution allowing the easy promotion of exhibition tours for the deaf and hard-of-hearing using mobile phone text messages. More: continued here

Two British soldiers have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today. The pair, both Royal Marines, were in the south of the country. More: continued here

Royal Mail confirms it is closing its Milton Keynes Mail Centre to move to a new multi-million pound centre. More: continued here

BBC News Thousands of post offices saved by keeping benefits contract with …Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –5 hours agoBy Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor James Purnell, the Work and Pensions Secretary, yesterday awarded Royal Mail the £900million, five-year contract to …FAQ: Post Office benefits contractguardian.co.ukPost office reprievedComet 24More post offices under threat as card …

Vaughan: 'Beat Mail or bust'Reading Evening Post, UK –1 hour agoHe said: “Cookham Dean, Woodley and Royal Mail are all up there and we need a win to close the gap. “We shouldn’t have lost to Cookham or Woodley – the only … More: continued here

BBC News FAQ: Post Office benefits contractguardian.co.uk, UK –49 minutes agoIn the letters business, Royal Mail is facing competition from private sector rivals who now handle more than one in every four letters. …Two out of three post offices could close if Royal Mail loses …Telegraph.co.ukPost office reprievedComet 24More post offices under …

One-hour wait to pick up your postSouth Manchester Reporter, UK –3 hours agoHOUSEHOLDERS are queuing in the street for almost an hour to collect letters, packets and parcels that Royal Mail workers have been unable to deliver. …Postal service in Watford 'not fit for purpose'Watford Observerall 2 news articles More: continued here

Post thief behind barsWigan Today, UK –3 hours agoHe said: "The investigation department of the Royal Mail received information about his activities." On July 11 he was kept under surveillance and six … More: continued here