Royal Mail

All three post offices in the Houses of Parliament are to escape the mass cull of London branches, the Standard can reveal. The Royal Mail has provoked outrage after announcing plans to axe 169 post offices in the City. More: continued here

Demonstration call after new threat to post offices is revealedHampstead and Highgate Express, UK –49 minutes agoThank goodness a Royal Mail insider has leaked that at least 11 post offices are earmarked for the chop in Camden and Barnet (Named: secret list of post … More: continued here

FINDING DUNKELD'S COUNTRY SECRETSSydney Star Observer, Australia –1 minute agoWhen it is the Royal Mail Hotel complex in the verdant hills of Western Victoria’s Grampians region. And of what value is a country pub to Australia’s queer … More: continued here

Walkout post workers scoop lotto winOxford Mail, UK –2 minutes agoThe lucky 14 – 13 men and a woman who all work as Royal Mail drivers – have already planned how to spend their cash. Syndicate organiser Geoffrey Townsend, … More: continued here

Royal Mail defends the printed statementThewisemarketer.com (subscription), UK –3 hours agoAccording to Abi Wood, head of financial sector marketing at Royal Mail, "Many companies are actively encouraging customers to deal with them online, … More: continued here

MAIL LOST AS ARSONISTS TARGET POST-BOXES IN PLYMPTONPlymouth Evening Herald, UK –15 hours agoPolice and Royal Mail are appealing for potential witnesses to come forward. He said: "They were at opposite ends of Plympton over a mile apart, … More: continued here

Mayor braced to fight post office closuresFinancial Times, UK –48 minutes ago… programme to slim down the Post Office network with a legal challenge to Royal Mail’s plan to close 169 branches and two crown post offices in London. … More: continued here

Scarlett Johannson and Natalie Portman took part in a sister act in Leicester Square – at the royal premiere of The Other Boleyn Girl. The actresses braved a chilled London evening earlier ahead of the first showing of the period drama, in which Portman plays Henry VIII’s doomed wife Anne …

CHENNAI: Great Occasion, a failed favourite last time out, may make amends in the Class II Royal Western India Turf Club Cup (1,200m), the main event of the races to be held here on Wednesday (Feb. 20). There will be no false rails. … More: continued here

MORE than 100 post offices across London are under threat of closure after a consultation into the future of the service began today. During the six week consultation period, Royal Mail will be asking for the views of people who use the branches, all of which could be shut. More: …