Royal Mail

A POSTMAN who ripped open a birthday card to take £35 has escaped a jail term. Kevin Tomlin, 47, helped himself to the money when the card was returned undelivered to Royal Mail’s sorting office in Harold Hill. More: continued here

Hell Mail TNT Post Invests In Parallel OCRHell Mail, UK –3 minutes agoAs a measure of its success it is now ranked 22 places ahead of Royal Mail in the current UK Business Superbrand rankings. Downstream Access allows TNT Post … More: continued here

Special delivery for new-look Post officeReading Evening Post, UK –5 hours agoHowever, his revelation caught the Royal Mail press office on the hop when it was revealed it had not intended to launch the new refurbishment programme …Store Wars break out in Rutherglen Main StreetRutherglen ReformerThousands sign petition to save post officeOxford …

Postie stole money from cardRomford Recorder, UK –4 hours agoKevin Tomlin, 47, helped himself to the money when the card was returned undelivered to Royal Mail's sorting office in Harold Hill. … More: continued here

Post Office wants to 'ruin our community for £19k'Scotsman, United Kingdom –3 hours agoBy Ian Swanson ROYAL Mail bosses were today urged to scrap plans to shut a city post office after it was revealed the closure would save just £19000. … More: continued here

THE Royal Trophy is set to return for its third edition in Thailand in January, a year after the matchplay event between Asia and Europe was postponed following the death of the sister of the King of Thailand. More: continued here

Former Oldham Evening Chronicle journalist John Stevenson has picked up a top award for his TV scripts. John, 71, won the Royal Television Society’s North-West Judge’s Award for his career as a scriptwriter which has spanned more than 40 years. More: continued here

Two Royal Marines were killed by insurgents in Afghanistan today, the Ministry of Defence said. More: continued here

Jonjo O’Neill is looking towards the skies, praying the rain stays away for his Royal & SunAlliance Chase winner Albertas Run ahead of the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury. More: continued here

Get set for super-fast postal deliveries. The Royal Mail plans to honour Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One triumph with a set of commemorative stamps. A spokesman said no decision on the final design had been made, although he confirmed that the idea was “under consideration”. More: continued here