Royal Mail

Telegraph.co.uk The word 'diaper' was originally used to describe a patternTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –13 hours agoBy 1874, after too many people had walked straight into the green boxes, red was settled on as the colour of choice. The Royal Mail still has a trademark on … More: continued here

300-MILE ROUND-TRIP TO POST MY MAIL FROM TOPSHAM TO TOPSHAM!Express & Echo, UK –1 hour agoSo why was the Royal Mail telling him to take them to Swindon in Wiltshire? It's a long way – about a 300-mile round trip – and a long story, … More: continued here

Our Xmas Card Got Lost In Bermuda TriangleGlasgow Daily Record, UK –25 minutes agoA Royal Mail spokeswoman said: "Royal Mail delivers 21billion items of mail each year to 28million addresses in the UK and 99.93 per cent of that i … More: continued here

London mayoral election result fears after postal votes go missingTimes Online, UK –5 hours agoA spokesman for the Royal Mail said: “The City of London’s freepost account lapsed in February despite a letter from Royal Mail urging the corporation to … More: continued here

Post box doomedGoole Today, UK –10 hours agoBut a Royal Mail spokesman said the company had no choice but to remove the box following the request by the land owner. Councillor Keith Moore took up the … More: continued here

Apr 18: Psychology is a feature of this year’s longlist for the Royal Society prize for science books More: continued here

A trip to Buckingham Palace usually involves watching the “changing of the guard” and snapping a few shots of the grand royal residence. That’s as close as most people will ever get to Her Majesty the Queen. Unless, of course, you’re invited to join the Order of the British Empire. …

April 18 (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks rose for a fifth day, led by Royal Bank of Canada and other finance shares, after revenue at Citigroup Inc. beat analysts’ estimates even as the U.S. lender had a quarterly loss on writedowns and loan losses. More: continued here

New twist in Coventry sorting office disputeCoventry Telegraph, UK –1 hour agoUNION bosses claim Royal Mail is planning to serve Milton Keynes as well as Coventry from a new combined mail centre. Mick Kavanagh, Communication Workers' … More: continued here

Non-arrival of air mail from UK on regular basis provokes walkout …Panorama, UK –3 hours agoThe non-arrival of Royal mail from UK on a regular basis is the cause of the ongoing problem. At the moment, Easyjet who took over from GB Airways (who used …Post box doomedGoole TodayHave you seen this …