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British detectives are investigating claims by a Russian former double agent of an assassination attempt against him, police told The Mail on Sunday newspaper. More: continued here

R ewinding the week that was, in which baseball season got under way (and the Royals still are in playoff contention), Michelle Wie found a boyfriend (and without a sponsor’s exemption), and hey, Isiah, tick, tock, tick, tock … More: continued here

Britannia could return to the nation’s coins, a senior adviser to the Royal Mint has said after the ancient symbol was missing when the first new set of British coins for nearly 40 years was unveiled last week. However, John Porteous, of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee on Coin Design, …

HOLMES TOWNSHIP — Wynford High School’s gymnasium is called The House of Thrills. The adjacent elementary school turned into The House of Fun on Friday night. More: continued here

Allan Leighton keeps runningTimes Online, UK –6 minutes agoAllan Leighton has chaired the Royal Mail for six turbulent years. But with the row over post office closures hotting up, why is he spending so much time in … More: continued here

Royal Mail workers vote to reject pension changesBrand Republic (subscription), UK –Apr 2, 2008by Daniel Farey-Jones Brand Republic 02-Apr-08, 14:25 LONDON – Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to reject the changes made by the company to its … More: continued here

UK postal workers reject Royal Mail pension scheme changesThomson Investment Management News (subscription), UK –Apr 1, 2008LONDON (Thomson IM) – UK postal workers on Tuesday rejected Royal Mail's proposed changes to pensions in a ballot held by the Communication Workers Union … More: continued here

Technical problems knock out Royal Mail sitesComputing, UK –15 hours agoThe main three web sites for the Royal Mail are currently unavailable, due to unknown technical problems. Royalmail.com, parcelforce.com and …Royal Mail sites hit by downtime cock-upRegisterall 3 news articles More: continued here

Hell Mail Advertiser to host meeting over poor state of deliveriesHarrogate Today, UK –15 hours agoA Royal Mail spokeswoman said: "As we have said, we are making significant changes to the way we work in Harrogate, to even out the time each postman or …Royal Mail workers vote to reject pension changesBrand …

A postman tells a court he dumped almost 4,000 pieces of mail because he was too stressed for deliveries. More: continued here