Royal Mail

THE Royal Mail’s Christmas postal service in Wishaw is anything but first class — according to an independent report. In the ML postcode area only 54 per cent of first class mail was received the next day, while 86 per cent of second class mail was received within three working …

Daily Mail columnist Allison Pearson has continued her spat with the Duchess of York, accusing her of ‘pushing her two girls into the limelight’. By Stephen Brook More: continued here

Junk mail thief who sold vouchers on eBay spared jail termHull Daily Mail, UK –5 minutes agoHe sold them in bulk to customers on eBay and even sent the coupons off to people using prepaid Royal Mail envelopes. Coult, 36, of Wadsworth Avenue, … More: continued here

Royal Mail to post £2.6bn shortfall by 2010Times Online, UK –3 hours agoRoyal Mail will have made £2.6 billion less than expected by the time that its price-control period ends in 2010, the company said yesterday. … More: continued here

Royal Mail has called on the government to allow it to raise capital by issuing shares to modernise its operations further and preserve the uniform delivery price. More: continued here

Earth Class Mail Invited by Postal Regulatory Commission to …PR Web (press release), WA –May 19, 2008Cameron Powell, VP of Strategic Development, will address questions about the Postal Service's use of alternate or supplemental forms of mail delivery. … More: continued here

CELEBRITY gardener Jamie Durie has learnt his gardening advice is not always taken graciously, especially when he’s correcting a member of the Royal family. Jamie Dury | Aussies at Chelsea More: continued here

Not content with allowing Royal Mail to close hundreds of post offices around the country as part of a bid to become more market friendly, the government is said to be considering plans to part-privatise the entire postal service. More: continued here

ROYAL OAK — A divided city commission passed an ordinance Monday ordering the Royal Oak public library to install filters on all but one computer in the adult section of the library. More: continued here

This extraordinary picture from the weekend’s royal wedding graphically captures the changing face of both the monarchy and modern families everywhere. More: continued here