Royal Mail

The village where buying a 36p stamp may cost you a bus journey …Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –6 minutes agoBy Tom Peterkin The Royal Mail has come under fire for plans to close a rural post office that would force customers to make an overnight trip just to buy a … More: continued …

Posties pitch in to aid colleagueYork Press, UK –1 hour agoIt was a sponsored contest between workers at the two Royal Mail delivery rooms in Leeman Road, York. The postmen's efforts will boost the fundraising kitty … More: continued here

$400-mln to $700-mln of RBC writedowns expectedGlobe and Mail, Canada –44 minutes agoThe Globe and Mail's Tara Perkins has been tracking the market's view on Royal Bank of Canada in the wake of Citigroup's forecast of massive writedowns at … More: continued here

‘Murder accused’s plans to spend cash’Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK –48 minutes agoDennis Bartholomew, a Royal Mail colleague of Joanne Hussey, said she had told him she had been to take money out of Annie Garbutt's bank books and an … More: continued here

Judge Tells Plundering Postman to Prepare Himself for JailRedOrbit, TX –1 hour agoHe was suspended from his job in October following an inquiry by Royal Mail investigators after complaints were received about mail on the route he covered … More: continued here

Melbourne: Witnesses deposing in the judicial inquiry into the failed terrorism case against accused Indian doctor Mohammad Haneef may not cooperate amid fear of defamation proceedings against them as the inquiry lacks powers of a royal … More: continued here

Sirens, audio alerts and e-mail warned Florida Atlantic University students and employees in the middle of the night Wednesday of a shooting on campus. More: continued here

'Man in shorts' row: Postie given £30 to buy new pairNorthampton Chronicle & Echo, UK –5 hours agoAdam Williamson, aged 27, from Fullingdale Road, Headlands, was escorted out of Royal Mail's sorting office at Crow Lane on Tuesday by the police after a …Police swoop on postman for wearing shorts and he's …

Union’s fears for sorting officeEssex Echo, UK –7 minutes agoA TRADE union boss has spoken of his fears for the future of a Royal Mail sorting office. The Echo reported yesterday how Tesco hoped to build a huge … More: continued here

A British naval officer has died in a paragliding accident in southern Spain. The 36-year-old died after hitting the ground during a spectacular flight among the peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Granada More: continued here