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The postal services bill cleared the Lords last night –and is now on the way to the Commons where a major backbench rebellion could lie in wait. More: continued here

Reading’s post could soon come via a derelict warehouse in Whitley. More: continued here

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs in their last league encounter of the IPL. More: continued here

Guernsey Press and Star Bulk mailers brace themselves for Royal Mail's 40% increaseGuernsey Press and Star, UKBy Joel de Woolfson BUSINESSES that rely on the post to export goods to the UK are to be hit hard after Royal Mail confirmed it was hiking its charges for delivering Bailiwick post by …

Pension deficit doubles at Royal MailPeople Management Magazine Online, UKRoyal Mail Group's pension fund deficit has grown to £6.8 billion, more than double last year's figure, despite an increase in profits. Group profits increased from £162 million in 2007/08 to £321 million in 2008/09. Chief executive Adam Crozier said: … More: …

Economy posts a downturn in the mailThe Age, AustraliaAustralia, it appears, is bucking the trend of the decline of paper mail elsewhere in the world — the recession notwithstanding. The US Postal Service saw volumes fall nearly 15 per cent in the year to the end of March, while Britain's Royal …

Royal Mail hopes posted on derelict warehouseReading Evening Post, UKRoyal Mail's soon-to-shut Caversham Road sorting office looks set to be replaced by a delivery centre in a South Reading trading estate. The postal giant has submitted a planning application to Reading Borough Council for the warehouse in Gillette Way. … More: …

Postman stole and sold on parcelsBBC News, UKHe was arrested after Royal Mail bosses became suspicious and mounted a surveillance operation. Stolen mail was found in Backhouse's work van, his private car and at his home. Backhouse told police he had targeted envelopes with the logo of an …Postman jailed for …

Spectator.co.uk Peter Mandelson's local post office set to shut downMirror.co.uk, UKNow sub-postmaster Vimal Shah has called on him to step in after accusing the Royal Mail of using a row over opening hours as a "back door excuse" to wind up his business. But Lord Mandelson has never been seen at …

Telegraph.co.uk MPs' expenses: chaos theory engulfs Gordon Brown as he struggles …Telegraph.co.uk, United KingdomBy Andrew Gimson But few sound quite as disorientated as Gordon Brown, who started Prime Minister's Questions yesterday by declaring that Royal Mail“is losing five million letters a year”. Laughter broke out at this declaration of mind-boggling …Video: …