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BBC News 'Coastguard' postman given honourBBC News, UKA Cornish postman and part-time coastguard has been named as "Postman of the Year" by the Royal Mail. Neil Chesebrough, from Bude, was nominated by local customers for being an "unsung hero". In the Coastguard service for more than 21 years, … More: continued …

Telegraph.co.uk Internet mail service viapost puts its stamp on lettersTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomIt runs an internet postal operation that allows letters to be sent electronically to central servers and then printed out and delivered by the Royal Mail through the so-called “last mile” system used by courier companies. The system operates through …

MPs condemn Lord Mandelson’s proposals for Royal MailTimes Online, UKLord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has suffered the biggest blow yet in his attempts to sell part of Royal Mail, with the Commons Business and Enterprise Select Committee condemning the move as ill-thought-out. In a report that will be formally … More: …

Mood grows in Royal Mail to fight against post cutsSocialistworker.co.uk, UKby Yuri Prasad The possibility of a London-wide strike at Royal Mail grew this week after bosses refused to back down from plans to slash jobs at offices around the capital. "The cuts have not been agreed with the union and …

The possibility of a London-wide strike at Royal Mail grew this week after bosses refused to back down from plans to slash jobs at offices around the capital. More: continued here

Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has suffered the biggest blow yet in his attempts to sell part of Royal Mail, with the Commons Business and Enterprise Select Committee condemning the move as ill-thought-out. More: continued here

THE battle to save Royal Mail from privatisation received a huge boost on Tuesday when a cross-party committee of MPs rubbished the government’s sell-off proposals. More: continued here

Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured artworks — the bust of Nefertiti has two faces. More: continued here

As a study in balance of trade, it’s pathetically uneven. The Emerald Isle gets one planeload after another of vacationing American duffers losing $4 golf balls in the dunes of Ballybunion in the south, overpaying caddies at Royal County Down in the north and bellying up at Fodor’s-approved pubs each …

BBC News Masked gang go on hijacking spreeBBC News, UKThe hijackers targeted people working for NIE, Royal Mail, Northern Ireland Water and other local businesses. In one instance, the gang of between two and four, tried to hijack a car with a four-year-old boy on board. On a separate occasion, … …