Royal Mail

Lord Mandelson feels heat in post rowTimes Online, UKTHE business secretary, Lord Mandelson, was under renewed pressure last night to scrap the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail after a parliamentary aide quit her post and joined the Labour rebels. Sian James resigned as a parliamentary private … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail bid: tax scamTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomTNT, the company tipped to take over much of the Royal Mail’s work under privatisation plans, was forced to pay back tens of millions of pounds in unpaid tax and admitted that its staff acted illegally. By Andrew Alderson and Alastair Jamieson …Mail plans …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail stamps mark Industrial RevolutionTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThe Royal Mail is to launch a new issue of stamps to mark the 250th anniversary of the Industrial Revolution. By Andrew Alderson, Chief Reporter Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution, previewed here and issued on Tuesday, will feature the men behind … More: …

TNT the company tipped to take over much of the Royal Mail’s work was forced to pay back tens of millions of pounds in unpaid tax and admitted that its staff acted illegally. More: continued here

The Royal Mail is to launch a new issue of stamps to mark the 250th anniversary of the Industrial Revolution. More: continued here

SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson Mike Weir MP has warned Scottish Labour against sweeping the issue of Royal Mail privatisation under the carpet. More: continued here

stv.tv Brown lashed over Royal Mail plansstv.tv, UKFurther signs of internal divisions within the Labour Party have burst into the open as a union leader attacked Gordon Brown over plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. The criticism came from a union official who also publicly congratulated a …Labour at war over …

Thieving postman jailed for 12 monthsWorcester News,  UKRichard Wilks, prosecuting on behalf of Royal Mail, said: “Other members of staff were suspicious and reported the matter to the investigating officers. “He was watched by them and when the surveillance was carried out he was seen to open nine packets … …

Royal mail: Prince's love letters to old flame for saleGlobe and Mail, CanadaBut the California woman is now trying to clear stock and retire from Everything Royal, the antiques company she owns, so she posted them again. Now, the story of her letters has stretched from California to Canada to Clarence …

Royal Mail buy a billion elastic bands because posties discard themGlasgow Daily Record, UKALMOST a billion elastic bands a year have to be bought by Royal Mail because so many are left littering the streets. The number of red bands used to bundle mail has more than doubled this decade, leaving …