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Expletives and alcohol laced the GQ Men of the Year event Tuesday night at London’s Royal Opera House as Sir Elton John and pop singer Lily Allen attempted to host the annual extravaganza. More: continued here

Speaking Wednesday to about 1,600 area business leaders at the Boots, Barbecue and Business Luncheon of the American Royal, Lance Armstrong, the seven-time winner of the Tour de France, shared the story of how he conquered cancer. More: continued here

Hell Mail Royal Mail Sorting Offices Intend To Fight HardHell Mail, UK –3 hours agoThe Crewe Chronicle has backed Communication Workers Union calls for support to help save the Crewe Royal Mail sorting office from closure and the paper has … More: continued here

Stamp cast expected to deliver £10000 at auctionTimes Online, UK –1 minute agoAn original cast of the most-reproduced work of art in history, a portrait bust of the Queen, which has appeared on more than 320 billion Royal Mail stamps … More: continued here

Home movers go coastalEasier (press release), UK –6 hours agoUK home movers are flocking to the coast, according to a unique study of over half a million address changes by Royal Mail. Scores of householders are … More: continued here

SIR – Over the course of many years working in the centre of Winchester I often found myself making a last-minute dash to catch the post at around 7.10pm outside the (late lamented) GPO. More: continued here

Once esteemed Royal Mail now shows contempt for customersHampshire Chronicle, UK –5 hours agoIt would be the simplest thing in the world to change the collection times on the postbox, but apparently this is too much trouble for the Royal Mail. … More: continued here

THE Royal Mail’s public consultation on the closure of four city post offices was branded a waste of time this week. More: continued here

Hell Mail Much To Be Said For Blissful IgnoranceHell Mail, UK –7 minutes agoThe world is full of conspiracy theories and plenty surround the shake-up of the UK's postal provision from sinister plots to downgrade Royal Mail to hasten … More: continued here

Their fate was said to be still under review at the time of the announcement of the list of Devon closures. Last month, after a vigorous campaign, the MP had written to the chief executive of the Royal Mail urging him to intervene and to save the two branches. More: …