Royal Mail

Post Office's £150m subsidy 'in jeopardy'guardian.co.uk, UK –4 hours agoBrussels has approved a government subsidy of £150m a year to enable Royal Mail to run a network of 11500 post offices by keeping loss-making branches open. …Post Office rules out more closuresTimes OnlinePost Office court victory for 73-year-old disabled womanTelegraph.co.ukall 3 news …

A COUNCIL has voted not to increase the amount it pays for residents at a Royal British Legion home in Powys which is under threat of closure. More: continued here

RESIDENT ANGRY OVER POST OFFICE CLOSURESBanbridge Leader, UK –3 hours agoIn a letter to The Leader, the frustrated local said, "I thought Royal Mail was a public service, but all you hear in the media these days from Royal Mail… More: continued here

The Royal Navy was carrying out live firing exercises hours before 26 dolphins died after beaching themselves in apparent panic, the Ministry of Defence said today. More: continued here

A new complete evolutionary ‘family tree’ showing how all British bird species are related to each other may provide clues about which ones are at risk of population decline, according to new research published today (11 June) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. More: continued here

Post Office rules out more closuresTimes Online, UK –3 hours agoThe controversial plan by Royal Mail to close 2500 branches to save £500000 a day, will take the network down to 11500. Until now, further reductions had … More: continued here

Thief takes postman's bagNorwich Evening News, UK –6 hours agoIt is believed that up to 40 homes in the area were affected and Royal Mail has written to households informing them of the theft. … More: continued here

Tariq confirmed his Royal Ascot presence next week after working in Newmarket on Tuesday morning alongside fellow hopeful Aeroplane. More: continued here

CWU conference: postal workers need action to beat attacksSocialistworker.co.uk, UK –1 hour agoEarlier this year Royal Mail closed its final salary pension scheme and introduced a new career average scheme. This means increased employee contributions …CWU conference: privatisation debateSocialistworker.co.ukCWU conference debates political relationship with LabourSocialistworker.co.ukall 3 news articles More: continued here

Postal delegates at the CWU union conference were set to discuss proposals for a national strike against attacks on pensions, mail centre and delivery office closures, and the threat of further privatisation of Royal Mail as Socialist Worker went to press. More: continued here