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A remote village is to have its postal service restored after the local council agreed to carry out road improvements so post workers could avoid back injuries. More: continued here

Royal Mail has launched a vicious assault on the postal service, threatening to axe up to 35,000 jobs and close dozens of sorting offices. Royal Mail bosses, backed by the New Labour government, have revealed plans to shut mail centres across the country. More: continued here

A Canadian man intent on avoiding returning to jail committed suicide by hitting another car head-on, killing another man and injuring four other people.The crash happened midday Sunday in Agassiz, in south-central British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told the Globe and Mail.Earlier in the day, Gerald Guliker had …

Royal Mail has recently introduced a new online customer service system, ‘Ask Sarah’ , which aims to give customers immediate answers to their queries online. We talked to Stephen Mitchell, Royal Mail’s Digital Operations Manager, about the introduction of the new customer service system and the impressive early results… More: …

Royal Mail’s new assault on postSocialistworker.co.uk, UK –2 hours agoby Simon Basketter Royal Mail has launched a vicious assault on the postal service, threatening to axe up to 35000 jobs and close dozens of sorting offices. …First class planWarrington Guardianall 2 news articles More: continued here

Royal Mail agrees to resume deliveries to a Dales village once acceptable road improvements are made by the county council. More: continued here

Post services watchdog to listen to islanders’ complaintsPress and Journal, UK –5 hours agoUntil last October, the mail had always been delivered on the first ferry. Royal Mail blamed a European directive that limits the speed of mail vans to … More: continued here

Ilford Recorder 24 Agency under threat after post office axeIlford Recorder 24, UK –2 hours agoEarlier this year, the Recorder highlighted the doomed fight residents and traders put up following the news Royal Mail would close five post office …Post office officials will miss county rallyFalmouth Penryn PacketPost office campaigners take to …

Restrain dogs postman urgesLakeland Today, UK –4 hours agoFifty one-year-old Colin Crosthwaite is urging animal owners to act responsibly in the wake of a number of attacks on Royal Mail delivery staff across … More: continued here

Hindu You’ve got postHindu, India –3 hours agoPatrick O’Neill, a spokesman for the Royal Mail which released the figures, thinks it is the physical connection with the recipient, unlike a text or e-mail… More: continued here