Royal Mail announces plans to close 39 post offices across Merseyside and West Cheshire. More: continued here
Read More »Unique fungal collection could hold key to future antibiotics (EurekAlert!)
Royal Holloway and CABI both bring a combination of individual scientific skills, expertise and resources to the project. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail’s attacks on union hit a rock at Burslem (Socialist Worker)
Royal Mail’s attempts to undermine the CWU postal workers’ union have come unstuck at the Burslem delivery office in Stoke-on-Trent. Around 100 workers there have been on strike since the end of last year, and plan to remain out until at least the end of January. More: continued here
Read More »Discarded mail found hidden under hedge – Lancashire Evening Post
Discarded mail found hidden under hedgeLancashire Evening Post, UK –2 hours agoThe Evening Post recovered the letters and handed them to the Royal Mail. A Royal Mail spokesman said: "We're launching an immediate investigation. … More: continued here
Read More »TROPHY DATE SET (Sporting Life)
The third edition of the Royal Trophy has been confirmed for January 2009 following this year’s postponement. The competition, devised by Seve Ballesteros, pits Asia against Europe in Thailand’s Amata Spring Country Club and was first played in 2006. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Trophy is put off until 2009 (CNN.com)
The Royal Trophy golf tournament, between Asia and Europe, will not be played this year after its postponement this month. More: continued here
Read More »There is still a backlog of Christmas mail (Panorama)
Christmas is long gone, but there are still Christmas mail delays at the Post Office! Mail from the UK and a bug are being blamed. The bug is the ‘flu bug that is spreading in Gibraltar, which is causing staff shortages at the GPOand delays in the delivery of all …
Read More »Mail website has most overseas users (Guardian Unlimited)
Foreign visitors now outnumber UK readers for five of the UK’s news websites – with the Daily Mail having the most overseas users. By Jemima Kiss More: continued here
Read More »Valley post offices under threat – Clitheroe Today
Valley post offices under threatClitheroe Today, UK –59 minutes agoA wide-ranging review of post offices is being undertaken because Royal Mail is relying on government subsidies, but is also losing millions of pounds every … More: continued here
Read More »District Meeting (Saint George Spectrum)
When: 4 p.m., today. Where: School district office, 2077 W. Royal Hunte Drive. On the agenda: The Iron County School Board will discuss Cedar City’s Redevelopment Agency, Brian Head’s Community Development Agency, the time-line for bond elections, swimming pool arrangements and more. More: continued here
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