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Gordon Brown is being pressured by one of his main union backers to make a fresh commitment to safeguard the Royal Mail from privatisation or risk losing its financial support. More: continued here

June 6 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Western Australia’s two diesel suppliers, are considering boosting imports of cargoes into the state to meet higher demand because of the shutdown of a natural gas plant. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Gordon Brown faces union pressure to save Royal Mail from …Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –8 minutes agoBy Lucy Cockcroft Gordon Brown is being pressured by one of his main union backers to make a fresh commitment to safeguard the Royal Mail from privatisation … More: continued here

Free lessons are first class!Worcester News,  UK –1 minute agoBy Lucy Tatchell FREE lessons in English, maths and IT have proved a huge hit for Royal Mail workers in Worcester. The learning centre at Worcester's Mail… More: continued here

One of Labour’s main union backers has threatened to demand a fresh commitment from Gordon Brown not to privatise the Royal Mail as the price of its continued financial support. More: continued here

New threat to rural Post OfficesFarmers Guardian, UK –3 hours agoLast week it emerged that Royal Mail has been closing one post office a week in addition to the organisation’s planned 2500 closures. … More: continued here

A 61-year-old man died after doctors wrongly diagnosed him with lung cancer and removed a healthy lung in an attempt to help him live longer; it is being reported by London’s Daily Mail. More: continued here

A postman admits sending hate-mail letters to leading figures, including former Prime Minister Tony Blair. More: continued here

Shropshire Star Mail move is all sortedBasingstoke Gazette, UK –3 hours agoBy Patrick Knox POST from the Basingstoke area is set to travel three times further after Royal Mail announced that it will be shutting its Reading sorting …Mail sorting office to closeShropshire Starall 3 news articles More: continued here

A huge operation will take place tonight to disarm a German bomb that threatens up to two square kilometres of east London. Royal Engineers plan to cut through the metal casing of the 60-year-old device. More: continued here