Royal Mail

New row over post pensionsMirror.co.uk, UK –16 minutes agoBy Clinton Manning 3/03/2008 Royal Mail could face a fresh wave of strikes over plans to slash the pensions of 165000 workers. Closing the group's final … More: continued here

New strike threat is looming for Royal MailTimes Online, UK –5 hours agoRoyal Mail faces a fresh wave of industrial action, only months after the end of one of the biggest strikes to hit the postal service in years. … More: continued here

Royal Mail Pension Overhaul Rejected by Unions, Times ReportsBloomberg –48 minutes agoBy Kari Lundgren March 3 (Bloomberg) — Royal Mail Group Plc's plan to restructure its pension plan has been rejected by the executive of two postal unions, … More: continued here

News & Star Sir Jock Stirrup defends postal serviceTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –1 hour agoLast year MPs and military officials led by the head of the Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, called on Royal Mail to drop parcel charges for troops …Video: Britain: Harry's Afghan Deployment OverAssociatedPressPrince Harry hazed for military flirtingUnited Press …

British Prince Harry’s commander says the royal soldier was hazed by his comrades for flirting with a female pilot while deployed in Afghanistan. More: continued here

British Prince Harry’s commander says the royal soldier was hazed by his comrades for flirting with a female pilot while deployed in Afghanistan.Battery Commander Major Andy Dimmock said several of Harry’s fellow soldiers once broke in on a conversation between the prince and a female Harrier pilot to mock the …

Deeside residents concerned as mail fails to get throughEvening Leader, UK –Feb 28, 2008By Kate Forrester A ROYAL Mail worker is being interviewed by security staff after worried people living in a street in on Deeside complained they hadn't … More: continued here

Tom Austin has come a long, long way since “Short Shorts.” Remember “Short Shorts”? If you weren’t around in 1958, when the Royal Teens shot to No. 3 on the charts with one of rock’s most provocative fashion statements (“Who wears short shorts? More: continued here

The post office cull will hit communitiesTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –2 hours agoSince the Royal Mail announced that it was closing 2500 post offices, communities – many in rural areas where the post office doubles as coffee shop, … More: continued here

The Royal Mail’s latest round of post office closures is putting communities under threat, say postmasters and customers. More: continued here