Cycling race makes its mark on post

Postal services are heading for catastrophe as government plans to hand Royal Mail to a private firm took a step forwards last week. A bill authorising the sell-off sailed through parliament with a majority of 81, as Lib Dem and Tory MPs voted to privatise the state-owned firm. More: continued here

Going for gold: Royal Mail issues Olympian stampsKnoe.comA half century after Elvis Presley had a hit with "Return to Sender," a Dartmouth College professor and three other economists have used the same idea to rate the efficiency of the world's governments. A half century after Elvis Presley had a hit with …and more » More: continued…

Staff at a sorting office in Stoke-on-Trent are on strike over plans to move the depot to Wolverhampton. More: continued here