The Business Desk (registration) Revenues up by 5.5% at UK MailPost and ParcelUK Mail has revealed that company revenue jumped by 5.5% during Q1 2011, compared to the previous year. Adjusting for one less working day than in the previous year, as well as the increase in Royal Mail prices …
Read More »Demoted: The brave postwoman who clung on to her stolen mail van for a MILE to … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Demoted: The brave postwoman who clung on to her stolen mail van for a MILE to …Daily MailBut instead of receiving praise for risking her life, Miss Roberts, 51, was suspended by Royal Mail and threatened with the sack… for leaving the keys in the ignition. At the …
Read More »Six area post offices adjusting operating hours
Phyllis Smith hadn’t heard that the Hale Center Post Office, starting Monday, will begin closing 30 minutes earlier. More: continued here
Read More »The Mansfield that was: Sturdy old post office in operation from 1914 to ’73 – Mansfield News Journal
The Mansfield that was: Sturdy old post office in operation from 1914 to '73Mansfield News JournalThat sturdy sandstone building at Fourth and Mulberry that we're soon going to abandon as a post office was opened in 1914. Mansfield has had seven postmasters since that June day when the handsome new …
Read More »Royal Navy loses 2,000lb World War Two mine off Essex coast after trying to blow it up
The device was originally picked up by a dredger eight nautical miles off the coast of Essex yesterday morning. More: continued here
Read More »Australian women faces police probe after offering her children on eBay – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Australian women faces police probe after offering her children on eBayTelegraph.co.ukAustralian police are investigating a woman who entertained bids to buy her two children after she posted them for sale on eBay. By Jonathan Pearlman, in Sydney The woman, from Geelong in Victoria, was investigated by police after placing …
Read More »House wants to cut food stamps – UPI.com
House wants to cut food stampsUPI.comWASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) — With one in seven Americans on food stamps, a Republican House of Representatives proposal would cut the program's funding by one-fifth, food advocates say. Currently, about 45 million Americans receive food stamps — the …Corporate America & Obesity: Why Americans …
Read More »Struggle to survive – Hays Daily News
Struggle to surviveHays Daily News1The Woodston Post Office has now been added to the list, its public meeting set for 7 pm Wednesday. Many residents think it's a foregone conclusion the post offices will be closed, something postal authorities repeatedly denied. …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Mum puts kids up for sale on eBay – Hindustan Times
NDTV.com Mum puts kids up for sale on eBayHindustan TimesA woman from Victoria, Australia, is under investigation after she offered her two young children for sale to the highest bidder on eBay. The woman, in her early 30s, lives near Geelong. She wrote a "lengthy sales pitch" that included photographs …
Read More »Storm over Post Office’s R520m lease
The SA Post Office Group is embroiled in a controversy over a lease agreement. More: continued here
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