A MAN dressed as the Grim Reaper has held up a Tranmere post office with a knife. More: continued here
Read More »Council’s mail in 200-mile sort-out – Aberdeen Press and Journal
Council's mail in 200-mile sort-outAberdeen Press and JournalAbout 6500 letters will be taken to a processing centre at Coatbridge each week rather than being franked in Moray and passed to the Royal Mail. … More: continued here
Read More »Final holiday mail deadline today! – 10 Connects
Los Angeles Times Final holiday mail deadline today!10 ConnectsIf you don't think you'll make it to your local post office by closing time, the Post Office says there are two locations in the Bay Area that will be open …Post office lines manageable on deadline day for holiday mailingsTampa TribuneHoliday …
Read More »Gaffney man jailed over threat to blow up post office – Spartanburg Herald Journal
Gaffney man jailed over threat to blow up post officeSpartanburg Herald JournalGAFFNEY — A Gaffney man accused of threatening to blow up the US Post Office in Kings Mountain, NC, and demanding money will observe … More: continued here
Read More »Californians Go Hungry Without Food Stamps (New America Media)
California’s participation rate of qualified applicants in the food stamp program ranked second to last among all 50 states. And it isn’t because they don’t need the assistance. A new report found that bureaucratic regulations may be preventing eligible families from accessing the service. More: continued here
Read More »Delivery warning for online buyers – The Press Association
Delivery warning for online buyersThe Press AssociationRoyal Mail said it was doing "everything possible" to ensure the post arrived on time. But it said the "severe weather and road conditions" meant reaching …and more » More: continued here
Read More »City to check for Fenway scalping – Boston Globe
Turn to 10.com City to check for Fenway scalpingBoston Globe10, and are monitoring websites such as Craigslist and eBay for ticket sales, said police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll. “We will have plainclothes as well as …Free Fenway skating tickets scalpedUPI.comFree Skating At Fenway? It'll Cost YouDeadspin (blog)Facility NotesSportsBusiness Daily (subscription)Chicago Tribune –Boston …
Read More »UK stamps go up in price – Albuquerque Express
Telegraph.co.uk UK stamps go up in priceAlbuquerque ExpressThe 40p barrier will be broken in April, when Royal Mail will increase the price of first and second-class stamps to 41p and 32p respectively. …FIRST CLASS STAMPS HIT 41pMirror.co.ukStamp prices will rise by 2p in April says Royal MailBBC NewsPrice of stamps …
Read More »Debate of the day – The Herald
Debate of the dayThe HeraldThe price of first and second–class stamps is to rise by 2p to 41p and 32p respectively in April, Royal Mail has announced. The latest increase means that … More: continued here
Read More »Royal mail (Guardian Unlimited)
Your front-page article (17 December) is far too critical of Prince Charles’s letter writing. Surely it’s a positive thing that he continues to engage in the epistolary art, and if the contents of his letters are a little quirky, then that too is the traditional prerogative of the letter writer. …
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