Sky News PM Meets New Cabinet After Facing Down RebelsSky News, UKThey are expected to discuss concessions on a plan to part-privatise Royal Mail that has provoked an angry reaction from many Labour politicians. It comes at the end of a tumultuous week for Mr Brown. Eleven ministers walked out of …
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The Simi Valley post office has earned ¿Star¿ status in the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration¿s Voluntary Protection Program. More: continued here
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Colorado welcomes dip in requests for food stampsDenver Post, COBy Allison Sherry Colorado has seen the largest drop in new food-stamp applications in a single month since December — an auspicious sign that, perhaps, the worst of the recession is over. New applications fell by about 3000 in May, from 16578 …
Read More »Mum of Afghanistan squaddie blasts post office over birthday cake gift – Mirror.co.uk
Mum of Afghanistan squaddie blasts post office over birthday cake giftMirror.co.uk, UKBy Richard Smith 9/06/2009 A proud mum wanted to send a birthday cake to her soldier son in Afghanistan – but Post Office staff insisted she cut it in half. Susan Evans decorated the cake with a 30th birthday icing …
Read More »Rare Stamp Of Hepburn Smoking Comes – Oneindia
Oneindia Rare Stamp Of Hepburn Smoking ComesOneindia, IndiaA rare stamp portraying film star Audrey Hepburn smoking is under sale on Germany. In 2001, the country's government had printed 14 million of the stamps as part of a series featuring movie stars including Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe and Greta … More: continued …
Read More »Armed robbery at post office (Daily Telegraph)
TWO men brandishing knives threatened staff before robbing a post office in Sydney’s eastern suburbs today. A crime scene has been set up. More: continued here
Read More »Mail sorting offices are closed for good – Shropshire Star
Mail sorting offices are closed for goodShropshire Star, UKTwo Shropshire Royal Mail delivery offices were today closed with 16 staff moved and a further four made redundant. Operations at Ellesmere and Church Stretton sorting offices were transferred to Oswestry and Craven Arms as part of a Royal Mail move to … …
Read More »Hostilities over, but Gordon Brown is warned: 'We'll be watching you' – This is London
ABC News Hostilities over, but Gordon Brown is warned: 'We'll be watching you'This is London, UKGordon Brown was put on probation today as he tried to move on from the Labour leadership crisis with a package of reforms and more hints of a climbdown on Royal Mail. The Prime Minister called …
Read More »Proposals to part privatise Royal Mail shelved – The Herald
Proposals to part privatise Royal Mail shelvedThe Herald, UKThe part privatisation of the Royal Mail is to be put on hold by the government in an attempt to placate backbench anger against Gordon Brown. In what is being anticipated as a huge victory for rebel backbenchers over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, …
Read More »Geneva post office up for sale (Daily Herald)
The Geneva post office is up for sale, after 72 years in business. ut U.S. Postal Service officials say they really want to keep a post office - albeit one they rent, and much smaller – in downtown Geneva. More: continued here
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