The very last 24-hour post office window in the country will put up a ‘Closed’ sign for the first time next month. More: continued here
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Read More »South Belfast Post Office 'best in UK' – Belfast Telegraph
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We’ve all run into it before—you want to buy a certain widget, only to find that every single retailer seems to carry it for a certain price, with little variation among them. It’s a result of vertical price-fixing, where manufacturers set minimum prices for retailers to sell their products. So …
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Reading’s post could soon come via a derelict warehouse in Whitley. More: continued here
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Finaghy Post Office in south Belfast has been crowned the best in the UK. More: continued here
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Read More »Somerleyton named as UK's best community post office – Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Somerleyton named as UK's best community post officeNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UKFrom surfing the web to buying locally grown produce, Somerleyton's post office offers villagers a lot more than just stamps and parcel delivery. Now the branch, in the village near Lowestoft, has been crowned the UK's Best Community Post Office …
Read More »Royal Challengers beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs (Express India)
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs in their last league encounter of the IPL. More: continued here
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Sigh. Where to begin? It looks like a Magic , it smells like a Magic , but the perfectionist in us fully understands that it’s absolutely not a Magic . The self-proclaimed followup to HTC’s G1 has itself an impostor, and that very shammer is parading around on eBay for …
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