THE Royal Mail's latest set of first class stamps depicts 10 of the UK's most dramatic bridges. Among them is the Menai Suspension Bridge, Exmoor's pre-1600s Tarr Steps, and the Tees Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough.Which leaves a question – what on earth happened to the mesmeric Stoke Road bridge in Shelton? …
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Mysterious spy cameras collecting data at post officesFOX31 DenverDENVER — Within an hour of FOX31 Denver discovering a hidden camera, which was positioned to capture and record the license plates and facial features of customers leaving a Golden Post Office, the device was ripped from the ground and disappeared. More: …
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THE Royal Mail's latest set of first class stamps depicts 10 of the UK's most dramatic bridges. Among them is the Menai Suspension Bridge, Exmoor's pre-1600s Tarr Steps, and the Tees Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough.Which leaves a question – what on earth happened to the mesmeric Stoke Road bridge in Shelton? …
Read More »Export residents plead for post office’s reopening at meeting – Tribune-Review
Export residents plead for post office's reopening at meetingTribune-ReviewMore than 100 people filled the Export American Legion Wednesday evening, urging representatives of the U.S. Postal Service to return a post office to the borough. The purpose of the public meeting was to review the discontinuation process that … More: continued …
Read More »Royal Mail ‘put up cost of stamps instead of trying to save money’: Service … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Royal Mail 'put up cost of stamps instead of trying to save money': Service …Daily MailRoyal Mail has been accused by MPs of using its universal service commitment as an excuse to raise stamp prices. First and second-class stamps will rise by a penny to 63p and 54p …
Read More »Export residents plead for post office’s reopening at meeting
More than 100 people filled the Export American Legion Wednesday evening, urging representatives of the U.S. Postal Service to return a post office to the … More: continued here
Read More »Post office in Waggoner shuts doors due to safety concerns
WAGGONER — This tiny community lost its final open storefront last week, and residents are now driving 5 miles for post office services.At least, temporarily.The post office in Waggoner, a Montgomery County town of about 270 that's 30 miles south of Springfield, closed March 2 due to health and safety …
Read More »How ebay and gumtree are strangling journalism – Open Democracy
How ebay and gumtree are strangling journalismOpen DemocracyThe advent of the internet – more specifically eBay, Gumtree and Google – changed the dynamic profoundly. Small businesses were now instantly indexable online. Anyone could sell to an audience directly using online listing websites, with audiences vast … More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail 'put up cost of stamps instead of trying to save money': Service accused of using commitment to deliver …
First and second-class stamps will rise by a penny to 63p and 54p respectively on March 30, sparking claims that loyal customers are being forced to prop up flagging parcel revenues. More: continued here
Read More »Competition for Royal Mail could threaten universal service, MPs warn
Commons committee urges Ofcom to be vigilant about changes in market that might jeopardise six-day-a-week flat-rate service Royal Mail’s capacity to deliver post across the country six days a week for the same price could come under threat from postal competition, MPs have said as they called for the regulator …
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