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Norwich Evening News
Shock plans for Mall Post Office
26 July 08
Yorkshire Evening Post
No confidence in Post Office bosses, say MPs after Leeds closures
26 July 08
Hell Mail
UK Postal Service - Square Peg In A Round Hole
26 July 08
Express and Star
Village’s post office to expand as others close
26 July 08
Huddersfield Examiner
Battle to save a 2nd post office on hit list
25 July 08
Echo
MP vows to take up fight for post office
25 July 08
SouthDevon.co.uk
Left 'in limbo' by post office review
25 July 08
Telegraph
Royal Mail bosses under fire for closing profitable branches
24 July 08
This is Exeter
Post office closure threat lifted for some - but not all
24 July 08
Bucks Free Press
Post Office closure for own convenience
23 July 08
Bolton News
Post Office closures consultation 'a sham'
23 July 08
The Herald
Post office closures will ‘end a way of life’ in villages
23 July 08
Wales-on-Line
Post Office closures threaten the only shop in the village
23 July 08
BBC News
Final decision on post offices
22 July 08
Hell Mail
Post Office Too Lazy To Look Says MP
22 July 08
Huddersfield Examiner
Post Office consultation ignored
21 July 08
Daily Express
Post Office Ignoring the Elderly
21 July 08
Telegraph
Closures will leave elderly with long walk to post office
21 July 08
Hold The Front Page
Newspapers rally to fight Post Office closures
21 July 08
Dorset Echo
People power ‘kept post office running’
20 July 08
Dorset Echo
Post office users go into action
19 July 08
Halifax Courier
Watchdog will not fight closure of post office
19 July 08
Yorkshire Evening Post
Morley post office campaigners threaten legal action
19 July 08
Watford Observer
MP slams 'hypocritial' Lib Dems
19 July 08
BBC News
By-election vote pitch continues
18 July 08
Norwich Evening News
New Post Office errors come to light
18 July 08
Bucks Free Press
Dean Street post office future secured
18 July 08
News Scotsman
Post office closures: 'There is clear evidence of over-provision'
18 July 08
Bucks Free Press
Parliament debate for Bucks Post Offices
18 July 08
St Albans Observer
Fight to save oldest post office
17 July 08
Wisbech Standard
MP joins in campaign to save post office threatened with closure
17 July 08
The Comet
MPs join battle to halt post office closure plans
17 July 08
Cotswald Journal
Post office accused of getting its facts wrong
17 July 08
Wales Online
Services stripped from Post Offices
17 July 08
Forres Gazette
Pensioner denied financial details on Post Office plan
16 July 08
Evening Courier, Halifax & Calderdale
Post Office chiefs under fire after closures confirmed
15 July 16
HellMail
61 Post Offices to close in West Yorkshire
15 July 08
Wigan Today
Phasing out Post Offices will continue under EU
15 July 08
Northumberland Gazette
Parish hits out at Post Office Plans
13 July 08
Bury Times
MP backs bid to keep Limefield Post Office
12 July 08
Birmingham Mail
Sandwell Road Post Office under threat
12 July 08
Hellmail
Post Office closure criteria is short-sighted
11 July 08
Epsom Guardian
Thousands of signatures ignored by the Post Office
09 July 08
BBC News
More post offices to face closure
8 July 08
This is Money - Mail on Sunday
We're old so they think we don't matter
8 July 08
Hell Mail
Goswell Road Post Office Consultation Begins
8 July 08
Evening Telegraph
Post offices decision call
8 July 08
East Herts Herald
Prisk slams Post Office closures
8 July 08
Hold The Front Page
Paper aims to drive home Post Office closure message
7 July 08
Cambridge News
Battle to save post offices 'is not over'
7 July 08
Journal Live
Post office too far for village
7 July 08
Ely News
Post Office closure list revealed
7 July 08
Border Counties Advertiser
Post Office closure decision confirmed
7 July 08
Manchester.com
Residents urged to join campaign against post office closures
6 July 08
Evening News 24
Our fight to save Costessey Post Office
5 July 08
Press and Journal
Salmond urges protesters on post office closures to keep up pressure
5 July 08
Daily Post
Post Office consultation period extended
5 July 08
Cambridge News
Post office closure list revealed
4 July 08
This Is Plymouth
MP tackles post office minister over 'perverse' closure plans
4 July 08
This is Dorset
Post office ‘to close before consultation’
4 July 08
Hell Mail
Shropshire & Staffordshire Post Office Closures
3 July 08
Western Telegraph
Clarbeston Road Post Office campaign picks up pace
3 July 08
Bury Free press
Judicial review over Post Office closures
3 July 08
Cambs Times
Four post office to close in Fenland
3 July 08
Wales on Line - Neath Guardian
Help is needed to save post office
3 July 08
North Wales Pioneer
Secrecy on the future of local post offices
2 July 08
Totenham Journal
Final axed post office to close
2 July 08
Macclesfield Express
D-Day looms for post offices
2 July 08
Burton Mail
Joy as post office is saved from axe
2 July 08
BBC News
Closure threat to 57 post offices
1 July 08
This Money (Mail on Sunday)
Why shut post offices that work?
1 July 08
Hell Mail
57 Post Offices To Close In Tyne And Wear
1 July 08
BBC News
Almost 50 post offices to close
1 July 08
Sheilds Gazette
Fury at post office closure hit-list
1 July 08
North Devon Gazette
Post office protest in Downing Street
30 June 08
BBC News
Combined bid to save Post Offices
30 June 08
Birmingham Mail
MP joins fight on Post Office axe threat
30 June 08
Cambridge News
More join the fight to save post offices
30 June 08
Wales on Line
Plea to Prince on ‘Royal’ Mail title
30 June 08
Basingstoke Gazette
Post office to face closure if banking contract is lost
29 June 08
Bridlington Free Press
It's the last post for village shop
29 June 08
BBC News
Prince urged to save post office
28 June 08
Plymouth Herald
Counter claim
28 June 08
Wales on Line - Western Mail
Post office closure plan under fire from mum who relies on lifesaving drugs delivery service
28 June 08
Times
Villages are absolutely dependent on their post offices
28 June 08
Bury Free Press
Post office closures: The decision was already made
27 June 08
Get Wokingham
Anger grows with queues at town centre post office
27 June 08
The Bolton News
Bolton MP steps up fight to save Post Office
27 June 08
Kenilworth Weekly News
One stays open, two set to close
27 June 08
Warwick Courier
The town with one post office
27 June 08
Buxton Advertiser
Villagers fight for post office
26 June 08
Cranswick Today
Burton Fleming - Village post office shuts for the last time
26 June 08
Haverhill Echo
Post office closure slammed as 'farcical'
26 June 08
Dereham Times
Post Office saved
25 June 08
Halifax Courier
Suspend the closures, Post Office is told
25 June 08
Echo
Council’s outrage at plans to close two post offices
25 June 08
Newham Recorder
Post office will close after all
25 June 08
EDP24
Post Office closure fightback begins
25 June 08
Borehamwood Times
County council to ask for post office consultation extension
24 June 08
Lakeland Echo
Campaigners lose fight to save 34 post offices
24 June 08
BBCNews
Post office closure plan revealed
24 June 08
Birmingham Post
Post Office branches under threat
24 June 08
Birmingham Post
MPs pledge to fight last post for branches
24 June 08
Bucks Free Press
Fight to save post office begins
23 June 08
Yorkshire Evening Post
Post office closures 'a done deal'
23 June 08
Exmouth Journal
PO branch battle plea
23 June 08
Bolton News
Call to help save Bolton post offices
22 June 08
Norwich Evening News
One post office saved, another to close
21 June 08
Press and Journal
Fury at closure threat to town’s main post office
21 June 08
North West Mail
Closing Post Office Is A Disaster
21 June 08
Burton Mail
Waiting game for post office
21 June 08
Rochdale Observer
Fight to stop post offices closure plan
21 June 08
Wharfedale Observer
Final appeal for support in fight to save post offices
20 June 08
Wrexham Leader
Relief as Penyffordd post office is spared the axe
20 June 08
Northen Scott
Campaign Mounts To Save Local Post Offices
20 June 08
EDP24
City post office saved from closure
20 June 08
Guardian
Post Office calls for ID contract to cut closures
20 June 08
Hellmail
Cumbrian Post Office Closures Announced
19 June 08
Bucks Free Press
Council vows to fight post office closure plans
19 June 08
York Press
Post Office launch search for new sub-postmaster
19 June 08
Bucks Free Press
EU is real culprit on office closures
19 June 08
North West Mail
Even Hutton couldn’t save post office
18 June 08
Macclesfield Express
DEFIANT post office customers are preparing for a fight
18 June 08
Birmingham Mail
60 post offices set for closure
18 June 08
Bucks Free Press
Demo over Post Office closure plan
18 June 08
Forres Gazette
Confusion on post office consultation
18 June 08
Shetland News
Village wants its post office back
17 June 08
EDP24
Secrecy row of PO profits
17 June 08
BBC News
PM urged to help save post office
17 June 08
Press and Journal
Rothie residents seek first minister’s help in fight to save their post office
17 June 08
Birmingham Mail
MP defends plans to close post offices
17 June 08
Helmail
Post Office Closures Lack Foresight Says Lawson
16 June 08
This is Money - Mail on Sunday
Trouble in Post Office paradise
16 June 08
Wood&Vale
Post office closures: isn't it time we were told the truth?
16 June 08
Press and Journal
MP to hold public meetings on PO services
16 June 08
Sunday Mirror
Postal unions warn of strikes over post office closures
15 June 08
Telegraph
Post offices may be reopened under council subsidy plan
15 June 08
Blackburn Citizen
Fears over Lancs post offices
15 June 08
EDP24
Beleaguered Post Offices hit by new blow
15 June 08
This is Cheshire
Campaign launched to save Sale post office
15 June 08
Telegraph
Churches turn into post offices in wake of branch closures
14 June 08
Richmond and Twickenham Times
Post offices shut
14 June 08
Plymouth Herald
March to save post office
14 June 08
Journal Live
Now is time to act to save post offices
14 June 08
Yorkshire Evening Post
Senior councillors warn: 'Post Office bosses won't budge'
13 June 08
Halifax Courier
Post office talks `frustrating`
13 June 08
Evening News 24
We're angry at 'insensitive' calls
13 June 08
Pontefract and Castleford Express
MP under fire for PO closures
13 June 08
Press and Journal
Proposals to close five shire post offices
13 June 08
Ludlow Advertiser
Parliament to debate Post Office closures
12 June 08
South Manchester Reporter
'Post office battle is a fight for jobs and communities'
12 June 08
Hellmail
Ripping The Heart Out Of Rippingale
12 June 08
icWales
Could this be the last post for vital community service?
12 June 08
icWales
Hain defends government’s policies
12 June 08
Hunts Post
MP believes watchdog has given up post office fight
11 June 08
Stockport Express
Plans to axe post offices sparks anger
11 June 08
Hellmail
Post Office 150m Subsidy Could Be Worthless
(CAPOC Fights Back)
11 June 08
Times
Post Office rules out more closures
10 June 08
Telegraph
Post Office court victory for 73-year-old disabled woman
10 June 08
BBC News
Post Office closing 11 branches
10 June 08
icWales
Eleven post offices to close
10 June 08
Tivy Side Advertiser
Penparc PO in danger
10 June 08
Worcester News
Learn more about Post Office closures
9 June 08
Gazette
Farewell to customers as post office closes
9 June 08
Hartlepool Mail
Closing dates for axed post offices revealed
9 June 08
Manchester Evening News
Fury at post offices `hitlist'
9 June 08
Worcester News
Learn more about Post Office closures
9 June 08
This is Lancashire
Lancs council leaders to meet to salvage post office services
8 June 08
Press and Journal
Countess joins fight to save Angus post office
7 June 08
icWales
Council considers post office role
7 June 08
Daily Record
Battle to save Queen Mum's post office
7 June 08
Rochdale on Line
Seven Post Offices set to close!
7 June 08
The Herald
Queen Mother’s second cousin joins fight to save Glamis post office
7 June 08
Telegraph
Queen mother's relative spearhead's fight to save her local post office
6 June 08
BBC News
Countess backs royal post office
6 June 08
Norhern Scott
'Hands off our post offices'
6 June 08
Hellmail
Somerset Post Offices - Some To Go, Some To Stay
6 June 08
YouTube
Kennerliegh Protest Song
6 June 08
Portadown Times
Family's fears realised as Post Office confirm branch closures
6 June 08
Ulster Herald
Strathroy Post Office given reprieve from closure
5 June 08
Exmouth Herald
Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton post office closures rasied in Parliament
5 June 08
Weston Mercury
MP's warning - more post offices to close
5 June 08
Llanelli Star
'It Will Be The End Of An Era For Everyone'
5 June 08
Exmoutrh Journal
Exmouth Shanty Men add 'voice' to post office closure battle
5 June 08
News Letter
Anger at decision to shut 91 post offices
4 June 08
Yorkshire Evening Post
Minister battles to save closure threat Pontefract post office
4 June 08
icWales
Dozens more post offices face being closed down
4 June 08
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Join the post office protest march
4 June 08
BBC News
Kennerleigh - Post office protest on road
3 June 08
Telegraph
Post Office closures will affect over 300,000 in one county alone
3 June 08
BBC News, Ireland
The Post Office is to close 38 branches across Northern Ireland
3 June 08
Belfast Telegraph
‘No time’ to save post offices
3 June 08
Evening News 24
Fresh threat to Post Office future
3 June 08
Antrim Times
Victory for Parkhall Post Office
3 June 08
Mirror
Four thousand post offices under threat of closure
2 June 08
Guardian
Post office closures will set off outcry, say MPs
2 June 08
Telegraph
Post Office may close 4,000 more branches
2 June 08
Daily Record
Mps Call For Halt To Post Office Closures
2 June 08
The Press Association
'More post offices could close'
2 June 08
Mail on Sunday
Another 4,00 post offices could go, warn MPs
1 June 08
Telegraph
Post Office to close some profitable branches, admits Minister
1 June 08
Daily Mail
Betrayed: Kirkcaldy sub-postmaster writes blistering letter to PM over closure of thousands of post offices
1 June 08
Telegraph
MPs condemn secrecy over post office closures
31 May 08
Herald Express
'Become A Pest And Save Your Village Post Office'
31 May 08
Shropshire Star
Why is my post office still open?
31 May 08
Yorkshire Evening Post
Human cost of losing post office
31 May 08
edp24
Post Offices: Now will they listen?
31 May 08
Express
MPS TO KEEP THEIR THREE POST OFFICES
30 May 08
Fenland Citizen
Villagers Face Two Hour Post Office Journey
30 May 08
Shropshire Star
New town PO may close,
30 May 08
This is Bristol
Post Office Closures: Now We've Been Taken Off Map
30 May 08
Arbroth Herald
Axe Likely To Fall On Local Post Offices
30 May 08
Evening News
Post offices: Case for the defence
30 May 08
Camden New Journal
Post office campaigners take fight to High Court
29 May 08
Yeoval Express
Laws slams decision to close post offices
29 May 08
BBC News
Post Office closing 62 branches
29 May 08
Press and Journal
Politicians rally to save Aberdeen post offices from closure
29 May 08
Telegraph
Royal Mail admits closing additional post offices by stealth
29 May 08
Times
Dozens more post Scottish offices to close
28 May 08
stv.tv
Post office closures announced
28 May 08
Evening Express
Anger over plans to axe North-east post offices
28 May 08
Horncastel News
'Cynical and despicable' excuse for post office closures
28 May 08
Evening Post
The fate of dozens of post offices across South West Wales is to be revealed next week.
27 May 08
Guardian
How justified are we to complain about post office closures?
27 May 08
Welwyn & Hatfield Times
'Time to stand up and be counted'
27 May 08
Flintshire Standard
One in five post offices in North East Wales facing the axe
27 May 08
Newham Recorder
Savouring postal win
27 May 08
Hartlepool Mail
Post boss's £3m pay rise attacked
26 May 08
Lancashire Evening Post
Fury over £3m pay out to Royal Mail boss
26 May 08
Huddersfield Examiner
Tories take lead on Post Offices
26 May 08
North West Evening Mail
Red Army
26 May 08
Guardian
The holy post: coming to a church near you
26 May 08
ic Wales
Post Office campaigners hit out
25 May 08
Mirfield Reporter
Group up in arms over post office closure plan
24 May 08
Mid Devon Star
Axe over town post office
24 May 08
Telegraph
Europe has sent my post offices packing
24 May 08
BBC News
Protest over post office closure
23 May 08
Yorkshire Post
Flood of closures threatens post office network
23 May 08
North Devon Gazette
Council deplores Post Office closures
23 May 08
Bury Free Press
Post office fight goes on
23 May 08
Todmordon News
CAB warns of Post Office closure costs
22 May 08
The Argos
Sussex politicians criticise Post Office consultation
22 May 08
edp 24
Warning over PO closures
22 May 08
Halifax Courier
Post office closures 'threat' to community
22 May 08
This Money
Church angry over post offices
22 May 08
Pontefract & Castleford Express
Post office closure anger
21 May 08
Shoreham Herald
Four post offices axed in Bognor Regis – all in one week
21 May 08
Northen Scot
Post Office views sought
21 May 08
Shropshire Star
Campaign song to save post office
21 May 08
BBC News - Devon
Post office closure list released
20 May 08
ic Wales
Tory chief praises post office campaign
20 May 08
East London Advertiser
Post office consultations waste of time if they don't listen
20 May 08
Local London
Boris takes on Ken's court bid
20 May 08
North Deven Gazette
Fight on to save post offices
20 May 08
Enfield Independant
Public fights back over post office closures
19 May 08
Norwich Evening News
Our fight to save post office
19 May 08
North Deven Gazette
Devon post offices earmarked for closure
19 May 08
This is Tivy Side
MP urges PO think again
19 May 08
Telegraph
John Hutton accused of hypocrisy over post office closures
18 May 08
Shropshire Star
Post Office admitted error -
17 May 08
Hampshire News
Outreach service details
17 May 08
Halifax Courier
'Help fight to save this post office': Councillor calls on the public to join the battle
17 May 08
The Asian News
Thousands sign up to save PO
17 May 08
The Herald
Post Office Hit List
17 May 08
This is Plymouth
Fifteen post offices face the axe
16 May 08
Mid Week Herald
Millwey and Offwell Post Offices to close?
16 May 08
Welland and Hatfield Times
Post Office - day of action
16 May 08
Shropshire Star
Closing date for post offices
16 May 08
EDP 24
MP's challenge on post office closures
16 May 08
Gt Yarmouth Mercury
Support piles up for Post Office
15 May 08
Tivy Side Advertiser
PO consultation 'sham'
15 May 08
Welland and Hatfield Times
Village store in mini post office bid
15 May 08
Hendon Times
Communication problems as council tries to stop post closures
15 May 08
Ilford Recorder
Deregulation is just privatisation
15 May 08
This is Lincolnshire
Glimmer of Hope for PO Battlers
14 May 08
Liverpool Daily Post
Who will be counting the cost of Post Office counter closures?
14 May 08
Times
Disabled woman allowed to challenge post office closures
14 May 08
BBC News
Post Office rescue plans debated
14 May 08
EDP 24
Post bosses criticised
14 May 08
Crawley Observer
Test case challenge over post office moves
13 May 08
24 Dash
Disabled woman wins right to challenge 'illegal' Post Office closures
13 May 08
Rye and Battle Observer
Legal challenge to post office closures
13 May 08
Sussex Express
Hastings woman wins right to fight post office closures
13 May 08
Bex Hill Observer
Woman wins post office closures challenge
13 May 08
Oxford Mail
Post office closures hit the poor
13 May 08
Northern Echo
Post Offices face cull as cuts to service revealed
13 May 08
Local Gardian
Cautious welcome for post office rethink
12 May 08
Country Life
Post Offices face further closure if the Government awards a contract to a rival company
12 May 08
BBC News
Post office legal battle launched
12 May 08
Guardian
Counter culture
12 May 08
Daily Mail
3,000 more post offices could be forced to close
12 May 08
BBC News
3,000 more post offices 'at risk'
11 May 08
Telegraph
Fresh threat to 3,000 post offices
11 May 08
Local Guardian
Sub-postmasters warn more closures could be on the way
11 May 08
The Herald
16 post offices on islands to close but three put on hold
10 May 08
Cambridge News
Tory concern over scale of post office closures
10 May 08
News Scotsman
Sixteen isle post offices marked for axe in new cuts round
10 May 08
Shetland News
SIC could rescue Levenwick PO
9 May 08
Telegraph
Unless dozy ministers wake up, the Last Post will sound for Royal Mail
9 May 08
Oxord Mail
Stamping over our community
8 May 08
The New Statesman
Destroying the best of Britain
8 May 08
Ilford Recorder
Sham! Fury as post offices face axe
8 May 08
Channel 4 News
Post office closure discrimination?
8 May 08
Hellmail
Mayor Boris Urged To Fight London Post Office Closures
7 May 08
Mirror
Last post for Royal Mail?
7 May 08
Lynne News
Shock plan to make Lynn PO a pub
6 May 08
Banbury Guardian
Councillors slam post office closures
6 May 08
York Press
Post office bytes back
5 May 08
News Scotsman
Vote censures Labour over post office closures
5 May 08
Guardian
Tories train their sights on Crewe
5 May 08
Norwich Evening News
Post office decision not ours say bosses
5 May 08
Times
Post office sadness
5 May 08
edp24
People power bids to save post office
4 May 08
RTE News
Postmasters back call to keep offices open
3 May 08
News Scotsman
Council looks at buying up under-threat post offices
3 May 08
Peterborough Today
Under threat post office is 'cornerstone of village'
2 May 08
Telegraph
The village where