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News Report Links - Archive
Nb: Not all of the news links will remain live - Regular 'News Updates' have been suspended (March 09)
ITN
Post Office closures 'bulldozed through'
6th June 2009 - Saturday
Daily Mail
2,500 Post Office closures that were 'bulldozed' through - and saved next to nothing
5th June 2009 - Friday
Telegraph
Post Office closure programme 'bulldozed' through, MPs say
5th June 2009 - Friday
Hell Mail
Consumer Focus Responds To Report On Post Office Network
5th June 2009 - Friday
Guardian
Post Office closures 'bulldozed' in
5th June 2009 - Friday
Mirror
Post Office closures 'bulldozed' in
5th June 2009 - Friday
Express
Post Office Closures 'Bulldozed' In
5th June 2009 - Friday
This Money
Post Office closures saved next to nothing
5th June 2009 - Friday
Belfast Telegraph
Consulation over post office closures ‘a sham’
5th June 2009 - Friday
Sunday Express
Every Day Sees One More Post Office Forced To Shut
12th April 2009 - Sunday
Times
Post Office will keep its ties with Ireland
12th April 2009 - Sunday
Daily Mail
This ruthless Post Office tests customers' loyalty
11th April 2009 - Saturday
BBC News
Post Office problems - cash shortage
10th April 2009 - Friday
Oxforde Mail
Shop fills post office closure
10th April 2009 - Friday
Gazzette
MP puts his own stamp on post row
8th April 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
UK Postal Deregulation - Three Years And Counting
7th April 2009 - Tuesday
News Scotsman
Royal Mail deal hit by rebel MPs
15th February 2009 - Sunday
Sidmouth Herald
Woolbrook hoping for Post Office reprieve
15th February 2009 - Sunday
Sunday Mirror
Mandy's Mail plan is dead
15th February 2009 - Sunday
SNP News
Time to stop Royal Mail privatisation
15th February 2009 - Sunday
Craven herald
Last post may sound for Dales community bus
15th February 2009 - Sunday
News Scotsman
Defection to Tories hits Brown
15th February 2009 - Sunday
Burton Mail
Seal of disapproval
14th February 2009 - Saturday
Telegraph
Royal Mail privatisation plans 'dead in the water'
14th February 2009 - Saturday
Guardian
Rebel MPs undermining Royal Mail, says minister
14th February 2009 - Saturday
Daily Post
Battle to save Anglesey's Post Offices
14th February 2009 - Saturday
Hell Mail
Liberalisation Timetable And USO A Major Problem Says Lawson
13th February 2009 - Friday
Diss Express
Village ready for new post office service
13th February 2009 - Friday
Telegraph
Dutch postmen in orange uniforms start to deliver post in Britan
13th February 2009 - Friday
Warwick Courier
Warwick council HQ may accommodate post office
13th February 2009 - Friday
Sidmouth Herald
Woolbrook residents 'pray' for Post Office
13th February 2009 - Friday
Get Bracknell
Villagers’ SOS: Help us save our sorting office
13th February 2009 - Friday
Daily Mail
TNT may go extra mile and deliver to the door
13th February 2009 - Friday
This is London
TNT looks to doorstep post deliveries
13th February 2009 - Friday
Mirror
Peter Mandelson vows to continue with part sell-off of Royal Mail
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Harwick News
Bonchester postbus reaches end of road
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Hamilton Advertiser
MSP asks public to sign up to save the Royal Mail
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Express and Star
Takeaway hope for axed post office
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Bucks Herald
Post office services to return to Quainton
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Bridlington Free Press
Post office 'is not keeping promises'
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Hell Mail
Opposition On Royal Mail Minority Stake Holds Firm
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Evening Times
‘Make store giants open post offices’
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Evesham Journal
Popular post office closes its doors for the last time
12th February 2009 - Thursday
G Y Mercury
Push to re-open Yarmouth post office
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Melton Times
There is life after losing post office
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Maidenhead Advertiser
Cookham Dean residents to fight for post office
12th February 2009 - Thursday
Watford Observer
Council's final fight to save Moatfield post office in Bushey
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Mirror
How Peter Mandelson got it wrong over Post Office privatisation
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Ledbury Reporter
New post box promised for village
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
Trekenner Post Office Outreach Proposal
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Guardian
Ken Clarke to take centre stage as MPs debate Royal Mail
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Evening Standard
Mandelson faces backbench critics over Royal Mail plans
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Evening Leader
More rural post offices close in Denbighshire
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
Royal Mail Modernisation Policy Unclear Says Clarke
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
Future Of Royal Mail Hangs Like A Wet Balloon
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Mirror
Royal Mail privatisation has crashlanded at Heathrow.
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Ely Standard
Post Office Decision To Close Provokes Anger
11th February 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
The Letter From Berr
10th February 2009 - Tuesday
Mirror
Royal Mail ends talks
10th February 2009 - Tuesday
Hell Mail
Reading Between The Lines
10th February 2009 - Tuesday
This is Somerset
MP requests probe into post office
10th February 2009 - Tuesday
Financial Times
Rebels turn up Royal Mail heat
10th February 2009 - Tuesday
Financial Mail (This is Money)
'People's bank won't save our post offices'
9th February 2009 - Monday
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Post Office refuses to reverse Welwyn Garden City branch decision
9th February 2009 - Monday
Mirror
Royal Mail's £1m To Kit Out New Office
9th February 2009 - Monday
Mirror
MPs to revolt over Royal Mail
9th February 2009 - Monday
Press Association
Union calls for Royal Mail U-turn
9th February 2009 - Monday
Telegraph
Three quarters oppose Lord Mandelson's Royal Mail sell-off, survey says
9th February 2009 - Monday
Hell Mail
Royal Mail Privatisation Opposition Intensifies
9th February 2009 - Monday
The Herald
Royal Mail break-up plan ‘should be dropped’
9th February 2009 - Monday
The Times
Brown under pressure to scrap part sale of Royal Mail amid growing revolt by Labour MPs
9th February 2009 - Monday
Stourbridge News
Post office campaigners "incensed"
9th February 2009 - Monday
STV
Postbus service may be under threat
9th February 2009 - Monday
Bexhill Observer
Fury in Rye as Post Office closes yet again
9th February 2009 - Monday
South Wales Guardian
Post office plans slammed
9th February 2009 - Monday
Telegraph
Royal Mail splashes out on executive furniture
9th February 2009 - Monday
Sunday Express
Customers Win Fight To Save Village Post Office
8th February 2009 - Sunday
Daily Mail
'People's bank won't save our post office network'
7th February 2009 - Saturday
The Grocer
Support grows for PO 'people's bank'
7th February 2009 - Saturday
News Scotsman
Union tells Labour of mail sell-off breakdown
7th February 2009 - Saturday
Mirror
We reveal Royal Mail lies over job losses
7th February 2009 - Saturday
Times
Labour faces clash with unions over Royal Mail
7th February 2009 - Saturday
Telegraph
Postal unions threaten industrial action over Royal Mail job cut plans
7th February 2009 - Saturday
Northern Times
Alarm over threat to Postbus
6th February 2009 - Friday
Evesham Journal
Post office to close for good
6th February 2009 - Friday
SME Web
Royal Mail cull: why?
6th February 2009 - Friday
Reuters
Union says Royal Mail plans to cut costs by a tenth
6th February 2009 - Friday
Evening Standard
Royal Mail ‘modernisation’ to cost 16,000 jobs, union fears
6th February 2009 - Friday
Telegraph
Royal Mail to cut thousands of jobs
6th February 2009 - Friday
Personnel Today
Royal Mail denies job cut claims
6th February 2009 - Friday
Mirror
Get The Boot
6th February 2009 - Friday
The Grocer
Evolutionary Road
6th February 2009 - Friday
The Sun
Posties to face sack
6th February 2009 - Friday
Daily Mail
Royal Mail delivers more bad news as 16,000 workers learn they will lose their jobs
6th February 2009 - Friday
Times
Royal Mail looks to shed 16,000 jobs as it aims to cut costs
6th February 2009 - Friday
Welwin and Hatfield Times
Best post office? Vote for the one which got closed in Welwyn Garden City!
5th February 2009 - Thursday
The Forester
Future looks bright for saved post office
5th February 2009 - Thursday
Daily Telegraph
Thousands of savers hit by NS&I's stopping them using Post Office
4th February 2009 - Wednesday
Western Daily Press
Post office closures by the back door?
4th February 2009 - Wednesday
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal
Hour-long queue times revealed in post office probe
4th February 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
Petition Calls For Halt To Strategic Partnership
4th February 2009 - Wednesday
Norwich Evening News
We want POs to become people's banks
4th February 2009 - Wednesday
Malvern Gazette
Link Top Post Office closed as part of national axe
4th February 2009 - Wednesday
The Herald
With banks in a state, is a state bank the answer?
4th February 2009 - Wednesday
Coventry Telegraph
Leamington Post Office campaign backed by MP
3rd February 2009 - Tuesday
Hell Mail
Royal Mail Sustainability Product Under Revision
3rd February 2009 - Tuesday
The Citizen
Campaigners bid to save sorting office
3rd February 2009 - Tuesday
Guardian
Bank plan for Post Office
2nd February 2009 - Monday
Guardian
Bank plan for Post Office
2nd February 2009 - Monday
Guardian
Banking on the church
2nd February 2009 - Monday
Daily Express
Post Offices To Be ‘Bank Of The People’
2nd February 2009 - Monday
Welwyn and hatfield Times
Update: Welwyn Garden City post office 'Re-opens'
2nd February 2009 - Monday
Money Marketing
"Govt support for Post Office becoming people's bank", says union
2nd February 2009 - Monday
Brand Republic
Post Office may launch as full-service bank
2nd February 2009 - Monday
BBC News
Government mulls 'People's Bank'
1st February 2009 - Sunday
The First Post
Post Office to be the ‘people’s bank’
1st February 2009 - Sunday
Sunday Mirror
People's Bank could save the Post Office from privatisation
1st February 2009 - Sunday
The Guardian
Mandelson backs new 'people's bank' at Post Office
1st February 2009 - Sunday
Whitby Gazette
MP's anger as 1 in 5 rural branches go
1st February 2009 - Sunday
Press and Journal
MSP hails the people power of Merkinch folk in post office fight
31st January 2009 - Saturday
Return to Top
31st January 2009 - Saturday
This is Cornwall
Mousehole Post Office closure causes concern
30th January 2009 - Friday
Your Local Guardian
Wimbledon Village post office hopes dashed
30th January 2009 - Friday
Hampshire Chronicle
Post Office admits Woodley franchise now up for grabs
29th January 2009 - Thursday
Cotswold Journal
Village could buck the post officetrend
29th January 2009 - Thursday
Middlewich Guardian
Move to Warrington and your service will get worse
29th January 2009 - Thursday
Daily Mail
Royal Mail boss to get £200,000 for his two day week
29th January 2009 - Thursday
Highland News
Plea to re-open 'lifeblood' branch
29th January 2009 - Thursday
Daily Mail
The real story behind post office closures
28th January 2009 - Wednesday
Berwickshire News
Post Office closure dates set for February
28th January 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
Brydon Must Be Committed To Public Service
28th January 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
Could The Six Day Postal Service Be Lost
28th January 2009 - Wednesday
Financial Times
Which Brydon?
28th January 2009 - Wednesday
Get Bracknell
Crowthorne Royal Mail delivery office faces closure
28th January 2009 - Wednesday
Guardian
Royal Mail appoints Donald Brydon as new chairman
28th January 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
New Chairman For Royal Mail
28th January 2009 - Wednesday
Western Morning news
Post offices can become money lenders
27th January 2009 - Tuesday
Press and Journal
Crass stunt from Royal Mail
27th January 2009 - Tuesday
Sheffield Telegraph
Abandon plan for Royal Mail say Greens
27th January 2009 - Tuesday
Lynne News
Archbishop's post office suggestion
27th January 2009 - Tuesday
Socialist Worker
Urgent fight to stop post office privatisation
27th January 2009 - Tuesday
Morning Star
100 MPs revolt over mail sale
27th January 2009 - Tuesday
Mirror
Prezza: Asve Post
26th January 2009 - Monday
News Letter
Post office closure 'is end of era'
26th January 2009 - Monday
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Campaign to save doomed Welwyn Garden City post office gathers pace
26th January 2009 - Monday
The Lawer
Firms gather to sort Royal Mail potential sell-off
26th January 2009 - Monday
Hell Mail
Royal Mail Sell-Off Bombshell
25th January 2009 - Sunday
Scotsman
Prescott backs publicly-owned post office
25th January 2009 - Sunday
Sunday Times
New ideas for the 21st Century: Use the post offices to revive credit
25th January 2009 - Sunday
Plymouth Herald
Union boss warns of possible postal strikes in Plymouth
25th January 2009 - Sunday
Western Morning News
Three post office closures a week
24th January 2009 - Saturday
Journal Live
Post Office service is still second class
24th January 2009 - Saturday
Telegraph
Royal Mail treats us with disdain
24th January 2009 - Saturday
Stamford Mercury
Shopkeeper faces uncertain future
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Grimsby Telegraph
Rebel MPs fear Royal Mail part-privatisation plan
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Daily Mail
One in five post offices in rural England has been closed in the last eight years
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Telegraph
Royal Mail lines up Brydon as chairman
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Hell Mail
Britains Postal Service - Who Profits?
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Evening Standard
Smiths chief in line for top job at Royal Mail
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Morpeth Journal Live
Stannington's good news in post office review
23rd January 2009 - Friday
MRWeb
Royal Mail Wants Former TNS Chair for Top Job
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Journal Live
Post Office boost for Northumberland villages
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Hexham and Courant
Marooned, as vital postbus axed
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Morpeth Herald
Easing the blow of Post Office shake-up
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Financial Times
Brydon front-runner for Royal Mail chairman
23rd January 2009 - Friday
Telegraph
Three rural post offices closed every week
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
North Devon Gazette
Villagers open new shop and post office
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Times
Share offers for Business Post should be returned to sender
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Evening Leader
Denbighshire post office audit leads to legal action
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Business Scotsman
Private postal rival picks up market share
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
STV
North-east town gets a mobile post office
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Watford Observer
Bushey post office 'can still be saved'
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Evesham Journal
End of an era beckons for popular family post office
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Daily Record
Rival to Royal Mail delivers bigger share
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Wales on Line
Royal Mail’s £225m profit will raise debate over private stake
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Independant
Royal Mail reveals all-business profit boon
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
SNP News
Scottish Labour undermine Royal Mail
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Times
Royal Mail posts record profits of £255m
22nd January 2009 - Thursday
Guardian
Union attacks plans to part-privatise Royal Mail
21st January 2009 - Wednesday
Whitehaven News
Post-office reaches out
21st January 2009 - Wednesday
BBC News
Royal Mail in 20-year profit peak
21st January 2009 - Wednesday
Director of Finance
Post office in shock profit
21st January 2009 - Wednesday
Sky News
Royal Mail Posts Profit
21st January 2009 - Wednesday
Tewkesbury Admag
Final farewell looms for Bengeworth Post Office
21st January 2009 - Wednesday
Largs and Millport News
Save the Royal Mail, says MP
21st January 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
CWU Tells Committee - Royal Mail Should Remain Public
20th January 2009 - Tuesday
Gazette and Herald
Consultation begins on reduced service at Lacock Post Office
20th January 2009 - Tuesday
Hell Mail
Hooper Full Of Dogma Over Royal Mail Says Hoyle
20th January 2009 - Tuesday
ePolitiX
Business committee evidence: Postal services inquiry
20th January 2009 - Tuesday
Shropshire Star
Home service as post office to close
20th January 2009 - Tuesday
The Herald
Peter Mandelson urged to 'think again' over Royal Mail plans
20th January 2009 - Tuesday
Telegraph
Richard Hooper and MPs accuse Royal Mail of giving householders a raw deal
20th January 2009 - Tuesday
Banffshire Journal
Mobile post office moves into town
20th January 2009 - Tuesday
Socialist Worker
Where’s the fight to save the post service?
20th January 2009 - Tuesday
Western Morning News
'Dark day' for village post office
19th January 2009 - Monday
Rye and Battle Observer
Anger over Rye Post Office closure
19th January 2009 - Monday
Guardian
Pub's sales are no small beer
18th January 2009 - Sunday
Morpeth Herald
Morpeth PO move helps secure shop future
18th January 2009 - Sunday
Telegraph
CVC looks at delivering Royal Mail bid
18th January 2009 - Sunday
International Herald Tribune
CVC said to eye stake in Royal Mail
18th January 2009 - Sunday
Reuters UK
CVC said to eye stake in Royal Mail
18th January 2009 - Sunday
Mid-Sussex Times
MP steps up post office campaign
17th January 2009 - Saturday
Halifax Courier
Town's mail delivery office under threat
17th January 2009 - Saturday
Daily Mail
MPs' fury at Mandelson after he claims British bosses are incapable of business success
17th January 2009 - Saturday
Daily Mail
You can't rob the post office - the Government's closed it down!
17th January 2009 - Saturday
Wood and Vale
Pensioners denied cash at post office
16th January 2009 - Friday
Hounslow Chronicle
Post Office closure had 'OAP in tears at Christmas'
16th January 2009 - Friday
Press and Journal
Salmond attacks rural post office closures
16th January 2009 - Friday
Mirror
Ex-Cabinet minister Peter Hain urges Brown not to sell off Royal Mail
16th January 2009 - Friday
About my Area
Public Support to Help Save Wotton Sorting Office
16th January 2009 - Friday
BBC News
School with 19 pupils could close
16th January 2009 - Friday
Tax News
European Court Advisor Affirms Royal Mail's VAT Exemption
16th January 2009 - Friday
Yorkshire Post
If Labour can't save the Royal Mail, it's lost a little of its soul
15th January 2009 - Thursday
Daily Mail
Privatise the Royal Mail
15th January 2009 - Thursday
This is Money (Daily Mail)
The Royal Mail revolt over foreign sale plans
15th January 2009 - Thursday
Mirror
Angry Mps Slam Mandy Mail Sale
15th January 2009 - Thursday
Independant
Mandelson fails to quell Royal Mail revolt
15th January 2009 - Thursday
The Herald
Storm grows on privatised mail
15th January 2009 - Thursday
Hell Mail
Royal Mail VAT Advantage For USO In Spotlight
15th January 2009 - Thursday
Oxford Times
Post office robbed
15th January 2009 - Thursday
Financial Times
MPs' rebellion grows over Royal Mail
15th January 2009 - Thursday
Bolton News
Revolt over Royal Mail sell-off plan
15th January 2009 - Thursday
Selby Times
Selby MP in post bid 'revolt' backing
15th January 2009 - Thursday
Berwick Advertiser
End of an era as four rural Post Office branches close
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
Post office move scrapped
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Public Service
Labour revolt due over Royal Mail
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Mirror
PM's facing two revolts
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Telegraph
Gordon Brown faces backbench revolt over Royal Mail
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Watford Observer
Moatfield Post Office in Bushey ordered to close
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Telegraph
Royal Mail part sell-off to go ahead despite Labour rebellion
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Telegraph and Argus
MPs fight Royal Mail privatisation
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Rochdale on Line
Dobbin joins mail revolt
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
First Post
71 MPs oppose Royal Mail sell-off
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
Mandelson: Royal Mail Stakeholder Essential
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
In The News
Brown faces Royal Mail rebellion
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Shropshire Star
Brown faces Royal Mail rebellion
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Sky News
Labour MPs' Royal Mail Rebellion
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Guardian
Mandelson says government will pass legislation to part-privatise Royal Mail
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
BBC News
Labour postal rebellion growing
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Teletext
PM facing Royal Mail revolt
14th January 2009 - Wednesday
Guardian
Colette Bowe backs Ofcom regulation of Royal Mail
13th January 2009 - Tuesday
BBC News
Threatened city post office saved
13th January 2009 - Tuesday
Staines News
Ashford post office closes after 78 years
13th January 2009 - Tuesday
Daily Post
Call to keep North Wales Post Offices public
13th January 2009 - Tuesday
Yorkshire Post
Lifeline hope for post offices
13th January 2009 - Tuesday
Hell Mail
DHL Closes Service Centre In Scarborough
13th January 2009 - Tuesday
Hell Mail
Yatton Keynell Post Office Outreach Proposal
13th January 2009 - Tuesday
Sky News
Royal Mail Sell-Off "Fracture"
13th January 2009 - Tuesday
Socialist Worker
Build solidarity with Burslem post workers
13th January 2009 - Tuesday
MK News
Fight over for village Post Office
12th January 2009 - Monday
BBCNews
Fault hits mobile postal service
12th January 2009 - Monday
Tivyside Advertiser
Eglwyswrw says farewell to its Post Office and Shop
12th January 2009 - Monday
BBC News
Thieves target home post office
12th January 2009 - Monday
Telegraph
John Prescott criticises Royal Mail sell-off
12th January 2009 - Monday
Bridgewater Mercury
Village posties on strike
12th January 2009 - Monday
Guardian
Labour unrest grows as Prescott supports rebels opposing sale of Royal Mail
11th January 2009 - Sunday
Hell Mail
Royal Mail - Spoiling The Ship For A Halfpenny Of Tar
11th January 2009 - Sunday
Scotland on Sunday
Backbench revolt is in the post as MPs begin Royal Mail battle
11th January 2009 - Sunday
Western Telegraph
Mobile post office service introduced following closures
10th January 2009 - Saturday
News Scotsman
Call to turn Post Office into a state bank
10th January 2009 - Saturday
BBC News
Appeal after post office shooting
9th January 2009 - Friday
Daily Mail
World's smallest strike? The Post Office workers hoping to save their 12m x 3m wooden hut
9th January 2009 - Friday
Wear Valley Mercury
Village to foot bill for post office
9th January 2009 - Friday
icPerthshire
Blackford Post Office takeover
9th January 2009 - Friday
Hexam Courant
Sad ending for post offices
9th January 2009 - Friday
Western Morning News
Posties set for smallest strike in history
9th January 2009 - Friday
Brand Republic
Royal Mail to incentivise greener direct mail
9th January 2009 - Friday
Southern Reporter
EU has stamped on world's best postal service
8th January 2009 - Thursday
Guardian
Royal Mail is wiping many rural homes off its postcode database - a result of putting profit above public interest
8th January 2009 - Thursday
Supply Chain Exec
Lord Currie appointed to Royal Mail Board
8th January 2009 - Thursday
Berwickshire News
Post offices forced to play waiting game
8th January 2009 - Thursday
Western Telegraph
Last day for Clarbeston Road Post Office
8th January 2009 - Thursday
Southern Reporter
DHL workers fear last post
8th January 2009 - Thursday
RoadTransport.com
CWU slams TNT's plans for Royal Mail
7th January 2009 - Wednesday
Macclesfield Express
Royal Mail's worth it
7th January 2009 - Wednesday
Tottenham Journal
MP slams post office queues
7th January 2009 - Wednesday
Deeside Piper
Sauchen P.O. suspends service
7th January 2009 - Wednesday
Press and Journal
Scots pay dearly for ‘unscrupulous’ courier firms, says No 10 petitioner
7th January 2009 - Wednesday
Tameside Advertiser
First class campaign saves busy post office
7th January 2009 - Wednesday
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser
It should a level playing field for all
7th January 2009 - Wednesday
Hell Mail
Royal Mail - Sliced Or Diced
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
Northern Echo
Post Office outreach service suffers setback
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
Coventry Telegraph
Firms urge Royal Mail to get message across
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
BBC News
Three post offices shut suddenly
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
Streatham Guardian
Banking service to save post offices?
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
This is Wiltshire
Firm that runs post office goes into administration
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
The Sentinel
Loss of post office blamed for slump
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
96fm - Cork
Royal Mail says no to All-Ireland tariff
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
Northampton Chronicle
Post office for sale after three-year fight
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
Rochdale Observer
Loss of sub-post office leads to store closure
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
Socialist Worker
Battle to save Royal Mail
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
Wiltshire Times
Village post office reopens
6th January 2009 - Tuesday
Telegraph
Ofcom chairman joining board of Royal Mail is 'beyond belief'
5th January 2009 - Monday
Lancashire Telegraph
Waterfoot post office celebrates 100 years
5th January 2009 - Monday
Hell Mail
Correos On Track With Post Office Accessibility Plans
5th January 2009 - Monday
Hell Mail
Royal Mail - Lord Currie To Join Board
5th January 2009 - Monday
Oxford Mail
Deadline for post office
5th January 2009 - Monday
Times
Hunt hots up for Mail boss
4th January 2009 - Sunday
About-My-Area
Help Save Wotton Sorting Office
4th January 2009 - Sunday
Channel on Line
Guernsey Post has scrapped it's Sunday service
4th January 2009 - Sunday
Sunday Express
Prezza adds voice to post office revolt
4th January 2009 - Sunday
Wales on Line
Four mobile post offices for villages
3rd January 2009 - Saturday
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Peterborough's MP expresses concern for future of city's mail sorting office
3rd January 2009 - Saturday
Yorkshire Post
We are wrecking the finest postal system in the world
3rd January 2009 - Saturday
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Bid for Welwyn Hatfield post office 'Watchdog'
2nd January 2009 - Friday
Shefield Telegraph
New Year hope in bid to save post offices
2nd January 2009 - Friday
The Courier
MP calls for Milverton post office to be re-opened
2nd January 2009 - Friday
Return to Top
31st December 2008 - Wednesday
BBC
First pension drawn 100 years ago
31st December 2008 - Wednesday
Gazette and Herald
Anger over long queues to use post office van
31st December 2008 - Wednesday
Northumberland Gazette
Community post-bus axed
31st December 2008 - Wednesday
South Wales Guardian
Post office fund praised
31st December 2008 - Wednesday
Devon24
Villagers left without post office services
31st December 2008 - Wednesday
ifw.net
Rivals slam TNT RoyalMail tie-up
31st December 2008 - Wednesday
Gazette
Three MPs back campaign to save sorting office
30th December 2008 - Tuesday
This is Bath
Three Bath stores saved from closure
30th December 2008 - Tuesday
Bexley Times
Warning of mail sale jobs threat
30th December 2008 - Tuesday
Carrick Today
Kiss of death claim over partial sell-off plans
30th December 2008 - Tuesday
Leyland Guardian
Leyland Post Office talks at 'advanced stage'
30th December 2008 - Tuesday
Guardian
Labour faces backbench revolts against third runway and privatised post
29th December 2008 - Monday
Yorkshire Post
Yorkshire MP leads postal rebellion to halt sell-off
29th December 2008 - Monday
The Herald
Mandelson expected to limit Royal Mail part-privatisation plan
29th December 2008 - Monday
Rutland Times
Post office tops list of what Rutland misses most
29th December 2008 - Monday
SNP News
Mandelson guarantee "completely worthless"
29th December 2008 - Monday
Get Reading
MP samples first class mail service
29th December 2008 - Monday
Cambridge News
Post Office to begin trial on new branch
29th December 2008 - Monday
Telegraph
Labour MPs demand limit on private ownership of Royal Mail
28th December 2008 - Sunday
Times
Rebel MPs up pressure on Lord Mandelson over Royal Mail
28th December 2008 - Sunday
Sunday Times
Post Office can thrive as a people’s bank
28th December 2008 - Sunday
Journal Live
Fight goes on for post office
27th December 2008 - Saturday
Tivyside Advertiser
Ceredigion Post Offices urged to apply for Diversification Funding
26th December 2008 - Friday
Wales on Line
Internet shoppers deliver a lifeline for post offices
26th December 2008 - Friday
Wales on Line
New funds for post offices ‘welcome news’
25th December 2008 - Thursday
Lynn News
Sadness at post office closure
23rd December 2008 - Tuesday
Gazette and Herald
Opening shots in the battle against closures
23rd December 2008 - Tuesday
South Wales Guardian
Council drops its PO closures fight
23rd December 2008 - Tuesday
North West Evening Mail
Hectic start for post office’s rural service
22nd December 2008 - Monday
The Press
Bid to save Brayton post office continues
22nd December 2008 - Monday
Uni Global Union
CWU says privatisation of Royal Mail is not an acceptable
22nd December 2008 - Monday
Daily Mail
Queue here for misery: Post office closures cause Christmas chaos
20th December 2008 - Saturday
Telegraph
Royal Mail privatisation: 50 Labour MPs 'would rebel'
20th December 2008 - Saturday
The Independent
Steve Richards: It's taken a crisis for Labour to rediscover its unity
19th December 2008 - Friday
Times
Investment banks pitch to run Royal Mail sell-off
19th December 2008 - Friday
This is Cornwall
Shock closure leaves Truro with solitary Post Office
18th December 2008 - Thursday
BBC News
Woman loses post office legal bid
18th December 2008 - Thursday
Worthing Herald
Disabled Hastings woman loses High Court challenge against the Government
18th December 2008 - Thursday
Times
CWU will ask members to back split from Labour over Royal Mail plan
18th December 2008 - Thursday
Guardian
A positive future for Royal Mail
18th December 2008 - Thursday
Times
Brown will not relish fight with Labour MPs over Royal Mail
17th December 2008 - Wednesday
Times
Gordon Brown faces rebellion over foreign stake in Royal Mail
17th December 2008 - Wednesday
Telegraph
Royal Mail: Jim McGovern quits as Government aide over part-privatisation plan
17th December 2008 - Wednesday
Guardian
Ministerial aide quits government over Royal Mail privatisation plans
17th December 2008 - Wednesday
BBC News
Post office legal fight dropped
17th December 2008 - Wednesday
Guardian
We should privatise Royal Mail
17th December 2008 - Wednesday
Wisbech Standard
Video: CHRISTCHURCH: Postmistress describes armed robbery as 'just one of
17th December 2008 - Wednesday
Telegraph
Peter Mandelson's Royal Mail privatisation plan leads Government aide to quit
17th December 2008 - Wednesday
Belfast Telegraph
Shake-up sparks job fears for postal staff
17th December 2008 - Wednesday
Scarborough Evening News
Post office queues stretch down street
16th December 2008 - Tuesday
Times
50,000 jobs at risk in break-up of Royal Mail
16th December 2008 - Tuesday
Blackpool Gazette
New threat to Fylde post offices
16th December 2008 - Tuesday
Bath Chronicle
Twerton post office closure shock
15th December 2008 - Monday
BBC News
Royal Mail faces call to change
15th December 2008 - Monday
Financial Mail
Everyone has a smile as post office reopens
15th December 2008 - Monday
Socialist Worker
Back the battle to save the post
15th December 2008 - Monday
Daily Mail
Hotline stays silent as locals try to save their beloved post office
13th December 2008 - Saturday
Times
Post Office workers plan pre-Christmas strike
12th December 2008 - Friday
Worcester News
Fury as village is left without a post office
12th December 2008 - Friday
This is Gloucestershire
Post office queues causing headache
12th December 2008 - Friday
Journal Live
Model railway display at Blackhall Mill post office
11th December 2008 - Thursday
Worcester News
No post office, no sales for Stourport traders
11th December 2008 - Thursday
Peterborough Today
City post office will stay put until after Christmas
11th December 2008 - Thursday
Manchester Evening News
'Vital' post office to close
11th December 2008 - Thursday
Paisley Daily Express
Axed post office will stay closed
10th December 2008 - Wednesday
Roystone Crow
Post office services consultation extended
10th December 2008 - Wednesday
Ashbourne News Telegraph
Post office frustration
10th December 2008 - Wednesday
Bournmouth Daily Echo
Longham Post Office campaigners cling to disabled access
10th December 2008 - Wednesday
Perthshire Advertiser
New post office site put on ice
9th December 2008 - Tuesday
Beaconsfield Advertiser
Post Office revival attemps fail
8th December 2008 - Monday
STV
Shock closure of Paisley post office
8th December 2008 - Monday
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Plaque unveiled at axed Welwyn Garden City post office
7th December 2008 - Sunday
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Joyce closes the door on 56 years at Herefordshire post office
7th December 2008 - Sunday
North West Evening Mail
Post office prepares to offer outreach service
6th December 2008 - Saturday
Gloucester Citizen
Post Office handed a future
5th December 2008 - Friday
Chester Chronicle
Plea for customers to safeguard PO service
5th December 2008 - Friday
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Post office closures: could bus service extension help those affected?
5th December 2008 - Friday
Rutland Times
Battle to save post offices
4th December 2008 - Thursday
Northern Times
Fears for shop as post office faces axe
4th December 2008 - Thursday
Waltham Forest Guardian
Glimmer of hope for closed post office
4th December 2008 - Thursday
Muswell Hill Journal
Put post office counter 'back where it belongs'
4th December 2008 - Thursday
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Hatfield businesses hit by post office closures
3rd December 2008 - Wednesday
Rhyl Journal
Grange Road Post Office closes
3rd December 2008 - Wednesday
The Scotsman
Rue Britannia: How icons are vanishing for ever
3rd December 2008 - Wednesday
Worcester News
Sad farewell as post office closes for the final time
2nd December 2008 - Tuesday
Ely Standard
Will Post Office in Ely High Street Be Able To Cope Over Christmas
2nd December 2008 - Tuesday
Northampton Chronicle
MP no help in fight to save post office
2nd December 2008 - Tuesday
Telegraph
Essex council plans to set up own bank
1st December 2008 - Monday
Wigan Today
Christmas action over post office closures
1st December 2008 - Monday
Return to Top
30th November 2008 - Sunday
News Scotsman
Post Office unions ballot on strike action
30th November 2008 - Sunday
Huddersfield Examiner
Sadness as last valley post office shuts up shop
29th November 2008 - Saturday
Borehamwood Times
Villagers 'suffering' after loss of post office
29th November 2008 - Saturday
News Scotsman
Post Office wants to 'ruin our community for £19k'
28th November 2008 - Friday
Fenland Citizen
Village post office to reopen
28th November 2008 - Friday
Herts Advertiser
Councillors want to find new home for post office
28th November 2008 - Friday
St Albans Review
Southdown lights on 'overshadowed by Post Office closure'
28th November 2008 - Friday
Malvern Gazette
Doors close on two post offices
27th November 2008 - Thursday
Carrick Times
Welcome reprieve for Post Office
27th November 2008 - Thursday
EADT24
Oldest post office may be saved
27th November 2008 - Thursday
Evesham Journal
Pinvin Post Office closes leaving family in turmoil
27th November 2008 - Thursday
Northumberland Gazette
Post Office error
27th November 2008 - Thursday
Shropshire Star
Village’s post office branch is saved
26th November 2008 - Wednesday
Journal Live
MP angry as Post Office officials lose protest
26th November 2008 - Wednesday
Herts Advertiser
Shock as second post office is to close in town
26th November 2008 - Wednesday
Express and Star
Village shop is forced to shut
26th November 2008 - Wednesday
Socialist Party
Campaigning to save post offices
Please see CAPOC's 'Non Political Statemet'
26th November 2008 - Wednesday
St Albans Review
Balfour News closure angers Harpenden residents
25th November 2008 - Tuesday
Express and Star
Last post for axed branches
25th November 2008 - Tuesday
BBC News
Five post offices to shut in area
25th November 2008 - Tuesday