http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/ The Northern Echo /news/campaigns/postoffice/ en-gb Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:28:20 +0100 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:28:20 +0100 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/850268/?type=rsslogo http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3847148.Under_threat_post_offices_thrown_lifeline/?ref=rss MORE than 150 of the region’s threatened post offices were thrown a surprise lifeline yesterday when the Government abandoned plans to offer a £1bn contract to the private sector. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:43:58 +0000 75e058db15abc7ce000b5a422eee2f76 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3836028.Fight_over_future_of_benefit_accounts/?ref=rss THOUSANDS of people in the North-East have lobbied their MPs to award a benefits account to the Post Office. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:10:53 +0000 87fc8ca72b8886a5d119fbcace31efc9 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3832850.Post_Office_account_move_could_hit_jobs/?ref=rss CAMPAIGNERS fear hundreds more post offices in the region could be forced to close if a private company is allowed to run the account used by benefit claimants. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:14:23 +0000 a22d323a7a6ec78d50154f4bd9c5efe0 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3750979.Post_office___s_last_letter_is_village_plea_to_Mr_Brown/?ref=rss THE last letter sent from a village post office shutting in the latest round of closures will tell the Prime Minister what effect its loss will have. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:49:57 +0100 2c8e3a9dd79b5ae3e36f03f76d845f62 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3642425.Further_80_post_offices_to_go_in_cuts/?ref=rss THE Post Office yesterday confirmed that 80 branches in the region will close as part of cuts. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:50:36 +0100 aa8ad7fc671803ff6474406227dffa00 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3638355.Queues_at_post_office_ahead_of_further_closures/?ref=rss Post Office customers queued into the street at times yesterday as branch closures began to bite in one town, and the scenes could be repeated across other parts of the region as more closures are announced today. Lauren Pyrah reports Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:17:37 +0100 181f7945445e2cdd35accb1b6ed88736 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3590891.Community_rallies_for_threatened_post_office/?ref=rss MEMBERS of a community are overwhelmingly opposed to the closure of their local post office, a survey has revealed. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:06:03 +0100 48754cc1ff01f14702a2d3a7f2e285ae http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3584723.Big_response_over_post_office_closures/?ref=rss THE Post Office has received more than 2,000 responses to its plans to close 80 branches across the North-East. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:50:07 +0100 623da0114fccb6210fb08068412f25b1 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3584736.Activists_in_quest_to_save_branch/?ref=rss TWO community activists have started a campaign to save their local post office from closure. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:53:58 +0100 7b272190aed734338fea6b98df7cee26 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/postoffice/3557745.Post_offices_decision_a____failure_of_democracy___/?ref=rss OPPOSITION councillors said a decision to allow the closure of post offices in a town was a "failure of democracy". Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:13:16 +0100 8503b221040e056da2bcc23258f2da74