 "Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)")
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Hundreds battle to save post office
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More than 400 people have signed a petition to save a much-loved
post office from closure.
Knypersley Post Office, in Tunstall Road, Knypersley, is one of
26 branches in the region earmarked for closure under a Government
review.
The post office is in a general convenience store, which managers
say is well used by people of all ages.
A public consultation is being held on its future, with a final
decision to be announced on June 9.
Customers and staff are campaigni...
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They think we are fools... Stunned: Anne Charles at Golf Road post office Roots: Subpostmistress Kathleen Windsor outside the thatched church in Markby; Spelling it out: Financial Mail's Toby Walne, centre, with Alex McMullen, right, organiser of a group battling to save the post office.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; Byline: TOBY WALNE THE clock is ticking for the first wave of post office closures, with215 branches given until early next month to argue a case for survival beforethe axe falls in January. Over the next 18 months 2,500 post offices willreceive a similar 'six-week consultation' period before most
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It's not fair to shut this post office too
Bristol Evening Post
; By Lucy Parkinson l.parkinson RESIDENTS gathered to protest today outside a post office earmarked for closure. About a dozen protesters lined the streets outside the post office in Filton Avenue, Horfield. Pensioner Wilfred Cooper, aged 83, from Lockleaze, held a placard which said: "This post
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Stamp down on post office closure
Bristol Evening Post
; Campaigners were planning to protest today outside a post office earmarked for closure. More than 500 people have signed petitions calling for Post Office Ltd to drop its plans to shut the post office in Filton Avenue, Horfield. Bristol city councillor Sean Emmett has sent the petitions to Post
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Country Matters: Post office? It's next to the potatoes
The Independent - London
; THE post office in our Suffolk village shop is open only in the mornings now. Its licence to sell stamps and to dispense pensions all day has been revoked. If you want to post a parcel after 1pm, you can either drive it three miles to Woodbridge or, if you haven't got a car and can't scrounge a
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How to make a success of running a local post office: post offices are an important part of communities across the UK but to run them well retailers need to make sure they offer new products and services and be prepared to invest some money.(Retail Surgery)
Grocer
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dean Holborn Owner, Holborns We took over the post office in our village in 2006 after the original one closed and invested money to make space for it. Having a post office is important to a c-store like ours because it gives people another reason to visit the shop and it
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