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Post modern
www.ft.com
[Financial Times] - The biggest outsider of all was Rowland Hill, a Treasury adviser who campaigned in to establish a uniform penny postage, regardless of the address. Prior to that there had been a baffling array of charges dependent on destination and the number
Google News: The last post: The shameful betrayal of the Royal Mail
[Mail on Sunday] - In 1840, the great postal reformer Rowland Hill successfully argued for a radical new scheme under which people would pay a simple, flat fee before sending a letter, rather than the receiver paying on delivery, as had been the case until then.
Woman hit by concrete slab dropped on her car
www.thisislondon.co.uk
[Evening Standard] - The victim, from Harold Hill, was hit as the car passed under the West Hanningfield Road bridge. The driver of the vehicle suffered cuts but was not seriously injured. Less than an hour earlier, another block was thrown from the nearby Fryerning Lane
Boy artist brushes with fame as works go on show
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
[Yorkshire Post] - Edward has also been inspired to continue painting after meeting artists David Shepherd, Terrence Cuneo and Rowland Hill. He paints supervised by grandparents Leslie and Margaret, 63, at their house in Beverley, so he doesn't mess up the house he
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