ANXIOUS residents and sub postmasters will have to wait until next month to find out whether their post office has been saved.
Across York, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire, 50 branches are facing the axe. The six-week consultation period into the proposed closures ended yesterday. (thurs) On Wednesday, a delegation from The Press travelled to London to present copies of our Cut the Closures campaign petition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Number 10 Downing Street, and to Post Office Ltd bosses at their Old Street headquarters.
Petition signatures continued to arrive at our Walmgate offices today. (fri) More than 100 have come through the post in the last two days.
A spokesman for Post Office Ltd said the results of the consultation would be released next month.
"We are scheduled to announce the final decisions on the proposals in the second week in February," he said. "Between now and then, we will look at all the feedback."
- For more details see The Press today.
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