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Royal Mail said the postbox had become "dangerous" for the staff who emptied it.
BBC: Royal Mail worker collecting post
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The red postbox at the post office on 31 Grange Road in Jarrow, was painted gold on Saturday.
BBC: Josef Craig celebrated with gold Jarrow postbox
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Protective gloves are issued to postal workers emptying a Somerset postbox used by drug addicts to dump needles.
BBC: Royal Mail worker collecting post
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Much of that is business mail that never plops through a traditional postbox.
BBC: Letter boxes: The red heart of the British streetscape
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Great Britain's youngest gold medallist of the Paralympic Games has been honoured with a gold postbox in his home town.
BBC: Josef Craig celebrated with gold Jarrow postbox
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Meanwhile, Royal Mail has painted itself into something of a corner with another pledge - to paint a postbox gold in each of the medallists' home towns.
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South Yorkshire police said vandals had defaced winning heptathlete Jessica Ennis's gold postbox in Barkers Pool, Sheffield, on Monday night, by spraying it with graffiti saying "Go Jess".
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The postbox was painted in his home village of Lowdham.
BBC: Paralympian Richard Whitehead gold postbox honour
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"I can't wait to see my gold postbox, " said Applegate.
BBC: Jessica-Jane Applegate: Paralympic gold comes to Belton
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The Paralympian's golden performance was cheered on by hundreds of people at Belton's Railway Tavern pub - and a nearby postbox was painted gold on Monday to mark the achievement.
BBC: Jessica-Jane Applegate: Paralympic gold comes to Belton
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Two bombs were sent to Neil Lennon, one was sent to former MSP Trish Godman and one, addressed to Lennon's lawyer Paul McBride QC, was discovered at a postbox in Kilwinning in Ayrshire.
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"The golden postbox is a lovely reminder of an unforgettable year and I'm thrilled it's in my home town of Aldridge as the support I've had from all over the borough has been amazing, " she said.
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