The sub-postmasters, who have not been identified, receive £600,000 each in compensation.

The post office at a services will be closed until late March for "extensive building work".

A Belfast man wrongly convicted of false accounting is awarded the maximum compensation available.

Bexhill's post office is one of 115 across the country which could close in the future.

It took 18 years for Alun Lloyd Jones, a former postmaster, to receive his compensation.

Councillors call on Post Office Ltd not to close the "vital community hubs" in Barrow and Kendal.

Older customers are likely to suffer from the loss of the Roughton service, says one resident.

The temporary facility is being set up while Malmesbury's post office undergoes a refurbishment.