ROYAL Mail bosses and unions are in talks over proposals to shake up the NorthEast mail centre network, it emerged yesterday.

Representatives from the Communications Workers' Union (CWU) will meet Royal Mail chiefs on Monday to discuss plans to close the Teesside Mail Centre, in Middlesbrough, and Darlington Mail Centre, and transfer work to Tyneside Mail Centre, in Gateshead.

No compulsory redundancies are envisaged if the proposals go ahead.

The Northern Echo understands the proposals are part of a wider shake-up affecting the whole region, from Hull to Newcastle, with six out of the nine mail centres proposed to close.

Last night, the CWU said they would be looking closely at Royal Mail's facts and figures in order to come up with alternative proposals to save as many mail centres as possible and lessen the impact on members.

Bob Maguire, from the CWU, said a 12-week consultation period had begun, where the union would scrutinise the plans and come up with possible alternative solutions.

"The CWU is going to look at all the facts and figures.

"We are going to try and come up with alternative proposals to save as many mail centres as possible to lessen the impact on our members, " he said.

Royal Mail told the Echo that no compulsory redundancies were envisaged and affected staff would be able to transfer into other areas of the business, should the proposals go ahead.

A spokesman for Royal Mail said: "We are not planning compulsory redundancies and we hope that, given existing turnover rates and with flexibility, everyone who wants to continue to work for Royal Mail will be able to do so.

"We will be talking to all our staff on an individual basis about the options open to them."

He said the plans were part of a national modernisation programme, in response to falling mail volume.

"In line with the national agreement Royal Mail has reached with the CWU, we are reviewing our processing and some delivery operations in Yorkshire and the North-East of England to make sure we have the right sites to accommodate the world-class technology and equipment being rolled out as part of our [pounds]2bn modernisation programme and to adapt to a market in which 13 million fewer letters are sent every day compared to five years ago and in which volumes continue to fall."

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Coach firings. Coach hirings. Coach pay cuts. Clandestine conversations about replacing a firing by hiring a coach who's supposedly getting a pay cut.

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Calm, cool and collected, Alvin Gentry has revolutionized these NBA playoffs. After self-assuredly coaxing the Phoenix Suns into a sweep of perennial bogey San Antonio, he has transformed his orange- clad team into something more closely resembling a notable Big East powerhouse on the other side of the country that wears the same color and stifles teams into submission playing straight-up zone.

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Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) (the "Company") today announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of its common stock. The Company sold 11,750,000 shares and Trailer Investments, LLC (a wholly-owned entity of Lincolnshire Equity Fund III, L.P., a private equity investment fund managed by Lincolnshire Management, Inc.) sold 16,137,500 shares, each at a purchase price per share of $6.50. The shares sold by the selling stockholder include 3,637,500 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters' exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares to cover over-allotments. All shares sold by the selling stockholder were issued upon the partial exercise of a warrant held by the selling stockholder. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the selling stockholder.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from its offering of shares to redeem all of its outstanding preferred stock, to repay a portion of its outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit facility (without reducing its commitments), and to use any remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes.

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The common stock was offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement that was previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus related to the offering was filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC's web site, . Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from the offices of Morgan Stanley at 180 Varick Street, Second Floor, New York, New York, 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department or by email at .

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp. (NYSE:WNAPr) announced today that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend on its Series A 7.25% preferred securities. The dividend is equal to $0.453125 per Series A security.

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