Villagers set for post office battle.

COST-cutting Post Office bosses had better watch out - the people of Midville are mobilising again.

Grass-roots activism does not come much more hardened than in the close-knit villages of Eastville, Midville and New Leake, where in January residents finally claimed victory in their three-year campaign against the expansion plans of local recycling firm Cranberry Compost.

But as one battle ends, another begins. Following the Post Office's announcement earlier this month that it is planning to close down New Leake Post Office as part of its sweeping nationwide cuts, the villagers are on the warpath again.

A protest petition has already been started …