THE BATTLE to save a Gosport post office is on - thanks to a one-woman campaign.

Linda Smart has taken it upon herself to drum up support to keep the San Diego Road branch open, taking a petition to local residents, shops and businesses.

Mrs Smart of Melville Road, Gosport, said: "I think it is so important to keep the local branches open. I use it all the time and so do a lot of older people for their pensions. Losing the post office will be awful."

Mrs Smart has already collected more than 100 signatures and plans to send the petition to postal bosses in a bid to force a rethink.