The 151,000sq ft unit off Sheffield Road in Rotherham is currently being used by the Royal Mail Group Limited and is the largest and busiest Parcelforce depot in the UK, handling around 20,000 parcels per day. It has been bought by InfraRed Capital Partners Limited, on behalf of the InfraRed …
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The borough council said this afternoon that staff at the Iceland distribution centre at XPO Logistics in Bridgemead had been infected. Three firefighters from Swindon Fire Station have also tested positive, the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service confirmed. The service added that anyone else who develops symptoms will be tested …
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Affordable housing has been axed from a huge development to replace Reading’s former Royal Mail depot. Developer Hermes Property Unit has revised its application at 80 Caversham Road site to reduce the number of homes planned from 658 to 620 but none will now be available at affordable rates. The …
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They divorced when he was just two years old, but Prince Joachim of Denmark and his ex-wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, put on a united front to celebrate son Prince Felix’s 18th birthday today. The parents marked the milestone occasion alongside their eldest son Prince Nikolai, 20, and Joachim’s current wife Princess Marie and …
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The Queen Mother initially didn’t approve of Prince Philip as a match for her daughter, then Princess Elizabeth, because she saw him as a ‘dangerously progressive’ man, a new documentary claims. The Queen Mother, who died in 2002 aged 101, was concerned about Philip marrying into the family and viewed …
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A MAN who bared his buttocks at a shop assistant before leading police on a five-mile chase has been warned he faces jail. Police were called to the Tesco garage in Calne on April 6 shortly after 7am after Christopher Padget stole a £2.50 tub of hand cream, spread his …
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STUDENTS with a Welsh background can get help to study at the Royal Agricultural University. The Sir Emrys Jones Memorial Trust Award can offer £4,500 to undergraduates and £3,000 to graduate students who are either from Wales or whose parents or grandparents come from, live or have lived in the …
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The reopening of Broadgreen Community Centre will be high risk, according to the South Swindon Parish Council. Reopening plans were discussed at a full council meeting last week but it members decided the centre will remain closed for the foreseeable future. A risk assessment, conducted by staff at the community …
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A source told the Adver that a notice at the site yesterday mentioned that there was an outbreak of Covid-19 but did not specify how many people were thought to be affected or where in the plant they worked. It was claimed that senior staff were withholding the details. A …
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The household waste and recycling centre in Cheney Manor Industrial Estate is extending its opening hours. But householders wanting to visit will still have to book a slot. The new opening time is 8am to 4.30pm every day except Wednesday. A spokesman for Swindon Borough Council said: “Since the HWRC …
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