The so-called flow room upstairs allows its handful of engineers to orchestrate the routes of its 94 trucks, 24 hours a day, and keep an eye on each individual parcel once it enters the warehouse. A wall of CCTV screens and live data feeds capture the health of robots and …
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These historic helicopters have been spotted flying over Ledbury. Steve Ellis managed to grab his camera quickly enough to capture a picture of the aircraft, which are thought to have been making their way to an air show at RAF Cosford. The helicopters are a Sea King, Wessex, Whirlwind and …
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ITV has commissioned a one-off documentary with exclusive access to the Duchess of Cornwall as guest editor of Country Life magazine to mark her 75th birthday. Camilla’s Country Life, by Spun Gold TV and award-winning director Michael Waldman, will accompany the duchess as she plans and overseas a special edition …
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AS the curtain comes down on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, one St Helens sporting squad is kicking off its own right royal 75th anniversary. West Park rugby club is throwing in an invitation to enjoy a series of big events to mark the occasion including a beer and gin festival, …
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Turning 40 is a milestone in anyone’s life. But for the Duke of Cambridge it is also a time of reckoning. He is on an inexorable journey to becoming king, a prospect that once scared him. Yet William is more at peace with himself than ever before, as the happy …
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AN award-winning cider farm hosted a brand-new fayre that felt like the ‘old days’. The first ever Golden Valley Vintage and Country Fair finally took place at Gwatkin Cider Farm on Saturday (June 11). The show coincided with Gwatkin Cider’s 30th Anniversary and the opening of the Red Cow Tavern …
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The centre is the size of four-and-ahalf football pitches, will boost automation and create 600 jobs. Built on what was wartime airbase RAF Burtonwood, it is the first of its kind in the UK. The site at Omega Business Park, Warrington, Cheshire, was opened by Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson. …
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THE Mill in Bishops Lydeard has re-opened following two years of lockdown and Alan Reeve has been to check it out. The attraction in Mill Lane goes back some 400 years. A mill on this site was listed in the Domesday Book, over 1,000 years ago, when medieval residents diverted …
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TEDx is making its debut in Warrington next week, on 23 June at Warrington’s Pyramid Parr Hall with an impressive line-up of speakers. As organisers enter the final stages of event preparation and speaker rehearsals, excitement has been building in the region and particularly in the local business community which …
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BURTONWOOD is the centre of a transformation of how Royal Mail operates through the opening of a huge new ‘super hub’. Based at Omega on the site of the former Burtonwood Airbase, the new state-of-the-art processing centre is the size four and a half football pitches. The hub is the …
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