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The deal with Mountpark Logistics sees the group take one of four units developed in Mountpark at the Omega site close to junction 8 of the M62 motorway.   The Delivery Group, which is the UK’s fastest growing ecommerce and specialist distribution company, is consolidating its North West operations in …

PUBLISHED: 15:58 26 September 2019 | UPDATED: 15:58 26 September 2019 Bethany Wales Beckhithe village is set to lose its name and merge with a neighbouring village. Picture: Jamie Honeywood Jamie Honeywood Archant Norwich Norfolk It is a tiny hamlet of which most people will not have heard. Email this article to a …

PUBLISHED: 08:32 20 September 2019 | UPDATED: 08:32 20 September 2019 The family of Dale Woods (pictured with his youngest son Harry) is appealing for help to bring him back to Norwich from Cambodia, where he has been hospitalised and diagnosed with lung cancer. Picture: C/O the Woods family C/O …

PUBLISHED: 15:00 12 September 2019 Imogen Braddick Captain John Clifton, Salvation Army officer (right), is cycling from London to Brighton to raise funds for Project Malachi. Picture: Imogen Braddick Archant The captain of Ilford Salvation Army is cycling from London to Brighton to raise funds for a pop-up homeless hostel …

The Royal Mint turned down a proposal to honour Famous Five author Enid Blyton with a special edition coin due to concerns that her dated views on race and gender would spark a public backlash, according to newly-released documents. The Mint’s advisory committee blocked plans to mark the 50th anniversary …

PUBLISHED: 07:00 14 August 2019 Chris Murphy Orpington High Street as it used to be – see how much has stayed the same around The Old Cottage. Picture: Phil Walker and Tom Yeeles Archant So many of Orpington’s well known, and indeed lesser well known, places have been lost over …

PUBLISHED: 17:25 11 August 2019 Steve Russell Julie Abbott. ‘I’ve not done classes in creative writing, or anything like that… You never know. You just have to have a go, don’t you?’ Picture: STEVEN RUSSELL Archant Confessions of a former post-lady. PLUS: Hear a clip from the Suffolk comedy series …

PUBLISHED: 17:00 24 July 2019 Hannah Somerville The unfinished extension has cost Alan Street £44,775 to date. Picture: Polly Hancock Archant A Hornchurch IT consultant has revealed the destruction wreaked on his home by builders who disappeared after he paid them £44,000 for a botched extension job. Email this article …

A Hull grandad has been left bemused and bewildered after finding what he thinks is a fake £1 coin in his loose change. Matthew Scaife, 72, was going through his coins when he noticed something was awry with one of the pounds in his collection. In 2018, the Royal Mint …

PUBLISHED: 16:03 20 July 2019 Steve Russell Violet Jessop in her Voluntary Aid Detachment uniform while assigned to hospital ship Britannic Picture: VIA WIKIPEDIA Archant Over just five years her ocean liner collided with warship, Titanic sank, and her hospital ship hit a mine and sank off Greece Email this …