One local newspaper dubbed it a “housewife’s heaven” as they described how supermarket shopping “on a really big scale” had arrived in the town.
Built on the site of what had been the Scala Cinema, the store opened on July 30 1963 and claimed to be one…
A young man is fighting for his life after being hit by an ambulance last night (Fri) while riding a scooter in Barnsley[1].
South Yorkshire Police[2] say he is in a life-threatening condition in hospital. Officers in its Roads Policing Group are appea…
The biggest change to the roads in Bristol city centre for a generation is being proposed by the city council as part of a masterplan to transform both the Broadmead area and Castle Park. Buses, taxis and private cars will be removed from many city cen…
According to official notices, works include water works, electricity, gas, broadband installation, and more – with some disruption planned for months.
Delays are presented in alphabetical order. Source: one.network.
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Exciting XVI edition Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona: Navigating to the past with an eye on the future
by Covadonga Muñoz 23 Jul 11:07 BST 13-15 July 2023
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Plymouth’s latest court list is in and 33 men and women have found themselves at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court recently.
Recent attendees of the courts will have witnessed a series of men who have been brought to court because they have harassed others, …
As Mitchell Scott speaks on a patio in downtown Nelson, the morning soundtrack is of cars driving by. Scott gestures to the street with incredulity.
“Imagine this was just all bikes,” he says pointing to traffic.
A new B.C.-produced documentary, concei…
Three police officers who fought a life and death battle in the fast flowing freezing waters of the River Wye in Hereford, to prevent a woman from drowning, have been awarded top national honours.
PC Jack Davies has been awarded a Royal Humane Society …
A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study….
A former Brookside star said he’s sorry for seriously injuring two schoolgirls in a horror car crash.
Louis Emerick Grant, of Liscard[1], Wirral, was today spared jail after admitting causing the crash on Poulton Road in Wallasey[2] while being blinded…
Part of Manchester Road in Nelson is closed after a crash (Image: Google)
*UPDATE: The road has now reopened*
A road in Nelson has been closed after a crash involving a car and a person.
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May 19 (Reuters) – South Africa’s rail freight problems mean Tharisa Plc has to truck 85% of its chrome export volumes to ports, the diversified miner’s CEO Phoevos Pouroulis said on Friday, adding he saw no prospect of a swift solution.
State-owned lo…
Next week, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway[1] (GWSR) is running three days of ‘Southern Mid-Week Services’ from Tuesday, 16th to Thursday, 18th May.
Services will be hauled by the railway’s resident Southern Railway rebuilt Merchant Navy…
A landlord from London has been prosecuted after she locked a tenant out of their home in Cheltenham. Cheltenham Borough Council[1] has prosecuted ‘rogue’ landlord, Lidia Szopinska, for the second time for illegally evicting a tenant.
Lidia Szopinska l…