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Jailed shopkeeper has sentence extended for failing to pay confiscation order
A jailed shopkeeper, who smuggled, stored and sold thousands of illegal cigarettes, must serve a further three-and-a-half years in prison for failing to repay a £494,000 confiscation order.
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Police release CCTV images after armed robbery at forecourt in Eastleigh
Hampshire Police has released CCTV images of a man its officers want to identify following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Eastleigh.
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ACS calls for rates relief to be extended in the next Budget due in March
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has submitted evidence to the Treasury ahead of the 2021 Budget, calling on the Chancellor to extend the business rates discount in 2021/22 to avoid a sudden shock of high rates bills while stores are still dealing with the impact of the pandemic.
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Traffic flows greater than during first lockdown, according to RAC data
Car use by drivers in the UK has not fallen to the same extent as it did during the first coronavirus lockdown in March 2020, according to an analysis of RAC data.
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Cashier injured during armed robbery at petrol station in Warrington
Cheshire Police detectives are appealing for information and CCTV footage after a cashier was injured during an armed robbery at a petrol station at Culcheth in Warrington.
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Welcome Break introduces new vegan choices for Veganuary
Welcome Break is getting behind Veganuary this year, with new vegan choices joining the existing 150 vegan products available at Welcome Break brand partners across its 39 motorway service areas.
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City of London sets up logistics hub to take delivery vehicles off its streets
The City of London Corporation has approved its first Last Mile Logistics Hub to consolidate deliveries across central London and reduce traffic in its streets.
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Electric car sales surge despite a 29.4% plunge in the overall market in 2020
New car sales in the UK in 2020 hit their lowest level since 1992, but it was the best year for electric cars with battery and plug-in hybrid vehicles market share up to 10.7%.
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Harvest Energy reveals plans to rebuild site destroyed by fire
Harvest Energy has applied for planning permission to replace its petrol station in Richmond, North Yorkshire, which was destroyed by fire in August.
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Robber brandishes bladed weapon in raid on South Shields petrol station
Northumbria Police has launched an investigation after staff at a petrol station in South Shields were threatened with a weapon during a robbery.
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Maxol announces a two-year renewal as principal sponsor of Carrickfergus RFC
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has announced a two-year renewal as principal sponsor of Carrickfergus RFC.
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Thieves steal thousands of litres of fuel from depot in North Wales
North Wales Police is appealing for information following the theft of thousands of litres of fuel from a depot in Flintshire.
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North-west police forces set up operation to tackle ATM and cash-in-transit crime
Police officers from the North West’s six police services (Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and north Wales) have joined forces with the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (Rocu) and the security industry to launch a joint operation targeting cash-in-transit and ATM robberies in the run-up to Christmas.
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Knifeman jailed for seven-and-a-half years for armed robbery at forecourt store
A man from Ellesmere Port has been jailed after carrying out an armed robbery at a petrol station in the town.
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BOSS Forecourt Crime Index climbs by 41% in third quarter
Incidents of forecourt crime increased by 41% during the third quarter of 2020, according to the latest Forecourt Crime Index from BOSS – the British Oil Security Syndicate.
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Traffic figures for the year to September suffer biggest fall since records began
The amount of miles travelled by traffic in Great Britain fell by nearly 18.9% for the year to the end of September, according to the Department for Transport (DfT), the greatest fall since quarterly records started in 1994.
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Detectives investigating attempted robbery at Morrisons petrol station in Scotland
Detectives are appealing for information following an attempted robbery at a petrol station in Hawick, in the Scottish Borders, on Friday 27 November.
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Top 50 Indie AK Fuel buys leaseholds on three forecourts
Top 50 Indie AK Fuel has bought the leaseholds on a portfolio of three petrol filling stations in Liverpool and Manchester. The three sites – Stanley, Green Energy and Prescot Service Station – came to market through specialist business property adviser Christie & Co around the start of the year.
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Sewell on the go launches Christmas prize draw as “thank you” for customers
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go is giving customers the chance to snap up prizes in the run-up to Christmas as a way of saying “thank you” for shopping local in 2020.
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Robber who made forecourt assistant fear he had acid spray jailed for 32 months
A man from Hertfordshire has been jailed for more than two-and-a-half years after admitting robbing a petrol filling station in Peterborough.