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Burglars steal cash from Scottish site
Police in Scotland are investigating following a burglary at a petrol station near to the Tay Road Bridge. The Abercraig Shell petrol station on the A92 near to the Forgan roundabout was targeted just before 3am on Thursday January 28 and a three-figure sum of cash was taken. The station ...
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Asda says fuel price is never below cost
Asda has stated it has a petrol pricing policy that it will not trade below cost, as part of a planning application for a new petrol filling station at the Asda store in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Acting on behalf of Asda, Deloitte is seeking permission from Wyre Council for a fully ...
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Move to strengthen alternative fuels in the capital
Transport for London (TfL) will be working to improve the alternative fuel infrastructure as part of a new five-year industry-led programme to reduce the emissions of London’s freight and fleet operators. The programme will work across the industry to increase the availability and uptake of low emission vans and lorries. ...
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Hospital treatment for worker after confrontation over car wash
Lincolnshire Police are appealing for witnesses to an altercation that left a car wash worker requiring hospital treatment. At approximately 1.25pm on Saturday 23rd January, a female in a silver Audi TT had her car cleaned at the car wash in the car park of the Asda store in Boston. ...
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Arrest after knifeman robs forecourt
A man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a petrol station in Barton, North Lincolnshire. The incident happened at shortly before 9pm on Wednesday, January 27, when a man in a motorcycle helmet walked into a petrol station in Ferriby Road and made a small purchase. ...
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Tobacco smugglers jailed for 30 months
Two men, who were caught with a van containing half a million illicit cigarettes just a week before going on trial for an almost identical fraud, have each been jailed for 30 months after they were investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Haulage firm owner Stephen McDonough, 58, and ...
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Tobacco smugglers jailed
Three men from the West Midlands have been jailed for evading an estimated £2.4m in duty and taxes, by attempting to smuggle more than ten million illicit cigarettes, many described as “desserts”, into the UK. Steven Zindani, 59, and Gerard Smythe, 43, were arrested by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ...
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Shop theft hits record high
Shop theft is at its highest level since the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in 2003. New figures from the Office for National Statistics show incidents of shop theft in the year ending September 2015 were more than 9,000 higher than the previous year. While most offences ...
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Knifeman robs Wallingford forecourt
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after an armed robber struck at a forecourt in Wallingford. Shortly after 1.15am on Sunday January 24 a man entered the Esso service station in Station Road and threatened a male member of staff with a knife and demanded cash. The member of ...
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Consultation over Thames Crossing
Proposals for a new multi-billion pound road link across the River Thames between Essex and Kent to relieve congestion at the Dartford Crossing, have been announced. In 2013, two locations were shortlisted for a new bridge or tunnel across the river: one near the Dartford Crossing (known as Option A) ...
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NewsMRH bought by US private equity fund
MRH, the biggest independent service station owner and operator in the UK, has been bought by a US private equity firm Lone Star. The deal closed on January 26 for an undisclosed sum having already received approval from the European Commission under the EU Merger Regulations. The accompanying ...
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Tesco evacuated after fuel leak
A Tesco petrol station in Dundee had to be evacuated after firefighters covered the area in foam to prevent an outbreak of fire following a fuel leak. Firefighters were called to the Tesco Kingsway station at 8.51am on Tuesday January 26 to deal with the incident which occurred while a ...
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Retail margins on petrol falling says AA
Retail margins on petrol have fallen, according to the AA, while profiteering by refiners and petrol commodity market players has deprived consumers of savings of up to 5ppl. In its latest AA Fuel Price Report, it says: “AA research finds that during the periods of early 2014, early 2015 and ...
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£40m awarded to promote plug-in vehicles
Four cities have been awarded significant funds to promote green vehicle technology after successfully bidding for a share of a £40m scheme created to support the take-up of plug-in electric cars across the UK. Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced the winners of the Go Ultra Low City Scheme, after the ...
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ULEV market at tipping point says minister
The market for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) has reached a tipping point and is about to take off in the way the internet did in the 1990s, according to roads minister Andrew Jones. Speaking at the Chargemaster Electric Vehicle Charge Event, he said: “The shift we are seeing reminds ...
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Rats force MRH to close site
MRH has had to close a service station in Essex for a week while an infestation of rats was wiped out. Staff at the site at Herongate, near Brentwood, discovered rats had got into the sales building, said MRH company secretary David Hathaway. “Like any responsible employer we shut down, ...
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Smokescreen defeats forecourt burglars
A smokescreen security device foiled burglars who broke into a Staffordshire forecourt early on January 21. The thieves broke in to Sainsbury’s filling station at Ventura Park, Tamworth, while it was closed, but were driven off by the smokescreen which they set off. A spokesman from Staffordshire Police said: “We ...
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Complaint against AA advert upheld
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has ruled against the AA after complaints about claims it made in a TV advert and on its website. A voice-over in the TV advert stated: “With more patrols, more specialist skills and more expertise than anyone else, we are the Automobile Association. We are ...
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NewsSupermarkets cut further 2ppl off diesel
Tesco and Morrisons have followed after Asda cut 2ppl off the price of diesel, bringing its national price cap down to 97.7ppl while unleaded remains at 99.7ppl. Andy Peake, Asda’s senior petrol director, said: “We’re delighted to be the first retailer to take diesel to its lowest price level in ...
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News£300,000 investment in Bristol Spar site
A £300,000 expansion project at a Spar forecourt store near Bristol Airport has been completed following a co-investment scheme between owner Justin Taylor and Appleby Westward, the regional distribution company for Spar stores in the south west. The store, at Littleton Mills, near Winford, has doubled in size in order ...