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Car wash set alight in Scotland
Police in Midlothian, Scotland, are hunting for five males after a car wash was set on fire in the early hours of Sunday August 16. Fire crews from Dalkeith and Newcraighall rushed to the blaze at Tesco Hardengreen, after reports were received at around 4am. They said they ...
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NewsArmed robber raids Dudley filling station
Police have released CCTV images following an armed robbery at a Dudley petrol station on Thursday August 13. The robbery took place at the Shell petrol station on Brettell Lane, Brierely Hill just before 8.30pm. A man, described as Asian around 5’8” tall and wearing a zip up ...
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NewsEsso Synergy branding rolls out to dealers
The roll-out of Esso’s new Synergy forecourt and fuel branding has continued with its first appearance on a dealership supplied by Greenergy under its branded wholesaler agreement with Esso. Shailesh Parekh said his Midland Link site in Birmingham has been an Esso forecourt for nearly five years, and he has ...
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Footballer charged over collision with petrol pump
A Premier League footballer crashed his car into a petrol pump on a Shell forecourt and hit a cyclist while over the drink-drive limit, it has been alleged. Everton midfielder Darron Gibson, who has played 25 times for the Republic of Ireland, was reportedly driving a black Nissan Skyline ...
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Health report says e-cigs help reduce smoking
E-cigarettes are around 95% less harmful than tobacco, do not act as a gateway to smoking and they can help smokers quit cigarettes, a report by government health body Public Health England has concluded. It found that about one in 20 adults use e-cigs and they were used almost ...
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Applegreen adds noodle bar
Applegreen has opened a Chopstix Noodle bar at its site at Jobstown, in the suburb of Tallaght, in the Republic of Ireland, taking the total on Applegreen sites to five. The opening means there are now 51 Chopstix Noodle Bars across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. ...
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NewsGovernment to trial roads that will wirelessly charge electric cars
Electric and hybrid vehicles would have no need to stop and charge during long distance journeys if a new initiative by the Highways England is successful. It has announced that trials to equip roads to charge electric and hybrid vehicles wirelessly as they travel along them are to take ...
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MOT change proposals criticised
Bridgestone’s managing director Robin Shaw has warned roads will be more dangerous if proposals to change MOT testing laws on new cars go ahead, and has urged the government to have a rethink. In his position as Bridgestone’s north region managing director – as well as chair of the ...
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National Lottery expanding into more sites
Camelot, operator of the National Lottery, will be providing retailers who have Scratchcard only terminals the opportunity to sell tickets for National Lottery draw-based games, such as Lotto and EuroMillions, through their current terminals from early next year. Retailers will be able to sell the expanded range of games ...
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Robber strikes at Lincolnshire forecourt
Lincolnshire police are appealing for information and witnesses after a robbery at a petrol station in Saxilby on Thursday 13th August. At 07:08 a man wearing a balaclava and carrying a knife entered the Otters Bridge Filling Station on Gainsborough Road and demanded money from the female member of ...
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Keep Sunday Special steps up opposition
Keep Sunday Special has launched a campaign to keep the Sunday trading laws. In a letter to the Prime Minister, a wide range of Keep Sunday Special supporters have highlighted how a change to current Sunday shopping hours contravenes the Prime Minister’s own family friendly policy agenda launched last ...
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Motorbike sales rising
Significant growth in motorbike sales in July have been welcomed by Stephen Latham, head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA), which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK. “It is extremely positive to see that the motorcycle market has continued to grow, with dealers reporting a 14% increase in ...
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Tanker fire closes M25
Firefighters took two hours to bring a petrol tanker fire under control on the M25 on Saturday August 8. Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called along with Surrey Fire and Rescue to a petrol tanker that was well alight on the Clacket Lane services slip road just before 3.30 ...
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NewsACS steps up fight on Living Wage
ACS is calling on retailers to respond its National Living Wage survey 2016 to inform the convenience sector’s response to the Low Pay Commission’s call for evidence on minimum wage and the new living rates. The chancellor, George Osborne, announced that from April next year, a new living wage of ...
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New poster in anti illicit tobacco campaign
Imperial Tobacco has launched the latest instalment in its Suspect it? Report it! anti-illicit trade campaign. The new poster depicts a ‘dodgy deal’ at a local car boot sale, a popular location for illegal tobacco transactions. One in three adult smokers purchase illegal tobacco from pubs, market stalls and car ...
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NewsPolice appeal over prolific fuel thief
Officers from Staffordshire Police’s Tamworth Local Policing Team (LPT) have issued CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with multiple thefts from a Tamworth petrol station. Between April and August there have been 11 incidents where a man has pulled onto the forecourt of ...
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Autogas showcases benefits of LPG
LPG fuel supplier Autogas will be showcasing three LPG vehicles at the Cenex low carbon vehicle event, taking place at Millbrook, Bedford, on 9th and 10th September, highlighting the huge variety of businesses and fleets that could benefit from switching to autogas LPG. An autogas-converted Ford Focus will showcase the ...
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Stanlow Refinery wins safety award
Essar Oil UK’s Stanlow Manufacturing Complex is among the winners in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) annual awards, for its commitment to Occupational Health and Safety. Essar Oil UK has won the Gold Award for 2015 and the Order of Distinction for 19 consecutive Gold Awards ...
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Criminals ram raid Bolton forecourt shop
Greater Manchester Police are investigating after a stolen 4x4 was used to ram raid a petrol station, in Bolton. At 1.30am on, Monday 10 August, police were called to the Gulf petrol station on Harrowby Street in Farnworth, where a silver Mitsubishi Shogun 4x4 had been deliberately driven into the ...
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Cashier avoids jail for role in £30,000 scam
A garage cashier has avoided jail for his part in a fuel card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham. Khaled Abdulkawi cloned at least 46 cards at the Esso Falcon Service Station, Halesowen, and passed them to accomplices who topped up ...