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Man arrested after armed robbery at Wallsend
Northumbria Police have arrested a man after an armed robbery at a petrol station in Wallsend, Tyne & Wear. At just after 6.20pm, on Sunday, November 23, police received a report of the robbery at Blue Sign Service Station, on the Coast Road. A man entered the station wearing a ...
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Honda reaches 300 millionth motorbike milestone
Honda has reached the milestone of producing its 300 millionth motorbike. A Gold Wing 40th Anniversary Edition produced at Kumamoto Factory became the 300 millionth motorbike the company has produced globally. The history of Honda’s motorcycle business began with the start of mass-production in Japan in 1949. Production outside of ...
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NewsPipeline theft investigators uncover fuel laundering plants
Investigations into theft from oil pipelines in the south of England have led to the discovery of two suspected diesel laundering plants, capable of evading an estimated £12m in duty. The plants, in Essex and Merseyside, have been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The discovery of the plants, ...
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Legal setback for Government over diesel vehicles
Further restrictions on diesel cars could be introduced after the UK government lost a legal battle over clean air. Nitrogen dioxide in cities is illegally high and the European Court of Justice ruled judges must force ministers to clean up the air as soon as possible. The pollutant comes almost ...
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Man ordered to stay away from Shell service station
Magistrates have ordered a man to stay away from the Shell service station on Easington Road, Hartlepool, after an incident which saw a fire break out. The order was made as part of bail conditions when Peter Cavanagh, 42, from Jute Grove in Hartlepool, appeared before Hartlepool magistrates charged with ...
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Autogas calls for Government re-think on bio-LPG
Autogas has called on the Government to revise its assumption that bio-LPG will not be sold in the UK between now and 2020. In its 2014 consultation on proposed amendments to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007, the Department for Transport said that “biomethane will continue to be the ...
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NewsChartman hosts Highways Agency campaign launch
Chartman Group’s flagship Winning Post service station at Haldon Hill on the A38 outside Exeter has hosted the launch of the Highways Agency’s annual winter driving campaign. Chartman director Clive Sheppard said the request came out of the blue and the company was happy to help out. They were ...
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NewsAA defends retailers over prices
Petrol retailers are being unfairly criticised for not passing on savings to motorists as oil prices have plunged, according to the AA. Since mid October, the average price of petrol across the UK, has dropped 4.3p from 127.22ppl to 122.93ppl this week. Diesel has also fallen by around 4ppl, down ...
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Petrogas parent reports 12% sales increase
The company that owns Petrogas UK has reported a 12% increase in sales for last year despite “tough trading conditions and tightening fuel margins”. In its annual results for 2013, Petrogas Global said turnover rose to €804.5m last year from €717.3m the previous year. Pre-tax profit rose to €10.1m from ...
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Man arrested after 1.37 million cigarettes seized
A man has been arrested after 1.37 million suspected smuggled cigarettes were seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in Manchester on November 19. HMRC officers, working in partnership with the North West Motorway Police and Greater Manchester Police, stopped a van on the westbound M602. It contained the foreign ...
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NewsJet tankers promote Road Safety Week
Jet is helping to raise road safety awareness by rebranding four of its tankers for the duration of Road Safety Week (17 – 23rd November). Set up in 1997, Road Safety Week is coordinated annually by national charity Brake each November. Now the UK’s biggest road safety event, it aims ...
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Hydrogen at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s is claiming a UK supermarket first with the installation of a forecourt hydrogen dispenser, which will be installed on its Hendon store by the end of the year.Sainsbury’s says the SmartFuel station will be able to fuel a growing number of hydrogen-powered fleets driving around London.Avishai Moor, Sainsbury’s fuel ...
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Sewell ploughs more money into Hull West
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has announced it is investing a further £250,000 in its most successful site, Hull West on the A63 Westbound, after a £1m redevelopment was completed at the end of 2012. Sewell will be developing a bespoke parking area for long-haul lorry drivers. Work ...
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SuperStation top prize goes to Tanerdy Garage
Tanerdy Garage in Carmarthen, which recently switched to Gulf after 80 years with Shell, has been awarded the title of Best Gulf Site at this year’s SuperStation awards, organised by Gulf brand owner Certas Energy. Stephen Smith, proprietor of Tanerdy Garage, said: "Everyone at Tanerdy Garage is thrilled. It’s a ...
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Petrol prices plummet to four-year low
The lowest unleaded petrol prices looked likely to fall below 120ppl as Forecourt Trader went to press, with the prices having fallen 6ppl in a month after the major multiples launched another round of price cuts at the beginning of last week. Tesco beat its competitors to the punch by ...
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Fire concerns over e-cigarettes highlighted
The government has launched a number of measures to boost the safety of e-cigarettes in response to increasing concerns over the number of fires caused by their use. Responding to a growing number of incidents caused by faulty e-cigarette chargers, the Department for Communities and Local Government has put forward ...
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Euro Garages climbs table
Euro Garages has attained 38th place in this year’s Sunday Times Top Track 250 league table, which ranks Britain’s mid-market growth private companies by their sales. The Blackburn-based fuel retailer recorded a 40% sales increase to £438m, and a 71% increase in profit to £12.4m. Ilyas Munshi, Euro Garages commercial ...
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NewsSocial media storm over price ’scam’ claim
MRH has found itself at the centre of a social media storm after a customer shared a picture on Facebook which he claimed showed he was being overcharged. The story was picked up by news outlets and at 1pm today the picture, which appears to show a charge of 125p ...
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Fears duty freeze could cease
While business and consumer groups have called for a cut in fuel duty ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on December 3, there are fears the Chancellor could bend to economic pressures and actually increase it.PRA chairman Brian Madderson has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, asking ...
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Pollution charge mootedA charge of up to £12.50 a day on top of the congestion charge has been proposed to deter the most polluting vehicles from entering the centre of London. The Mayor and Transport for London have launched a public consultation on proposals to introduce the world’s first Ultra ...