All articles by Tracy West – Page 6
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Peregrine knockdown rebuild on the cards
Peregrine Retail is behind plans for a knockdown rebuild of a forecourt site in Kingsclere, Hampshire. The plan is to demolish the existing shop, forecourt and an attached bungalow, and also remove underground tanks at the site. Then Peregrine will build a new store, forecourt and car wash, and install ...
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Police misfuelling costs £9,000
West Midlands police spent nearly £9,000 of public money in 2013 on repairs to vehicles that had been filled with the wrong fuel. The information was released under the Freedom of Information Act. In a bid to prevent further misfuelling, the force is working on a new ‘driver policy’, where ...
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Baby boy born on forecourt
Seven-pound Mason Cox was born on the forecourt of Alby Service Station near Norwich early on Monday morning. According to the Eastern Daily Press, his mum Chelsea Nelson was being driven to hospital by her mum when she said she need to “push”. Chelsea’s mum Julia Macklan quickly pulled up ...
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Police seek armed petrol station robber
Police are looking for a man with a gun who is wanted in connection with an armed robbery at the BP petrol station on the A18 at Barnetby Top in North Lincolnshire. Just after 4am on Sunday, a man approached the shop assistant, who was outside on the forecourt sorting ...
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Free attendant service at Alderley Edge
A Texaco forecourt in Alderley Edge, Cheshire is launching a free attendant service. Every Wednesday, between 1pm and 4pm, from next week, a forecourt attendant will be available to fill up cars with fuel, as well as check oil and water levels. Owner Stephen Higham said the free service is ...
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Louth’s third forecourt on its way
Work is under way on a £2.5m development that will give Louth in Lincolnshire its third petrol station. According to the local newpaper, Louth Leader, Shell has been confirmed as the fuel supplier and there will be a Spar-branded convenience store, all due to open in the autumn. Planning permission ...
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Forecourt worker steals from his boss
A forecourt attendant in Luton stole more than £3,000 from his boss using a fuel card that was left behind by a customer. According to Bedfordshire on Sunday, Nasir Riasat stole the cash from the petrol station where he worked in Kempston. When the store was empty, he would run ...
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Drug addict banned from Bradford forecourts
A “nuisance drug addict” has been banned from every self-service petrol station in Bradford. As part of an ASBO issued on February 18, 36-year-old Robert Dakin has been banned from “entering or attempting to enter or remaining within” any self-service petrol station forecourt or self-service petrol station shop in the ...
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Beware: Halloween is creeping up on us all
If you haven’t yet embraced Halloween in your store, this year is the time to do it. That’s because it is now the third biggest seasonal event behind Christmas and Easter and, according to Planet Retail, has enjoyed double-digit growth over the past three years. Food manufacturers are obviously keen ...
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Police appeal for witnesses following attempted forecourt robbery
Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery at a petrol station in Chell, Stoke-on-Trent at approximately 10.30pm last Friday. A man entered the Murco site in Biddulph Road, armed with what was described as a kitchen knife. He verbally threatened the male shop assistant and demanded cash. Apparently ...
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Supermarket fuel blamed for problems
Cheap supermarket diesel is being blamed for a surge in problems with vehicles’ on-board diagnostic systems during the cold snap. A Peugeot dealership in Kent has been getting calls every day from customers saying their EOBD (European On-Board Diagnostics) warning lights have come on. Staff have been warning them that ...
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Men jailed for forecourt raid
Two men who stole nearly £10,000 of cigarettes, alcohol and cash in an early morning raid on a petrol station have been jailed for 16 months each at St Albans Crown Court. According to the Hertfordshire Mercury, Grant Hames and Malcolm Guyton broke into BP’s Howe Green Filling Station in ...
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Drunk teenager steals cigarettes
A drunk teenager who had been refused alcohol and tobacco at a Jet petrol station in Surrey and went on to steal cigarettes has been jailed for six months. According to www.getsurrey.co.uk, the cashier refused to serve 19-year-old Benjamin Edgecock because he appeared to be drunk. But Edgecock barged him ...
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Cashier threatened with ‘gun’
A drunken would-be robber who terrified a petrol station assistant with what she thought was a gun has been jailed for two years. Grimsby Crown Court heard that Gavin Jackson attempted the robbery at East Marsh Service Station in Grimsby on July 17. According to www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk, sales assistant Sarah Ward ...
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Forecourt gets off licence
The Chickenhall Service Station in Eastleigh, Hampshire has been given the go ahead to sell alcohol, despite dozens of locals signing a petition to block the move. . According to the Southern Daily Echo, the Esso station already stocks food and drink in its convenience store. An application was submitted ...
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Raid on ATM in Stoke-on-Trent
Police are investigating an attempted theft of an ATM at the BP forecourt in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent. At approximately 1.55am on August 20, attempts were made to remove the free-standing cash machine, but the raiders failed and fled the scene. Police have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with the incident.
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Electric cars charge through Lake District
A Lake District hotel has become one of the first in the UK to hire out electric cars to its guests, as an eco-friendly alternative to enjoying the local area. The Langdale Hotel and Spa recently became the first location in the Lake District National Park to install electric car ...
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Drive-off man jailed for 12 months
Camberwell Green Magistrates Court has sentenced a man to a 12-month prison sentence for stealing fuel from petrol stations and driving off. The court heard that on four occasions Garkan Sacir used his father’s car to drive to petrol stations, fill the tank and then drive away without his father’s ...
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Shoppers are once again seeking cheaper brands
Cash-strapped shoppers are "re-adopting a strategy of switching to cheaper grocery brands to help stay within their budgets", according to Chris Morley, managing director at Nielsen for the UK and Ireland. His comment came after the latest Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) revealed that the proportion of British shoppers who feel ...
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There’s nothing soft about the soft drinks market
Despite poor weather and a slowing economy, sales of soft drinks did not fare too badly last year. According to the 2009 Britvic Soft Drinks Report, UK sales reached £8.4bn across all channels, a figure that was down just 1% on the previous year. However if you drill down further, ...