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How ports chaos is hitting imports of goods from Brompton bikes to home heaters and LED lights A range of companies are now struggling to import goods due to the chaos at British ports. Bikes Brompton Bikes is struggling to keep up with huge demand for its bikes because of delays to imported components caused … Read more
Honda halts production at its Swindon plant due to shortage of car parts after chaos at ports made worse by Covid – with hauliers blaming new booking system and lack of shipping containers Honda Civic factory in Swindon has temporarily paused production from today Disruption at the Port of Felixstowe has caused delays for car-giants … Read more
Man, 57, ‘is shot dead by armed police’ in Swindon as residents describe hearing loud bangs and screaming at 2am Police attended the scene after reports of two men arguing on the street at 2am One man, 57, was shot and died in an ambulance after unsuccessful CPR The incident has been referred to the … Read more
New eco-streetlamps are preventing furious residents in Wiltshire from sleeping because the lights are ‘brighter than the sun’ – and the council hasn’t got the right software to turn them down. The LED-powered lamps were installed in Swindon as part of a £6.9million council-led scheme to help the environment. But people have complained that it’s … Read more
Fourteen B&Q staff test positive for coronavirus at a distribution centre – as Sky TV call centre in Cardiff is closed after three workers were infected DIY company said virus had effected workers at the warehouse in South Marston Other colleagues were informed of the result through track and trace system Swindon currently has one … Read more
Tesco supermarket is hit by coronavirus outbreak with ‘a number of staff’ forced to isolate amid surge in Covid cases across Swindon Tesco has said that the affected staff at its Extra store are now self-isolating 51 staff at an Iceland warehouse in the town also tested positive for the disease Swindon is on a … Read more
Coronavirus cases are soaring in Shropshire, Swindon and North Yorkshire, according to official data used by the government to track outbreaks. Official statistics reveal infections nearly tripled in Shropshire in the week ending July 28, rising by 280 per cent after 19 people caught the virus. Overall the Covid-19 case rate is still just 5.9 … Read more
Coronavirus cases are soaring in Shropshire, Swindon and North Yorkshire, according to official data used by the government to track outbreaks. Official statistics reveal infections nearly tripled in Shropshire in the week ending July 28, rising by 280 per cent after 19 people caught the virus. Overall the Covid-19 case rate is still just 5.9 … Read more
Royal Mail delivery office in Swindon is forced to close amid coronavirus outbreak as 1,000 staff are sent home after two workers test positive for Covid-19 Royal Mail said yesterday it had to shut the delivery centre in Swindon, Wiltshire But it emerged centre had temporarily closed after two staff members got Covid It means that … Read more
A Royal Mail delivery office has been forced to close after a coronavirus outbreak saw 1,000 workers sent home. The firm said yesterday it had been forced to shut the centre in Swindon, Wiltshire, due to ‘resourcing issues’. But it has now emerged that the plant has temporarily ceased operations after a staff member tested positive for … Read more