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Northumberland companies are being boosted by large-scale support programmes, which are helping them to diversify and supercharge their growth plans across the rural economy.
Advance Northumberland looks at the success to date – and urges bu…
Wind turbines spun by the airflow from passing vehicles installed on a major road in Shropshire will generate enough electricity to run all the streetlights for the nearby town in a UK first.
The vertical wind turbines, invented by a British co…
There has been a new start for the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) with a new management team taking the reins.
Ian Henderson, FORS concession director, is responsible for leading FORS.
His goal is to place the FORS community of accredite…
THE CAUSE of an accident in which a popular builder died remained a mystery after an inquest today (Thursday, April 7).James Clutton, 34, was killed when his pick-up truck left the road and overturned as he drove home on September 30 last year.
At a he…
Norfolk County Council has already invested over £500,000 in small to medium-sized rural businesses and there is more money up for grabs.
The £3 million DRIVE programme is designed to help the rural economy grow and to support ventures – such as the We…
An HGV driver stole more than £60,000 from a dead friend after pretending to be him for more than two years. Dean Thompson called his friend’s bank following his death and told them he was the pensioner who he had unofficially cared for.
Telling the ba…
FOUR firearms officers from West Midlands Police have received Royal Humane Society certificates for saving a man’s life during an incident in Coventry.
They were called to a crash on the A45 just before 6.45pm on May 3 last year.
As a recovery worker…
RESIDENTS have sent their best wishes to a driver on his mammoth 1,500 mile trek from Cumbria to Poland to donate much-needed goods to the people of Ukraine.Truck driver Dave Gordon began the cross-country journey from Ulverston to Ukrai…
THERE was success for not one, but two County Durham drivers at the weekend with the region claiming outright honours on two major rallies.Leading the way on Saturday was Hamsterley’s Stephen Petch, who along with Tow Law co-driver Michael Wilkinson to…
Published: 5:32 PM March 11, 2022
“I’m proud to be Ukrainian.”
That is the pledge by a woman living in Blofield Heath who has been volunteering at a Great Yarmouth donation hub for Ukrainian refugees.
Oksana Croom, 49, has been taking par…