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Waitrose have apologised for fining drivers for passing through and say there was a ‘fault’ in the system.

Waitrose have apologised for fining drivers for passing through and say there was a ‘fault’ in the system.

Waitrose have apologised for fining drivers for passing through and say there was a ‘fault’ in the system.

BY the time French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte set up the 1806 trade blockade that halted the supply of silk to Britain, Paisley had already established itself as a textile centre home to thousands of weavers. But that attempt to cripple British trade triggered an innovation that would turn the town into a manufacturing powerhouse. Within years, Paisley was home to the third largest corporation in the world and its eponymous pattern had become iconic. More than 200 years on from Bonaparte’s blockade, the town no longer produces the cloth but local leaders hope to pull on those threads ...

Taunton Magistrates' Courts in St John's Road, Taunton A TAUNTON man who was caught driving without insurance will not lose his licence because it could have ended up making him homeless. Marc Raymond Close, 33, of Beaufort Road, was given six penalty points at Taunton Magistrates' Court. But he avoided being banned despite being over the 12 point limit after the bench was told he would lose his job, which may lead to him becoming homeless. The court heard that due to the "dire situation with employment prospects during the Covid pandemic" this would be "even worse". Close was fined...