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Up to 140 jobs could be lost in Carlisle as a food supplier has been notified of its potential closure by its parent company. In a letter seen by the News & Star, employees of Calder Foods, based on Burgh Road, have been told they are at risk of redundancy, with the foods to go business potentially closing by the third quarter of 2021. Parent company Creative Foods told staff members in a letter: “As you are all aware, Calder Foods has seen a drop in volume as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. "In reaction to this, we have furloughed a high percentage of our staff and rationa...

OIC to up parking prices April 7, 2021 at 4:21 pm   Car parking prices are set to rise at some council-owned car parks. The cost of parking in town is set to rise come May, Orkney Islands Council has confirmed. Eight council-owned car parks will raise their prices from May 3. This includes Albert Street, Castle Street, St Magnus Lane and Gunns Close in Kirkwall, which are all set to introduce a new summertime charge of £1.20 for the first hour, £2.70 for two hours and £5.70 for three hours. This will be reduced to no charge for the first hour between October and April, with the two and th...

Joseph Finney was jailed for 18 months. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police A man who slashed the face of his victim during an incident at a flat in Skegness has been jailed. Joseph Finney had spent the evening drinking in his flat along with the victim and another man when a dispute broke out in the early hours of the morning. Jonathan Dunne, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court that Finney mistakenly believed his medication had been stolen and during an incident that followed he sprayed one of the men, Paul Wade, with a fire extinguisher. The two men ended up scuffling on the sofa and Finney then...

Joseph Finney - jailed. Joseph Finney had spent the evening drinking in his flat along with the victim and another man when a dispute broke out in the early hours of the morning. Jonathan Dunne, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court that Finney mistakenly believed his medication had been stolen and during an incident that followed he sprayed one of the men, Paul Wade, with a fire extinguisher. The two men ended up scuffling on the sofa and Finney then left the flat and went to see his landlord. Mr Dunne said “He claimed people in his flat were trying to rob him.”

The 37-year-old said she believed it had been a "semi-professional job" as the hedges had been pulled out cleanly. Farmer Michael Keeler at Spratts Green where thousands of pounds worth of hedge has been stolen from their family field. - Credit: Danielle Booden She added: "Obviously hundreds of metres of hedges would be too much for a household, so the thieves clearly had a job for it. "You wouldn't just go past the field and think 'Oh look there is a hedge I'm going to steal that.' It must have been semi-organised. "I would only imagine that the thieves must be replanting them somewhere els...