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30/04/2014
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Police Appeal For Missing Pensioner
Police in Kingston are appealing for help to trace a missing 82-year-old man from Tolworth.
John Harding was last seen on Saturday 26 April, at 19:00hrs in the Tolworth area.
He is described as a white man, 5ft 6ins tall, with short white hair and a mole on his forehead. He suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and dementia. He may be confused and panicked.
At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing a grey shirt, navy blue trousers and a brown three-quarter length coat. John has links to the Frimley and Camberley areas and it is possible he could have made his way to these areas.
M5 Northbound Closed Overnight For Bridgeworks
Road users are advised that the northbound M5 between Junction 12 and junction 11a will be closed overnight tomorrow night, Thursday, May 1, while two 27 metre long bridge beams are removed.
A closure of the B4073 underneath the bridge between Corncroft Lane and Birchall Lane will also be needed to ensure the safety of road users.
The work, which is part of a comprehensive package of bridge safety improvements and maintenance to benefit road users on the M5 near Gloucester, will take place between 8pm and 6am.
Clearly signed diversions will be in place for both closures.
Road users travelling north on the M5 will be advised to leave the motorway at junction 12, then follow the A38 and join the A417 westbound at Barnwood roundabout, at the C&G roundabout road users should take the first exit signposted for the A417, then at Elmbridge Court roundabout take the fourth exit signposted A40 for Cheltenham and the M5, finally rejoining the M5 at junction 11.
Ashford Café Fined For Insurance Failings
A café business in Ashford has been fined for failing to hold statutory insurance that enables employees to claim compensation should they be injured at work.
Ash Catering Limited, trading as Ashford Café, on Bank Street in Ashford town centre, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after it established there was no valid Employers Liability Compulsory Insurance for the business, as the law requires.
Canterbury Magistrates Court heard yesterday (29 April) that HSE issued a notice to produce a valid ELCI certificate on 27 September 2013 in response to a complaint.
A company director declined to be interviewed on the matter, but later admitted in writing that she was unaware of the requirement to have the insurance.
Ash Catering Limited, of Bank Street, Ashford, was fined a total £400 and ordered to pay a further £400 in costs after pleading guilty to two breaches of Section 1(1) of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969.
(CD/JP)
Police in Kingston are appealing for help to trace a missing 82-year-old man from Tolworth.
John Harding was last seen on Saturday 26 April, at 19:00hrs in the Tolworth area.
He is described as a white man, 5ft 6ins tall, with short white hair and a mole on his forehead. He suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and dementia. He may be confused and panicked.
At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing a grey shirt, navy blue trousers and a brown three-quarter length coat. John has links to the Frimley and Camberley areas and it is possible he could have made his way to these areas.
M5 Northbound Closed Overnight For Bridgeworks
Road users are advised that the northbound M5 between Junction 12 and junction 11a will be closed overnight tomorrow night, Thursday, May 1, while two 27 metre long bridge beams are removed.
A closure of the B4073 underneath the bridge between Corncroft Lane and Birchall Lane will also be needed to ensure the safety of road users.
The work, which is part of a comprehensive package of bridge safety improvements and maintenance to benefit road users on the M5 near Gloucester, will take place between 8pm and 6am.
Clearly signed diversions will be in place for both closures.
Road users travelling north on the M5 will be advised to leave the motorway at junction 12, then follow the A38 and join the A417 westbound at Barnwood roundabout, at the C&G roundabout road users should take the first exit signposted for the A417, then at Elmbridge Court roundabout take the fourth exit signposted A40 for Cheltenham and the M5, finally rejoining the M5 at junction 11.
Ashford Café Fined For Insurance Failings
A café business in Ashford has been fined for failing to hold statutory insurance that enables employees to claim compensation should they be injured at work.
Ash Catering Limited, trading as Ashford Café, on Bank Street in Ashford town centre, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after it established there was no valid Employers Liability Compulsory Insurance for the business, as the law requires.
Canterbury Magistrates Court heard yesterday (29 April) that HSE issued a notice to produce a valid ELCI certificate on 27 September 2013 in response to a complaint.
A company director declined to be interviewed on the matter, but later admitted in writing that she was unaware of the requirement to have the insurance.
Ash Catering Limited, of Bank Street, Ashford, was fined a total £400 and ordered to pay a further £400 in costs after pleading guilty to two breaches of Section 1(1) of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969.
(CD/JP)
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The M5 motorway has been shutdown after a lorry overturned and spilt its load and diesel across the road. According to reports the lorry, carry pallets of paper, struck the central reservation at around 07:00 this morning causing the closure. The driver suffered head injuries in the incident and is being treated at Frenchay Hospital.
M5 Shutdown After Lorry Overturns
The M5 motorway has been shutdown after a lorry overturned and spilt its load and diesel across the road. According to reports the lorry, carry pallets of paper, struck the central reservation at around 07:00 this morning causing the closure. The driver suffered head injuries in the incident and is being treated at Frenchay Hospital.
22 September 2003
Emergency services at scene of 20-car M5 pile-up
Police are currently attending a major road traffic collision on the M5 reportedly involving up to 20 vehicles. Early indications indicate that around 20 vehicles have been involved in the collision on the M5 northbound between junction 20 at Clevedon and Portishead at junction 19.
Emergency services at scene of 20-car M5 pile-up
Police are currently attending a major road traffic collision on the M5 reportedly involving up to 20 vehicles. Early indications indicate that around 20 vehicles have been involved in the collision on the M5 northbound between junction 20 at Clevedon and Portishead at junction 19.
05 November 2014
Man Killed Killed By Lorry On M5
Avon and Somerset Police have reported the death of a man on the M5 near Taunton. It is understood the man, aged in his late 50s, was driving a lorry which had hit the central reservation on the northbound carriageway near Taunton Deane services. The man is said that have gotten out of the cab of his lorry and was hit by another passing lorry.
Man Killed Killed By Lorry On M5
Avon and Somerset Police have reported the death of a man on the M5 near Taunton. It is understood the man, aged in his late 50s, was driving a lorry which had hit the central reservation on the northbound carriageway near Taunton Deane services. The man is said that have gotten out of the cab of his lorry and was hit by another passing lorry.
10 December 2013
M5 Fireworks Crash Accused Is Cleared
A man who was in responsible for a fireworks display on the night a motorway collision which killed seven people, has been cleared of breaching health and safety laws. Geoffrey Counsell, 51, had denied a charge of failing to ensure public safety at the fireworks display at Taunton Rugby Club.
M5 Fireworks Crash Accused Is Cleared
A man who was in responsible for a fireworks display on the night a motorway collision which killed seven people, has been cleared of breaching health and safety laws. Geoffrey Counsell, 51, had denied a charge of failing to ensure public safety at the fireworks display at Taunton Rugby Club.
25 November 2013
Man Arrested Over M5 Body
A 44-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of a body near the M5 in 2009. Officers investigating the murder of 25-year-old Melanie Hall arrested the man at his Bath home last week, police have reported.
Man Arrested Over M5 Body
A 44-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of a body near the M5 in 2009. Officers investigating the murder of 25-year-old Melanie Hall arrested the man at his Bath home last week, police have reported.
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