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04/01/2010
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Glasgow Flies High
Scotland's gateway airport has announced a multi-million pound investment package over the next two years as bosses predict a return to growth in 2010. Glasgow Airport is to spend £25m on new capital projects designed to provide a better experience for passengers, upgrade essential infrastructure and improve access to the airport. The airport will invest £12 million in 2010, followed by a further £13 million in 2011. Improvements to the airport road system, a terminal pier upgrade, a new food court, a new runway lighting system and upgrades to the airfield taxiway system are among the developments planned. The main passenger lounge, skylounge, will also be refurbished along with improvements to the internal layouts of the main terminal building to create a more seamless passenger journey through the airport.
Builders Buy-Out Doncaster Firm
Balfour Beatty, an international infrastructure group operating in construction services, professional services, support services and infrastructure investments, has announced that it has acquired Strata Construction, a Doncaster-based company specialising in the construction of affordable housing. The company has been acquired for a total cash consideration of £10.3 million. Strata Construction is primarily a family-owned business and was founded 90 years ago.
Charges Over Prestwich Pub Assault
Police are no longer looking for a man in connection with an assault in a Prestwich pub. Thomas Joseph Power, 23, of no fixed address was arrested in Southport, in Merseyside, on Christmas Day. He has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon, and appeared at Sefton Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 29 December 2009. The charges relate to an incident in the Fairfax pub on Fairfax Road, Prestwich, at about 9.30pm on 23 July 2009 where a man was hit over the head with a spade.
Workplace Safety
Employers need to work harder at keeping their workers safe in 2010, as Britain's safety watchdog urges improvement on last year. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), last year 47 work related incidents occurred across East Yorkshire, North Lincs and North East Lincs each week - an annual total of 2466 people being killed or injured. The 2008/09 statistics show three people were killed at work across East Yorkshire, North Lincs and North East Lincs while 600 sustained major injuries and a further 1863 suffered injuries requiring more than three days absence. The figures compare with five fatalities, 594 major injuries and 2094 cases of injuries requiring more than three days absence in 2007/08.
Newbridge Crash Fatality Named
Gwent Police have named a female driver killed in a motor crash on Saturday. Shortly before 11am on 2 January, a serious road traffic collision occurred on the A467 between Crumlin and Aberbeeg near the Glandwr Industrial Estate. Two vehicles, a Stagecoach bus and a Rover motor car were involved in the collision. The female driver of the Rover motor car received fatal injuries, she can now be named as 39 year old Michelle Jenkins from Newbridge.
(PR/GK)
Scotland's gateway airport has announced a multi-million pound investment package over the next two years as bosses predict a return to growth in 2010. Glasgow Airport is to spend £25m on new capital projects designed to provide a better experience for passengers, upgrade essential infrastructure and improve access to the airport. The airport will invest £12 million in 2010, followed by a further £13 million in 2011. Improvements to the airport road system, a terminal pier upgrade, a new food court, a new runway lighting system and upgrades to the airfield taxiway system are among the developments planned. The main passenger lounge, skylounge, will also be refurbished along with improvements to the internal layouts of the main terminal building to create a more seamless passenger journey through the airport.
Builders Buy-Out Doncaster Firm
Balfour Beatty, an international infrastructure group operating in construction services, professional services, support services and infrastructure investments, has announced that it has acquired Strata Construction, a Doncaster-based company specialising in the construction of affordable housing. The company has been acquired for a total cash consideration of £10.3 million. Strata Construction is primarily a family-owned business and was founded 90 years ago.
Charges Over Prestwich Pub Assault
Police are no longer looking for a man in connection with an assault in a Prestwich pub. Thomas Joseph Power, 23, of no fixed address was arrested in Southport, in Merseyside, on Christmas Day. He has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon, and appeared at Sefton Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 29 December 2009. The charges relate to an incident in the Fairfax pub on Fairfax Road, Prestwich, at about 9.30pm on 23 July 2009 where a man was hit over the head with a spade.
Workplace Safety
Employers need to work harder at keeping their workers safe in 2010, as Britain's safety watchdog urges improvement on last year. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), last year 47 work related incidents occurred across East Yorkshire, North Lincs and North East Lincs each week - an annual total of 2466 people being killed or injured. The 2008/09 statistics show three people were killed at work across East Yorkshire, North Lincs and North East Lincs while 600 sustained major injuries and a further 1863 suffered injuries requiring more than three days absence. The figures compare with five fatalities, 594 major injuries and 2094 cases of injuries requiring more than three days absence in 2007/08.
Newbridge Crash Fatality Named
Gwent Police have named a female driver killed in a motor crash on Saturday. Shortly before 11am on 2 January, a serious road traffic collision occurred on the A467 between Crumlin and Aberbeeg near the Glandwr Industrial Estate. Two vehicles, a Stagecoach bus and a Rover motor car were involved in the collision. The female driver of the Rover motor car received fatal injuries, she can now be named as 39 year old Michelle Jenkins from Newbridge.
(PR/GK)
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