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In May 2023, B&Q opened new distribution centre in Bassetlaw. [24] Later, in August, B&Q opened in Sutton, the UK. [25] In January 2024, B&Q unveiled its plan to open its tenth local store on Staines high street. [26] Later in February, B&Q announced its increase of its hourly rate of pay for its UK employees to £12.21 and up to £13.55 in London.
The origin of the name Stretford is "street" (Old English strǣt) on a ford across the River Mersey. [1]The principal road through Stretford, the A56 Chester Road, follows the line of the old Roman road from Deva Victrix to Mamucium (), crossing the Mersey into Stretford at Crossford Bridge, built at the location of the ancient ford.
In 1992 he was made a life peer as Baron Ashley of Stoke, of Widnes in the County of Cheshire. [citation needed] Gordon Oakes (1931–2005) who was born and educated in Widnes became an MP for Bolton West 1964–1970, for Widnes 1971–1983 and for Halton 1983–1997. [121] Derek Twigg (born 1959 in Widnes) has been the Labour MP for Halton ...
The A500 is a major primary A road in Staffordshire and Cheshire, England. It is dual carriageway for most of its length and connects Nantwich, junctions 16 and 15 of the M6 motorway with the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is 19 miles (31 km) long.
Crash is a 1996 Canadian erotic thriller film [5] written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg, based on J. G. Ballard's 1973 novel of the same name.Starring James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter and Rosanna Arquette, it follows a film producer who, after surviving a car crash, becomes involved with a group of symphorophiliacs who are aroused by car crashes and ...
Sir Ian Michael Cheshire (born 6 August 1959) is a British businessman, formerly chairman of Barclays UK, the ring-fenced UK subsidiary of Barclays. He stepped down on 1 January 2021 and was succeeded by Crawford Gillies. [ 1 ]
Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947, in Pinner, Middlesex (now part of the London Borough of Harrow), the eldest child of Stanley Dwight (1925–1991) and only child of Sheila Eileen (née Harris; 1925–2017).
William Henry Hadow, MA, MusDoc, Principal of Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne. Anthony Hope Hawkins. Thomas Jeeves Horder, MD. John Morris-Jones, MA, Professor of Welsh at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. William F. Jury. John Scott Keltie, FRGS. John Lavery, ARA. John Lithiby, CB, Legal Adviser to the Local Government Board.