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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Swindon convenience store allowed to reopen after rat infestation
A convenience store, which had been closed by council inspectors due to a rat infestation, has been allowed to reopen after making Borough Council served the 9 O'Clock Shop in Manchester Road, Swindon, with an Emergency Hygiene Prohibition Notice and closed the store on 17 June after deeming that it posed an imminent risk to Magistrates' Court was told on Friday that the business had been visited by food hygiene inspectors after a member of the public reported seeing rats on the inspectors allowed the shop to reopen after carrying out a follow-up visit which showed no evidence of pests and that cleaning had improved. However, the store will maintain its zero food hygiene rating until it can demonstrate further improvements have been the initial inspection, inspectors found holes under the butchery floor which were being used by rats and rat droppings throughout the business. Several gnawed food items were found on shelves which were on display for sale and seven dead rats were discovered in the flat above. Councillor Jim Grant, cabinet member for communities and partnerships, said: "It is important that we highlight cases like this so customers are aware of the problem and to show that we will deal with it to keep them safe."Significant improvements have been made, which is why our officers have allowed the store to reopen, but it is up to the business owner to keep improving standards for customers and to work on improving the zero food hygiene rating."
BBC News
03-07-2025
- BBC News
Swindon road cordon remains as murder investigation continues
A police cordon remains in place as detectives continue to investigate the suspected murder of a man in his victim was taken to hospital for urgent treatment following the incident on Manchester Road in Swindon at about 05:10 on Wednesday, but later died from his injuries. A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, with police also searching for the victim's next of Road remains closed in both directions between Rosebery Street and A4259 County Road. Det Ch Insp Phil Walker, who is leading the investigation, appealed for anyone with relevant information, dash cam, or CCTV footage to come officers would also like to speak to a member of the public who initially alerted nearby officers but did not leave his added that there was "no information to suggest that this incident is linked to a terrorism arrest", which took place in the same area in May.
BBC News
03-07-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Boy, 16, seriously hurt after car crashes into wall in Sheffield
A 16-year-old boy has been left seriously injured after the car he was a passenger in crashed into a Yorkshire Police said the collision involved a silver Kia Ceed and happened in Manchester Road, in the Stocksbridge area of Sheffield, at about 00:20 BST on driver of the car, a 31-year-old woman, and three other 16-year-old boys suffered minor injuries, police said.A brief road closure was in place near the junction with Ashfield Road. Anyone with information, or footage of the collision, is asked to contact South Yorkshire Police. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
BBC News
02-07-2025
- BBC News
Swindon: Manchester Road closed due to 'serious incident'
A road in Swindon has been closed as police respond to a "serious incident" at a residential Road has been shut in both directions and police said that the closure is expected to remain in place "for several hours".Wiltshire Police officers and several vehicles are at the scene where a cordon has been set up near the junction with the A4289. A white tent has been erected in the front garden of one of the have been approached for further details.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- BBC News
Nelson hit-and-run victim killed for 'adrenaline rush', court told
A woman was hit by a car and left for dead on the road because her killer "wanted to drive fast for fun", a court has heard. Safia Karieem, 51, was crossing Manchester Road in Nelson, Lancashire, on 15 December 2024 when she was struck by a car going about 60mph (96 km/h) in a 30mph ((58 km/h) zone. The driver, Abu Bakr Mahmood, 20, earlier pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced at Preston Crown Court to 12 years and six months in a detention facility for young offenders. In her victim impact statement, Ms Karieem's daughter said her mum, who was a care worker, was killed for "an adrenaline rush". She said: "I lose my mum every single day, sometimes multiple times a day, in the urge to call her... in stories I want to tell her."Pointing at the dock where Mahmood was sitting, the 26-year-old added: "She doesn't respond because he's killed her, that's why she doesn't respond."Mahmood, who the court heard had never held a driving licence and earlier pleaded guilty to additional driving offences has been banned for driving for 18 years. The court heard mother-of-two Ms Karieem was crossing the road at about 20:20 GMT to return to her car after visiting a patient when she was struck at speed, with CCTV footage played to the court showing she checked for cars before stepping out onto the road. The court was also played phone video footage recorded from inside Mahmood's car shortly before the collision, in which the needles on the speedometer and rev meters were seen pointing towards the top, and loud music was being Joe Allman KC told the court: "The vehicle was described as flying, there was a massive thud and glass everywhere."He said Mahmood had said: "We've just hit someone I need to get off."Mahmood then drove another mile before running from the car and was heard shouting "I wasn't driving", he driver who saw Ms Karieem in the middle of the road stopped and called the police, the court heard. 'How dare you' While reading her victim impact statement, Ms Karieem's daughter said to Mahmood: "How dare you hit my mum, you left her on the road and then you drove away with a shattered windscreen."She told him: "The least you can do is make eye contact with me after killing my mum", at which point he raised his head and looked at her. She also read a statement to the court from her 13-year-old sister."I still remember the last thing she said – 'I'm going, I'll be back soon'. "She never came back because someone wanted to drive fast for fun," the statement said. In describing how her mum used to hold her hand while crossing the road, she added: "This time I wasn't there to hold her hand. "Now she won't be there to smile at me while I graduate."Defence Barrister Philip Holden KC, for Mahmood, told the court his client had "low maturity" but had accepted "the danger to road users of anybody driving at twice the speed limit". But he said "there are yet more egregious examples of dangerous driving that the courts come across". On sentencing, Judge Graham Knowles KC said: "I take the view that any remorse [from Mahmood] is very limited and of very late onset.""Safia Kareem was a loving mother and carer, you were callous and wholly self centred," Judge Knowles added. Mahmood will be eligible for release after serving eight years and four months of his sentence. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
