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The Sun
14 hours ago
- Business
- The Sun
Major retail chain with 115 UK stores confirms NINE more closures as big sales launched – see the full list
A MAJOR retail chain has confirmed nine more closures as part of a restructuring effort with big sales launched at branches. Hobbycraft is pulling down the shutters on the stores this month and in September. 1 Three shops in Bromborough, Stratford-upon-Avon and Southport closed on August 4, 6 and 7, respectively. Four others are shutting in Wigan, Chichester, Stafford, Maidenhead, Crayford and Kings Lynn next month. Exact closure dates for these six branches are yet to be confirmed by Hobbycraft. Closing down sales have been launched at some of the branches as bosses look to clear remaining stock. Shoppers on Facebook are reporting the Wigan and Stafford branches are both selling stock for up to 20% off. Locals and customers affected by the closures can find their next nearest branch by using Hobbycraft's store locator - Alex Willson, Hobbycraft's chief executive officer, said: "Very sadly, the strength of our offering has not made us immune from the challenges faced by the retail sector in recent years. "Closing stores is always a last resort and this has been an extremely difficult decision. "Making these changes is sadly a necessary action to enable us to keep our doors open to crafters up and down the country.'
BBC News
12-07-2025
- BBC News
Weybridge man recalls meeting his twin brother's murderer
A man whose twin brother was murdered nearly 20 years ago says meeting one of the men responsible helped him to see him as a human rather than a Dawson said he was still "living his own life sentence" after his brother Simon was killed in Bromborough near Birkenhead shortly after his 30th birthday in after meeting one of the killers in 2014, he said he realised he was visiting a "very different" person to the teenager who murdered his now 56, from Weybridge, told BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex: "At his parole hearing I saw him crying as he heard my mother's victim statement – we looked each other in the eyes and it felt unfinished." He added: "In that moment it felt like a cloak was taken away and he was a human to me."The anger was still there but it was a different type of anger. The meeting helped both sides – I got the answers I wanted and he wanted to say sorry." Nick and Simon grew up in Whitehaven in Cumbria, with the pair spending lots of time in the countryside and sharing a love of football and Carlisle August 1998 Simon had been on a night out with friends in Birkenhead when he left a nightclub alone and approached two teenagers for walking to a nearby park in Bromborough, Simon was robbed, beaten and thrown into a nearby pond, where he having driven back to Cumbria from Surrey after being told of his brother's murder, was later asked by police officers to help catch the the investigation, he wore his brother's clothing to create a reconstruction of the walk from the nightclub for Crimewatch – something he says he sometimes feels he has trauma from years a trial, both of Simon's attackers were convicted of murder. 'Tribute to my brother' About 16 years after Simon's death, Nick and his family were invited to the probation hearing of one of the killers, Craig, who was 16 at the time of the this hearing, Nick was invited to take part in a restorative justice meeting with Craig – described by the Restorative Justice Council as "enabling everyone affected by a particular incident to play a part in repairing the harm and finding a positive way forward". Nick said: "It was really hard for him to look at me. He was looking at a living version of the person he had taken away."Nick has since written a book, called Face to Face: Finding Justice for My Murdered Twin Brother, which he described as a "tribute" to his said: "We had such fond memories supporting Carlisle, and he put a smile on people's faces."
BBC News
18-06-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Traffic camera planned outside more Wirral schools
Traffic cameras could be installed in five more locations in Wirral in a bid to stop dangerous driving outside Council has announced plans for the cameras to be placed outside schools in Bromborough, Liscard, Birkenhead and is part of the part of the Schools Streets scheme, which sees roads temporarily closed to traffic during school drop-off and pick up Liz Grey, chair of Wirral Council's environment, climate emergency and transport committee, said the scheme means "a safer, calmer and more environmentally friendly atmosphere for families at the start and end of the school day". The plans follows the successful rollout at Greenleas Primary School in Wallasey earlier this School Streets scheme creates a mainly car free zone outside schools with the exception of residents or those working in an area at specific times. It also promotes active travel to schools rather than people going by car."This technology has been really successful at Greenleas, ensuring children are able to get to and from school safely," Ms Grey areas where the new cameras are proposed are: Raeburn Primary School in Bromborough, Liscard Primary School in Liscard, Christ Church CE School in Birkenhead, St Albans Primary School in Wallasey, and St George's Primary School in Wallasey.A consultation is now taking place for people to raise any concerns and runs until 28 council said the cameras will be installed when and if funding becomes available. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
