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BBC News
17-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Plans for replacement health centre in Weybridge approved
Plans to create a new health centre to replace a community hospital that was destroyed in a fire have been Weybridge Community Hospital burned down in new building will be home to the Phoenix GP practice, which has been formed by the merger of the Rowan Tree and Church Street practices in May Borough Council's planning committee backed the scheme unanimously at a meeting on Tuesday. Since the blaze, care services have been provided in temporary buildings on the new facility will also have an urgent treatment centre, community health services, a diagnostics unit and room for a mobile unit to be parked when needed.
The Sun
11-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Sun
Popular car dealership facing closure after wall collapsed on top of cars causing £120K in damage
A CAR dealership could be forced to close after a wall collapsed onto its fleet of for sale motors causing £120,000 damage. Tom Bowles, 30, who runs T Bowles Vehicles Sales in Church Street, Sittingbourne, found 12 of his second hand motors crushed by the collapsed wall. 5 5 5 The boss, who has owned his dealership behind Lidl for the last three years, said several of his motors will have to be written off. Tom estimated the damage caused by the collapsed wall already cost him £120,000. It could be months before the salesman is able to reopen his dealership and he fears he might never get it back on its feet. Tom had been on his way to the property on Wednesday, July 2, when he received some bad news from his landlord. Tom was told he needed to get down to the dealership as quickly as possible. Baffled by the early phone call, which is unusual for his landlord, the dad of one raced to his dealership to find a wall had collapsed and crushed a number of his motors. A whopping 20 of Tom's for sale motors were damaged when the wall collapsed. Tom told KentOnline: 'I started assessing the damage and started to think 'that car is dead, that one is dead and that one is dead'. My heart just sank.' He added that based on the Lidl CCTV it 'looked like somebody had lit a bomb on it and exploded it." 'It came down on its own and had not been hit by anything. Shocking moment flash floods destroyed nearly $2m worth of supercars - including 8 Ferraris and a Porsche 'In total 20 cars and vans were damaged. Twelve are wright-offs, such as a Ford Fiesta in the corner that had its roof touching its steering wheel after part of the wall landed on it. 'Eight were damaged from the other cars shunting into the back of them. 'I might be able to salvage those eight if the insurance pays out. I had two cars that had already been sold damaged as well.' A Nissan Juke and a Mercedes E class had already been sold and were due to be picked up by hopeful customers when they were smashed by the wall. The wall that came crashing down on Tom's motors is not owned by his landlord. The area has been closed off for repairs until further notice with Tom now forced to wait to find out who owns the collapsed structure. Tom will have to make an insurance claim to cover the heavy costs of the damages and keep his business afloat. A Lidl spokesman said: 'Following a partial collapse of a boundary wall in the car park of our Sittingbourne store, a section of the car park has been temporarily closed off as a safety precaution. 'Thankfully, no one was hurt, and the store remains open and trading as usual. 'We have contractors on site assessing the situation while we continue to work with all relevant parties. As this is ongoing, we're unable to provide further details at this stage.' The Sun has contacted Lidl for comment. Why are so many car dealerships closing down? By Summer Raemason According to Business Rescue Expert there are multiple reasons why car dealerships are folding across the UK. The first major factor is rising online car sales which are beating in-person sales at dealerships. With an extensive range of comparison and second-hand sites to chose from, may car buyers don't even step foot into a dealership anymore. Secondly, the actual cost to physically run the sites has soared. Rent, wages and energy bills have all been increasing for roughly the past five years, putting many out of pocket. Car manufacturing across the globe was also hit by a semiconductor chip shortage in 2022 which made it difficult to produce new motors. The high demand with limited supply created a backlog, which although has eased, is still having an impact on the industry. A third reason for recent closures is the shift to electric cars. They are becoming more popular, given the Government initiative to be Net Zero in 2050. The industry is also affected when companies merge or are bought by rivals. This may lead to some independent names falling victim to the ongoing spate of closures. 5 5
BBC News
30-06-2025
- BBC News
Man badly hurt in suspected Stoke-on-Trent street attack
A man has suffered what could turn out to be life-changing injuries in what police believe was an attack, carried out by two other services were called to Church Street, Stoke-on-Trent at 06:00 BST on Sunday after reports that there was a seriously hurt man on the street, Staffordshire Police victim is said to be in a stable condition in hospital and officers are trying to identify his suspected attackers, who left the scene.A spokesperson said CCTV footage showed there were a number of pedestrians and cars in the area at the time and they were urging witnesses to get in touch. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
CTV News
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Church Street comes alive for Toronto Pride weekend
Toronto Watch CTV's Scott Lightfoot reports from Church Street as celebrations and protests mark Pride Weekend in Toronto.
CBC
19-06-2025
- Business
- CBC
Toronto business owners say King Street construction, road closure costing them
Just over two weeks after a major Toronto intersection was closed for a construction project that's expected to take much of the summer, some King Street business owners say they're already losing business due to reduced traffic and noise. The intersection of King Street E. and Church Street was closed to all traffic on June 2, and is scheduled to remain so until mid-August, according to the city. The closure is part of a joint project by the city and the TTC to replace aging streetcar tracks, as well as a 142-year-old water main. Spokespersons for the TTC and the city told CBC Toronto that work is currently on schedule. But in the meantime, transit has been rerouted off a portion of King Street, and some business owners say the construction is costing them. WATCH | Toronto downtown intersection will be closed until mid-August: King-Church intersection to be closed until mid-August 17 days ago Duration 3:00 Graham Wong, founder and CEO of LAUFT, where professionals rent on-demand work spaces, says the noise and traffic diversions aren't convenient for clients. "When they start to drill, it gets very loud. And so you can imagine that if someone has a video call, or they have a team meeting, they certainly want to have that ability to focus," he said, adding that the closure started earlier than expected. "So there were some juggling things that we had to do for clients, and saying, possibly, maybe, you move your meeting to another location that we have." He said the business is getting by, but if the project is delayed into September, it would start to conflict with the company's busy season as workers return from vacations. Another business owner on the street, Arti Joshi, says her spa Atmana opened near King and Church in the winter, and had started to break even last month. But revenue has decreased 70 per cent in June compared to May, she says, and the construction is keeping people away. "We're getting calls, but then when they see that this road is blocked, they don't want to come this way. So it's really hitting our business," she said. And for those who do make it, Joshi says the spa experience hasn't been as relaxing as in previous months. "Because I am in the lower level... I had to actually cancel my guests from coming in, because the entire place was vibrating and rattling," she said. Joshi says the drilling has improved since construction started, but the project is still disrupting business. "I just wish this gets over soon. We love this spot." Councillor proposes removing transit priority The road closure has also had a broader impact, forcing transit and vehicles to divert on side streets, adding to downtown congestion. Coun. Brad Bradford said Thursday that he wants the city to increase traffic flow in the area by temporarily removing transit priority on King Street while streetcars and buses are diverted for construction. He says he'll bring a motion forward at next week's council meeting to that effect. "There are no streetcars using this transit priority corridor right now. It is a transit priority corridor in name only," he told reporters at a news conference downtown Thursday. "This is a simple step that would immediately relieve the pressure on adjacent east-west routes and help ease some of the traffic congestion across the entire downtown core." Bradford, who represents the Beaches-East York ward in the city's east end, said he's responding to what he's heard from constituents, as well as businesses and people from across the city, about "what a nightmare it is to get into downtown Toronto." Bradford was also asked if he intended to run for mayor next year, but declined to confirm.
