Two teenage killers, 18 and 16, who tried to decapitate factory worker with a Samurai sword jailed

Two schoolboys have been jailed for life for the 100-blow Samurai sword murder of factory supervisor Robert Wilson. Kiyran Earnshaw, 18, and Luke Gaukroger, 16, have been sentenced at Leeds Crown Court to minimum terms of 22 years and 16 years, eight months respectively. The teenagers were confronted by Mr Wilson’s wife during the trial who asked … Read more

Covid crisis at Britain’s food plants: 75 staff test positive at chicken factory in Norfolk

A huge chicken factory in Norfolk has been forced to close and 350 families have been put into isolation after 75 workers tested positive for coronavirus. Banham Poultry in the village of Attleborough has voluntarily agreed to close its cutting room following an outbreak of the virus.  The first case of Covid was reported last Friday, … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Chicken factory closes as 75 workers infected

A huge chicken factory in Norfolk is closing and 350 families have been forced into self-isolation after 75 workers tested positive for coronavirus. Banham Poultry in the village of Attleborough has voluntarily agreed to close its cutting room tomorrow following an outbreak of the disease.  The first case of Covid was reported last Friday, when one … Read more

Army is called in to test 900 workers at Scottish chicken factory after 15 staff catch Covid

Army is called in to test 900 workers at Scottish chicken factory after 15 staff catch Covid – as Nicola Sturgeon refuses to rule out local lockdown Factory closed and staff sent home on Monday after outbreak was discovered Number of infected is now 17 with 15 staff members and 2 members of the public … Read more

Swiss town is covered in CHOCOLATE after malfunction at Lindt factory

Swiss town is covered in CHOCOLATE after malfunction at Lindt factory A Swiss town was left covered in fragments of cocoa powder    Malfunction of the ventilation system at a Lindt factory in the town of Olten Combined with strong winds, it left cocao nibs scattered around factory vicinity  By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline Published: … Read more

More than SEVENTY workers test positive for Covid-19 at dessert factory

More than SEVENTY workers test positive for Covid-19 at dessert factory that supplies Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose where bosses threatened to sack staff if they didn’t return after lockdown Seventy-two people tested positive for Covid-19 at Bakkavor Desserts in Newark Factory supplies Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose and has 25 plants nationwide The workers were diagnosed … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Sandwich factory open despite 300 infections

A Northampton sandwich factory where almost 300 workers have caught Covid-19 is still open – despite warnings of a local lockdown.  Greencore, which supplies M&S, said production is ‘continuing as usual’ at the plant and said it had no concerns about any of its products. Some 292 employees at the factory on Northampton’s Moulton Park … Read more

Northampton faces coronavirus lockdown after 300 factory workers test positive

Northampton faces coronavirus lockdown after almost 300 workers at sandwich factory that supplies M&S test positive for the disease Local health chief said residents have been asked to ‘act now’ to avert lockdown The Greencore food facility has been testing its own staff and found 213 cases Northampton is not in lockdown but is on … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Workers at Newark dessert factory infected

A cluster of workers at one of the UK’s largest supermarket suppliers have been diagnosed with coronavirus – months after a boss told staff to avoid missing shifts during lockdown.  Staff at Bakkavor Desserts in Newark, Nottinghamshire, are at the centre of a Covid-19 flare up after around eight workers tested positive.  In April, Sean … Read more

We’ll build a Boohoo factory in Leicester to end storm over pay, says boss

Boohoo boss John Lyttle insists he is not embarking on a personal crusade – but it might be heading that way, whether he likes it or not.  Tomorrow, the online fashion firm’s chief executive will visit Leicester amid a storm of negative publicity over allegations that workers in the company’s Midlands supply chain were being … Read more