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Stonehenge at dawn. A recent discovery suggests the original site of the stones may have been in Wales. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
Stonehenge at dawn. A recent discovery suggests the original site of the stones may have been in Wales. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
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Sun 14 Feb 2021 11.45 EST
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Donald Trump’s acquittal in the US Senate (Report, 14 February) surely provides the best possible evidence for never allowing politicians to get involved in judicial decision-making. Their priorities lie in other directions.
Les Baker
Fordingbridge, Hampshire The Queen gets £220m a year for seabed lease options for windfarms (Queen’s property chief delays sale of Scottish seabed windfarm plots, 12 February). Really? Perhaps she could give the country her cut given the future costs of the climate crisis, Covid and the expected hardships to come?
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A haulage firm that put its employees and road users in danger has had its licence revoked for forging vehicle maintenance documents.
A public inquiry was held after Mansel Davies and Son Ltd admitted 19 counts of fraud at a hearing last year.
The Traffic Commissioner said the Pembrokeshire-based company deserved to go out of business and betrayed trust .
The decision will take effect from 1 February 2021.
The commissioner disqualified both the company and its directors David Kaye Mansel Davies and Stephen Mansel Edward Davies from holding an operator s licence again.