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when you click the buy button online, chances are your purchase will come from here. it s a warehouse city near northampton, and it s about to get even bigger. it s a great location for logistics because over there you can see the m1 motorway. i ve been in the sector for nearly 30 years and i ve never seen demand like it. we re building buildings speculatively, which means we haven t got a customer lined up, and we re letting them before we finish. that doesn t often happen. and the sheds are getting bigger. this will be royal mail s, new parcel hub. high street shops may be closing, but there is a race for space in logistics. this is the result of our growing appetite for online shopping, and shows just how quickly retail is changing. injust six years, the amount of large warehouse space has risen by 32% to 566 million square feet. that s like adding nearly 2,400 football pitches. and we re going to need a lot more.
round of voting in a week s time. while the low turnout and local nature of these elections are very different to the presidential poll next year, they do suggest that the centre right in france may holding against the far right. mr macron, it seems, will also have an uphill battle to secure a second term. rhal ssan, bbc news. with many of us turning to online shopping during the pandemic, there s been a huge increase in demand for places to store products destined for our homes. new research shows the amount of large warehouse space taken by online shops has grown by more than 600% over the last six years. our business correspondent emma simpson has been looking at the rise of the very big shed. when you click the buy button online, chances are your purchase will come from here. it s a warehouse city near northampton, and it s about to get even bigger. it s a great location for logistics because over there you can see the mi motorway. i ve been in the sector for nearly 30 years and