Gates at Sovereign Group Ltd of Vale Street, Nelson. Photo credit: Google street view A DOORS and windows manufacturer has been ordered to pay nearly £40,000 after a worker broke both of his legs and was crushed while moving a 3,000kg stack of pallets. On January 9, 2020, a worker, with two other employees of Sovereign Group Ltd in Nelson, was trying to move a stack of three stillages in the despatch area. Whilst manoeuvring the stillages away from the aisle, the staff members attempted to push them into a gap. At that point, the stack of stillages, which weighed three tonnes, fell over onto the employee breaking both of his legs and causing ligament damage.
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Blackpool man said he would stab and slice up Cumbria police
Carlisle’s magistrates’ court
A Blackpool man who was arrested on Easter Sunday has admitted sending a message that was grossly offensive after he said police would “die tonight”.
Matthew Keen appeared before Carlisle’s magistrates’ court today and pleaded guilty to sending a message that was grossly offensive/indecent/obscene or of a menacing character.
Andy Travis, prosecuting, told the court how the 31-year-old informed police in Carlisle that he had travelled from Blackpool to report an offence and was told he must inform Blackpool police.
He was taken to Carlisle railway station to return home to Reads Avenue, Blackpool. He also pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon, a hammer and a black-handled knife with a fixed serrated edge, these were found after a police search outside the railway station.