And if a pit closes, it will hurt in the same way as any other plant closure does, no more or less.

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Serco, which runs the site, said the closure was down to the way people shop as now about 75% of customers place their orders online.

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Cost-cutting efforts, including the closure of one plant, are under way.

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It criticised the hospital trust for "serious shortcomings", in the way it had taken on more cases to try to avoid closure of the paediatric unit.

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The National Trust said the Tourist Information Centre's closure in May coincided with the trust looking for a way to raise its profile in the area and get involved in local communities.

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Mr Poots said the closure policy had not changed but he had intervened to change the way it would be implemented.

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He said any school closure "created emotion", but the report offered a positive way to move forward in some areas, especially where a federal system would help keep the local school going.

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Not defending the hacking in any way whatsoever: but The Guardian would seem to bear some of the responsibility for the closure of the News of the World for having got their original reporting wrong.

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It said fears about closure came from a review of hospital service provision across Greater Manchester which is under way.

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And he said the closure of the doors on Friday was for many scientists there "the end of a way of life".

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