Where is walkers crisps factory

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News UK can 'hopefully' avoid Christmas Covid restrictions, says lockdown professor. Leicester: Smoke rises from Walkers Crisps factory. Pictures show smoke billowing from the roof of the building as fire engines attend. Pictures show smoke billowing from the roof of the building as fire engines attend Image: Joshua Langham. Tesco has been using cardboard cutouts of fruit , vegetables and other groceries to fill gaps on shelves because of supply problems.

Shoppers have spotted fake carrots in Fakenham, cardboard asparagus in London, pictures of oranges and grapes in Milton Keynes and 2D washing liquid bottles in Cambridge. Some parts of the food industry have also said they have suffered from worker shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit, with European workers facing more hurdles to work in the UK. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue deployed nine units to the scene after the alert was raised at Officers saw the fire on the building's roof and used specialist equipment to battle the blaze.

According Leicestershire Live , the alert was raised shortly before am. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue service said: 'We received a call from the site stating that the factory filling with smoke, with the roof possibly on fire. A spokesperson for Walkers Crisps said: 'Our Bursom Road site in Leicester was safely evacuated this morning due to a fire on the roof of the building.

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