Forensics teams search town field

POLICE forensics teams spent eight hours digging up field land in Bedworth.

Patrol cars and unmarked cars were spotted near to Bedworth Lane on Saturday (March 6).

Passers-by saw the cars and officers combing land on the fields.

A Warwickshire Police spokesperson confirmed officers were on field lane between Woodlands Lane and Bedworth Lane from 7.30am.

The police spokesperson said that officers were on the scene for around eight hours.

Their presence in the area was part of an ongoing investigation, but nothing was retrieved as a result of the digging operation.

“We were called to an area of land between Woodlands Lane and Bedworth Lane at 7.30am on Saturday, March 6 in relation to an ongoing investigation,” the police spokesperson said.

ONE of Nuneaton’s biggest employers has set up its own mass Covid-19 test centre to help protect staff.

RS Components now has its own fast turnaround lateral flow test centre on-site at its Nuneaton distribution centre.

Tests are being offered for free to employees and personnel who are currently eligible to work onsite in Walsingham Drive.

It includes distribution centre and agency workers, employees within RS Local and calibration, officebased personnel who have permission to work onsite, contractors and implant team personnel.

There has also been another set up at a distribution centre in Northampton.

While it is not mandatory for staff to have the tests, they are being offered to try and prevent any Covid-19 outbreaks.

Sue Coenen, vice president of supply chain for Northern Europe said: “While infection rates are high and the coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out across many of our markets across the globe, the more we get tested, the quicker we can stop the spread and get back to the lives we love.

“Ensuring the health and safety of our people has always been our primary focus since the start of the COVID pandemic and throughout the past year we have all ensured we follow the appropriate guidelines and measures.

“Our Distribution Centres are critical to our organisation’s supply chain and by setting up these lateral flow test centres, we have further prioritised the wellbeing of our people.

“We’re very grateful for the support we’ve received from County Council Public Health Departments at Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. From the time we received permission to set up our own onsite test centres it took just three weeks to build, train, and recruit volunteers from within the business to run our centres, ready for to start testing,” she said.

Where are the rapid Covid-19 centres in Warwickshire?

There is one at the Saunders Hall Club in Bedworth and the United Reform Church in Nuneaton town centre.

There is also a test centre in Water Orton Community Hall in North Warwickshire and one in Stratford.

Tests for those without symptoms of Covid-19 are available for booking between 8.15am and 8pm Monday to Friday and 10.15am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.

The fast turnaround tests can deliver results in around an hour.