Political ‘high-flyer’ John Woodcock is the latest Co-op Party nominee to be selected for a winnable seat at the next general election, writes Dave Bowman.


MIDLANDS Co-op is in line for a £ 400,000-plus windfall after a judge ruled that a corrupt former Ilkeston Society executive and his accomplices, including his mother, wife and sister, must pay back tens of thousands of pounds in compensation. The final cost of Martin Sale's deception against former employers Ilkeston Co-op, which merged with Midlands Society last November, was put at £ 1,089,698 by Judge John Burgess at Derby Crown Court.

AFTER a year long review, East of England Co-op is preparing its exit from the motor trade. The society has sold two of its sites, part of the Sterling Motor Group, in Colchester and Sudbury, as part of an ongoing disposal programme of the Group. Discussions are also progressing well regarding the sale of Derby Road site in Ipswich. It still retains sites at Burrell Road, Ipswich; Horsley's Field, King's Lynn; North Lynn Industrial Estate, Kings Lynn; and Hall Road, Norwich, which are ...