Premier said it would start consulting with affected employees soon, with a view to closing the mill by the end of March.

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If the mill closes it will end more than 200 years of history in the town.

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They were also regulars on another prime time TV show, Saturday Night at the Mill, at the end of the '70s and into the '80s.

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Towards the end of its working life it is said the mill generated electricity for the buildings on the site.

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Argentina and Uruguay both say they are happy after a deal was reached to end their long-running row over a pulp mill on the banks of their shared river.

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At the eastern end of the Crossrail route, archaeologists will work at four large tunnel entrance sites at Pudding Mill Lane, Victoria Dock, North Woolwich and Plumstead.

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Netflix is also hitting the rumor mill with reports of 1.5TB of server space being staked out at the high-end Isilon hosting service.

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