Royal Mail jobs boost for Chorley

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The new parcel handling centre will open in Chorley in autumn next year Credit: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Royal Mail has announced plans to open a new parcel handling centre in Chorley as part of a £75m investment programme.

The firm is expanding its UK express parcels business and will create 1,000 jobs in total.

Its most recent financial results show the parcels business accounted for almost half of the group's revenues, excluding the Post Office.

A new parcel processing centre will be opened in Chorley in autumn next year, two new depots will be opened in Cornwall and Hampshire, with a further nine existing depots expanded or moved to larger sites over the next four years.