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4th November 2020
11:57am GMT

Rutland is England's smallest historic county. Lying between Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, it has a population of just 39,500, and Oakham Castle in the county is the oldest English court building that has stayed in continuous use.
The first McDonald's branch in the UK opened in Woolwich, south east London in October 1974, with the chain having a hundred UK locations by 1984. The chain currently has over 1,270 restaurants in the UK and employs more than 120,000 people. Earlier this week, the Burger King UK Twitter account actually encouraged people to go to McDonald's, in order to support the restaurant industry during the second lockdown. https://twitter.com/BurgerKingUK/status/1323246831686606851 "We never thought we'd be asking you to [order from McDonalds's]," tweeted Burger King. "Just like we never thought we'd be encouraging you to order from KFC, Subway, Domino's Pizza, Pizza Hut, Five Guys, Greggs, Taco Bell, Papa John's, Leon... or any other independent food outlets, too numerous to mention here. In short, from any of our sister food chains (fast or not so fast)." "We never thought we'd be asking you to do this, but restaurants employing thousands of staff really need your support at the moment."Explore more on these topics: