Up to 200 workers have been told to self-isolate on the farm where they pick crops after 73 of them tested positive for Covid-19. Vegetable producers A S Green and Co, in Herefordshire, has gone into lockdown after the positive tests. Food and other essential supplies are being delivered to the farm, where the workers …
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A walker had to be airlifted to hospital after getting into difficulties near the summit of a hill in southern Scotland. The incident happened at about 14:00 on Wednesday on Criffel near Dumfries. Moffat Mountain Rescue Team were called out by police to assist the Scottish Ambulance Service with the operation. The woman had suffered …
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The first minister has said Wales is “absolutely safe” to visit again after he defended not opening tourism sooner. From Saturday some holiday homes have reopened for the first time since lockdown began. But with pubs still unable to open, the Welsh Conservatives have accused the Welsh Government of putting jobs at risk. Mark Drakeford, on …
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Shots have been fired at a house in Dunmurry, County Antrim. It happened just before 19:00 BST on Saturday in the Pembroke Manor area. Police said officers found a bullet hole in the front window of the house and a bullet located within an interior wall. Several cartridge cases were also found on the footpath …
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Jack Charlton, a World Cup winner with England and former Republic of Ireland boss, has died aged 85. The former Leeds defender had been diagnosed with lymphoma in the last year and also had dementia. One of English football’s most popular characters, he was in the team that won the World Cup at Wembley in …
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Dame Vera Lynn, Capt Sir Tom Moore and Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir are in the running to have ospreys chicks named after them. The three birds at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest in Lochaber in the Highlands found fame via a nest camera. Wartime singer Dame Vera died last month at 103. Capt Tom raised millions for …
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Holidaymakers are due to arrive at cottages, caravans and yurts in Wales for the first time since March. Holiday accommodation without shared facilities such as bathrooms are able to reopen from Saturday. Some in the industry say there is light at the end of the tunnel after a “rollercoaster” lockdown rescheduling bookings and issuing refunds. Now …
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A man in his 20s is in a critical condition in hospital following what is believed to have been a hit-and-run collision near Lisburn. The man was found injured on the Crumlin Road in Upper Ballinderry at about 02:25 BST on Saturday. Police are urging anyone who was in the area at the time to …
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An inquest into the death of a London teenager found dead while on holiday in Malaysia is scheduled to begin next month. Nóra Quoirin, 15, whose mother is from Belfast, disappeared from her room at the Dusun resort on 4 August last year. Her body was found 10 days later about 1.6 miles (2.5km) away. …
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A walker had to be airlifted to hospital after getting into difficulties near the summit of a hill in southern Scotland. The incident happened at about 14:00 on Wednesday on Criffel near Dumfries. Moffat Mountain Rescue Team were called out by police to assist the Scottish Ambulance Service with the operation. The woman had suffered …
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