The Emergency Flooding Payment Scheme has been activated in Northern Ireland after Storm Bert brought flooding across the region on Saturday. The Department of Infrastructure’s Roads and Rivers Teams have been responding to over 500 incidents since the yellow weather warning for Storm Bert came in last night. They say …
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A man has shared his amazement online after a letter was delivered which he explained was like “seeing my life on an envelope”. Feargal Lynn, a musician from Co Antrim, was surprised when a small envelope was popped through his letterbox with ten lines of text on it, rather than …
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Schoolchildren who sent a message in a bottle into the sea were thrilled when it washed up on a beach in Scotland – and they were tracked down and sent treats. Anne Smillie, 68, discovered three notes inside a glass jar while picking up litter along the beach in Barassie, …
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Coronavirus tests supplied by a Northern Ireland firm have been pulled over safety fears. Health secretary Matt Hancock said during a statement in the House of Commons that the use of the Covid-19 testing kits is being “paused” across the UK. The government confirmed the NHS Test and Trace service …
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