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Public Health Wales (PHW) says although uncommon in Wales, it remains “a significant public health concern because of the potentially serious health consequences for affected individuals”.Dr Chris Williams, a consultant epidemiologist with PHW, said: “It can be very serious for humans. It’s caused by a tapeworm, and what happens is normally the tapeworm transmits between farm animals like sheep and cows to dogs, (and) the dogs excrete eggs. “Unfortunately, if humans ingest the eggs, usually from dogs, that can then form cysts within humans, which are very unpleasant, cause swelling, pain, etc. and require surgical treatment.”He added it can be…

AIG Women’s Open – fourth round-5 *S Kuwaki (Jap), E Henseleit (Ger); -4 Y Noh (US); -2 N Korda (US), J Thitikul (Tha)Selected others: -1 C Hull (Eng), L Woad, (Eng), H Ryu (Kor), R Takeda (Jap); E C Boutier (Fra), S Kouskova (Cze); +1 L Li (US), L Coughlin (US)Full leaderboardShiho Kuwaki held her nerve to beat Esther Henseleit in a two-hole play-off to become the second consecutive Japanese player to win the Women’s Open. A gripping finale at Royal Lytham & St Annes was brimming with drama, magic and misfortune – particularly on the crucial 18th hole. Henseleit…

Davidson said his teams are having to make changes to the way they usually carry out elections.The ballots are “going to be sometimes longer than the table so we’re having to do double tables and we’re going to have to sort them in batches before we can verify them or even count them.”Paul Whiteley, professor of government at the University of Essex, said the previous record for the number of candidates standing for a seat in the House of Commons was the Haltemprice and Howden by-election in East Yorkshire in July 2008.”David Davis resigned his seat and stood again as…

Chelsea have completed the signing of Strasbourg midfielder Valentin Barco on a seven-year deal.The 21-year-old becomes Chelsea’s sixth signing of the summer after the arrivals of Morgan Rogers, Danny Welbeck, Emmanuel Emegha, Maxence Lacroix and Marco Palestra. The midfielder will join the remainder of Chelsea’s pre-season tour, with the Blues set to face Italian side Juventus in Hong Kong on 5 August. Chelsea did not disclose the fee. The Argentine appeared once for his country at the 2026 World Cup, where they finished runners-up to Spain. A product of Boca Juniors’ academy, Barco joined Brighton in 2024 for a fee…

After deciding to bowl first in Leicester, Somerset quickly had their hosts in trouble at 18-3. But from there, Leicestershire went on to dominate proceedings.Wicketkeeper Ben Cox top scored with 89, while 60 from Nick Kelly and 77 from Ian Holland helped them to 289-8.It was a chase that very soon proved out of reach for Somerset as they slumped to 48-5 and only some late hitting from number 10 JT Langridge with 32, got the total beyond three figures.Alex Green claimed the final wicket of Jake Ball to end with 3-28 as they were all out for 125 in…

Emergency services were called to Richmond Terrace, close to Avonmouth Docks, at about 20:30 BST, Avon and Somerset Police said.One man was taken to hospital with serious injuries and he remains in a critical condition. A second crew member, of the cargo ship that recently docked at Avonmouth, also required treatment but has since been discharged from hospital, while a third suffered minor injuries.Supt Deepak Kenth confirmed all three men were Filipino nationals and said there had been a “suggestion racist language was directed towards at least one of the victims during the attack”. Therefore, he said, police were “treating…

Then there was the emotion. The scream that judoka Rachael Hawkes let out on winning bronze after losing the same fight four years ago was almost primal, it meant so much to her.There were the tears of bowler Chloe Wilson after winning bronze with Shauna O’Neill in the women’s pairs.Wilson, 23, and O’Neill, 26, have put to bed forever the myth that bowls is only played by pensioners.Winning a medal is one thing but doing it with your best friend is something special.”Words can’t even describe how much it means. Just to be standing up there with Shauna, it’s something…

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The Home Office also said on Sunday that there had been nearly 300 arrests of smuggling gang members last year, as well as the seizure of more than 1,100 small boats and engines.It said that, if the equipment seized by the NCA had been used, it could have helped 72,000 more people come illegally to the UK. The has been unable to independently verify this claim.”Clearly, progress is being made, but we’re not complacent,” Burnham commented.The number of migrants who have arrived in the UK on small boats since Burnham became PM a fortnight ago surpassed 2,000 after 326 people…

Portugal Invitational final leaderboard-19 Z Johnson (US); -17 S Cink (US); -15 P Harrington (Ire); -13 T O’Neal (US); -12 MA Jimenez (Spa), M Lundberg (Swe).Selected others: -10 J Leonard (US); -9 D Clarke (NI), R Goosen (SA); R Sabbatini (Svk); -8 E Els (SA), D Duval (US), YE Yang (Kor); -7 J Donaldson (Wal); -6 B Langer (Ger).Zach Johnson shot a seven-under-par final round to hold off Stewart Cink and Padraig Harrington in the inaugural Portugal Invitational at The Els Club in Vilamoura.The event, hosted by four-time major champion Ernie Els on a course he redesigned, attracted a star-studded…