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Two people have died following what’s been described as a workplace incident at a road in County Down, News NI understands.Emergency services are in attendance at the scene on the Ballygowan Road in Crossnacreevy.It happened at about 10:45 BST on Friday.Three ambulances and two hazard response teams were sent but no one was taken from the scene.Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) said they were “aware of an incident at a workplace” in the area and inspectors were on-site making enquiries.”We are currently liaising with the emergency services and other relevant agencies,” it added.Police have said that the Ballygowan…

Gloucester have been forced into changes to their back line following injuries sustained by Phil Cokanasiga and Ben Redshaw in the win against Exeter.Cokanasiga had surgery on a foot injury earlier this week and may be out until January, while Redshaw failed a head injury assessment following the Exeter match.George Barton and Ollie Thorley start at full-back and wing respectively, while Will Joseph shifts inside to centre.Harlequins are again without fly-half Marcus Smith because of a finger injury, although head coach Jason Gilmore has said the England international should return within the next two weeks.Prop Fin Baxter (foot) could also…

Saturday promises to be a pivotal moment that could go some way towards writing the next chapter of Green’s storied career.The veteran is entering the final two fights of his current deal with the UFC and has acknowledged his performance against Ribovics could define what comes next.After defeating McKinney to match the longest winning streak of his UFC career since 2014 (four fights), Green was keen to be matched against a top-15 opponent in the lightweight division in a bid to reclaim his place in the rankings for the first time since July 2024.But at 40 years old, Green knows…

Robert Jenrick has called for “greater powers” to be given to security staff in Britain’s shops as the nation faces an “epidemic” of shoplifting.Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK Treasury Spokesman declared that staff must stop being “urban scarecrows” and standing around, watching the crime happen.Reflecting on the incident, Mr Jenrick told GB News he is “sick” of the growing shoplifting “epidemic” across the country.He said: “I’m absolutely sick of this epidemic of shoplifting that we’re seeing on our streets, people brazenly going into shops and nicking things. “Some parts of our country now have got, frankly, feral people…

Three activists who were found guilty of the theft of King Charles’s lambs from his Sandringham Estate have received their sentence and begun crowdfunding to cover their court costs.Rosa Sharkey, Sarah Foy, both 26, and Rose Patterson, 37, stood before Norwich Crown Court last week, where a jury of five men and seven women unanimously decided the trio were guilty of stealing three lambs from the King.The group had admitted to taking the sheep, but denied theft because the King “would have consented to the lambs’ rescue”, insisting that the daring operation “wasn’t a stunt – it was a rescue.”The…

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Britain’s most affordable places to buy a home have been revealed, as new figures show property affordability has improved to its strongest level in more than a decade.New analysis from Lloyds found the typical UK home now costs around 7.3 times average annual earnings, the lowest house price-to-earnings ratio since 2015.The figure has fallen from 7.6 a year ago, with wages growing faster than house prices. For first-time buyers, affordability is stronger, with the average property costing 5.9 times earnings.Lloyds compared its house price data with earnings figures from the Office for National Statistics for April to June 2026 and…

People working in the shop could not believe the latest incident on Friday and were left “scared” when the car ploughed into the shop’s entrance.Donna Davies, who has worked in the shop for several years, said: “The car just came straight through, it was a loud noise and we didn’t know what was happening but thought it could have been ram-raiders. It was scary.” She said she ran out and saw an elderly driver and passenger, who are both regulars to the shop, in the car. “The driver said his foot slipped when he went to get out the car…

French cyclist Ronan Auge has been placed in a medically induced coma following a crash at the Tour of Langkawi in Malaysia.The 22-year-old sustained serious injuries on stage six of the UCI ProSeries event and was taken to hospital.A statement from his team, Unibet Red Roses, described Auge’s condition as “currently stable and not life threatening.”Auge’s crash is the latest in a series of serious incidents that have marred the sport of road cycling in recent months.Six riders have died during road races in the past three years, including British cyclist Fin Tarling who was killed in a crash with…

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