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‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won
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‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won

Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must quake in their boots when they receive a letter from the lawyers for Tim and Geli Harris. Lady Justice Lieven found that Natural England failed in its statutory duty to protect Catfield Fen from pollution after nitrates and phosphates washed from arable fields into one of the finest examples of calcareous fen in western Europe, home to 2,500 species including rarities such as the fen orchid, crested buckler fern,…

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Meghan Markle ‘distressed’ over claims father had child abuse images
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Meghan Markle ‘distressed’ over claims father had child abuse images

The Sun, Daily Mail and Telegraph newspapers reported Friday that images had allegedly been found among her father Thomas Markle’s possessions at his former home in the Philippines. Meghan, who has two children with Harry — Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five — said she hoped it could “now be understood that, despite certain media publications’ distortion over the years, any distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children, was for one reason: to protect them.”

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EBOLA: Genomics links Nigeria’s case to Kenya index case – Pate
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EBOLA: Genomics links Nigeria’s case to Kenya index case – Pate

Genomics links Nigeria’s case to Kenya index case – Pate. Triumph of 2014, test of 2026 The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, who disclosed this on Friday night, however, stressed that there was no evidence so far that the Kenyan index case had travelled to Nigeria.

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Ghana needs 759 million cedis to implement 2025-29 health sector supply chain master plan
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Ghana needs 759 million cedis to implement 2025-29 health sector supply chain master plan

Speaking at the launch of the masterplan in Kumasi, Director for Procurement and Supply Chain at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Edward Bright Agyekum, noted that the government remains focused on generating revenue locally for the masterplan’s implementation. Owning the SCMP implementation Technical Director with the Global Health Supply Chain, Daniel Oswald Owusu Afranie says the country make be deliberate in owning the masterplan for a universal health coverage by 2030.

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Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo
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Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo

Ervebo, a vaccine approved for use against the more common Zaire strain of Ebola, will be put through a full-scale human trial in the DRC to see if it offers any cross-protection against Bundibugyo. Today, in Bunia DRC, the first participants were vaccinated in a new Ebola vaccine trial called Tumaini, which means ‘hope’ in Swahili,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X. “This trial will help us understand whether any of the vaccine candidates designed for Bundibugyo virus work,” he said, adding that in the meantime, the existing Ervebo vaccine would be tested.

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Woman, 65, becomes second patient to die of Ebola in Kenya
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Woman, 65, becomes second patient to die of Ebola in Kenya

With more than 9,500 cases in DR Congo, Kenya faces a steady risk of new cases arriving across borders, according to the International Rescue Committee, which has been working alongside both governments to contain the spread. Kenya has introduced enhanced screening for travellers arriving from DR Congo and nine other countries it considers to be at high risk: Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, Zambia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and the Central African Republic.

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Kompany taken to hospital after collapsing at training
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Kompany taken to hospital after collapsing at training

Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany was taken to hospital after collapsing as he watched the club’s second team train on Friday. “Everybody was really surprised that Vincent Kompany was standing there with his black jacket in the pouring rain of Munich on Wednesday night against Arsenal.

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COHESU commends govt for upward review of health workers’ allowances
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COHESU commends govt for upward review of health workers’ allowances

The Coalition of Health Sector Unions (COHESU), Kwara state chapter, has commended the Kwara State Government for approving and implementing the upward review of allowances for health workers in the state. The coalition expressed its appreciation in a statement signed by the state chairman of COHESU, Comrade Bolatito Isaac Oladele, describing the intervention as a significant boost to the welfare of frontline health workers and a demonstration of the government’s commitment to improving healthcare delivery.

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Breast cancer screening must be a priority, says TUC
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Breast cancer screening must be a priority, says TUC

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged workers to make regular breast cancer screening a priority, stressing that early detection remains key to saving lives. ‎Madam Harriet Botchway, Head of the Gender and Child Protection Department of the TUC, said the initiative demonstrated the Union’s commitment to protecting the health and wellbeing of workers.

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Ebola Vaccine Trial Begins In DR Congo – WHO Chief
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Ebola Vaccine Trial Begins In DR Congo – WHO Chief

Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP Ervebo, a vaccine approved for use against the more common Zaire strain of Ebola, will be put through a full-scale human trial in the DRC to see if it offers any cross-protection against Bundibugyo. Today, in Bunia, DRC, the first participants were vaccinated in a new Ebola vaccine trial called Tumaini, which means ‘hope’ in Swahili,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X. “This trial will help us understand whether any of the vaccine candidates designed for Bundibugyo virus work.

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Nigeria’s first Ebola case ‘highly similar’ to Kenyan one – Minister
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Nigeria’s first Ebola case ‘highly similar’ to Kenyan one – Minister

Genomic tests have shown that the Ebola virus found in Nigeria’s first case resembles that of the first case recorded in Kenya earlier this month, Nigeria’s health minister said Friday. Following the DRC, Uganda and Kenya, Nigeria has become the fourth African country to be affected by the Bundibugyo species outbreak.

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