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Play now A door-to-door testing blitz of 80,000 people in England is aiming to find “every single case” of the South Africa coronavirus variant in a bid to stop the spread of the more infectious strain.
Eleven cases of the variant identified over the past week were in people who had no links to travel, prompting concerns the mutation may be spreading in communities.
Mobile testing units and home testing kits will be deployed to areas where the variant has been discovered as the UK government looks to prevent it getting a foothold.
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Historic Norton Motorcycles reveals new factory as it moves operations out of Leicestershire The opening of this state-of-the-art facility will create the foundations for a sustainable long-term future
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Motorcycle maker Norton is opening a new headquarters following a multi-million pound investment by its Indian owner TVS Motor.
Norton, which was bought out of administration last April, has said Solar Park in Solihull will be home to the most advanced manufacturing facility in its history and house all its employees.
The move brings it back to its West Midlands roots, with the new premises situated less than 10 miles from where company founder and British motorcycling pioneer James Lansdowne Norton started making bike parts.
Norton has said the Commando Classic model will be among the motorcycles it produces at its new Solihull base. The bike was a major seller during the late 1960s and 1970s
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