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Journal understands. Earlier this month, reports emerged of a resident at Willowcroft care home being allowed to spend Christmas Day at his familys home. According to several members of staff at the home, which is rated as safe and ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the resident in question later tested positive for Covid. This then led to an outbreak, the staff members claim. A coronavirus outbreak has been confirmed, resulting in four deaths recorded as linked to the di...

Two Watford skateparks are closing during lockdown as coronavirus cases continue to remain high. The skateparks in Oxhey Activity Park and Derby Road will be closed off to the public from today after Skateboard GB confirmed all indoor and outdoor sites must shut. Playgrounds are allowed to stay open during England’s third national lockdown, but government rules had not made clear if skateparks would have to close. Skateboard GB, the UKs official governing body for skateboarding, co...

Noise complaints in Wiltshire Frustrated residents have reported noisy neighbours hundreds of times in Wiltshire this year, new figures show. Freedom of Information (FOI) data reveals that Salisbury, Trowbridge and Devizes have been the worst affected in the region. At the other end of the spectrum Pewsey, Marlborough and Tidworth residents logged the fewest complaints to Wiltshire Council. Reasons for the complaints ranged in frequency. Loud music made for 125 complaints, barking dogs ...

Gent Jakupi outside Swindon Magistrates Court in October Picture: ADVER PHOTOGRAPHER Over two tonnes of potentially contaminated meat which could have made its way into people’s mouths has been seized from a Wiltshire car wash owner - the second time Gent Jakupi has been caught preparing food in an unsafe way. Wiltshire Council officers working with a Food Standards Agency veterinary officer executed a search warrant at premises on Andover Road, Ludgershall, and found whole and part carca...

Image source: Wiltshire Council Over 2t of fresh meat was found to be cut and packed from the workshop of a carwash in Wiltshire in the UK. Environmental health officers from Wiltshire Council’s food and safety team were sent to remove over 2t of fresh meat, including beef, lamb and goat meat from sale to the public. They found the meat being cut and packed for delivery throughout the UK in a second hand car wash premises in Ludgershall. The council’s officers, working with a Food Standard...

Meat removed from car wash operating as illegal butchers 16 December 2020 | Whole and part beef, lamb and goat carcases were being cut in poor conditions (Photo: Wiltshire Council) Over two tonnes of fresh meat has been removed from a Wiltshire car wash premises which was operating as an illegal butchers. Fresh beef, lamb and goat meat was removed from the car wash by Wiltshire Councils public health officials. They found the meat being cut and packed for delivery to be sent across the UK. Who...

5t of illegal meat seized in car wash raids >More in Meat found by inspectors at the first carwash © Wiltshire District Council Environmental health officers have seized more than 5t of meat from two hand car washes that were doubling as illegal butchers and processing plants. Officials from Wiltshire District Council swooped on the premises in Ludgershall on 27 November and found 2.4t of whole and part carcasses being cut and packed in...

AN ILLEGAL meat processing plant has been raided and shut down by the council, the Advertiser can reveal.  The business, running from a second-hand car wash on Andover Road in Ludgershall, was supplying tonnes of meat each week across the UK.  Officers from Wiltshire District Council stormed the property on Friday, November 27 after fears were raised over the hygiene standards of the meat carcasses. They seized 2.4 tonnes of meat, including beef, lamb and goat meat, from the car wash...

Parts of Hertfordshire will move into Tier 3 from Wednesday midnight. Credit: PA Politicians across south Hertfordshire have reacted to the news that parts of the county will be going into Tier 3. And they all have a common message - for residents to come together to bring the spread of the virus down. Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned of a "very sharp, exponential rise" in coronavirus cases in the south east of England, and plunged Watford, Hertsmere, Three Rivers, Broxbourne, parts o...

A DECISION that’s left the future of a centre that cares for people with severe learning difficulties hanging in the balance has come under fire. Pressure on Wiltshire Council and charity Hft is growing after a whirlwind few weeks for parents of residents at Furlong Close. The facility had been earmarked to close next June, after it was announced in October. Now, Conservative councillor Anna Cuthbert, who represents Bromham, Rowde and Potterne, has raised her voice in support of the ...