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Baroness May Blood’s dedication and conviction to the causes she believed in were clear to all who met her, mourners at her funeral service heard. The tra...
In an emotional tribute, friend and colleague Paul Caskey thanked May Blood for her work to make Northern Ireland a better place.
“Who have the Upper Waihopai residents been pissing off?”: Cut off for a month to the day, their Bailey bridge opened at 7pm on Tuesday.
SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF/Marlborough Express Shoring up the stop banks before more rain on Monday next week. Marlborough’s recovery was going well and the focus was firmly on residents and communities, Leggett said. “We are conscious that more rain over the weekend could impact our already fragile roads so we will keep a close eye on the weather forecast over the next few days,” he said. “We will continue our work with the emergency team, and the many Marlborough-based agencies, organisations and iwi over the weekend, and weeks and months ahead, to get our region back up and running as ...
Morgane Solignac16:46, Jul 21 2021 Supplied A Bailey bridge, similar to the one pictured above, will be transported up to the isolated Waihopai Valley. But it will take at least a month, and a further 18 months to have a permanent bridge in place. Marlborough’s Waihopai Valley will remain cut off for up to four weeks as a temporary bailey bridge makes its way from Canterbury, while the rest of the region remains in a state of emergency with more rain on the way. The team at Marlborough’s Emergency Operations Centre is keeping an eye on a small, fast-moving weather system on Wednesday ni...