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The great outdoors and head for the highlands, nevis range and fort william will reopen this week. the gondola has been idle all winter. the ski season may be over but the mountains remain enticing. we've done lots of preparation to make the place as covid—safe as we possibly can. sanitiser points everywhere, temperature checks in the gondola hall. but we've got big open spaces for everybody to come and enjoy, so we just want everybody to come, use the gondola, ride on your bike, get on the mountain and enjoy yourself. for the first time in months, it is now possible to book an overnight sta...

Idle all winter. the ski season may be over but the mountains remain enticing. we have done lots of preparation to make the place as covid—safe as we possibly can. sanitiser points everywhere, temperature checks in the gondola hall. but we have big, open spaces for everybody to come and enjoy, so we just want everybody to come, use the gondola, ride on your bike, get on the mountain and enjoy yourself. fort william attracts visitors from around the world and there is a determination for the weeks ahead. for the first time in months, it is now possible to book an overnight stay, though stayin...

Or deliberately. for those fighting it, conditions are challenging. we are either travelling for one hour or 1.5 hours up in that ppe, carrying equipment. you cannot get water to the scene of the fire so effectively, we are taking beaters up there to work with that. we're working small pumps out of rivers and areas where we can find small pockets of water, and sprayers and backpack sprayers to address some of that, but predominantly it's a physical, hard, big job there. members of the public were asked to stay away from the mournes — a warning most seems to have heeded. but the fire is not o...

Winds coming in help it to grow and spread. . then back towards the town of newcastle. anyone who was able to see the social media pictures available on friday evening, you could see the fire was on two levels. those were spectacular, but they are a measure of what we are dealing with in daylight hours, which become visible then and very obvious once darkness has fallen and you can see the flame. than? obvious once darkness has fallen and you can see the flame.— you can see the flame. any idea how these fires started? _ you can see the flame. any idea how these fires started? is _ you can se...

Two officers were taken to hospital, although their injuries are not believed to be serious. an ambulance technician has died after an object struck his vehicle's windscreen as it was responding to an emergency call. the driver of the ambulance was also injured in the incident, which happened near a village north of hereford yesterday morning. west mercia police has appealed for anyone with information about what happened to get in touch. —— an operation to put out one of northern ireland's largest gorse fires in recent years is continuing this morning. more than 100 firefighters have been...