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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 family's 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 disease at the Odstock Road home. The Orders of St John Care Trust, which manages the home, did no...

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 UK's official governing body for skateboarding, confirmed on Wednesday they must close during the period of the toughest measures. It comes after f...

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 were noted 53 times and on two occasions 'aircraft' was the tagged reason. It wasn't only dogs bothe...

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 carcasses being cut under poor conditions, exposing the meat to contamination. The meat confiscated by...

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 Standards Agency (FSA) veterinary officer, searched the business at 23 Andover Road under warrant on Novembe...