Number of people visiting Altnagelvin s A&E department now almost back up at pre-pandemic levels
Up to 200 people being treated every day at local hospital
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The number of patients attending Altnagelvin Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) is back to ‘near normal levels’ as Covid-19 restrictions have eased.
Pre-pandemic, up to 230 patients attended the department per day. It’s now back to almost 200 per day.
Over the past year numbers attending the local A&E with fractures had reduced by 20 per cent.
At a Western Trust media briefing, Geraldine McKay, Director of Acute Hospitals at the Trust, said numbers had risen because children are back outside playing again and more vehicles are on the roads.
A Northumberland charity is holding a series of activities until December 2021 to mark its 50th anniversary. Launched in 1971 from a Portakabin behind Newcastle’s Hancock Museum, the Northumberland Wildlife Trust is now one of the largest conservation charities in the region and has logged over one million volunteering hours. The first event to mark the anniversary is on Thursday May 6. Northumberland Wildlife Trust – 50 and Fabulous will be held online and attendees able to find out more about wildlife in the region, how the trust is engaging with young people, and the Catch my Drift project. The one-and-a-half hour event will close with a question and answer session with Mike Pratt and Duncan Hutt, the Trust Director of Conservation.
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Climate change threatens the Suffolk coast at Dunwich.
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The National Trust has warned that many of its most cherished properties - including the Suffolk coast at Dunwich - could be damaged forever by climate change over the next 40 years.
It has produced a map showing the impact of global warming leading to more extreme weather phenomena including more destructive storms, heatwaves and periods of drought.
And while some areas - like the Suffolk coast - would be changed by natural forces, climate change will accelerate these so things could happen much faster than expected.
The National Trust is looking to preserve its heathland at Dunwich.
Pride and Prejudice estate under threat from climate change, National Trust warns
The property is among thousands at greater risk if emissions remain high for the next few decades
Flooding in 2019 at Lyme Park, Cheshire.
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Colin Firth s Mr Darcy caused hearts to flutter when he emerged from a lake at Lyme Park, Cheshire during the BBC s Pride and Prejudice.
But the famous estate is under threat from climate change and could be irreparably damaged in just a few decades without preventative action, the National Trust has said.
The number of its sites that are at risk from a changing climate is set to more than double by 2060, the charity warned.