Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Diners urged to wash possession­s

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suffer additional losses due to delays and said they should “claim accordingl­y”. This is despite the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train firms, insisting it is “very unlikely” such claims will be successful. NEARLY two-thirds of doctors believe that patient safety has deteriorat­ed over the past year, according to a report.

The Royal College of Physicians found four out of five (80%) are worried about the ability of their service to deliver safe patient care in the next 12 months.

The report found 64% of doctors believe that patient safety has deteriorat­ed over the past year – 10% higher than last year. JAMES Corden has accused those claiming Beatrix Potter would not have liked his live action Peter Rabbit film of being “snobby”.

The actor and talk show host lends his voice to the famous animal in his first big screen depiction.

It is the first time the Potter estate has given permission for a film but some detractors have said the author, who died in 1943, would not have been happy with the results.

Asked about the mixed views on Potter’s opinion as he arrived at the London premiere of the film, Corden said: “Those mixed views I have never have understood, HUNDREDS of diners and pub-goers have been urged to wash clothes and other items a week after potentiall­y coming into contact with the nerve agent used to attack former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

The “precaution­ary advice” was issued after traces of the substance were found in The Mill pub and the nearby Zizzi restaurant, in Salisbury.

England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies said she believed fewer than 500 people would have been in either venue between Sunday lunchtime and Monday night last week.

Dr Jenny Harries, joint director of Public Health England (PHE), defended the decision to issue new guidance seven days after Mr Skripal, 66, and his daughter, Yulia, 33, were found on a bench in the Wiltshire city. They remain in Salisbury District Hospital in a critical, but stable condition.

She told reporters: “This is about a very, very small risk of repetitive contact with traces of contaminat­ion that people may have taken out. The advice we’re giving today about washing clothes – very simple things... that will remove that risk as we go forward.” really. At its core, what the film is about is acceptance.

“That is what the film is actually about so anyone who is being what I would consider snobby about such an experience, I can’t find anything that can be anything other than positive in such a message for young children.”

PHE advised people who visited The Mill pub between 1.30pm last Sunday and closing time at 11.10pm on Monday, and Zizzi restaurant between 1.30pm Sunday and 9pm the next day to machine wash clothing worn that day, double-bag clothing worn that day which would normally be dry cleaned and await further advice, wipe personal effects such as mobile phones, purses and wallets with baby wipes, and hand wash jewellery.

Dame Sally said: “I want to reassure the general public that the risk to us all from this incident in Salisbury has not changed, and that the risk to us all remains low.

“Rigorous scientific analysis continues, but we have now learnt that there has been

Matthew Dennison, whose biography Over The Hills And Far Away was published in 2016, has said Potter would not have approved of the film, saying: “Peter Rabbit emerges as a bully, and there really isn’t any evidence for that in the story.”

Peter Rabbit is released in UK cinemas on March 16. some trace contaminat­ion by the nerve agent in both The Mill pub and Zizzi’s restaurant in Salisbury.

“I am confident this has not harmed the health of anyone who was in The Mill pub or Zizzi’s restaurant.

“This is precaution­ary advice aimed at only those people who were at the venues at these times, which I believe to be below 500 people. I am confident none of these customers will have suffered harm.”

It comes as Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition in hospital, where he is said to be conscious and talking.

Temporary Chief Constable Kier Pritchard of Wiltshire Police said the “unpreceden­ted incident”, involving one of his officers, “sent shockwaves through the force”. He was “unable to clarify how long” crime scenes at a number of sites around Salisbury will remain in place.

Meanwhile, armed forces personnel continue to assist police.

Soldiers removed two ambulances from the South Western Ambulance Service station on Saturday, while more soldiers were seen at Bourne Hill Police Station.

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