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I’m A Celebrity: Shane Richie crawls through a sewer with Hollie Arnold for Wicked Waterways trial

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He was left seething when he was informed that he would face his third consecutive trial on Wednesday. And Shane Richie was seen spluttering in disgust as he and Hollie Arnold took on the Wicked Waterways trial, due to air on Thursday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! The EastEnders star, … Read more

Boy is sent flying in mid-air by an exploding sewer after he lit a firecracker on a manhole cover

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Boy is sent flying in mid-air by an exploding sewer after he lit a firecracker on a manhole cover The boy was playing at a residential complex in China before the blast took place Footage shows fire emerging from the sewer and the child was blown into the air He is said to have survived the … Read more

Greater access to water and sewer networks could help gigabit rollout

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Broadband firms could be given access to more than 600,000 miles of underground sewage and water networks in a bid to speed up the roll out of gigabit internet.   If introduced government plans would force utility firms to open their infrastructure such as pipes and sewers for new superfast internet cables. The idea is that … Read more

Huge 20ft wide sinkhole swallows up part of busy street in Walsall after sewer collapse 

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A huge 20ft-wide sinkhole swallowed up part of a busy street in the West Midlands on Thursday after the sewer beneath it collapsed.  Drivers were forced to swerve around the 20ft-wide hole which opened up when a sewer collapsed on Stafford Street, in Walsall, West Midlands., on Thursday. Witnesses said how people from nearby businesses … Read more

A startup wants to map the spread of novel coronavirus by sampling human waste in US sewer systems

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ALABAMA Alabama health officials on Tuesday ordered the closure of day cares, senior centers and on-site restaurant dining in six counties to contain the coronavirus outbreak.  The order from the Alabama Department of Public Health applies to Jefferson County, which has the highest number of cases, and the surrounding counties of Tuscaloosa, Walker, Blount, St. … Read more

Mother, 59, is reunited with her lost 9-carat gold ring as it’s found in a sewer 15 years later

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Mother, 59, is reunited with her lost 9-carat gold ring as it’s found in a sewer 15 years after it slipped off her finger when she filled up her car with petrol Sarah Warfield’s grandmother’s wedding ring was found in a drain line in Powys  The mother, 59, was reunited when sewage cleaner posted appeal … Read more