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the staff will be based at a new office in sunderland, as part of a £100 million investment in the regionsultation on whether beavers should be reintroduced to england's rivers, as has already happened in scotland. the creatures were hunted to extinction in britain 400 years ago. beaver dams create wetland habitats, which act as natural flood barriers, but the national farmers' union warns the animals can damage trees and impede drainage from farmland. thousands of lives could be harmed if more isn't done to reduce regional inequality in britain, according to a report by the salvation army. the government says it's investing billions in what it calls its "levelling up" agenda. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports from the seaside town of rhyl, which has two of the poorest neighbourhoods in wales. we want rhyl to be associated with quality in the future. we are committed to making sure we've got high—quality attractions. it's great to get the tourists in, but what about the people that actually live here? people need to come three or four streets back and see where t

howard crozier was 81, and admitted to hospital in sunderland in march last year with regular pneumoniae ward. his daughter is sure that's where he caught covid and later died. the hospital told me they had admitted a patient with suspected covid on to the elderly care ward. 0n the 25th of march, when i was told i needed to be there because dad was on end of life, i was told he tested positive for covid. there was nowhere else he could have caught that. researchers from several uk universities have examined patient records and found that at least one in ten hospital patients with covid were infected after admission. at the peak, this rose to more like one in five. 0verall, research suggests 11,800 people may have been infected this way and possibly more because early data is unclear. crucially, there were big variations between similar types of hospital and that is down to different preventative measures. even at the peak of the outbreak, we saw some busy hospitals still managed to maintain good, effective prevention control. hospitals still managed to maintain good infection prevention

the 26—year—old from sunderland is the current commonwealth champion but after being edged out in theile, there was success for jack laugher after winning bronze in the springboard he revealed he had considered retiring because of mental health issues. this means so much, he said. mental health issues. this means so much. he said-— mental health issues. this means so much, he said. simone biles is back. in the gymnastics, _ much, he said. simone biles is back. in the gymnastics, the _ much, he said. simone biles is back. in the gymnastics, the return - much, he said. simone biles is back. in the gymnastics, the return of - much, he said. simone biles is back. in the gymnastics, the return of a i in the gymnastics, the return of a sporting superstar, one week after withdrawing from competition to focus on her mental health, simone biles was back for the final of the bame and back to near her best. that was enough to put her into the lead and while she later slipped down to bronze, her olympics ended with an emotional comeback and another medal. in the athletics, there was agony for ano

howard crozier was 81, and admitted to hospital in sunderland in march last year with regular pneumoniad admitted a patient with suspected covid on to the elderly care ward. 0n the 25th of march, when i was told i needed to be there because dad was on end of life, i was told he tested positive for covid. there was nowhere else he could have caught that. researchers from several uk universities have examined patient records and found that at least one in ten hospital patients with covid were infected after admission. at the peak, this rose to more like one in five. 0verall, research suggests 11,800 people may have been infected this way and possibly more because early data is unclear. crucially, there were big variations between similar types of hospital and that is down to different preventative measures. even at the peak of the outbreak, we saw some busy hospitals still managed to maintain good infection prevention control. that meant there was good handwashing, good testing of patients so the right patients were tested and kept separately from non—infected patients. better ventillatio

the 26—year—old from sunderland is the current commonwealth champion but after being edged out in thee biles is back. in the gymnastics, meanwhile, the return of a sporting superstar. a week after withdrawing from competition to focus on her mental health, simone biles was back for the final of the beam and back to near her best. that was enough to put her into the lead and while she later slipped down to bronze, her 0lympics has ended with an emotional comeback and another medal. in the athletics, though, there was agony for another british hope, adam gemili pulling up in his 200m heat. he later revealed he had injured himself in the warm up and his pain was all too clear. i just felt my hamstring go and i was in so much pain. ijust asked, "strap it up, let me go out there and at least try." because you have to try. and...yeah. but elsewhere perhaps the performance of these games. in the 400 metres hurdles final, karsten warholm ripped up the record books. warholm is going to go away and take the win, it's gold for norway, 45.94. the norwegian smashing his own world record by the bes