Sheep dung blamed for 161 falling ill at mountain bike event
Wales: Mud contaminated with sheep faeces was the most likely cause of 161 competitors in a mountain biking event falling ill with sickness and diarrhoea.
An investigation following the Mountain Bike Marathon, in Builth Wells, concluded that the outbreak was probably caused by Campylobacter, spread to the cyclists by mud.
Northumberland: A rugby player who was paralysed in an accident during a game four years ago has died.
Ali Johnson, 28, from Haltwhistle, was paralysed when a scrum collapsed on him in September 2004.
He died yesterday after suffering a stroke last week.
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