Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 723.8 million litres for March 2020, according to the CSO. This represents a 2.1pc increase over March 2019.
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday he would gradually relax Italy's coronavirus lockdown taking into account differences in contagion levels in various parts of the country. Conte told the lower house of parliament that a new stimulus package to support the economy, due to be presented in a few days, would include €15 billion...
It's lights-out time in the crowded room shared by more than 80 men. It's about 11:30 p.m., so the guards dim the overhead fluorescent lights and the immigration detainees slip … Click to Continue »
Frontline health staff have sent their thanks and birthday wishes to Captain Tom Moore for raising more than £30 million for NHS charities.
South African anti-Apartheid activist Denis Goldberg has died at his home near Cape Town, aged 87.
Hungarian schools will remain closed until the end of May and events with more than 500 participants cannot be held until August 15, PM Viktor Orban's chief of staff Gergely Gulyas said on Thursday. Orban announced late on Wednesday that, outside Budapest, some restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak would be lifted starting next...
