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RiverRidge Recycling has applied for permission to redesignate its waste transfer station at Newbuildings as a materials recycling facility for the recovery of waste plastics.

RiverRidge applies for waste redesignation as it focuses on plastic recovery

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Derry Journal Editorial - Covid still very much with us

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Routine Covid testing to end for some as part of test shake-up

Uk tourists may need to show three additional documents at Spanish border control (Photo: Getty Images)

UK holidaymakers warned they need 3 extra documents to enter Spain

UK tourists heading to Spain face tighter rules if they get Covid symptoms (Photo: Getty Images)

UK tourists face new Covid rules in Spain if they have symptoms

Queue for Covid – 19 test at the Templemore Sports Complex. DER2152GS – 003

Derry COVID PCR test sites to close and free lateral flows to end for most

Lateral flow test

Covid: Free PCR tests to end for most next month

Later flow antigen test kits. (JPI Media)

PCR test no longer needed to confirm Covid results

Queue for Covid – 19 test at the Templemore Sports Complex. DER2152GS – 003

Lateral flow kits supply ‘sufficient’ in Northern Ireland as PCR tests released ...

The PHA is urging people to only get a PCR if they have a positive lateral flow test. File picture. Photo Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press

Changes to PCR testing advice for close contacts in Northern Ireland announced

A lateral flow test result is interpreted by the two letters on the device (Photo: Shutterstock)

What it means if Covid lateral flow test result shows a faint red line

As the Omicron variant of Covid continues to spread across the UK, you may be wondering if the symptoms differ from other strains of the virus (Photo: Shutterstock)

The 'surprising' Omicron variant symptom that can appear when eating

A woman wearing a protective mask walks her dog on the Esplanade du Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower in March 2020 (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

France travel: UK traveller restrictions to be tightened - what are the new rule...

Passengers pictured previously at Belfast International Airport. (File picture: PressEye)

International travellers will need COVID tests before arriving into Northern Ire...

New COVID travel measures Ireland: PCR / antigen test needed while nightclubs to...

Dr. Michael McBride

Omicron variant of COVID-19: Dr. Michael McBride says cases 'highly likely'
The Chief Medical Officer Michael McBride says it is 'highly likely' the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 will soon be identified in the north.
Kevin Mullan

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43,000 people may have been given wrong negative PCR Covid test results

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said ministers hope to announce in the next few days the switch from a PCR to a lateral flow test for eligible fully-vaccinated travellers taking their day-two Covid test (Photo: Shutterstock)

PCR Covid tests to be scrapped ‘before half-term’ - which could save families £2...

New rules to make travel to the UK from overseas easier and simpler have come into force (Photo: JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK’s travel rules change: what you need to know as amber list is scrapped

Number of ‘red list’ countries for international travel set to be slashed this week (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Number of ‘red list’ countries for international travel set to be slashed this w...

Rising demand for booking a Covid test in Northern Ireland sees opening hours extended to 8pm.

Everything you need to know to book a Covid test in Northern Ireland

Ryanair will launch 14 new routes from the UK this winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Ryanair is launching 14 new routes this winter to destinations across Europe

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Cowboy’ Covid travel test providers to be struck off Gov.uk list over misleadin...

People who have been fully vaccinated can still transmit the Delta variant (Photo: Getty Images)

Vaccinated people can still pass on Delta variant - but protection remains high

TUI cancels more holidays amid uncertainty over travel restrictions

People in various parts of Derry have been urged to get tested. (File picture: Michael Cooper/PA Wire)

Covid testing operations under way across Derry and Down amid concerns over pote...

Probable cases of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 have been identified in Derry.

PHA identifies probable cases of Delta variant of COVID-19 in Derry
The Public Health Agency (PHA) has identified a number of probable cases of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Derry.
Kevin Mullan

Two Covid tests are now required for all UK arrivals during quarantine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two Covid tests are now required for all UK arrivals during quarantine

(left to right) 100-year-old Ethel Sinclair, with care staff Cathy Lacey and Lauren Adams, who was among residents to receive the coronavirus vaccine at Bradley Manor care home in north Belfast.

New advice issued on visiting care homes over Christmas

Spain and the Canary Islands now require a negative Covid test from all UK visit...

Maldives, Denmark, Canary Islands and Mykonos have been removed from the UK’s qu...

Everything you need to know about the new test for coronavirus (Photo: Shutterstock)

A new coronavirus saliva test is being trialled in the UK - here’s how it works

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