the times | Tuesday October 20 2020 2GM 19
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A primary school teacher died after she
was attacked by a herd of stampeding
cows on a family holiday, an inquest has
been told.
Marian Clode, 61, from Hyde, Great-
er Manchester, had been walking with
relatives near St Cuthbert’s Cave,
Northumberland, in April 2016. She
and her family were going uphill along
a bridle path when about 15 cows
appeared in their way.
The inquest in Newcastle was told
that Alistair Nixon, a farmer, had
planned to move his herd of 140 cows
from their winter shed. Some of the
animals had escaped as they were herd-
ed down the bridle path to a field.
Mrs Clode had been about 30ft in
front of her relatives when the cows ap-
peared on the track ahead of them. Her
daughter Lucy Rowe, 38, said that her
husband, Kevin, had thrown their
children over the barbed wire fence
while her mother “tucked herself away”
to stay as still as possible.
Mrs Rowe said: “I looked up and
there were about 15 cows stampeding
towards my mum and that was when I
realised we were in trouble. I got over
the fence and cut my knees on the
barbed wire. The cattle were running
very fast. The lead cow, a big black cow,
slowed and it must have caught sight of
my mum. It stood back and hit her. It
backed up again and hit her again. It hit
her and she flew over the fence like a rag
Energy price cap extended
until the end of next year
Simon Duke
Ministers have extended the price cap
on energy bills until the end of next
year in a boost to households that do
not shop around for the lowest prices.
The move will prevent about 11 mil-
lion homes on standard variable rates
from being overcharged, according to
the Department for Business, Energy
and Industrial Strategy.
The government introduced the cap
on standard tariffs at the start of last
year to stop customers who do not
switch tariffs from being ripped off.
These households, which tend to be
more vulnerable, save between £75 and
£100 a year on dual fuel bills as a result.
The government could have lifted
the price cap at the end of the year, pro-
vided that “conditions for effective
competition” were in place.
However, the watchdog Ofgem and
ministers judged that competition in
the sector was still not vigorous
enough, and the regulator was
concerned that energy providers would
revert to charging unfair prices.Cow tossed walker
in air ‘like a rag doll’
doll. We had to jump on to the fence and
scare the animals so they backed away.”
Mrs Clode was flown to the Royal
Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle but
could not be saved.
Wayne Owens, an inspector with the
Health and Safety Executive, said that
cows with young calves posed a danger
to walkers. “It is well established gui-
dance [that] cows, all cattle, pose a risk,
but particularly cows with calves,” he
said.
The inquest comes after the deaths
this year of three people who were
attacked by cows in Yorkshire. In Junean 82-year-old man died after he was
attacked by a herd of cows while walk-
ing in the Yorkshire dales.
Last month Dave Clark, a deputy
head teacher from Richmond, North
Yorkshire, was killed after being tram-
pled by cows as he walked his dog in a
field. Weeks later, on October 1, a man
died and a woman was seriously injured
in Netherton, West Yorkshire.
Since 2015 the executive has invest-
igated 142 incidents involving attacks
by cattle. In 22 cases someone was
killed, most of them farm workers.
The inquest continues.Charlotte Wace
Northern Correspondent
Marian Clode was
flown to hospital in
Newcastle but diedT
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in order to poke fun at
Mike Pence, the US
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