Daily Mirror - 26.08.2019

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Majorca heli

crash kills 7

SEVEN people were killed
in a crash involving a heli-
copter and a light aircraft
in Majorca yesterday.
A German couple and
their two children died
along with their Italian
pilot in the helicopter.
The light aircraft pilot, of
Valencia, and a friend were
killed while out for a ride.
Firefighters tackled a
blaze caused by the falling
debris at Inca.
■ An inquiry is under way
after two people died when
a light aircraft crashed in a
field in Stonor, Oxford-
shire, on Saturday.

Fans’ support

helps Vinnie

HARDMAN Vinnie Jones
has sent thanks to his fans
for their “kind thoughts”
after the death of his
“incredible” wife.
The ex-Wimbledon and
Wales footballer lost his
sweetheart Tanya, 53, last
month after she fought a
six-year battle with cancer.
Lock Stock And Two
Smoking Barrels actor
Jones, 54, said: “Through
this devastating time, you
have helped us enormously
with this heavy grief.”
He had referred to Tanya
as his “perfect match”.

Take 2 plants

twice a day..

DOCTORS are prescribing
plants instead of pills in a
new scheme for patients.
A GP practice is using
the feelgood effects of
greenery and gardening to
treat people with anxiety,
depression and loneliness.
Patients are given a
plant to care for, then bring
to the surgery’s garden, in
Hulme, Manchester.
They can then join in
communal and social
gardening activities.
Dr Philippa James said:
“Two hours a week in a
green space can lift mood.”

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Broke the Bank

Pippa Agius, one, from Salford

BLACKPOOL

Fans carry fans at Yorkshire music festival

LEEDS

Taking a dip at Great Yarmouth Beach

NORFOLK

Record high temperature on August

holiday weekend & more sun to come

33.

Celsius reached yesterday

at Heathrow in hottest

ever August bank holiday

Bog snorkelling in Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys

WALES

Crowds gather to cool down in Lyme Regis

DORSET

IT has been the hottest ever

August bank holiday weekend,

and we are set to see more

sunshine this week.

A record temperature of 33.3C

was recorded at Heathrow, South

West London, the Met Office said.

It beat the previous record of

31.6C in 2001, also at Heathrow.

Elsewhere, the mercury hit 27.1C

in Hawarden, North East Wales,

and 26.2C in Prestwick, South

Ayrshire, yesterday afternoon.

The late summer sunshine is

the result of warm air being

dragged up over the UK from

France, and it comes at the end of

a wet and chilly month.

Met Office meteorologist Sarah

Kent said there is more heat on

the way today. She warned: “It

could be a maximum of 33C

today. There is a lot of sunshine

about to be had, but people need

to exercise some common sense.”

Ms Kent urged people to cover

up at the beach, stay hydrated

and listen to coastguard advice.

Around one million revellers

set to attend the second day of

the Notting Hill Carnival in West

London today are being advised

to drink plenty of water.

Yesterday it emerged that a

man died in the sea near Hell’s

Mouth, Cornwall. The coastguard

and RNLI plucked the local, 63,

from the water on Friday, but he

did not survive. Devon and Corn-

wall Police said he was “a regular

swimmer at that location”.

In South Wales, a woman was

rescued after falling 15ft down a

cliff on Saturday evening. The

victim was airlifted to hospital

with serious injuries from

Mewslade Bay in Rhossili on the

Gower Peninsula.

And in Essex emergency crews

were called to the seafront after

getting several reports of people

coughing and struggling to

breathe. The cause is unknown

and is being investigated.

Speculation of a fuel spill was

not confirmed by police nor the

ambulance service.

And while the bank holiday

weekend was bathed in sunshine,

forecasters are not confident that

Britain will enjoy an Indian

summer. Tomorrow will be

mainly dry and sunny but there

will be more in the way of cloud.

Wednesday is set to be fairly

unsettled with outbreaks of rain,

which could be heavy at times in

northern areas, and lighter in the

south. Some sunny spells are

possible as well. Thursday looks

to be breezier, but dry and bright.

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BY STEPHEN WHITE

Dancing at Notting Hill Carnival

LONDON

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Death of

one of

The Few