How often do tempers flare at parish meetings?

Temper, temper

A Zoom video of a disruptive parish council meeting in Handforth, Cheshire, went viral. It is not the first such incident.

— In December 2014 a fight broke out at a meeting of the allotments committee of Brierfcliffe parish council near Burnley, over a former parish councillor’s claim for a right to graze her sheep on council land.

— In October 2015 police were called to a parish council meeting in Long Melford, Suffolk, after members of the public in attendance became an ‘angry mob’.

— In November, police were called to a meeting at Hindolveston parish council in Norfolk following reports of verbal and physical abuse over a planning application.

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How many countries require vaccination ‘passports’?

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— The World Health Organisation lists 119 countries and territories which require a certificate of vaccination against yellow fever if arriving from a country where the disease is active.