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News 24^th  February
In Cambridgeshire, a lorry driver noticed that there were people in his lorry when he stopped at the service area.  Remember last year 39 Vietnamese people died in the back of a lorry.  This was the same –  a refrigerated lorry.  He called the police and the ambulance and the people were OK but they have to go to an immigration centre.  Lucky.
UK People have rushed to book their holidays after the Prime Minster set out the roadmap to reduce restrictions.  He is optimistic that everyone will be free by the summer.  Easyjet has a big increase in flight bookings – three times the numbers from the last week.  However, you are still banned from going to Spain from the UK until 16^th March.
It is a great idea to plant more trees. It helps the climate.  So the Forestry commission is planting as many as possible all over the UK.  The target is 50 million new trees.  But people working in conservation says these are the wrong trees in the wrong places.  They say these are not trees from the UK and they can wreck the environment and also change the wildlife.  One area of problem is where there are bogs (very wet ground) and grasslands – these areas have special UK plants.  Big argument is going on.
Hungary does not have enough babies.  There is a campaign to persuade young people to have babies because the population numbers are reducing.
Duke of Edinburgh has to stay in hospital for a few more days.  He has an infection but there are no details.  He is 99 years old.