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Angry locals in towns and villages all over the UK have put up signs demanding that second home owners leave and return to their city properties amid the coronavirus outbreak. Londoners and people living in big cities all over the UK are flocking to the seaside and their second homes to escape the virus, drawing the ire of locals. Now, furious locals in St Ives, Cornwall have scrawled messages on the beach demanding second home owners leave. An even more furious sign has appeared in Bala, north Wales, which says 'Go home rats'. It come as the government urged people...

Cornwall will have to wait until this afternoon to see if the Tories will retain all six seats in the county. The count for the St Ives constituency, which covers Penzance, Helston and the Isles of Scilly, has been postponed because ballots boxes from the Scillies have not yet been collected from the islands due to bad weather. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_HObrJCJb4&list=PLA-P4u-5B0BMYwLHTU51W67NRBiGS_q2E&index=130

Two British pilots have confirmed they will make an attempt on the world manned balloon altitude record on Wednesday after they were thwarted by adverse cloud conditions on Tuesday. BALLOON RECORD ATTEMPT The next launch opportunity is 0700 BST on Wednesday The projected flight path will go out over the Atlantic Ocean The British Airways Concorde will be diverted to the south The team decided on Tuesday evening that they would launch their bid after meteorologists predicted favourable conditions for Wednesday. They plan to begin inflating the envelope ready for launch around 0700 BST (0600 GMT). Colin Prescot and Andy...