Southland

A Gore meat processing plant that closed due to financial woes appears to have been bought back by one of its previous co-owners and there are signs of life on the property.

Greenpeace says Gore is not out of the woods yet in regards to nitrate in the water, but the council says levels are going down all the time and are of acceptable standard.

The Books Alive programme returns to the Deep South next week.

A hunting lobby group wants white-tailed deer classed as a herd of special interest as pressure goes on their existence in the South.