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Father and son die after falling into silage tank

Alan Ford, 72, and son Rick, 42, were working at the Cheshire farm and fell into the tank on Wednesday.

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#3406
First seen
27 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Last checked
27 Aug 2026, 18:26 UTC
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3 versions
Current fingerprint
be8f3c0d1245...63e687
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Publisher
BBC News England
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
27 Aug 2026, 16:51 UTC
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Alan Ford, 72, and son Rick, 42, were working at the Cheshire farm and fell into the tank on Wednesday.
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    Revision observed

    Father and son die after falling into silage tank

    Alan Ford, 72, and son Rick, 42, were working at the Cheshire farm and fell into the tank on Wednesday.

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    Revision observed

    Two farm workers die after falling into silage tank

    The men, aged 42 and 72, who were working at the Cheshire farm, fell into the tank on Wednesday.

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    Initial capture

    Two farm workers fall in industrial tank

    Two men, who were working at the farm in Cheshire, fell into the tank on Wednesday, police say.

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#3229
Observed
27 Aug 2026, 16:56 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
15,138 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt
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