Instead it sent out a blanket memo requiring hundreds of remote workers to report back to the office beginning June 1.

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"While an investigation report into a remote 440km per hour (270 mph) impact crash and subsequent fire which destroyed much of the evidence is always open to criticism, based on its initial reading of the 75 page report, the ATSB does not accept the coroner's criticisms, " it said in a statement.

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In some areas, farmers had moved production to more remote and difficult plots, the report said.

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In panic, Mr Hilli reversed the car into a bank of earth surrounding the remote car park above the hamlet of Chevaline, the report suggests, trapping the back axle and preventing his escape.

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Professor Mark Griffiths, from Nottingham Trent University's International Gaming Research Unit and a contributor to the BMA report, added he was particularly worried about "remote gambling" via the internet, mobile phones and TV.

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The report documented the various issues facing staff and patients in remote and rural areas.

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The call comes after a recent report published by Citizens Advice Scotland, showing that people living in some remote and rural areas of Scotland are paying extra money to have goods bought online delivered to their homes.

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