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Maximus appeal: 'Critical' stray cat attracts global supportAn appeal for a seriously ill cat which was left abandoned has attracted funds from as far as the United States.Maximus, who is about 12, was rescued by Stray Cat Rescue Team West Midlands after spending a decade on the streets.He was picked up in Great Barr, Sandwell, last week with FIV - an immunodeficiency virus similar to HIV - and claws so long he could not walk.Rescue Team founder Lucy Strickland said people from as far afield as Texas have sent donations for his care."Even if he only has a couple of weeks, or a couple of months, of happiness, we've done our job," she said, as the fundraising total reached more than £6,000.
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Archaeologists accidentally break eggs that had been going off for 1,700 yearsCracked shells released overpowering ‘potent stenchArchaeologists accidentally broke three Roman eggs that had been going off for 1,700 years.The excavators unearthed a basket of four chickens’ eggs in a waterlogged pit during a dig in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.Three of the eggs cracked, releasing an overpowering “potent stench”, however the team managed to preserve the fourth one – making it the only complete Roman chicken’s egg found in Britain.
