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Labrador named Fred ‘adopts’ a brood of orphaned ducklings — for the second time
Mother stunned after three eggs she bought from Morrisons hatch into ducklingsDeza Empson, 31, bought six Braddock-White Clarence Court eggs and decided to put them in an incubator
Electric police cars ‘running out of puff’ on way to emergenciesElectric police cars are running out of charge when responding to emergencies because the blue lights and sirens drain the batteries, it has been suggested.Officers using environmentally friendly vehicles in rural areas are also struggling to locate charging points, raising questions about their effectiveness.The vast majority of constabularies in England and Wales now include electric vehicles in their fleet, with the Metropolitan Police pledging to be 100 per cent electric by 2030.The Government has pledged to ban the production of all new diesel and petrol vehicles by 2030, leaving police forces urgently looking for alternatives.But the increasing amount of technology carried in them – such as Automatic Number Plate Recognition computers and sophisticated radio equipment – affects battery range.According to a recent Freedom of Information request 10 police forces are yet to purchase any electric vehicles.
Laura Trott, a parliamentary private secretary in the Department of Transport, says she has resigned.Children's minister Will Quince has gone.
Two Brits arrested for beating up Pakistani man in ZakynthosTwo British nationals were arrested early Wednesday morning for the beating of a Pakistani man in the popular tourist resort town of Laganas, on the Greek island of Zakynthos, state-run broadcaster ERT reported.The incident occurred shortly after midnight when a group of British tourists, most of whom were drunk, attacked and started beating a 41-year-old Pakistani man outside a bar, the report said. The victim suffered serious head injuries and had to be transported to hospital where he remains. The motives of the attack were not yet known.Officers who were called at the scene detained two suspects who are now facing possible charges of causing dangerous bodily harm with complicity. Both will appear before a prosecutor on Wednesday.
Cabinet Chancellor Rishi Sunak Health Secretary Sajid JavidMinisters Will Quince, education minister Alex Chalk, solicitor general Robin Walker, education minister John Glen, Treasury minister Victoria Atkins, justice minister Jo Churchill, environment minister Stuart Andrew, housing minister Kemi Badenoch, levelling up minister Neil O'Brien, levelling up minister Alex Burghart, education minister Lee Rowley, business minister Julia Lopez, culture minister Mims Davies, work and pensions minister Rachel Maclean, Home Office minister Mike Freer, equalities ministerParliamentary private secretaries Jonathan Gullis, Northern Ireland Office Saqib Bhatti, Department of Health and Social Care Nicola Richards, Department of Transport Virginia Crosbie, Welsh Office Laura Trott, Department of Transport Felicity Buchan, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Selaine Saxby, Treasury Claire Coutinho, Treasury David Johnston, Department of Education Duncan Baker, Department for Levelling Up Craig Williams, Treasury Mark Logan, Northern Ireland OfficeOthers Bim Afolami, vice-chairman of the Conservative Party for youth Andrew Murrison, trade envoy to Morocco Theodora Clarke, trade envoy to Kenya
Mark Fletcher, PPS at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Sara Britcliffe, PPS at the Department for Education Ruth Edwards, PPS at the Scottish Office Peter Gibson, PPS at the Department for International Trade James Sunderland, PPS at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs David Duguid, Fisheries Envoy and Trade Envoy for Angola and Zambia
Lyme disease: Why it’s on the rise and how to protect yourselfThe bacterial infection is becoming increasinly common among people Lyme disease is a bacterial infection, which is spread by infected ticks that thrive in humid and warm temperatures.
Premature baby stuck in Cyprus hospital as parents face £45k bill to get her home to DevonA family from Devon needs to raise £45k in one week to get their premature baby back home.Bethany and Jan Cleathero's daughter Molly was born 16 weeks early while the family were on holiday in Cyprus.She is now stable, but is being treated in a hospitals an hour away from the hospital her mum is in.Bethany is only allowed to visit Molly for an hour a day, which includes time to get medical updates. It means Bethany is left with just 20 minutes a day to bond with her newborn baby. Bethany’s husband Jan had to fly home with their other two children, so she is currently alone.She told ITV dealing with the stress of a premature birth is traumatic, especially in a foreign country where language is a barrier and the family have no support network.Bethany, who lives in Collumpton, was considered fit to fly out on holiday and her family thought their insurance was adequate.But Molly needs neo-natal hospital treatment and the medical bills of about 1,000 euros (£860) a day are mounting up.
Jacob Young, the MP for Redcar... resigned as housing and local government parliamentary private secretaryDanny Kruger... resigned as parliamentary private secretary to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesJames Daly, parliamentary private secretary to the Department of Work and Pensions, resigned from his role "with great regret"David Mundell also resigned from his role as trade envoy to New ZealandThe prime minister has sacked Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary, Michael Gove.
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