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Bear freed by villagers after falling 10ft into empty water tankA "furious" bear was freed by villagers after falling into a 10ft deep water tank.Residents in the Shopian district of Kashmir, India, discovered the animal on 22 January, after it had fallen in overnight.Locals suspect it could have accidentally tumbled into the water tank while coming down from a nearby hill to search for food.Weighing in at 170kg, the bear had to be tranquilised before wildlife protection officials managed to drag it out in a net, before transporting it to a wildlife park where it will be released back into the wild.
Man who took uncle into Carlow post office to collect his pension 'didn't know he was dead'A man who brought his dead uncle into a post office to collect his pension has insisted: “I wasn’t trying to rob him. I’m not an eejit.”Declan Haughney insisted that he didn’t realise Peadar Doyle, 66, was dead.
Cake and singing on PM’s birthday was not a party, says Grant ShappsBoris Johnson’s gathering with birthday cake in the cabinet room was not a party, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has said, denying the prime minister had organised the event.
‘I don’t seek to defend it’: Grant Shapps admits Boris Johnson’s lockdown birthday party was wrongNo 10 has defended the party, saying: “A group of staff working in No. 10 that day gathered briefly in the Cabinet Room after a meeting to wish the prime minister a happy birthday. He was there for less than ten minutes.”But the Covid regulations expert and QC Adam Wagner warned: “It’s an indoor social gathering – it lasted 30 mins and the PM apparently stayed for 10.“Pre-arranged in a particular room and food was bought. It’s obviously not within the rules and nobody from the government at the time would have said for a moment it was.”
Sue Gray report delayed 'probably for many weeks' as Met Police probes No10 partiesAn internal inquiry into allegedly rule-breaking Downing Street parties will "probably" not be published for "many weeks" after the Metropolitan Police confirmed it had launched its own investigation.
Stab victim’s family praise driver who ‘killed knifeman’Man arrested on suspicion of murder deserves an honour, say relatives
Sue Gray to report on No 10 parties while Met investigatesCivil servant plans to publish findings on alleged rule-breaking this weekSue Gray, the civil servant investigating lockdown parties in Downing Street, still intends to publish her report this week despite a police inquiry into potential criminality, The Times understands.Whitehall sources said that Gray had cleared publication with the Metropolitan Police and plans to hand it to Boris Johnson this week. They added that while the final decision on whether to publish would be in the hands of the prime minister they expected that it would be released in full.