Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell has sought to clarify comment in which she appeared to describe grooming gangs as a “dog whistle” issue, after facing a backlash from political opponents. During a heated debate on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions on Friday, commentator and Reform UK member Tim Montgomerie asked Powell if...
An elderly dog has been rescued from a Devon gorge after breaking its leg, a local rescue team said. Dartmoor Search and Rescue Ashburton said the dog, called Cocoa, was located in a remote part of the Dart Gorge on Tuesday. Twenty team members responded to the incident at about 15:40 BST and said the...
AFP Skipped your dog’s walk? That could land you a fine or even a jail term under Indian criminal law In India, you can face criminal charges for tethering an animal on the street, flying a kite in a manner that causes alarm, skipping a school attendance order or handing a feeding bottle to a...
36 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave The Sunday Telegraph leads with Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Vladimir Putin of failing to uphold an “Easter truce” the Russian leader had called for. Putin said he expects Ukraine to follow the truce until the end of Sunday, but Zelensky said Russian artillery had not stopped. The paper also has a...
Juno, in Army green colours, saw off a determined challenge from previous champ Rodney, number 8, to claim victory A dog whose training regime included chasing Edinburgh’s seagulls has claimed victory in this year’s Corgi Derby. Sixteen runners were flagged off by official starter, tennis coach Judy Murray, at the Easter Saturday event at Musselburgh...
Cameron Weldon BBC News, South West BBC Graham Watts said he was reliant on his assistant dog Henry A disabled man said he left a pub out of embarrassment after workers asked for more information about his assistance dog. Graham Watts said he visited the Wetherspoon pub, The Stannary Court in Plympton, Devon, and was...
Time to play The Dog That Didn’t Bark. In this version of the media game, we try to find that strangely silent and altogether unmentioned dog, who had been barking plenty until yesterday. The Wall Street Journal did a deep dive last night into Donald Trump’s decision to pause ‘reciprocal’ tariffs against 75 trading partners...
Simon Ward & Gavin Bevis BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Bhim Kohli, 80, died in hospital after being attacked at Franklin Park The brutal killing of an elderly man, carried out by a racially abusive 14-year-old boy with a thirst for social media notoriety. This is the assessment of Leicestershire Police Det Ch Insp Mark...
Scunthopre Litter Pickers The waste was cleared from the Everest Playing Fields in Ashby A group of volunteer litter pickers have cleaned a playground of 156 bags of discarded dog poo in one day. The waste was found on the Everest Playing Fields in Ashby near Scunthorpe. One of the refuse collectors, Jayne Eaton, described...
BBC Matt’s daughter Lydia was attacked by an XL bully last year A year ago, seven-year-old Lydia was walking to post a letter with her dad when she was savagely attacked by an XL bully that had escaped from a neighbour’s garden. Matt says the day turned to horror in an instant, telling us he...
Plans for a round-the-clock dog washing facility at a car park near Instow in north Devon have been turned down. Barnstaple-based company Dog Wash Express hoped to create the “self-service dog washing unit” near the coast path and Tarka Trail. The dog washing service would have included a blow dryer and a big screen showing...
Neve Gordon-Farleigh BBC News, Essex Instagram The courts heard Fincham’s black cane corso bit a runner in September 2022 and then attacked a woman in June 2024 A former Love Island star who was handed a six-week jail term for dangerous dog offences has won an appeal against his sentence. In September 2022, Jack Fincham’s...