Watch: BBC follows a dog meat farm rescue operation in South Korea When he isn’t preaching the word of God, Reverend Joo Yeong-bong is raising dogs for slaughter. Business is not going well though. In fact, it’s on the brink of becoming illegal. “Since last summer we’ve been trying to sell our dogs, but the...
Volunteers are needed to become puppy raisers to meet the demand for trained guide dogs in the south west. The Guide Dogs charity said it was seeking people in Devon and Cornwall prepared to train and home more than 200 dogs while they go through months of training. Leah Rogers, the charity’s puppy raising manager,...
Voters across England are heading to the polls to choose councillors and mayors. For plenty of them, it was the perfect excuse to take the dog for a walk too. Getty Images Lucy the Yorkshire terrier attended the Royal British Legion polling station in Runcorn, with her owner. The Runcorn and Helsby by-election was triggered...
Polling station staff can help you, or you can bring someone with you. In England, anyone over the age of 18 can help you cast your vote. They do not need to be eligible to vote in the election. Polling stations should have large-print sample ballot papers and tactile voting devices to help people with...
Sebastian Usher & David Gritten BBC News Reuters Mahmoud Abbas told a meeting in Ramallah that Hamas had given Israel “excuses” to continue the Gaza war Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas “sons of dogs” in a fiery speech in which he demanded the group release the hostages it is still holding, disarm, and hand over...
One of the great ironies of any movement hoping to build a utopia is that as it gains success it begins to self-destruct. Coalitions that are carefully built up around common causes begin to fray, and the contempt each has for the ultimate vision of the other generates friction at first and ultimately spawns conflict...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter Reporting fromWoodbury Common BBC Nell Parry said she and her dog Indie had got a lot out of the guided dog walks Dogs and their owners are being encouraged to enjoy the countryside in a way that respects the environment as the number of dog walkers increases. Local authorities...
I’m starting to feel like a psychic as opposed to a psycho. No sooner do I get my VIP post up about Dems telling Dems how to win again – a surefire stra-tee-gery always develops when bubble people chirp at each other – then Democrats in Arizona take Winning Suggestion Number Four to heart. Be...
           Slaughter And The Dogs Manchester Rebellion April 6th  2025 Live Review Mancunian punk legends play rare hometown sold out show with reshuffled line up and their glam punk brings the house down. The recent trials and tribulations in the SATD camp are well documented...
RSPCA Vets said the dogs were suffering from neglect, anxiety and fear A man has been jailed for keeping 18 collie dogs in “appalling” conditions at his caravan home in Iddesleigh in Devon. Police were called to the caravan in February last year after 61-year-old Stephen Sturman was reported missing. Exeter magistrates court heard officers...
