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The Blythe family, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, said the changes would make England “one of the safest education systems in the world for pupils with allergies”. “Allergies shaped Benedict’s short life and, ultimately, ended it,” they said. “The law that carries his name will help stop that happening to other children. …

A spokesperson for Lime said they were sorry about the issues caused for the couple. “We acted fast to remove any bikes in Penge when alerted, and have tightened our geofencing to avoid this becoming a regular occurrence.” Bromley Council welcomed the correction to the app but warned it would …

She said: “I can’t really say it was scary because I didn’t know what was happening, but when I woke up I thought of the ‘What ifs?’ “You hear about sexual assaults where young women wake up in bushes naked after being spiked. That could have been me.” Everett said …

She felt “shocked” by the results and went to St James’s Hospital in Leeds, where a scan found a heartbeat and confirmed she was eight weeks pregnant. “Precious Glimpse didn’t examine me properly, she didn’t really go around, she didn’t really spend enough time to make that decision,” she said. …

Wilson said this was not the first instance of vandalism at the site in Sheffield. “Last winter, between December and February, I had a spate of trespassers on the land causing damage,” she said. As a result, she said had already been forced to make changes regarding what items were …

One trial went ahead at the crown court on Thursday, but others were moved, where feasible, to the magistrates’ court off Carrington Street. Other trials have been delayed. It comes as courts across the country are already facing major backlogs. After the crack appeared at the crown court, a large …

Lord Taylor recommended establishing SAGs in his report following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, primarily to consider public safety at football stadiums. However, Skeer said that threats and risks to public safety had “changed dramatically over the last 20 years”. “Music concerts, fairs, airshows and celebrations have all been the setting …

A vintage car, a limousine, perhaps even a horse-drawn carriage… not many couples opt for a dragon boat to get to their wedding reception. That is what Liz Masding, 44, and Mike Markham-Lee, 43, wanted on their special day in Woodbridge, Suffolk. Masding has been a keen dragon boat paddler …

The problem was the money for their luxury lifestyle had come from thousands of people’s pension pots. Three thousand of them had been persuaded to switch their funds from safe, but not exactly exciting, work-place schemes and instead invest them in planting trees in Costa Rica. On the face of …

The bird’s arrival in Lowestoft brings joy to twitchers, but how did it end up so far off course? BBC News

Known locally as someone who is always ready for a chat, he said: “I do quite a lot of chatting – the ratio of chatting to litter picking is probably 50-50 but at least I get it picked up.” Danny Davies chief executive of Rockpoint, the company which is regenerating …

South West Water said it was “aware of reports about odour in the Dawlish Warren area”. It said work at Timaru Sewage Treatment Works “had caused some temporary smells” but this was now complete and the site was back to normal operation. “The prolonged hot, dry weather has also made …

Levent Kerimol is the director of the social enterprise, Community Led Homes. He would like to see more community self-builds, but believes that building your own home is still too difficult in the UK, due to ever more stringent building regulations. “Nowadays construction has become a lot more complicated with …

Elissa and Johnnie believe quality control during the build was lacking and more “stringent legislation” is needed so builders know “they can’t build more rubbish homes”. Elissa says a senior Stonebridge employee told her they were under “pressure” to increase output and sometimes that compromised quality. We asked Stonebridge Homes …

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has said he will sanction oil companies working off the Falklands as he reiterated the country’s claim on the British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean. In a national address, Milei said the “winds of change” favoured Argentina’s claim to the Falklands, pointing to Washington’s …

The bird, affectionately nicknamed Kinky because of the kink in its broken wing, was nursed back to health by its two, unusually caring parents. In an unprecedented display of extended parenting, the two white-tailed parents skipped a year’s breeding season to continue to tend for their year-old offspring. This latest …

Reform UK alleged ‘foreign donations sting’ and Argentine president’s looming ‘threat’ over Falklands are the papers’ top stories. Source link

Saturday is looking fine and dry for England and Wales as hotter air from France makes its way to the UK. In Scotland and Northern Ireland there will also be a lot of dry weather with the chance of a few showers in the west and more cloud through the …

Wallace and Gromit became Aardman’s most famous characters after animator Nick Park joined the studio in 1985. But Gromit was not always a dog. “I had this idea of an English guy who builds a rocket, in the basement of his house,” recalled Park. “I was thinking he may have …

Bronwyn Larry, head of communications for the park authority, said this was not the first instance of wardens discovering “abandoned ‘wild camps'”. “It does seem to be increasing,” she said. “People come to the area to enjoy the beautiful scenery, the beautiful views, but now we are being faced with …