Archive for April, 2010

Pet shop probe after dog’s death

A Sheffield pet shop suspends two of its employees after a Shih Tzu puppy dies during a grooming appointment.

Watt family terrorised neighbours

A family whose eldest son murdered the man they kept as a slave, was infamous for terrorising neighbours on Luton’s housing estates.

The Full Election Story: 22 April

All the key points, analysis and reaction from the General Election campaign 2010.

Election 2010: West Wales hunting

Is hunting an issue for the voters of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire?

Election 2010: West Wales hunting

Is hunting an issue for the voters of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire?

Shot Pc patron of dogs’ charity

A police officer who was shot as she confronted armed robbers in Lancashire, becomes an ambassador of a national dogs charity.

Puppy dumped at motorway services

Dog wardens appeal for witnesses after a puppy is abandoned at Keele services in Staffordshire.

Dog chomps charity figs painting

Cocker spaniel puppy Daisy developed a taste for art when she chews on a specially created lot for a London charity auction.

Day in pictures

Striking images from around the world on Thursday, 8 April 2010.

Pentecostals find fertile ground in Latin America

Steve O’Hagan reports on the steep rise of Pentecostal Evangelical churches in Central America.