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Animal rights group Peta moans that the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships should be VEGAN

Animal rights group Peta moans that the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships should be VEGAN

Animal rights campaigners have demanded the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships use vegan alternatives, arguing it was wrong for the 'blood and fat' of pigs to be hurled for 'a bit of fun'.

The annual competition, held in Ramsbottom, Lancashire, sees rivals throw bloody sausages in a bid to knock traditional Yorkshire and Lancashire black puddings off a 20ft high plinth.

Record numbers of police on long-term sick leave costs taxpayer nearly £3million per week - with Federation blaming 'poor management, rising assaults and increasing workloads'

Record numbers of police on long-term sick leave costs taxpayer nearly £3million per week - with Federation blaming 'poor management, rising assaults and increasing workloads'

Record numbers of police are on long-term sick leave, with critics blaming poor management, rising levels of violence and increasing workloads for the problem.

Home Office figures show that the equivalent of 3,358 full-time officers across 43 forces were absent through sickness, at a cost to the taxpayer of nearly £3 million a week.

Victory for fed-up California beach town locals who were being kept awake all night by noisy Waymo charging station

Victory for fed-up California beach town locals who were being kept awake all night by noisy Waymo charging station

An iconic California beach town's frustrated locals have clinched an important legal win after complaining that a noisy Waymo charging station had been keeping them up all night for more than a year. 

Waymo was ordered to stop using two charging facilities from 11pm to 6am in Santa Monica on Monday in a preliminary injunction granted by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Bradley S. Phillips.

Train operators spend £13m on hiring taxis to move staff around the country - including the time that rail alternative was 'too cold'

Train operators spend £13m on hiring taxis to move staff around the country - including the time that rail alternative was 'too cold'

Train operators across Britain have spent more than £13million on hiring taxis for staff because of rail disruptions – including when an alternative rail service was 'too cold'. 

Over 395,000 taxi bookings – funded by ticket fares and the Department for Transport – were made by staff by train operators since January 2025, figures gathered from freedom of information requests have revealed. 

PETER HITCHENS: Did police help Letby witness revise key evidence - when new facts wrecked his story?

PETER HITCHENS: Did police help Letby witness revise key evidence - when new facts wrecked his story?

It's like a scene from one of those hard-bitten American crime movies of the 1930s. The police and a key prosecution witness are discussing problems with their evidence in a fast-approaching trial.

It turns out that the facts in the case have changed, rather awkwardly. It is a glum scene. And the cops say to the witness: ‘Yeah, we can’t change the data.’ And then they say: ‘But we can change the interpretation of it.’

Civil servants get extra holidays and bonus pay for taking up 'hardship posts'... in exotic holiday spots including Bali, the Maldives and Abu Dhabi

Civil servants get extra holidays and bonus pay for taking up 'hardship posts'... in exotic holiday spots including Bali, the Maldives and Abu Dhabi

Foreign Office mandarins serving in Bali, the Maldives and Abu Dhabi get extra holidays and bonus pay for 'hardship', The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Under generous taxpayer-funded deals, staff get 'breathers' for taking up 'hardship posts'. These are supposed to be in places where there are security threats, high levels of crime or air pollution.

US billionaire enrages neighbours by trucking thousands of gallons of water to his Wiltshire estate amid drought

US billionaire enrages neighbours by trucking thousands of gallons of water to his Wiltshire estate amid drought

An American private equity billionaire is trucking up to 13,000 gallons of water daily to his country estate in Wiltshire – despite a ban on tankers filling up from nearby mains.

Blackstone boss Stephen Schwarzman, 79, who is one of Wall Street's most powerful financiers, has infuriated neighbours of Conholt Park, near Andover, who face hosepipe bans following the warmest spring on record and a drought.

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