It is not clear what the man was doing, but it appeared that the snake might not have been having the best of times.

Animal welfare charity Viva! scores another victory in their long-standing kangaroo campaign as companion animal supplies retailer Pets at Home discontinues the sale of dog treats that contain kangaroo meat. Viva! contacted Pets at Home after an animal advocate reported seeing kangaroo meat dog treats on sale. Pets at Home CEO Peter Pritchard responded positively, confirming that as the treats do not meet their ethical standards, they would discontinue sales. Pets at Home stocked two variations of the 100 per...

Regular Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) checks should be an integral part of the compliance management system of every regulated business. To build a strong and robust fraud-prevention system, companies need to incorporate effective anti-money laundering measures into their business processes. To do this, every company needs to know the process of how and when it should do AML and KYC checks. Before carrying out these checks, it’s vital to understand what these processes entail. What...

Tot Maryam had eight four-hour operations to drain her head from the excess fluid

National Crime Agency investigators have discovered a sophisticated guns and ammo factory on an industrial estate in Hailsham, East Sussex.

Dundee’s first brewery in almost 50 years, 71 Brewing launched last year, hoping to revive the lost art of brewing in Scotland’s fourth city. Having discovered a newfound passion for beer when visiting family in Melbourne, Australia, Managing Director Duncan Alexander eventually teamed up with Mark Griffiths to launch 71 Brewing in the city where Alexander grew up. Having obtained £650,000 in funding from Scottish Enterprise, Regional Selective Assistance, The Scottish Investment Bank and private investment, the brewery took over...

The Conservative Party received more money from dead people in legacies than they did from membership fees from living people last year, party figures show.  Membership plummeted by 40 per cent in 2017, returning just £835,000 to the party's coffers compared to £1.5 million the year before.  But the Conservatives managed to bag £1.7 million from dead people in the form of bequests, compared to £301,000 in 2016. That means they received more from dead people than they did from the living,...

Vincent Dyer, 65, is accused of trying to sell Freud's Portrait of Francis Bacon by listing it on the online auction site

Ashby Police tweeted image of the three men and a woman relaxing with their feet up on a table in the lobby of the abandoned Grade II-listed hotel