Minggu, 28 Mei 2023

Girl, 5, dies in house fire near Crymych, Pembrokeshire - Sky News

A five-year-old girl has died after a house fire in Pembrokeshire.

Alysia Salisbury - who was described by her family as "a beautiful daughter and sister" - died at the scene of the blaze, Dyfed-Powys Police said.

Emergency crews were called to the fire in the Pontyglasier area, near Crymych, shortly before 10pm on Saturday.

Detective Chief Inspector Llyr Williams said: "Our thoughts are with the family and the local community at this tragic time.

"HM Coroner has been informed and officers will now work with colleagues from the fire service to establish the cause of the fire.

"The family request privacy at this difficult time."

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Alysia's family is being supported by specialist officers, police said.

The operation on Saturday evening involved fire crews from a wide area of West Wales, including Crymych, Cardigan, Newcastle Emlyn, Whitland and Fishguard.

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2023-05-28 12:11:15Z
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Plans for supermarket price cap on basic food - BBC

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The government is discussing plans for supermarkets to introduce a cap on the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising cost of living.

A voluntary agreement with major retailers could see price reductions on basic food items like bread and milk.

Food prices rose by 19.1% in the year to April - its second highest rate in 45 years.

Downing Street sources have stressed that there are no plans for a mandatory price cap.

The idea of a cap or freeze on basic food items, as first reported by the Daily Telegraph, is said to be at the "drawing board stage".

Supermarkets are expected to be allowed to select which items they would cap and only take part in the initiative, modelled on a similar agreement in France, on a voluntary basis.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay told BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that "this is about having constructive discussions with supermarkets about how we work together, not about any element of compulsion".

He added that the government was also keen to protect "suppliers who themselves face considerable pressures".

For Labour, shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth told the same programme that the reports were "extraordinary", saying "Rishi Sunak is now like a latter day Edward Heath with price controls".

However there is some doubt over what impact a price cap of food will have.

The British Retail Consortium says that the government should focus more on cutting red tape rather than "recreating 1970s-style price controls".

"This will not make a jot of difference to prices. High food prices are a direct result of the soaring cost of energy, transport, and labour, as well as higher prices paid to food manufacturers and farmers," says Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the BRC."As commodity prices drop, many of the costs keeping inflation high are now arising from the muddle of new regulation coming from government. Rather than recreating 1970s-style price controls, the government should focus on cutting red tape so that resources can be directed to keeping prices as low as possible."

Earlier this week the boss of the Sainsbury's denied that his supermarket had been profiteering.

Simon Roberts said his business was "absolutely not" putting prices up to bolster profits - known as "greedflation".

He told the BBC that Sainsbury's and other grocery chains had spent money to "battle inflation" and avoid passing all of the rising costs onto consumers.

The competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority, has said it will look at how the grocery market is operating.

At a meeting with food manufacturers last week the chancellor Jeremy Hunt stressed widespread concern about prices and agreed to engage with the industry on possible measures to ease pressure on household budgets.

Mr Hunt has said he would back an increase in interest rates if it curbed higher prices and soaring inflation - even if that risked plunging the UK into recession.

"Businesses don't have a price cap like consumers do and yet some smaller businesses buy energy like consumers do so it's been really hard for them to keep going," Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chamber of Commerce, told the same programme.

The rate of inflation can be calculated in various ways, but the main measure is the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) - which tracks the prices of everyday items in an imaginary "basket of goods".

The last figure for CPI was 8.7% in the year to April, down from 10.1% in March and 11.1% in October.

Soaring prices of some food products has meant inflation has not come down by as much as many predicted.

Experts have warned that expensive food is set to overtake energy bills as the "epicentre" of the cost-of-living crisis.

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Two men dead after being pulled from sea in Devon - The Independent

Two men in their 20s have died after being pulled from the sea in Devon, leading emergency services to urge “everybody to be vigilant to the dangers of the coast” over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Police were called at around 9am on Saturday to assist the Coastguard following reports of concern for two people in the water off the coast of Oddicombe, Torbay.

Following an emergency rescue operation, the two men, who were both in their 20s, were pulled from the water and one was declared dead at the scene.

The second man died after being taken to Torbay District Hospital.

Superintendent Ben Davies said: “With more people likely to be out near water this Bank Holiday weekend, emergency services are urging everybody to be vigilant to the dangers of the coast and follow water safety advice.”

Devon & Cornwall Police said both of the men’s next of kin have been informed, and inquiries continue while a file will be prepared for the coroner.

The operation involved the Coastguard Rescue Team from Torbay and the RNLI’s inshore lifeboat from Teignmouth & Dawlish.

The Devon Air Ambulance was despatched, and Devon and Cornwall Police and the South Western Ambulance Service were also involved.

This comes after Cumbria Police named Lewis Michael Kirkpatrick as the 15-year-old boy whose body was found in a Carlisle river.

Lewis, who was from Carlisle, was found shortly after 1.30pm on Saturday after emergency services received reports that he and three other teenage boys had got into trouble in the River Eden on Friday evening.

A 14-year-old who was airlifted to hospital on Friday remains in a critical condition, while one of the group managed to swim to safety and another was rescued by a member of the public, the force said.

Officers were alerted to the four boys struggling in the water in the city’s Rosehill area at 6.41pm on Friday, prompting the launch of a large multi-agency search.

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2023-05-28 11:27:59Z
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'My mam died - help me': Greggs bag message found with abandoned fox cub - Sky News

An orphaned fox cub is being cared for after being abandoned at the side of the road with a plea for help written on a Greggs bag.

The little animal, which is being looked after at an RSPCA wildlife centre, was found in a carrier box in the village of Langley Moor, Co Durham, on 24 May.

With it was a note which read: "My mam died - help me."

Image: The message was written on a Greggs paper bag

RSPCA rescue officer Shane Lynn, who collected the cub and took it to the vets for a check-up, said: "It is heartbreaking what happened to this poor fox cub but we are so grateful that he was found and is now in a safe place where he can recuperate.

"It is very sad that he isn't growing up in the wild with his mum but we are so grateful to all the members of the public for contacting us about him and taking the time to rescue and save his life.

"It's a lovely reminder that there's so many wildlife friends out there."

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Image: The little animal is now in a 'safe place'

The RSPCA has reminded members of the public that if they see a wild animal they believe to be orphaned, it should be monitored in case its mother is nearby.

If there are no signs of any parents after 24 hours, they should visit the RSPCA website for advice on next steps.

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Boy, 15, who died in River Eden named by police - BBC

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A teenage boy who died in a river has been named by police.

Rescue teams found 15-year-old Lewis Michael Kirkpatrick in the River Eden, Carlisle, shortly after 13:30 BST on Saturday.

Cumbria Police's search operation began after receiving reports that four teenagers had got into difficulty while in the water.

A 14-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital and remains in a critical condition.

One of the boys managed to swim to safety and another was saved by a member of the public.

They had to be checked over by medics but were unhurt.

People in the Rosehill area, close to where the boy's body was found, described the news on Saturday as "shocking" and "a tragedy".

Local fire and rescue services have issued a warning over the dangers of swimming in open water.

Cumberland Council's deputy leader Lisa Brown said "my heart goes out to the families involved".

"It's such a tragic incident. I've got children myself and you don't imagine anything like this happening.

"The council will be there where it's needed in the next stages to work out what happened and what we can do to get the message out that swimming can be dangerous.

"We need to do more to prevent this from ever happening again."

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2023-05-28 10:43:23Z
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DCI John Caldwell: New IRA wiped CCTV footage as seven charged over murder bid - Belfast Telegraph

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2023-05-28 06:25:00Z
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Four MPs claimed driving fines on expenses - and now have to pay the money back - Sky News

A Tory minister and three other MPs claimed hundreds of pounds of driving fines on expenses - despite it being against the rules. 

They are now being contacted and asked to repay the money.

Amanda Solloway, a minister in the energy department who used to serve under Suella Braverman at the Home Office, was one of the MPs who claimed for the fines.

The Derby North MP, who is also a government whip, claimed back an £80 fixed penalty notice issued by Transport for London in July 2020.

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Fellow Conservative MP Simon Hoare, who represents North Dorset, claimed four times for £80 fines issued in November 2019.

Mr Hoare is also chair of the Northern Ireland affairs committee in the Commons.

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While Bim Afolami, another Tory MP, claimed for two £80 fines in December 2021.

Mr Afolami, whose constituency is Hitchin and Harpenden, told the PA news agency the expenses claim was "completely inadvertent".

"All money repaid the moment that I knew about it," he added.

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Dave Doogan, SNP MP for Angus, claimed for a £160 fine in January 2022.

The claims were detailed in the expenses register and first revealed by The Independent.

Dave Doogan, the Scottish National Party MP for Angus
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The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), which approves and pays expenses, admitted it wrongfully allowed the payments to be made.

A spokesperson for the watchdog said: "MPs are not allowed to claim for penalty charges and fines under IPSA rules.

"IPSA's checks failed in some cases to identify these claims and some of them were paid.

"We will contact MPs and ask them to repay, where appropriate. We have changed our process to ensure any future such claims are not paid, and will reiterate the scheme rules to MPs."

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The controversy comes after Rishi Sunak decided not to launch a formal investigation into Suella Braverman following reports she asked civil servants to arrange a private awareness course after she was caught speeding.

Labour's shadow Commons leader, Thangam Debbonaire, told The Independent: "While Rishi Sunak's MPs break the rules and try and make the taxpayer pick up the bill, working people are left struggling to cope with the soaring Tory cost-of-living crisis.

"Tory MPs flouting the rules damages public confidence in the system. Rishi Sunak must clamp down on the rule-breakers in his party and get on with delivering for the British people."

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