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Jumat, 02 April 2021

Woman killed by two escaped dogs in West Midlands - BBC News

A woman has died after being attacked by two escaped dogs in her garden.

Police said the woman, in her 80s, was found suffering from serious injuries at an address in Rowley Regis near Dudley in the West Midlands on Friday.

Despite the efforts of emergency services, she was pronounced dead at the scene in Boundary Avenue.

West Midlands Police said the dogs did not belong to the woman, but managed to get into her garden before attacking her.

Both dogs have been seized to establish their breed.

A 43-year-old local man has been detained on suspicion of being the person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.

He remains in custody for questioning.

Police said the victim sustained dog bite injuries, although a post mortem will take place in due course to establish the cause of death.

A police scene and presence will remain in place in the area as work is carried out to establish the full circumstances of what occurred.

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2021-04-02 19:23:44Z
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Rowley Regis dog attack: Elderly woman dies after two animals attack her in garden - Sky News

A woman in her 80s has died after being attacked by two dogs in her garden, West Midlands Police have said.

The woman, who has not been named, suffered serious bite injuries during the incident earlier today in the Rowley Regis area, south of Dudley.

The dogs did not belong to her, officers have said, and a 43-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of being the person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.

Both animals have been seized by police to establish their breed.

A post-mortem examination will take place and police have said they will remain at the scene while they establish the full circumstances.

Police were called to the address in Boundary Avenue at about 3.20pm.

In a statement, West Midlands Police said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the woman at this deeply distressing time."

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2021-04-02 19:15:47Z
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COVID-19: Boris Johnson warns people not to meet friends and family indoors - even if they have had vaccine - Sky News

The prime minister has warned people not to meet others from different households indoors over Easter, even if they have had a coronavirus vaccine.

Boris Johnson made the call in a video posted on his official Twitter account, asking questions sent in to the government about his roadmap for easing COVID-19 restrictions.

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One of the questions was: "Can I now meet my friends and family members indoors if they are vaccinated?"

The PM said in response: "There I'm afraid the answer is no, because we're not yet at that stage.

"We're still very much in the world where you can meet friends and family outdoors under the rule of six or two households.

"And even though your friends and family members may be vaccinated, the vaccines are not giving 100% protection and that's why we just need to be cautious.

"We don't think that they entirely reduce or remove the risk of transmission."

Groups of up to six people, or two households, can now meet up outside in England, including in private gardens but socialising indoors remains banned.

Under the government's plan for easing COVID rules, the earliest date that friends and families could socialise indoors is 17 May.

On that date, the rule of six or two households is set to apply inside.

More than 31 million people in the UK have received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.

The government has set a target of offering every adult in the UK a vaccine by the end of July.

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2021-04-02 16:05:18Z
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Nicola Sturgeon says Alex Salmond's Alba Party does not qualify for TV leaders' debates - Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon has said she does not believe Alex Salmond’s new pro-independence party qualifies for being part of the TV leaders’ debates.

The First Minister said “objectively” she cannot see how the Alba Party meets the conditions.

The relationship between Sturgeon and Salmond, her predecessor as SNP First Minister, was destroyed over an unlawful Government probe into his conduct.

It led to Salmond launching a rival party, which he leads, for the Holyrood election.

Salmond has demanded his new party is included in live TV debates - insisting there is an “unanswerable” case for doing so.

The former SNP leader is to write to the broadcasters and regulator Ofcom in a bid to ensure “fairness and parity of coverage” in the election campaign.

Salmond has insisted the importance of arguments over independence in the campaign means it is crucial his party is included in further debates.

He said his name had been “mentioned a number of times with no recourse” in the first television debate this.

He added: “There is however a further important reason favouring Alba inclusion in the leadership debates – the dominating issue of the election is independence. If the TV companies stick to their present position, every debate will be imbalanced three to two against independence. With Alba’s representation, at a stroke, the independence argument will be balanced three apiece.”

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At a press briefing, Sturgeon said she does not get to decide who takes part in TV debates.

But she said: “Looking at it objectively, in terms of the conditions I understand that have to be met, I can’t see that his party meets those conditions, but that’s a matter for the broadcasters and OFCOM.”

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2021-04-02 15:26:59Z
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COVID-19: England's R number could be as high as 1 and infections may have stopped shrinking, says SAGE - Sky News

England's R number could be as high as 1 and case numbers may have stopped shrinking, according to government scientists' latest estimates.

The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) estimates England's latest R number to be between 0.8 and 1 - up from between 0.7 and 0.9 across the whole of the UK last week.

Its COVID-19 growth rate is now thought to be between -4% and 0%, which means that the number of cases is "broadly flat" or shrinking by up to 4% every day.

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R - or the reproduction number - represents the average number of people someone with coronavirus will go on to infect.

If the figure is above 1 the epidemic will grow exponentially, but if it is below 1 it is getting smaller.

This means that every 10 people who test positive for COVID in England will currently pass it on to an average of eight to 10 others.

This week, scientists have not published a UK-wide estimate as they usually do, claiming that "given the increasingly localised approach to managing the epidemic", those figures are "less meaningful than previously and may not accurately reflect the current picture".

The R number varies from region to region, but all parts of England have an upper boundary of 1, according to the latest estimates.

North East and North West England are the highest at 0.8 to 1, with all other regions falling somewhere between 0.7 and 1.

Case rates appear to be shrinking most in the East of England, where the growth rate is between -6% and -1%, followed by London, the Midlands, the South East and South West, where infections are falling by up to 5% every day.

But scientists caution that those regions' figures are "based on low numbers of cases" or "dominated by clustered outbreaks" so may not be as accurate as usual.

The latest figures come after lockdown restrictions eased in England on Monday, allowing up to six people or two households to meet in private gardens.

Police forces up and down the country have warned people not to flout the rules this Bank Holiday weekend, as they fear the long weekend and warm weather could encourage people to meet indoors or in large groups.

They say it could ruin progress made by three months of lockdown and the vaccine programme.

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COVID-19: England's R number could be as high as 1 and infections may have stopped shrinking, says SAGE - Sky News

England's R number could be as high as 1 and cases may have stopped shrinking, according to government scientists' latest estimates.