Day: September 25, 2018

    Luisa Cieslak said the dog began attacking her pet poodle Cha Cha after it entered through the open back door of her house in Wood Green, north London on 15 September. As the 61-year-old tried to protect her pet the creature turned on her, sinking its teeth into her hands and leaving deep wounds. Cha Cha died from her injuries. Ms Cieslak, who suffers with angina, ileostomy and diabetes, told The Sun that it was the most terrifying moment of my life. She added: I thought the dog was going to kill me. After suffering cuts and ligament damage to her hands, Ms Cieslak said she didn't believe they would ever be the same again. She added that her 98-year-old mother was hospitalised with shock, while her daughter Belinda who was also present at the time of the attack ...

    A pensioner has been found alive and well in a care home five days after a fire tore through the rest of the building. The 74-year-old man was sitting in his apartment in the Washington DC complex and is expected to survive. He was found by a team assessing the damage to the four-storey retirement block, which had been home to more than 100 elderly people. Mayor Muriel Bowser said: The resident was found by crews hired by the building owners to evaluate the safety of the structure. It appears that, based on the report that I got from the building workers, that he was sitting in his apartment. One rescuer said: And he wanted to walk out, but we put him in a chair. For someone who has been in that situation for as long as he has, he seemed in incredibly good shape....

    Labour is likely to vote down any withdrawal agreement Theresa May reaches with the EU, even if the alternative she presents is crashing out without a deal, the party’s Brexit spokesman has said. Keir Starmer predicted the deal the prime minister was likely to secure in the coming weeks would fail Labour’s six tests, so the party was preparing to reject it in parliament. In a speech to Labour’s conference in Liverpool on Tuesday, Starmer will formalise the party’s resolve to try to scupper any agreement that amounts to a blind Brexit. He will say: If Theresa May brings back a deal that fails our tests and that looks increasingly likely Labour will vote against it. No ifs, no buts. On Today, Starmer rejected May’s argument that the alternative to the deal she hoped ...

    Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester Queen Elizabeth II was spotted feeding a horse last weekend while on her way to a hunting trip with her friends. Her Majesty stopped her Range Rover to feed a chestnut horse with a handful of treats. Kat Clementine, a journalist for Express, said that this is the Queen’s last week in Balmoral since her summer vacation is coming to an end. During her recent sighting, the Queen was photographed in her grey anorak, a silk headscarf, and a pair of sunglasses. She also inspected her horses on the way back from having lunch at Glen Cova with the Royal Shooting Party. On her way to the hunting trip in the grounds of Balmoral, the monarch was seen giving her chauffeur a day off. She was th...