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The urgency of Central Bedfordshire Council’s flood response to deliver action and provide answers for residents needs to be “ramped up”, a meeting was warned.

Users are not happy about the Apple photo app changes 😳

A man has experienced a terrifying moment after almost dying when his pet hamster clamped down on his hand and would not let go.

Nathan Halliday, 34, from Kirkby, Merseyside, sat down peacefully with Mochi, his Syrian hamster, when she suddenly attacked him and left him for dead.

He then experienced a anaphylactic shock and moments after she bit him Nathan’s body swelled up, he couldn’t breathe and was covered in hives.

His partner Rebecca Kidd struggled to get Mochi off him but once she did she thought the worst was about to happen so called 999.

Mochi had been looking frail for the last few days before this incident and once she was taken off Nathan she took her last two breaths and died.

In the ambulance Nathan was on death’s door and was given two shots of adrenaline, an antihistamine and put on oxygen.

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‘One of the paramedics asked me if I was Freddie Starr.

‘Mochi is now in a fancy cracker box in the garden – I don’t blame her.

‘We rescue hamsters from people who otherwise wouldn’t want them and I’d never say no to another one.’

The additional projects now confirmed from across Central Bedfordshire will allow local groups to invest further in their facilities, improving access, reducing running costs, and creating better spaces for the benefit of their communities.

The grants are fully funded by the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) and can only be used on submitted and evaluated community projects.

All projects will be completed between now and the end of the financial year and they include: a playing field refurbishment, a sensory experience, community garden access improvements, play area development and upgrades to a church.

Councillor Tracey Wye, Chair of the UKSPF Local Partnership Group said:

This is an exciting opportunity for the additional projects which have been chosen.

The original application process received 58 bids which were assessed leaving 11 projects being selected on merit to receive a share of the UKSPF. We can now award a further five projects, benefiting their local community.

All 16 projects were successful because the applicants were able to clearly demonstrate that they will have a big impact on local people and will go a long way to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

The go ahead has been given to the following five organisations and projects:

Shillington Memorial Playing Field

Shillington Memorial Playing Field Pavilion Refurbishment

£18,249.28

Hear2Listen Biggleswade

Sensory Experience

£32,000

Dunton Community Garden Group

Dunton Community Garden Access to All

£4,488.16

Kensworth Parish Council

Kensworth Play Area Redevelopment

£30,000

Houghton Regis Baptist Church

Upgrade Premises

£34,661.34

Find out more about UKSPF and REPF.

Former members speak out about the sect that claimed more than 70 lives. Plus: Bill Bailey’s master craftsmen. Here’s watch to watch this evening

10pm, BBC FourThis documentary is like watching a horror movie brought to life. It speaks to people who investigated the Order of the Solar Temple – an apocalyptic cult in which, during the 1990s, 74 of its members died – starting with macabre footage of what they found when they investigated seemingly unrelated fatal house fires in Canada and Switzerland. Former members also give their disturbing accounts. Hollie Richardson

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A man has experienced a terrifying moment after almost dying when his pet hamster clamped down on his hand and would not let go.

Nathan Halliday, 34, from Kirkby, Merseyside, sat down peacefully with Mochi, his Syrian hamster, when she suddenly attacked him and left him for dead.

He then experienced a anaphylactic shock and moments after she bit him Nathan’s body swelled up, he couldn’t breathe and was covered in hives.

His partner Rebecca Kidd struggled to get Mochi off him but once she did she thought the worst was about to happen so called 999.

Mochi had been looking frail for the last few days before this incident and once she was taken off Nathan she took her last two breaths and died.

In the ambulance Nathan was on death’s door and was given two shots of adrenaline, an antihistamine and put on oxygen.

...

‘One of the paramedics asked me if I was Freddie Starr.

‘Mochi is now in a fancy cracker box in the garden – I don’t blame her.

‘We rescue hamsters from people who otherwise wouldn’t want them and I’d never say no to another one.’

Moorland of "exceptional ecological importance" has been added to a mountain nation reserve in a 62% extension of the site.

The Manx Wildlife Trust bought the extra 43 acres (17.4 hectares), which is adjacent to the land originally purchased in 1995, with money from a corporate donation.

The expansion makes the now 112-acre (27.9 hectare) Dalby Mountain Nature Reserve the second largest of its kind on the Isle of Man.

Clear favourite has emerged for Sports Personality of the Year 2024 🎖

It was a typically busy weekend for Bedford Hockey Club, with a full programme of matches across the 14 senior squads on Saturday, and Junior and Masters fixtures on Sunday...

Police nicked a wanted man in Bedford town centre after he put up a fight.

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Typhoo Tea has been rescued by vape maker Supreme in a £10m deal which it said would keep the brand "in British hands".

The 120-year-old teamaker fell in to administration in November as its sales slumped and debts rose.

Manchester-based Supreme makes the e-cigarette brand 88Vape and distributes nicotine and home products to supermarkets.

Too many to give proper descriptions, I'll try and put the ones that look more polished towards the top of the list but no promises!

• Kingdom Ka, narrative?
• SOLROVER, space survival
• 10 Minutes Down, mining sim
• Talín, RPG
• Monkey Milk, arcade adventure
• Kurio, RPG
• Live Again, RPG
• Beyond the Star, RPG
• Don't Go To Sleep, spooky visual novel
• Sepan and the Seven Flasks, mystery RPG
• Juice Galaxy, action RPG
• DJ Legends, sim
• FOLLOW ME, mystery adventure
• Qirobite, 2D platformer
• Always Sunset, mystery
• D.R.K 2, strategy?
• Icy Nicey, arcade survival
• Cookie Crusade, arcade platformer/shooter
• Bunny Mushroom Hunt, arcade platformer
• Room 64, 2D platformer
• LabirintAdventure, RPG?
• Fire Boy, 2D platformer
• Vampire Tale, visual novel
• 5 and no more, but 60, 3D platformer
• Homesteader, action RPG
• Waller Adventure, mystery
• Spiral Paint, arcade shooter
• Floppy Disk, helicopter game / flappy bird
• Throw Cubes, sandbox

Bee-killing pesticides have been found in 85% of tested rivers in England, an analysis of Government figures has found.

Green groups looked at Environment Agency data on neonicotinoid pesticides in river sites tested between 2023 to 2024.

They also found that the proportion of rivers affected appears to have increased from 79% during the testing period of 2020 to 2022.

Wales could be about to make footballing history over the next two games.

Wales need to come out on top against the Republic of Ireland across the two games to ensure qualification for their first major tournament.

A record number of tickets have been sold for the first leg, at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday evening.

Rhian Wilkinson's side will be hoping the crowd of more than 16,000 will help them secure a victory to put them in the best possible situation for the second leg in Dublin on 3 December.

The prize? A spot at Euro 2025.

[Update 29/11] Wales and Republic of Ireland settled for a 1-1 draw in the Welsh capital that leaves both nations still dreaming of a place at Euro 2025.

The two nations will now meet in Dublin at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday, 3 December with all still to play for after a cagey and absorbing contest in Cardiff.

Growing up on an army base, Jessica was told the military was family. That changed when she reported sexual abuse

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American Olympic bronze medallist Ilona Maher has signed for Bristol Bears for the rest of the Premiership Women's Rugby season.

Maher is the most followed rugby union player in the world on social media, with 4.5 million Instagram followers and 3.2 million on TikTok.

Bears head coach Dave Ward said Maher's arrival is a "huge coup" for the club.

"Ilona is one of the biggest names in women's sport, let alone rugby, and we believe she will add real value to our programme on and off the field," said Ward.