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Yahoo
6 hours ago
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Appeal after pigeon shot with air weapon
The RSPCA is appealing for information after a pigeon was shot with an air weapon in Leicestershire. A member of the public found the bird injured in Treaty Road, Glenfield, on 21 June, the charity said. It was taken to a vet for treatment but due to the severity of its injuries, the decision was taken to euthanise the bird to prevent further suffering. In an appeal shared on Tuesday, the RSPCA urged anyone with any information to get in contact. The charity has called for tighter controls on air weapons, saying it receives nearly 1,000 calls each year about them being used to target animals. RSPCA inspector Helen Smith said: "Cats and wildlife are the animals most susceptible to being shot simply because they are out in the open with no-one to protect them. "Sadly air weapon attacks are not rare and the injured caused can be horrific and often fatal." Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. More on this story Appeal after dead puppies found in buried bucket Appeal over dead dog discovered in canal Related internet links RSPCA
BBC News
6 hours ago
- BBC News
Appeal after pigeon shot with air weapon in Leicestershire
The RSPCA is appealing for information after a pigeon was shot with an air weapon in Leicestershire.A member of the public found the bird injured in Treaty Road, Glenfield, on 21 June, the charity was taken to a vet for treatment but due to the severity of its injuries, the decision was taken to euthanise the bird to prevent further an appeal shared on Tuesday, the RSPCA urged anyone with any information to get in contact. The charity has called for tighter controls on air weapons, saying it receives nearly 1,000 calls each year about them being used to target inspector Helen Smith said: "Cats and wildlife are the animals most susceptible to being shot simply because they are out in the open with no-one to protect them."Sadly air weapon attacks are not rare and the injured caused can be horrific and often fatal."
BBC News
02-07-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Bonfire plea after three Leicestershire gardens go up in flames
A bonfire warning has been issued after a garden in Leicestershire went up in crews were called to Station Road in Glenfield at about 16:10 BST on Saturday after a back garden bonfire spread out of control, with trees, fences and sheds all brought the blaze under control, and returned later to dampen down the garden to prevent any brigade said it was one of three bonfire-related call-outs in the space of just over two hours and urged residents to "think twice" about starting fires in the current dry conditions. Other fires started accidentally by back garden fires included a call to Rempstone Road in Coleorton just before 15:00, and a fire in Spring Lane, Wymondham, just before 17: fire service has urged people to avoid starting fires on their property during the "warm, dry conditions". A spokesperson said anyone who does decide to have a bonfire should avoid building them near things that could catch fire like trees, fences, bushes and patio should not build fires too big, said the fire service, use accelerants like petrol or burn anything toxic, and should monitor the fire until it is fully should be kept in hand "in case things get out of control" and people should be considerate of neighbours.
BBC News
25-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Reform council told to reconsider 'grey areas' in flag policy
Reform has been told to reconsider "grey areas" in a decision to scrap Leicestershire County Council's flag flying party discontinued a previously agreed schedule of flags due to be displayed outside County Hall in Glenfield in its first cabinet meeting on 12 June, which included those to mark LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Windrush Day and matter has now been referred back to the cabinet after the council's scrutiny commission said the council should specify which flags will be flown on the fourth pole in the matter will be discussed again by the council's cabinet within 10 working days. Under the rules previously approved by the cabinet, the Union flag and the county council's own flag would fly permanently on two of the three flagpoles outside County Hall, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) said. The St George's flag would fly from the third pole, unless it was replaced with the Lord Lieutenant's flag when they were in the building.A fourth flagpole in County Hall's quadrangle could be used to mark events such as Armed Forces Day, Commonwealth Day and Armistice Day, the LDRS added. Decisions on flying all other flags would be delegated to council chief executive John Sinnott after discussion with council leader Dan Harrison, under the policy. In a meeting on Tuesday, chair of the scrutiny commission, Conservative councillor Deborah Taylor, said the agreed protocol gives "much too grey an area" and should specify which flags will be flown on the fourth pole in the quadrangle."It needs to be really, really clear, so there are no grey areas," Taylor added. Taylor said decisions in relation to requests to fly other flags should only be delegated to the leader and chief executive in "in exceptional circumstances". At the meeting, deputy leader of the Reform group, Joseph Boam, said the Union flag is the "most inclusive flag".Boam added: "We are inclusive, which is why we will fly the Union flag, which represents everyone in this county and country regardless of sexuality, gender or race. I feel it's that simple."The decision has come after 102 social workers at the council signed a letter to the new Reform UK cabinet stating they felt flying community flags was a "vitally-important" symbol from the council that it was "supportive of marginalised groups".The letter continued: "Removing these flags promotes exclusion and marginalisation – it implies people represented by those flags are not told the scrutiny commission he "had not had the chance" to meet with social workers to discuss the flag policy following the added: "I will make the effort to reach out after this."
BBC News
18-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Row over Reform council's new 'British values' flag rules
Reform's decision to scrap Leicestershire County Council's flag flying policy has been formally challenged by opposition party approved the move during its first cabinet meeting on 12 June, discontinuing a previously agreed schedule of flags to be displayed outside County Hall in Glenfield, including those to mark LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Windrush Day and Reform council leader Dan Harrison said the changes to the protocol were "to celebrate British values that unite us all".However, opposition leaders have called the decision in for further scrutiny, saying they did not believe it had been "thought through properly". Under the new rules, Harrison said the union jack flag and the county council's own flag would fly permanently on two of the three flagpoles outside County St George's flag would fly from the third pole, he said, unless it was replaced with the Lord Lieutenant's flag when they were in the building.A fourth flagpole in County Hall's quadrangle could be used to mark events such as Armed Forces Day, Commonwealth Day and Armistice on flying all other flags are to be delegated to council chief executive John Sinnott after discussion with Harrison. The decision prompted a joint letter from representatives of LGBTQ+, disabled and BAME staff who said they had not been properly consulted on the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) said the decision will be subject to further debate on Tuesday.A call-in announcement, signed by Conservative Deborah Taylor, Liberal Democrat Michael Mullaney, Labour's Jewel Miah and Naomi Bottomley for the Green Party, said the decision was "not clear".According to the LDRS, it states: "It cannot be left to a weekly decision. Neither can the staff be left without any clear direction."This decision was weakened by the current positive position of our approved flag flying policy."Harrison previously told the LDRS that staff were "protected by law" and said they "could always" fly flags at home."I will meet with their groups and assure them that their health, their safety, the [working] environment will be safe," he added."Nobody would ever disrespect anybody because there's a law to protect them, and we as a county council will guide the way to protect these people."
