Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing A former Royal Marine has evacuated around 170 dogs and cats from Afghanistan to the UK - but had to leave behind 24 members of his staff.
Pen Farthing's privately funded charter flight, which arrived at London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday morning, wasn't carrying his employees from the Nowzad shelter in Kabul, the PA news agency reports.
Mr Farthing’s campaign to get workers and animals from the shelter out of Afghanistan has caused controversy in recent days. Read more: All passengers evacuated to Manchester from Afghanistan have now arrived He tweeted on Sunday afternoon: "Arrived Heathrow with partial success of #OpArk Mixed emotions & true deep feeling
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