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A couple say they are being 'unfairly penalised' after the council ordered them to half the height of their £10,000 garden fence. Susan Paul, 53, and her partner Andrew Doyle, 58, put up the fence outside their £280,000 property to replace an overgrown hedge back in January 2020.

People in the UK have been warned that swarms of horseflies with 'killer fangs' could attack, and their bites can cause serious health problems.

Sunbathers have been warned over 'Dracula' horseflies that can 'bite right through clothes' and 'rip and tear flesh apart'.

Builder Charlie, 44, fell critically ill and his partner Dawn Sturgess died after exposure to the deadly nerve agent Novichok at his home in Amesbury, Wiltshire. In March 2018, three months earlier, ex-Soviet spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had been found unconscious on a Salisbury park bench, seven miles away… "I didn’t mean to, but I killed my girlfriend. How do you ever get over that? I can’t.

Kate Garraway, 53,  made an appearance in the BBC's The Salisbury Poisonings as a clip of her was watched by one of the show’s characters.The cameo came as her husband Derek Draper remains unconscious in hospital after battling coronavirus.Kate said in the clip taken from Good Morning Britain in 2018: “Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, who are both in their 40s, were found unconscious at a house in Amesbury Wiltshire.“They remain in critical condition after being exposed to the substance Novichok.”Fans were completely moved by the scenes after Kate’s recent tearful TV admission over her husband’s health struggles.One wrote: “I cried - brilliant TV, heart goes out to the victims and felt sorry seeing Kate Garraway knowing what she must be

Kate Garraway made a surprise cameo appearance in The Salisbury Poisonings, leaving her fans emotional.

When Charlie Rowley picked up a perfume bottle from a charity shop bin - he had no idea of the danger he was in.

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who had been sent to Sergei Skripal's house, had been admitted to hospital in a serious condition.On 22 March 2018, Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was discharged while Sergei and Yulia remained seriously ill in hospital.Yulia was discharged from hospital on April 9 but Sergei, a former Russian military intelligence officer who acted as a double agent for the UK's intelligence services, wasn't able to leave hospital until May 18.Sadly, local resident Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after she came into contact with the Novichok after it had apparently been discarded.Her partner Charlie Rowley also fell ill at the couple's flat in Amesbury, near Salisbury, but survived.On June 6 2020, the New York Post reported