Nursery under investigation after toddlers escaped – and boy, three, wandered dual carriageway

A nursery is under investigation after two ‘unsupervised’ toddlers escaped, with one of the children, a three-year-old boy, found wandering along a dual carriageway alone. The incident took place at a nursery in Derriford, Plymouth, this morning, with police alerted to a young boy alone on the busy William Prance Road by worried members of … Read more

How an abandoned stray wandered into home of JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL – and transformed his family’s life

La Roche is exactly how you would picture a small village in South-West France. Red-tiled roofs, quaint shutters, a cat picking its way slowly across the square towards the mairie in the bright winter sunshine. My wife Penny and I live in what locals call ‘La Maison Toute Seule’ (The House All Alone), hidden at … Read more

Pet kitty chases away four-tonne elephant that wandered into its garden looking for food in Thailand

Who’s the scaredy-cat now? Pet kitty chases away four-tonne elephant that wandered into its garden looking for food in Thailand The three-year-old moggy, named Simba, was pictured chasing the beast away The elephant had entered the garden on Tuesday, but was quickly scared off Residents said the elephant is a 35-year-old nuisance named Pai Salick He … Read more