Another heatwave is brewing for parts of the UK as temperatures begin to rise in the coming days, the Met Office has said.
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Police in England have warned residents not to leave dogs in hot cars after an officer had to smash a car window to get to a shih tzu in distress in Nottingham on Monday, August 8.Body camera footage shows police coming to the dog’s aid on the 81-degree day, and rushing the animal to the vet.“The small black shih tzu was barking and panting inside a locked car,” Nottinghamshire Police said in a statement. "The windows were left slightly open but it was not enough to prevent the dog collapsing.“Thankfully, police arrived just in time to save his life,” the department said. “They smashed the car’s window, gave him water and rushed him to a local vet in the back of a police car.”The dog’s body temperature reached 102.4 degrees Fahrenheit (39.1 Celsius) but the canine was “making a good recovery,” police said.A heat-health alert due to high temperatures was extended for another week on Friday. Credit: Nottinghamshire Police via Storyful
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Denmark joined the UK in offering more aid to Ukraine at a conference in Copenhagen on Thursday, co-hosted by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.
A shortlist of potential host cities will be revealed on Friday
Two people have died and a child has been seriously injured after a family were struck by a car. Five pedestrians, who are all related, were outside a multi-storey car park in Ramsgate, Kent, when they were hit by a black Alfa Romeo, police said. A man in his 40s and a young boy also sustained minor injuries.
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Tyson Fury has announced his second retirement from boxing after failing to entice Derek Chisora into a trilogy fight. The 34-year-old revealed he would step back into the ring and had publicly revealed he was keen to face Chisora, who he has twice beaten before. Fury turned 34 on Friday and posted a message on social media saying: "Massive thanks to everyone who had an input in my career over the years & after long hard conversations (I’ve finally) decided to walk away & on my 34th birthday I say Bon voyage."
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The effects of the hot dry weather could be with us for months to come, even if the Government has not yet declared a drought.
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Welcomers Eurovision would offer Ukrainian refugees and their UK host families priority tickets to the annual song contest.
Man taken to south London police station by officers and remains in custody
A man has died after being mauled by a dog in a park in a town near Portsmouth. Hampshire Police said they had arrested a 20 year-old man from Fareham on suspicion of being the owner or person in charge of a dangerously out of control dog causing injury resulting in death. The dog was also secured and removed from the scene.
Councils are calling for the money to be invested in initiatives to tackle physical inactivity and ensure a Commonwealth Games legacy.
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