A 39-year-old man and 34-year-old woman have been injured following a one-vehicle crash in Lochaber.
The Toyota Rav4 Excel landed in a ditch near to the Locheilside train junction on the A830 Fort William to Glenfinnan road at about 13:30 on Wednesday.
The male driver was taken to Belford Hospital in Fort William while the female passenger was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow by air ambulance.
About 300 children a year are admitted to A&E in the UK after swallowing magnets, a new study has found.
The University of Southampton research revealed that one in 10 children required life saving operations after consuming the items, which are commonly used in toys.
It also found 6% of swallowing cases were linked to a viral social media trend, where the children – mostly girls – were trying to imitate tongue piercings by placing small magnets in their mouths.
Lead author and professor of paediatric surgery Nigel Hall, who works at the University and Southampton Children's Hospital, said retailers must do more to increase warnings on magnetic toy labels.
"Having an unplanned emergency operation is a traumatic experience for any child and their family," he said.
Mr Hall added that some of the young people ended up "with serious problems, like needing part of their bowel removed or requiring a stoma".
The data was provided by 66 UK hospitals between May 2022 and April 2023.
Mr Hall stressed that children should be taken to emergency departments early if they swallow a magnet.
"Most children who have swallowed a magnet do not show any symptoms, so it is really important that all cases have an x-ray to find out for certain," he said.
The research has been welcomed by the Child Accident Prevention Trust which focuses on preventing death and serious injury to young people from avoidable accidents.
Its chief executive Katrina Phillips said: "These super strong magnets can rip through a child's guts and leave them with life-changing injuries. One boy has died.
"Take a moment to check who you're buying from. Don't assume that, just because you can buy something, it must be safe."
North Korea has for the first time confirmed that it sent troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine.
In a report on state news agency KCNA, Pyongyang's military claimed its soldiers helped Russian forces "completely liberate" the Kursk border region, according to an order given by leader Kim Jong Un.
Pyongyang's announcement comes just days after Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov praised the "heroism" of North Korean troops, the first time Moscow has publicly acknowledged their involvement.
Western officials had earlier told the BBC they believed at least 1,000 of the 11,000 troops sent from North Korea had been killed over three months.
Gerasimov also claims Moscow regained full control of the country's western Kursk region – a claim denied by Ukraine.
Responding to the statement, the US said North Korea must now bear responsibility for perpetuating the war.
South Korean and Western intelligence have long reported that Pyongyang dispatched thousands of troops to Kursk last year.
The decision to deploy troops was in accordance with a mutual defense treaty between Pyongyang and Moscow, KCNA said.
"They who fought for justice are all heroes and representatives of the honour of the motherland," Kim said according to KCNA.
North Korea and Russia demonstrated their "alliance and brotherhood" in Kursk, adding that a "friendship proven by blood" will greatly contribute to expanding the relationship "in every way".
It added that North Korea would support the Russian army again.
KCNA did not say what would happen to the North Korean troops after their mission in Kursk ended and whether they would be able to return home.
Reports that North Korean soldiers had been deployed to fight for Russia first emerged in October, following the deepening of bilateral ties between Kim and Putin.
This included the signing of an accord where both Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Kim agreed to support each other if either country was dealing with "aggression".
Military experts have said that the North Korean troops, reportedly from an "elite" unit called the Storm Corps, are unprepared for the realities of modern warfare.
"These are barely trained troops led by Russian officers who they don't understand," former British Army tank commander, Col Hamish de Bretton-Gordon had said earlier this year.
Despite this, Ukraine's top military commander Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi had earlier also warned that North Korean soldiers were posing a significant problem for Ukrainian fighters on the front line.
"They are numerous. An additional 11,000-12,000 highly motivated and well-prepared soldiers who are conducting offensive actions. They operate based on Soviet tactics. They rely on their numbers," the general told Ukraine's TSN Tyzhden news programme.
The leader of the Fire Brigades Union is calling on Labour MPs to vote against the government's proposed cuts to benefits.
Steve Wright has become the first general secretary of a trade union affiliated to the Labour Party to explicitly tell Sir Keir Starmer's MPs to rebel against his plans.
Wright told the BBC: "The most vulnerable and poorest in society are being asked to pay for a crisis they didn't cause. I don't believe that is why people are involved in the Labour movement."
He added that he believed the move would lead to "the normalisation of the cost of living crisis" for many, and should be rejected.
A mum whose 17-year-old daughter took her own life is planning to walk across Devon to raise money in her memory.
Darcy, who died in 2021, would have been 22 this year.
In honour of this, her mum Debbie Hollinson plans to walk 22 miles (35km) from Tavistock, where Darcy lived, to Plymouth, where she was at school on 25 May.
"I'll be thinking about Darcy with every step, wishing she was with us," said Ms Hollinson, a Devon and Cornwall Police community support officer.
It is the latest in a series of events organised by Ms Hollinson in memory of her daughter, and in aid of Papyrus, a suicide prevention charity.
The goal is to raise £22,000.
Ms Hollinson said: "I wish I wasn't doing this at all.
"But we know so many people struggle with suicidal thoughts… I don't want anyone to go through what we have been through and go though daily.
"I think Darcy would be surprised at how many are taking part.
"When she died, she thought nobody cared and the world would be better off without her.
"I wish she'd have known how many people have come forward to support this event.
"It started off just being a small group of us doing it, but lots of people have joined and there are lots of different teams."
Ms Hollinson said there was "so much stigma attached" to the subject.
"We just have to keep talking about it and make it easer for people to talk about," she said.
Her daughter, she added, was the "first person to come forward" when someone was upset.
"Darcy was really sporty: she was a horse rider, a climber, an RAF cadet and a Brownies volunteer."
Thanking all those taking part in the walk, she added: "Twenty-two miles in one day is a long way and there could be up to 100 people.
"It's as much about having conversations and raising awareness as it is about raising the money."
A man who threatened two people with an axe in a Wetherspoons pub has told a court he was "deeply sorry" for his actions.
Jason Semple pleaded guilty at Exeter Magistrates' Court to two charges of threatening a person with a bladed article during an incident in the beer garden at the White Hart Hotel in Okehampton at about 18:00 BST on Sunday.
The court heard the 54-year-old walked through the pub with the weapon to confront a man he had a grievance with.
Mr Semple, of Tavistock Road, Okehampton, has been remanded in custody ahead of a sentencing hearing due to take place at Exeter Crown Court in May.
The court heard Mr Semple had been drinking during the day and threatened two people during the incident which lasted about a minute.
He had no recollection of what happened and could not remember where he had got the axe from, the court was told.
Defence solicitor Jeremy Harris said it was a regrettable incident in which Mr Semple acted in a "wholly unreasonable manner".
Mr Harris added that Mr Semple was "deeply sorry for his actions".
A deer has died after being chased by people on Cleethorpes beach, an animal welfare group has said.
Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue said the roe deer – one of several spotted on the beach on Monday, succumbed to exhaustion.
The charity said it was unclear whether people had been trying to assist, but added that the intervention had caused "unnecessary stress."
"It was a devastating end and one that could've been avoided," it added.
Commenting on the incident, the charity said that despite the efforts of the local beach safety team asking people to keep their distance, members of the public were seen chasing the deer.
One "exhausted" deer was later recovered, but despite receiving emergency care, "sadly died".
"Deer are extremely sensitive animals and can suffer from post-capture myopathy -a condition triggered by extreme stress that can, unfortunately, be fatal," it added.
In a post shared on social media, the charity said deer are "capable swimmers" and, in most cases, do not require intervention.
It added: "Unless a deer is collapsed, or stuck, the best course of action is to leave them undisturbed and unpanicked.
"The best approach is to allow the deer to return on their own – calmly and in their own time – which they regularly do without issue."
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A sinkhole on a major commuter route is preventing people from getting to and from work, impacting local businesses and making local residents feel unsafe, it has been claimed.
Bury New Road in Prestwich, Bury, has been closed since Tuesday after a hole opened above a cavity estimated to be about 110ft (33m) in length.
The road, which is often gridlocked at at peak times, links Prestwich to the M60 and Manchester city centre.
Local resident Malcolm Sidebottom said: "I've never seen anything like this before in 50 years of living in Prestwich."
Mr Sidebottom said everything was "very, very eerily quiet".
"The last [sinkhole] I saw like this… the road was closed for many months.
"You want the community to go back to normal as soon as possible, the local businesses will be affected."
Peter Collins, who owns a business next to the sinkhole, said his regular bus journey to work had been rendered impossible because of the diversions that had been put in place.
He said he had been forced to call a friend to pick him up and drive him to work.
"Over the last week it's just been a joke," he complained.
"We've not been able to do anything, we've not been able to get to and from work."
Mr Collins said he was concerned the sinkhole, which residents said had grown massively since it first appeared last week, would expand to the road under his business premises.
"I don't feel safe as such because of the size of the hole," he explained.
A Bury Council spokesperson said: "We are doing everything we can to resolve this problem as soon as possible.
"Our initial investigations have shown a sewer pipe to be in disrepair, with multiple cracks and slippages along 22m of its length.
"We are working with United Utilities to resolve the issue, and the road will remain closed for the next few days while investigations continue."
The spokesperson said diversion routes would remain in place until further notice, and advised motorists to avoid the area wherever possible and to allow extra time for their journeys.
United Utilities said its engineers had identified that the void had been cased by "erosion of the sand foundations of the road".
A spokesperson added: "There has been no evidence of any leakage from the sewer network found and no evidence of erosion around the pipe.
"Our teams are going to carry out a minor repair this afternoon to avoid any potential for infiltration into the network and Bury Council will be carrying out further remedial works and reinstating the road."
A boy arrested after a major fire at a retail park has been released on bail, police said.
The 14-year-old was detained on Monday by officers investigating Saturday's blaze at Nene Valley Retail Park in Northampton.
Two other boys arrested on Saturday on suspicion of arson have also been released on bail, while a 13-year-old who was detained on Saturday will face no further action.
Meanwhile, a pet owner whose animal was being treated at a veterinary surgery on the retail park has praised staff for the way they dealt with the fire.
Vets for Pets – based in the Pets at Home building next to Dunelm, where the fire started – confirmed on social media that its staff and patients were evacuated safely.
It added: "We are in the process of trying to secure a suitable alternative location to run the practice from until we can reopen in our usual location."
Patients with appointments are being contacted by staff.
The owner of a dog called Bear – in the surgery when the fire broke out – praised staff for the way they handled the emergency.
Bear was being treated for pancreatitis and all his records have been destroyed in the fire, but he was rescued.
His owner, Isabella Bowers, said: "The care he received was outstanding.
"My parents saw the post on Facebook so they headed down straight away, but on the way down they received a phone call saying that Bear is safe and not to worry and that he was being well looked after in the carpark.
"They also made arrangements for Bear to go to another vets."
Northamptonshire Police said on Saturday that the Pets at Home store manager had "made swift arrangements to move the animals to safety" during the fire.
A spokesperson for Pets at Home said: "We'd like to thank the emergency services and our colleagues at Nene Valley Retail Park who responded to fire spreading rapidly from the neighbouring Dunelm store, and took swift action to move customers and pets to safety.
"We are supporting our team through this difficult time and thank customers and clients for their support and understanding. We will also continue to help the Police with their ongoing investigation."
The Eurovision Song Contest is back – this time in Basel, Switzerland.
The UK's entry this year is Remember Monday – a country-pop trio who will perform their song What The Hell Just Happened.