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A puppy training to be a prison sniffer dog has been sacked - for being too ferocious.
Labrador Barney was taken in by HMP Dovegate, which caters for many of North Staffordshire s criminals.
But the 10-month-old canine failed to make the grade after sinking his teeth into his handler’s wrist and stomach, according to reports in the Sunday Mirror.
TV critic blasts industry for ignoring cannabis misery
TV critic blasts industry for ignoring cannabis misery
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A TV critic has blasted television’s lack of honesty about “the misery caused by cannabis”.
Christopher Stevens said that the industry’s wilful ignorance of the “cannabis epidemic” on men’s mental health was “worse than hypocrisy”.
His comments come after a US report earlier this year indicated that teenagers suffering from mental health disorders are at a significantly higher risk of self-harm if they smoke cannabis.
Indifferent
Stevens made the remarks in his review of a recent episode of Channel 4’s 24 Hours in Police Custody.
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A police commissioner has been branded “irresponsible” after calling for free cannabis to be given out to prisoners.
Arfon Jones, Police Commissioner for North Wales, made the proposal in an interview with The Guardian newspaper.
Cannabis is a Class B drug which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and an unlimited fine for possession.
Experiment
Mr Jones claimed that prescribing cannabis would help reduce violence and overdose-related deaths among prisoners.
He told The Guardian: “Let’s supply cannabis in controlled conditions and see if offences reduce.”
The former police inspector suggested that a number of prisons should be allowed to run a trial scheme.
Do not wreck this : Jonathan Van-Tam warns against breaking lockdown rules – video
Ministers and scientific advisers have urged the public not to give up on strict lockdown rules, amid worries that the very obvious success of the UK vaccination programme and the arrival of spring are causing people to take more risks.
“Do not wreck this, we are so close,” said Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy chief medical officer for England, after Downing Street confirmed plans for the second stage of the vaccination programme, due to offer at least a first dose to all adults by the summer.
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