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Pet prices have soared in recent months as more and more families look to extend their brood - but are you buying from a licensed seller?

File picture of a puppy PEOPLE selling animals for profit in Tendring are being reminded that they need to hold the appropriate licence. Anyone selling pets in the district with the intention of making a profit requires a licence, issued by Tendring Council, and due to the high sale prices of pets, many individuals would now fall within the scope for needing a licence. A huge increase in demand for pets during lockdown has fuelled the price rises, which has led to people setting up small businesses at home. When assessing the need for a licence, evidence of frequent or high value sale...

Man repeatedly stabbed woman after she refused to kiss him Michael Talbot (34) jailed for five years over incident in flat on Parnell Street in Dublin 1 about 5 hours ago Brion Hoban A man who repeatedly stabbed a woman after she refused to kiss him has been jailed for five years by a judge at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.   A man who repeatedly stabbed a woman after she refused to kiss him has been jailed for five years. Michael Talbot (34) stabbed the woman in her chest...

The judge said: “If there were a longer term I could give on that count I would.”

Digging deep: Mike Wadham, project manager and volunteer tree warden co-ordinator; farmer Alan Gosling; Charlie Youthed, Environmental Design Ltd employee; and Clive Dawson, TDC's Tree and Landscape officer and TDC's Tree Council representative. Picture: A MILESTONE has been reached in a tree planting initiative in Tendring with the last of 30,000 saplings bedded into the ground. The Tendring Woodland Initiative Group (TWIG) set out to plant 30,000 trees to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tree Council – which Tendring Council has been part of since it was founded. Volunteer tree ward...