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Cause for a Rebel
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KNOCK-KNEED Dartmoor pony, saved from an abattoir, has been given an operation
that is hoped will allow her to lead a normal life.Five-month-old Rebel was born with a rare condition where the insides of her legs grow at twice the speed of the outsides, which causes a splayed effect. Rebel had a three-hour-long operation at Bristol School of Veterinary Science last week, during which surgeons attached metal plates to the insides of her legs to stop further growth.
As time passes it is hoped the outside of the pony’s legs will catch up so that her legs will straighten naturally. Rebel, owned by the Mare & Foal Sanctuary at Newton Abbot, Devon, who purchased her when her previous owner put her up for sale at a market, was destined for the abattoir. She was actually being put onto the lorry to be transported
to London when the sanctuary paid out £40 to save her.
Local publicity captured the hearts of the public who flooded the sanctuary with donations totalling £13,000. Some of the money has been used to fund the £2,000 operation to straighten Rebel’s legs.
Founder of the sanctuary, Rosemary Kind, said: “We have been told she is doing well. We do not usually buy ponies that are deformed but we were trying to stop any suffering.
“When we bought Rebel we were only expecting to be able to give her a short but enjoyable life. But with the use of pins and wires it seems now that she will be OK. She will one day make a great pet for somebody.”
Crafty Cockney in tears after his latest win
CHAMPION
darts player Eric Bristow was in jocular mood last week after being cleared
of battering his wife. He said: “I’ve had enough of women, now
I might go gay!Bristow, 48, dissolved into tears as he was told there was insufficient evidence that he punched Jane, 43, in
the face. “The allegation of common assault has not been proved to the criminal standard. We therefore find you not
guilty,” said magistrate Eric Bradley. The five times world champion, nicknamed the Crafty Cockney, wept openly as he said: “It’s been the worst seven months of my life. It’s been very difficult for me and the children.”
Magistrates in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, were told the couple’s marriage was already on the rocks when the row happened. Bristow told the court that his wife had had a boyfriend for 18 months and she wanted a quickie divorce.
Bristow, of Leek, Staffs, said his wife had been away at an uncle’s funeral. He said he was annoyed because she hadn’t phoned the children – James, 11 and Louise, 13. He said he had returned home after drinking seven pints and found his wife in bed. Jane claimed he tried to snatch her car keys and when she attempted to stop him
he punched her in the nose, leaving blood pouring down her face.
“I turned the lights on and that was when it all started,” said Bristow. “She was not calm, she’s very feisty when she gets going. She fights very well. “We had a blazing row. I went downstairs then I heard she was on the phone.
“She said, ‘I’m phoning the police, I’m getting rid of you, I’ve had enough of you.”
“I said, ‘I’ve been caught out here’. So I opened the front door and waited for the police. I’ve no idea how she got blood on her nose.”
Mrs Bristow gave her evidence behind a screen, claiming that she felt intimidated.
She told the court: “I told him that I had fallen out of love with him but I did not ask for a quickie divorce. I would not be standing here now if he had not hit me.”
Monks in a Melee
In the dispute, which has carried on for three decades, the zealot monks have steadfastly opposed efforts to improve relations between the Orthodox Church and the Vatican. The spiritual leader of the world’s orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, has declared the monks in the 1,000-year-old monastery to be schismatics, and ordered them to get out of the walled compound.
But the 100 monks in this particular monastery, one of 20 monasteries at Athos, have settled in for a long siege.
Supplies are said to be dwindling and the monks’ telephone line was disconnected last month. They are now reliant on mobile phones. One of the monks, Father Neophytos, said: “They used pickaxes, spades and crowbars to try to break down the door. They were trying to throw us out.” Police said nobody was actually injured in the clash.
Murdered with own Car
Ken Bowstock, father of four, was putting his beloved VW Golf in the garage as the carjackers attacked.
He was left for dead at his home in Netherton, Liverpool, on the eve of his 67th birthday. Two teenagers aged 17 and 125 have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
God's own building
The sale of one of the Russian capital’s so-called ‘Seven Sisters’, neo-gothic skyscrapers commissioned by Stalin, prompted nostalgic sorrowsfor a bygone era.
“The Ukrainia is our Waldof-Astoria,” said the Kommersant newspaper. God Nisanov, who runs a company called Biscuit, wanted the 1,000-room hotel so badly that he bid £159 million at the auction – nearly twice its true value,
experts say.