Nathan Briant

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Dog back home after 100-mile trip and island swimJames Ingham and Nathan BriantBBCAmber will eventually be rehomed after her time with Jess Wadsworth's family ends A dog that went missing for 36 days is thought to have covered about 100 miles (161km) and swam to an island before being rescued as it tried to swim back. Amber was being cared for by a foster family near Bramshaw in the New Forest when she escaped after just a night there on 25 April.

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Women praised for bravery by fire service bossNathan BriantDorset and Wiltshire Fire ServiceAlice Chubb (right) received an award from Andy Cole (left) for her bravery in Weymouth in January Two women who helped people escape separate fires have been given special commendations for their bravery. Alice Chubb rescued a woman from her smoke-filled Sherborne home on 26 January, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service said.

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Shop where illegal worker found could lose licenceGoogleThe business faces being stripped of its premises licenceA convenience store where officials said they found an illegal worker faces being stripped of its licence to sell alcohol. Hillside Stores in Kinson Road, Bournemouth, was raided by immigration officials on 7 November 2024, when an Indian man who had no right to work in the UK was found behind the counter.

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Bar where illegal workers found stripped of licenceGetty ImagesThe council's licensing sub-committee resolved to remove Chicken N Beer's licence after a meeting on 20 May A chicken bar where two illegal workers were found after a raid by immigration officials has been stripped of its licence to sell alcohol. The man and woman ran out of the back of Chicken N Beer in Stanfield Road, Bournemouth, when officials spotted them in February.

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Urgent health responders exempted from city's LTNsOxfordshire County CouncilAndrew Gant said the change did not mean that other exemptions would be approvedHealthcare workers who assess and treat patients in crisis at home will be allowed to drive through restrictions in Oxford's two low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs). Introduced in 2023, the schemes stop motorists taking shortcuts through residential areas in East Oxford and Cowley.