This is the third entry in our new series collecting notable stories from Britain’s regional newspapers. It appears here each Friday, and continues on Twitter in the meantime.
Bournemouth: The family and friends of a fallen soldier have repatriated a formerly stray dog that he adopted while serving in Afghanistan.
Brighton: The owner of a convenience store has been told that he cannot have a licence to sell alcohol until he has counter staff who speak better English.
Worcester: A 63-year-old woman broke her wrist while attempting to feed biscuits to a kitten through her neighbour’s letterbox. The letterbox also trapped her hand; she had to be rescued by firefighters.
Barnstaple: A 27-year-old man accused of headbutting a bouncer outside a nightclub told magistrates that he could not remember the incident, and did not know why he would have done it.
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