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‘Feral pigs’ on the loose in national park after being ‘illegally’ set free

Wild Boar
Wild boar were once native to Scotland but died out after overhunting and habitat destruction (Picture: Getty)

Rangers are battling to round up a large group of feral pigs thought to have been deliberately released in a national park.

Around 20 of the boar have been spotted in woodlands in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland recently.

A local farmers’ group said it was ‘extremely concerned’ the animals ‘could pose a significant disease risk to livestock, wildlife, and even humans’.

It warned they could spread diseases such as bovine tuberculosis, foot-and-mouth disease and leptospirosis.

‘Wild boar and feral pigs are not usually aggressive [but] they can be dangerous in certain situations.’

It comes weeks after four lynx were illegally released in the park last month, one of which died not long after they were recaptured.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority said it is ‘likely’ the pigs were also illegally released.

The animals ‘appear to be relatively domesticated’, the authority added.

Wild boar were once widespread in Scotland but became extinct in the 13th century due to overhunting and human destruction of their habitat.

In recent years their descendants have occassionally been spotted in the countryside after escaping or being deliberately released from captivity.

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Burglar who once raided Jose Mourinho’s hotel suite jailed again for two more high-value break-ins

A BURGLAR who once raided footie boss Jose Mourinho’s hotel suite is in jail again for two more high-value break-ins.

Jamie Filan, 44, stole £100,000 of jewellery from the ex-Chelsea, Man Utd and Tottenham manager’s wife, Matilde, in 2013.

Jose Mourinho with his wife and daughter at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
The burglar stole £100,000 of jewellery from Jose Mourinho’s wife, Matilde, in 2013
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And on January 31 last year, he swiped earrings and a necklace worth £6,500 at a London hotel.

Days later he took watches worth £30,000 from the Chelsea-owned Stamford Bridge Hotel.

At Southwark crown court last week, Filan admitted two burglaries and was jailed for two years and five months.

Filan was jailed for two years and seven months for stealing from the then Real Madrid manager’s room at a Chelsea hotel.

It was one of a lengthy list of convictions read to Judge Martin Griffith, who told him: “I’ve never seen a list like this.

“It’s amazing.

“You have an appalling record, which is evident by the number of appearances you have made before court.

“You are not very good at this because you get caught every time.”

Jailing the crook for two years and five months, he added: “If I see you again, boy will I be mad”.

Jose Mourinho, head coach of Fenerbahce.
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A burglar who once raided footie boss Jose Mourinho’s hotel suite is in jail again for two more high-value break-ins[/caption]

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Decorated military intelligence chief sacked for groping rookie female officer during boozy night out

A DECORATED military intelligence chief was yesterday sacked for groping a female officer.

Lt Col Benedict Stephens, 44, assaulted the rookie NCO during a boozy staff night out.

Queen Elizabeth II awarding a medal to Captain Benedict Stephens.
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Lt Col Benedict Stephens — honoured by the late Queen for his bravery in Afghanistan — has been sacked for groping a female officer[/caption]

Stephens, honoured for bravery in Afghanistan, had been off duty in Dubai in April last year.

After molesting the woman, he asked: “Are you intimidated by me?”

He had denied sexual assault but was found guilty last month.

Yesterday at the court in Catterick, North Yorks, he was given a 20-week jail term, suspended for two years.

Judge Advocate Edward Legard said: “What you did that evening was unconscionable.

“You were a decorated senior officer taking opportunistic advantage of a young female many ranks your subordinate and one who had every right to feel safe and secure in a senior officer’s presence.

“The impact on her cannot be overstated.

“Such was the shock of what you did to her that she became hysterical and was hyperventilating.

“Subsequent to this she has endured feelings of guilt and embarrassment and she fears being painted as the villain as opposed to the victim.”

He was dismissed.

Stephens received the Queen’s Gallantry Medal in 2011 for trying to save comrades from a sinking vehicle in Helmand.

Officer displaying the Queen's Gallantry Medal.
Lt Col Stephens received the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for trying to save colleagues trapped when their armoured vehicle plunged into a 20ft-deep canal
A British army officer receives the Queen's Gallantry Medal from Queen Elizabeth II.
Stephens claimed he had been so drunk he could not remember the incident – pictured here receiving his bravery medal from the late Queen

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Love Island All Stars fans stunned as couple are brutally dumped from the villa after public vote

LOVE Island fans have been left stunned as a couple have been brutally axed from the All Stars villa.

Tonight’s episode saw host Maya Jama wear her sexiest outfit yet as she delivered the results to the islanders.

"Love Island: All Stars" contestants gathered around a fire pit.
Maya Jama has brutally sent one couple packing from the villa
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Screenshot of a man and woman standing together.
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Tina and Chuggs have been dumped from the island[/caption]
Screenshot of a man and woman embracing.
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Ekin-Su and Curtis narrowly kept their place in the villa[/caption]

Ekin-Su and CurtisHarriett and Ronnie and Chuggs and Tina were all up for the chop.

Arriving into the villa, host Maya gathered the cast at the firepit for the result.

She then announced Tina and Chuggs had been dumped immediately from the villa.

The pair said goodbye to their fella islanders before leaving the villa and joining Maya, 30, for an exit chat.

Reacting to the news, one Love Island fan said: “TBH, chuggs didn’t belong here. And Tina got played. So it’s long for them.”

A second wrote: “This season has been so predictable, everyone knew Tina & chuggs were always going to be dumped.”

“Ekin su, please stop the drama you know you are not leaving,” said a third.

While a fourth commented: “Interesting the way Tina only friendzoned Chuggs as soon as they walked out of the villa lol.”

Love Island All Stars 2025 official line-up

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Here we take you through the line-up of all the Islanders who are in the villa so far.

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Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.

Here’s who has joined the villa so far:

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Britain must cure itself of woke lunacy just as America has refused to indulge or fund it

Woke & broke

WHY is Britain alone refusing to cure itself of woke lunacy?

Other major nations, America most notably, are refusing to indulge or fund it a moment longer.

Donald Trump pointing at the camera.
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Britain must take a leaf out of America’s book and refuse to indulge or fund wokeness a moment longer[/caption]

Here, the on-its-knees NHS wastes resources on a new rainbow badge to include yet more sexual “identities”.

Woke cops won’t collar shoplifters, yet probe a Health Minister sacked for imbecilic remarks online and absurdly declare them a “non-crime hate incident”.

That idiotic minister is replaced by another who opposes women’s toilets, believes women can have a penis and demands “dignity and respect” for anyone self-identifying as a llama.

The Government meanwhile vows to make it easier to change gender, via a nod from one doctor.

Hey presto . . . a ticked box makes a man “a woman”.

Keir Starmer’s hire as Attorney General is a hyper-liberal Corbynite clown who has habitually sided against Britain’s interests and even reportedly advised Caribbean chancers how to fleece us of trillions in slavery compo.

In power the Tories did virtually nothing to stop the Left’s woke corrosion of our country and the rot has now set in.

Gen Z was raised in this climate of self-loathing and historical misinformation, systematically indoctrinated by almost universally left-wing teachers and lecturers as celebs and social media influencers parroted the same facile, fabricated guff to stay fashionable.

The Government seems fully signed up.

Is it any wonder if, as a major study claims, young people mostly consider Britain a racist hell-hole they would never fight to defend?

Nice job, “progressives”. It’s all going so well.

Blow them out

GROWTH, for us, trumps Net Zero. National security eclipses both.

We get the Treasury’s desperation for Chinese investment.

But the risk from China supplying turbines for the Greenvolt North Sea wind farm is too great.

It’s not just that they could be used as spying devices, far-fetched as that might sound.

It’s that China could turn them off and leave us in the dark.

Why would the Government “take Putin’s boot off our throat” on energy . . .

Only to replace it with President Xi’s?

Stop the boasts

HARD-hitting videos of illegal migrants being deported by a supposedly no-nonsense Government fool no one.

Thousands more land at Dover on small boats every month.

And feeble judges bust a gut to prevent their deportation . . . including an Albanian criminal who successfully argued that his son dislikes foreign chicken nuggets.

The Government should bin the spin.

Without a deterrent and a rethink over human rights, this influx will never cease.

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