Pet cat found 'abandoned' in carrier with octopus toy and clothes in Scots town

, a New York-based interior designer and founder of her eponymous design studio. “Luckily they’ve gotten a bit cuter, since there is a growing market for them.” You’ve probably already heard of Ruggable rugs, but plenty of other brands, from Target to Revival Rugs, now offer washable options.“Whether it’s from muddy shoes or spilled coffee, your rugs are bound to get dirty,” explains , a Chicago-based interior designer and founder of her own design studio—and although she doesn’t often use washable rugs in her spaces, they can help you keep pet hair, stains, and dirt at bay, especially in areas with lots of foot traffic.

Recent research has revealed that only 8 in 10 people realise that chocolate is toxic, and potentially fatal, for dogs.

Tiger King star Carole Baskin is closing down her Big Cat Rescue sanctuary and transporting its wildlife to Arkansas.The closure was announced in a memo, written by Carole’s husband Howard Baskin and posted on the sanctuary’s website last week (March 27). The couple have also vowed to donate funds to the new sanctuary named Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, in which the wildlife are now headed.“Big Cat Rescue has entered into an agreement with Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, an accredited sanctuary in Arkansas, to move most of Big Cat Rescue’s cats to Turpentine Creek where we will continue to fund their care for the rest of their lives,” read the statement.“[Once the cats are moved,] we will sell the sanctuary property and use the proceeds to fund these species-saving projects in the wild.”Baskin further explained the closure by referencing the Big Cat Public Safety Act, or BCPSA – a federal law signed last year that prohibits private ownership of big cats including lions, tigers, cougars, cheetahs, leopards or any hybrid breeds.According to the statement, it was the high costs of maintaining the enclosure that led the couple to sell.

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The adventures of Scott Pilgrim will be continue in an animated series for Netflix, 13 years after ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ was first released in theatres.

Police are hunting the driver of a car which flipped into a field in Fife after a road smash.

The BBC’s savings target has rocketed by 40% to £400M (£493M) and the corporation is responding by cutting 1,000 hours worth of shows per year.

A devastated hairdresser has lost everything she owns in a house fire caused by a candle. Tash Lyall, 28, who lives with her mum, was enjoying a day off work when the fire broke out at their home in Bootle.

A former police officer has recouped a £75,000 investment he put into a company owned by conman Matthew Farr.

A Scots mum is facing a huge bill to save her dog's life after the beloved pet became paralysed out of the blue.

A Virgin Media customer on Facebook has shared how they manage to haggle their way out of an upcoming surge in price on their bills.

Three West Lothian wind bands were celebrating Gold Awards at the recent Scottish Concert Band Festival National Finals in Perth.

Many will forget their balanced diets when an evening out with friends comes along, and rightfully so as everyone has to treat themselves now and again.

Ciarán Hinds is opening up about the great number of sex scenes the HBO series Game of Thrones had and weighed in on intimacy coordinators on set.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Oscar nominee Ciarán Hinds is well known among “Game of Thrones” fans for playing Mance Rayder, the king beyond the wall and leader of the wildlings. Hinds appeared in five episodes of the Emmy-winning HBO fantasy series across three seasons. In a recent interview with The Independent, Hinds got honest about not exactly loving all the sex in “Game of Thrones.” “I was rather put off by the amount of sexuality that was going on in it, because it was taking away from the actual political storytelling,” Hinds said. “But that’s business, I guess, from their perspective.” Hinds also spoke to The Independent about the increase of intimacy coordinators on sets in recent years. Hinds’ daughter, Aoife, is also an actor and worked closely with intimacy coordinators while starring opposite Paul Mescal in Hulu’s “Normal People.”

A derelict building in the middle of a housing estate has been branded an “eyesore” by local residents who claim rats have been spotted running around the site. Locharbriggs Social Club closed its doors in September 2020 after operating for more than 40 years.

A man who starved his pet bearded dragon for months has been banned from keeping animals for a year.

An Orkney councillor has been sentenced to more than 100 hours of unpaid work after neglecting his cattle so badly that two of them had to be put down.

Kate Aurthur editor Last month, when “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong announced that the fourth season of the Emmy-winning HBO drama would be its last, the internet howled in despair. But Brian Cox — who’s played the ferocious mogul Logan Roy since the show’s 2018 premiere — applauds Armstrong’s decision. “He’s very disciplined in that way, and also he’s very British in that way,” says Cox, who is Scottish, and in conversation seems to mention birthplace to explain behavior. “The American inclination is to milk it for all it’s worth.” Not that Cox, 76, won’t feel the loss. “I’ll miss the cast, I’ll miss the atmosphere, I’ll miss the bonhomie,” he says, ticking off reasons during a recent Zoom interview from London. And Logan? “Logan, probably, I’ll miss a bit. But upward and onwards.”

Kyogo’s exclusion from the Japan squad is “unfair” because he’s performing at a higher level than Celtic teammate Daizen Maeda and that the coach must be watching edited videos of the Hoops’ games.