Jane Lavender

Guidance from the Hedgehog Preservation Society highlights how to support hedgehogs during warm weather by offering water and appropriate food such as meat-based pet food while avoiding milk, which can harm them. The charity warns against using toxic metaldehyde slug pellets and advises employing safer pest‑control methods. Gardeners are urged to maintain clean feeding dishes, manage netting carefully to prevent entanglement, and reduce hazards such as litter and garden debris that can trap or injure hedgehogs.

Peter Adamson, known for playing Len Fairclough in Coronation Street, experienced a career decline driven by alcoholism, disciplinary issues and a damaging paid interview, ultimately leading to his dismissal from the show in 1983. Although acquitted of indecent assault charges, his reputation never recovered, and he later faced bankruptcy and financial hardship. After returning from Canada, he lived in rented accommodation in Bury, relied on benefits and took occasional acting roles before dying reclusive and penniless in 2002, survived by two sons.

Kitchen waste such as crushed eggshells can help protect vegetables from slug damage, creating sharp barriers that deter the pests, though rain can reduce their effectiveness. The Royal Horticultural Society recommends natural alternatives including citrus‑skin traps, beer traps and the biological control Nemaslug, which uses nematodes to kill slugs without harming other wildlife.