‘Bleed’ kits for schools
Bleed-control kits have been handed out to schools, shops and pubs following a surge in knife and gun crime.
Some 227 packs, which include bandages, tourniquets and gloves have been distributed across the West Midlands.
The rollout follows a passionate campaign by mum Lynne Baird, who tragically lost her son Daniel in July 2017 after he was stabbed to death in Birmingham.
She has since set up the Daniel Baird Foundation which campaigns for the kits to be placed in locations easily the public.
Each easy-to-use kit is designed to keep a person alive until they can receive medical treatment from a professional medic. Lynne said: “Sadly in 2017, when my boy was attacked, there wasn’t a first aid kit to hand in the area. “Had there been, then Daniel might still be with us today.
“I would love it if these kits could be placed in every busy area of the West Midlands.” Kits are also in hundreds of bars in London. accessible to
A HERD of curious animals turn a seaside resort from ghost town to goat town as they embark on a trip to Primark.
The dozen or so Kashmiri goats became famous for wandering empty streets of Llandudno, Conwy, during last spring’s lockdown last year. Locals Primark store at Parc Llandudno watched them eating hedges, shopping centre.
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visiting a schoolyard and later Will said: “I was cycling to looking like they were queueing for work at 8am expecting to a haircut at a barber’s. pass through an empty Parc
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And this week passer-by Llandudno when I noticed them Will Roberts saw the creatures heading straight for Primark.” in a parking lot outside of the The 120-strong herd of Kashmiri goats usually live on the Great Orme headlands above the town. ★
But they have become regular visitors to town and seem to enjoy scaling walls, eating plants and causing mischief. Will added: “They keep managing to pop up in new and more surreal places.”