A man sustained severe facial injuries following an attack by what’s believed to be an “XL Bully” dog. The incident has sparked a police investigation to locate the dog and its suspected owner.

Luke Sanderson, 25, was set upon by the animal while speaking with another man. He was left with significant facial wounds in and around his mouth. A graphic image below, which some readers may find upsetting, shows the severity of Mr Sanderson’s injuries.

Mr Sanderson’s mother, Jo, revealed her son required up to 50 stitches for his wounds following the attack in Towyn Way West, Towyn earlier this week

She explained how it happened on Bank Holiday Monday when Luke was talking to a man and was then bitten on the mouth. Always keep on top of the latest Welsh news with our newsletter

“I was inside the house and Luke came in and his mouth was covered in blood. The police are involved and are now searching for him and the dog,” said Jo.

“Luke seems okay, it has traumatised him though and he doesn’t want the dog attacking anybody else. He is also worried it may attack a child. He was told he was lucky.”

“He went into hospital Monday night, got home about four in the morning. He went back Tuesday for day surgery where he had about 40-50 stitches. He’s on antibiotics and eye ointment. He’s got to go back on the 4th (of June) for another appointment.”

She added: “I am trying to keep calm about it because my son doesn’t want to make a fuss. He says, ‘I am still walking, still talking and I can leave the house – I’m fine’. That’s how he sees it.”

North Wales Police have launched an appeal to trace Darren Sheridan, aged 45, in connection with the incident.

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A North Wales Police Denbighshire Coastal and Abergele appeal said: “Wanted. We are actively looking for Darren Sheridan (45) of Kinmel Bay. He is wanted on suspicion of failing to control a dangerous dog, and breach of a Domestic Abuse Protection Order (DAPO).

“If you have seen Darren, or have any information as to his whereabouts, please contact us via our live webchat or on 101 quoting ref 26000418267.”

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Real ended their 2025-26 campaign trophyless, with rivals Barcelona sealing the La Liga title with a 2-0 El Clasico victory.

Los Blancos’ Champions League run also ended with a 6-4 aggregate defeat by German champions Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.

After leaving Real in 2013, Mourinho returned to England for a second stint at Chelsea, winning the third of his three Premier League titles, plus the EFL Cup, in the 2014-15 season.

Following his departure from the Blues by mutual consent in 2015, Mourinho joined Manchester United on a three-year deal in 2016.

He won the Europa League, EFL Cup and Community Shield during his first season at Old Trafford, but was sacked in December 2018 after a poor run of results.

Mourinho also had spells at Tottenham, Serie A side Roma, where he won the Europa Conference League in 2022, and Turkish club Fenerbahce, before taking over at Benfica.

The BBC’s topical debate programme Question Time began in an usual way this week, featuring a panel of iconic people who all passed away decades ago.

Winston Churchill, Frida Khalo, Mahatma Gandhi and Emmeline Pankhurst briefly featured to introduce the programme’s topic – artificial intelligence (AI).

The programme went on to discuss the consequential issues of AI for the present day and beyond.

The real life panel consisted of Darren Jones, chief secretary to the prime minister; Julia Lopez, shadow secretary of state for science, innovation and technology; Mo Gawdat, author, entrepreneur and former chief business officer at Google X; Laura Gilbert, senior director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; and Victor Riparbelli, founder and CEO of London-based AI company Synthesia.

Watch the full programme here.

Six years ago, the government rejected a House of Lords select committee proposal to add the Champions League final to the list of “crown jewels” events, which would have ensured it would always be free-to-air.

Highlights of the Champions League final will be available on the BBC Sport website and across social media channels 15 minutes after the trophy lift, and on BBC iPlayer and television later in the evening.

Live commentary will also be on BBC Radio 5 Live.

The Champions League final had been free on ITV each year from 1993 – with the exception of the 1994 final, which the BBC showed live – until BT Sport won the rights, starting from 2015-16.

BT Sport continued to make it available without a subscription through to 2023, simultaneously broadcasting the game on its YouTube channel.

This changed after BT Sport was bought by Warner Bros Discovery and rebranded as TNT Sports.

While the finals remained available without cost, fans needed to sign up for a discovery+ account to get access.

Discovery+ has been replaced by Warner Bros Discovery’s new streaming service, HBO Max, which has no free option.

Fans will not need a full TNT Sports subscription, and can instead sign up for HBO Max for one month.

The cheapest subscription starts at £4.99, which would include all three matches, though most Sky customers already get HBO Max at no extra cost.

From 2027-28, TNT Sports will lose its European rights.

Paramount+ has picked up the Champions League, while the Europa League and the Conference League will move to Sky Sports.

Warner Bros Discovery has been approached for comment.

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Canadian national Kenneth Law, 60, has admitted charges of aiding suicide relating to Canadian victims – he has been linked to deaths in the UK

A Canadian man who sold lethal substances online to people across the world, including the UK, has admitted charges of aiding suicide.

Kenneth Law, 60, appeared in court in Ontario, Canada, on Friday where he formally entered his guilty pleas to a total of 14 counts, all relating to Canadian victims.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said 79 UK victims who died as a direct result of purchasing Law’s products will form part of the wider case into his offending.

Authorities informed the victims’ families that Law would not face criminal proceedings in the UK because of the potential for the hotel cook to challenge the extradition after being convicted of similar offences in Canada.

After his Canadian convictions, British prosecutors described Law as a “serial offender who callously exploited many vulnerable and innocent people exchanging their lives for his financial gain”.

He sold 1,200 packages to 40 countries across the world from Canada-based websites – with 286 individuals in the UK receiving the products, leading to 112 deaths.

The NCA and CPS said in a letter to bereaved families that it had been established Law sent 330 products to the UK in total.

Explaining why the UK victims would be taken into the Canadian case, the letter said: “We recognise that this may be painful to hear, and that some victims and bereaved families may have hoped to see a separate prosecution in England and Wales.

“This difficult decision was reached only after detailed consideration of all available options.”

The senior investigating officer at the NCA, Damon Hayes, told reporters including British victims in the Canadian case “guarantees all victims and families in the UK will see justice”.

He added: “This approach is not unusual in cases involving serious offending that crosses international borders.

“This will allow the judge to take into account the full extent of Law’s criminal behaviour, including the fact that his actions resulted in the deaths of people in this country.”

Victims’ families have criticised the move, with one bereaved father saying: “I am angry but not surprised.”

David Parfett, the father of philosophy student Thomas Parfett, who died aged 22 after taking his own life in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, added: “For months, we have been told that the system is working and that existing measures are enough. They are not.

“If our own country will not put anyone on trial for these deaths, the very least it can do is hold a proper inquiry into how they were allowed to happen.”

The sister of 21-year-old Aimee Walton, from Southampton, who died in 2022, said that “doors have been shut” for families seeking justice.

Adele Zeynep Walton said: “The question for our own country is simpler still: who here will examine how the British state let this happen, and what it will do so that no other family goes through it?

“A foreign sentencing hearing cannot answer that. Only a statutory public inquiry can.”

Since opening its investigation in April 2023, the NCA has worked with 45 police forces across the UK to gather evidence on Law’s offending.

Specialist CPS prosecutor Andrew Hudson told reporters that “no victim has been left behind as part of this process”, adding that including British victims will “ensure that the full devastating extent of his criminal conduct is seen and considered by the sentence in court.”

Law was also investigated by police in the United States, Italy, Australia and New Zealand.

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South Lanarkshire Council are set to sell the property off.

A council house in Bothwell with serious structural problems is to be sold off after repair costs were found to be more than double the property’s market value.

The former tenant of the two-bedroom property at 13 Morven Way raised concerns about cracks throughout the building and the overall condition of the property — and was permanently rehoused.

The property has been lying empty ever since, and will now go before South Lanarkshire Council’s housing and technical resources committee on June 3, where councillors will be asked to approve the disposal of the house on the open market.

The single-storey end terrace house, which was built in 1960, was flagged after the tenant’s concerns prompted a full structural assessment.

The report by Grossart Associates identified serious defects throughout, including internal and external separation cracks, an off-level floor slab, and wall cracks throughout.

A report by housing director Stephen Gibson, which will be tabled at next week’s meeting, states that the inspection “identified an on-going structural problem within the property, with serious defects noted throughout.”

He wrote: “The total cost of reinstatement works to 13 Morven Way is estimated at £162,687.

“All works included within these costs are mandatory. Any works that were deemed non-essential have been removed from costings to cap the costs of this project.

“It should be noted that, even if these works were carried out, there is no guarantee that structural issues would not re-emerge following this.

“Similar style of properties within the Bothwell area have sold for £87,000 on the open market. Therefore, the reinstatement works to 13 Morven Way are just over double the market value of similar type properties.”

The works required are extensive — stripping out the interior, replacing the roof, installing new external render and windows, and strengthening the external walls.

The recommendation is to sell the 13 Morven Way property as it stands, with any proceeds going into the Housing Revenue Account’s Capital Programme.

With the local authority in the midst of a housing emergency, the council’s estates team “will actively monitor the market in an attempt to buy back other ex-council properties within the area to replace this property.”

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Micaela Church completed the challenge in just two days to raise money for the at-threat facility which cares for her disabled brother.

A woman has smashed a £10,000 fundraising target by completing four Edinburgh Marathon Festival events in a single weekend- running 78km in two days for the disabled brother she helps care for.

Micaela Church completed the 5km (3.1 miles) and 10km (6.2 miles) on Saturday, followed by the half marathon (21.1km / 13.1 miles) and full marathon (42.2km / 26.2 miles), raising vital funds for Capability Scotland’s Our Inclusive Community Project (OICP).

The new development will replace Upper Springland, the Perth residential facility where her brother Matthew lives, which faces a significant flooding risk that threatens its long-term future.

Matthew, who was born with cytomegalovirus, lives with learning disabilities, autism, epilepsy and severe anxiety that requires round-the-clock specialist care.

When Micaela and her siblings became his welfare guardians following the sudden loss of their mother five years ago, Upper Springland’s support proved invaluable to the whole family.

Micaela said: “The team at Upper Springland have taken the time to truly understand Matthew, his needs, his anxieties and the things that bring him joy.

“Knowing he is safe and genuinely cared for gives our whole family peace of mind. That’s what I’m running for.”

The new OICP facility will include a specialist hydrotherapy pool and that detail has driven every training mile. Swimming is where Matthew is at his happiest and the thought of securing that for him, and others like him, gave Micaela’s campaign its purpose.

Micaela remembered her mother returning from the Edinburgh Marathon Festival with a medal, convinced she had won. Decades later, she ran the same course carrying that memory with her.

Ailsa Wallace, head of fundraising and communications at Capability Scotland, said: “What Micaela is taking on is extraordinary both the physical challenge and the dedication behind it.

“Upper Springland has served people from across Scotland for over 40 years. The OICP will ensure that exceptional care continues in a modern, purpose-built environment that truly reflects it and fundraising like this brings that future one step closer.”

To support Micaela’s challenge, visit: justgiving.com/page/manymilesformatthew

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Americans infected with the deadly strain of Ebola will be taken to European countries for treatment instead of the US, an official has revealed.  

Concern is growing over the outbreak of deadly Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in recent weeks.  

Now an official from Trump’s administration has said that any Americans who need advanced medical care would be transported to Europe, not the US, according to NBC News.  

US officials have set up a quarantine facility in Kenya to treat American patients, and it is set to open today with 50 beds.  

This will be the first stop for the exposed Americans before they are taken to another country in Europe. The destination countries have not yet been named.  

The Trump administration has insisted that the reason for the plan is shorter flights.  

One American citizen, a surgeon who had worked in a hospital in DRC, was taken to Germany with his family after contracting Ebola.  

Dr Peter Stafford treated a person infected with Ebola unknowingly before the outbreak was noticed. His wife, also a doctor, had operated on the same patient.  

Five others who were exposed were also transported to Germany, while one patient was taken to Czechia, Reuters reports.  

The US has put stringent measures in place in a bid to prevent Ebola from spreading to the country.  

Non-citizens who have been in Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the last 21 days are blocked from entering the US.  

Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, said: ‘We cannot and will not allow any cases of Ebola to enter the United States.’ 

Death toll from the virus is mounting, with 223 suspected fatalities linked to the specific strain, which currently has no vaccine against it. Cases have soared to around 1,000.  

The recent outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship with people from dozens of countries complicated the response and where to take patients.  

MV Hondius, the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, was eventually allowed to dock in Tenerife, which sparked a protest on the island.  

Ebola in the DRC and Uganda has been declared a health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Efforts to tackle the outbreak in the DRC are hampered by ongoing internal conflict in the country, particularly in the eastern border regions controlled by various militias, and lack of resources.

Misinformation about the disease is also rife, which has led to violent clashes as mobs of people have forced their way into health clinics to reclaim bodies of loved ones.

The strain of Ebola behind the ongoing outbreak is known as the Bundibugyo strain. There is no vaccine, although scientists in Oxford are urgently developing one.

A vaccine for the strain could take up to nine months to create and roll out, the WHO has said.

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