Monty Don has shared how to grow carrots the right way – but be sure to protect them

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Rats are a common problem across the UK. But what can you do to stop them from coming into your home and garden?

In a bid to keep rats away, experts at RHS Advice stress that they are “highly social and adaptable mammals and feed on a wide variety of foods. They can make their homes underground or in compost heaps, in buildings, greenhouses, sheds or drains.”

As they are “adaptable creatures”, they can also eat a wide range of food from our gardens, including “sweetcorn cobs, pumpkins and squash and various root vegetables, such as carrot, parsnip, beetroot and potato tubers”.

This means that if you are growing any of these, such as carrots, which cost as little as 69p in ALDI and Sainsbury’s, you will want to protect them from rats or risk a ruined crop.

In fact, “if you suspect that stored or growing crops have been nibbled by rats, don’t eat them. Rats also eat seeds, so store them securely”, warns BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine.

How to deter rats

Sadly, there’s not a lot you can do to deter rats from eating your vegetable crops. However, while it is difficult to keep rats away from your veg, peppermint oil is a popular deterrent.

Rats find the strong scent overwhelming, so spray it near your crops twice a week to keep them at bay. You can also try planting catnip in your borders; its potent smell is known to discourage rats from entering your garden suggests BBC Gardeners World Magazine.

Monty Don’s carrot tips – it’s not too late to plant them

According to BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, Monty Don has shared some handy tips. It is noted: “There are two types of carrot to choose from – early varieties, which are sown in spring and are ready to harvest about 10 weeks later, and late varieties, which can be sown from the end of spring and are ready to lift after about 14-16 weeks.”

A planting schedule depends on how much space you have and what equipment you own. While the peak season runs from late March to June, you can extend this window by using a greenhouse or polytunnel, or by warming the ground with a cloche or garden fleece.

Success starts with the soil, the experts stress. Thoroughly fork the ground to break up clumps and remove stones, as these can split roots. Carrots prefer light, well-drained soil that stays damp but isn’t too rich.

To prevent “forking,” avoid adding fresh manure or compost right before planting. It’s best to use a patch that was enriched the previous year. It continues: “If growing carrots in the soil, sow seed directly.

“Make a seed drill (shallow trench) about 1cm deep using the edge of a hoe or trowel. Sow the seeds thinly along the bottom of the drill about 5-8cm apart – be careful not to grow carrots too close together as this can stunt their growth. Cover the seed with a thin layer of sieved soil, and water well using a watering can with a rose attached.

“To extend your cropping period, sow seeds successively at two-week intervals. Sow a selection of carrot varieties that will crop at different times over the season.”

How do you deter rats? Let us know in the comments!

Then there’s his family life, public engagements and sit-down interviews. These are everything we’ve become used to with this kind of Netflix documentary: a lot of “brand” guff, flashing bulbs outside events, some candid family behind-the-scenes footage, and a few emotional hero moments courtesy of the down-to-earth couch chats. It’s the Beckham documentary formula all over again. Except now we’ve seen it thrice, and it’s really starting to grate.

Robert Dorgan, 56, also went by the name Roberta Esposito killed two relatives and injured three other people

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Police have confirmed the two victims of a mass shooting during a high school ice hockey match was the shooter’s ex-wife and one son.

Police identified the shooter at the ice rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in United States on the afternoon of Monday, February 16, as Robert Dorgan. The 56-year-old also went by the name Roberta Esposito.

Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves on Tuesday said that the victims were the shooter’s ex-wife Rhonda Dorgan and adult son Aidan Dorgan. The three others were injured in the attack, these being the parents of the Dorgan’s ex-wife and a family friend. Dorgan died from a self-inflicted gun-shot wound.

The Dennis M. Lynch Arena was hosting matches for several local schools during the incident.

A livestream of the match captured the moment spectators and players took cover as gunshots rang out. LiveBarn, the streaming platform for youth sporting events, has said on social media that those circulating the video do not have permission to do so.

Police Chief Goncalves said it does not appear that the shooter had any conversation or confrontation with relatives prior to the shooting.

Dorgan was employed at a ship building facility in Maine that contracts with the US Navy, it has been reported.

Dorgan’s colleague Destiny Mackenzie told The Associated Press that the shooter used the women’s restroom. She said they would often talk about family, but Dorgan’s ex-wife never came up in conversation. The shooter’s hockey-playing son was a frequent topic.

Mackenzie said Dorgan often went by Roberta at work and had a bad temper. Dorgan sometimes had screaming matches with colleagues.

Another colleague said Dorgan appeared to be divided on the matter of transgender acceptance. At times Dorgan appeared to be proud of transitioning but embarrassed the next. That colleague told The AP that they knew Dorgan owned guns but was unsure how many.

Dorgan briefly served in the Marine Corps during 1988 but separated from the service with the lowest military rank.

New powers have also been put into law to check people’s bank accounts

The DWP has issued an update regarding the expansion of its case reviews for benefit recipients. As part of this process, you may be required to submit evidence to continue receiving your benefits.

This announcement follows the recent granting of new powers to DWP officials to clamp down on incorrect benefit payments. The new regulations permit investigators to request bank account details for people on Universal Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, and Pension Credit, to identify any claimants who may not be entitled to their benefits.

The legislation allows for these eligibility checks to be extended to other DWP benefits. Another way that the DWP checks people’s eligibility for their payments is through targeted case reviews.

These reviews involve DWP officials ensuring a claimant’s details are all present and correct, to confirm their payment amount is accurate. They will reach out to the person, asking them to provide evidence as part of the procedure.

The DWP started doing these reviews in 2022 to scrutinise Universal Credit claims. Senior DWP official Peter Schofield recently informed MPs that the department is now expanding these reviews to check Pension Credit claims.

The DWP was asked to explain what these reviews entail. A DWP spokesperson said: “We have introduced major reforms to ensure people are paid the correct benefits, to recover overpayments and to help save billions of pounds for the taxpayer.

“Targeted case reviews have already saved the taxpayer £1billion by blocking incorrect Universal Credit payments, and are set to save an additional £1.2billion in 2030-31. From 2026 to 2029, we will also review Pension Credit claims at risk of error, saving an estimated £500million over this period.”

What do DWP targeted case reviews involve?

Claimants must provide evidence, including their ID, to verify their identity. They also need to supply bank statements to confirm specific aspects of their claim.

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You may need to submit bank statements to verify your earnings, additional income, your savings or your housing costs. These checks are designed to provide an accurate picture of your circumstances, ensuring you are paid the correct amount.

They also help the DWP ensure you’re getting appropriate support, such as assistance to prevent falling into debt or to help you avoid getting further into debt. The standard way you have to provide this evidence is sending electronic copies, by uploading the information through your Universal Credit account.

Your benefits ‘may be suspended’

The DWP has directed claimants to a tutorial video explaining how to upload their evidence. Agents will require you to submit your evidence “within a 14-day deadline”.

The DWP warns that your claim “may be suspended” if you fail to comply with this timeframe. However, staff will tailor their approach for each individual case, to determine the appropriate course of action and to provide any additional support you require.

This additional support can include:

• Offering a call to discuss the process and help understand any support you need
• Guiding the customer through uploading information
• Giving the customer more time to provide requested information
• Organising a home visit.

Customers under review are also provided with guidance on how to contact their agent if they have any questions or concerns. The department previously said it would use between £300million and £400million a year to continue the targeted case review programme for Universal Credit claims.

DWP bosses also plan to spend £70million a year on expanding the checks to investigate Pension Credit claims. The DWP has been allocated a total of £3.5billion to clamp down on erroneous payments for the three years from 2026/2027.

“Although we understood that TfL had intended to present a range of diversity and scenarios across their campaign, we considered the ad, when seen in isolation, had the effect of perpetuating a negative racial stereotype about black men as perpetrators of threatening behaviour.

Real Madrid’s Champions League game against Benfica was stopped for several minutes after a racist ‌slur was allegedly directed at Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior by an opposition player.

The match in Lisbon, Portugal, was halted five minutes into the second half, shortly after ​Vinicius gave the away side a 1-0 lead in the first leg of the knockout playoffs.

Cameras picked up the 25-year-old telling French referee Francois Letexier he had been targeted.

The match was stopped for 11 minutes and Vinicius went to the sidelines at the Estadio da Luz.

Both coaches, Benfica’s Jose Mourinho and Madrid’s Alvaro Arbeloa, talked to him at one point.

It appears Benfica players were not happy with the forward because he celebrated his goal by dancing in front of the corner flag, and some went to confront him.

Vinicius had been shown a yellow card after the celebration.

After the complaint, Letexier responded by crossing ​his arms in front of his ⁠face, activating FIFA’s anti-racism protocol and stopping the match.

Real’s players threatened ⁠to leave the pitch ​as tensions rose, but the referee ​eventually allowed the match to resume.

Vinicius: Racists are cowards

Vinicius has repeatedly suffered ​racism in Spain during games. In a message on Instagram after the match, he said: “Nothing that happened here today was new in my life and my family’s.”

“Racists are, above all, cowards,” he added.

“They need to put their shirts over their mouths to demonstrate how weak they are.

“But they have, on their side, the protection of others who, theoretically, have the obligation to punish.”

He described the protocol enforced by the referee as serving “no purpose”, and said he didn’t understand why he was booked for his celebration.

“I don’t like appearing in situations like this, even more so after a great victory and when the headlines have to be about Real Madrid, but it’s necessary,” he said.

Player ‘could be banned’ if found guilty

The teams are due to go to Madrid to play the second leg, with the Spanish side 1-0 up, but Sky News’ sports correspondent Rob Harris said there could be sanctions.

“There can be a ban for the player, if he’s found guilty of the racial abuse of Vinicius,” he explained.

“Vinicius himself had warned about facing racism in the past, particularly in Spain… and had said that he would be prepared to walk off… if he faced abuse.

“Football often talks about sending out a message, and imposing those bans, to hopefully try to stamp out the scourge of racism. But how often are we still talking about this in football?”

‘It’s disgusting,’ says England star

After the game, teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold, a former Liverpool and England player, told Amazon Prime: “What’s happened tonight is a disgrace to football. It’s overshadowed the performance, especially after such an amazing goal.

“Vini has been subjected to this a few times throughout his career, there’s no place for it in football or society. It’s disgusting.”

After weeks of relentless rain and flooding, and even more forecast, 2025’s droughts and hosepipe bans feel like ancient history. But they shouldn’t.

The UK is increasingly caught between these wetter winters and warmer, drier summers. What if this year’s summer brings water shortages again? The seemingly endless rainfall causing flooding across the UK right now could help solve future summer drought problems – if we capture it right.

The stakes are high in Speyside, home to around half of Scotland’s malt whisky distilleries. They had to cope with 2025 being the UK’s warmest and sunniest on record, where prolonged dry conditions led to widespread restrictions on water abstraction. Multiple distilleries were forced into temporary closures, costing the industry millions of pounds and highlighting just how vulnerable even Scotland’s famously wet regions are to water scarcity.

Whisky production represents one of the UK’s biggest industrial water users. Large quantities of water are required for the distilling process and the product itself, so understanding water conservation is both extremely important for the industry, and can also help others recognise the benefits.

If it was possible to retain this winter’s rainfall and release it gradually when it was needed, the nation could become more resilient to both floods and droughts without building expensive new reservoirs.

Managing droughts with floods

Across Speyside, they’re testing ways to slow, store and steadily release water by working with the landscape rather than against it. Distillers have invested in leaky dams (small barriers built across temporary upland streams) to slow the flow of water during heavy rain and allow the rainwater to soak into soil and recharge groundwater.

Leaky dams hold the water at surface level as well helping it store underground. Water in the soil and deeper groundwater move through the subsurface much more slowly than over land – taking weeks or months rather than hours or days – which is why rivers still flow even after long dry spells.

There are other examples of useful interventions. Peatland restoration, wetland creation and tree planting all work by increasing temporary storage in the landscape and slowing the movement of water into rivers.

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Research across upland catchment areas in Cumbria and West Yorkshire shows how the principles being tested in Speyside could translate to elsewhere. A large academic review of natural flood management evidence concluded that measures increasing water storage, slowing the flow of water over the land or enhancing soil structure can consistently reduce the peak level of a flood.

This growing body of evidence supports a simple but powerful idea: the UK and other countries could be more resilient to droughts and floods by redesigning landscapes to keep water around for longer.

Three lessons for the rest of the UK

1. Design and location matter

Local factors and hydrology (the study of the movement and management of water) can determine what works best where. For example, planting trees “somewhere” delivers far less benefit than planting them in the right places, especially near rivers, near the source of the river, or where soil can absorb water.

2. Benefits must stack up or they won’t be adopted

Leaky dams and other projects, such as tree planting, are relatively inexpensive, compared with traditionally engineered flood defences or having to deal with flood and drought consequences. They can deliver benefits at a fraction of the cost, while potentially also increasing biodiversity, soil health, carbon capture and improving water quality.

But there are trade-offs, which need to be assessed early. For example, in some cases, large-scale tree planting can also reduce summer water availability in already stressed catchment areas. Tree canopies can temporarily store water on the leaves, but if this water evaporates it doesn’t return to the soil. Tree roots improve the soil so it absorbs and stores more water, but trees can also use more water. The net effects depend on factors such as climate, soil type and tree species.

3. Good governance will unlock funding

When water security has clear economic benefits, businesses are willing to engage. However, investment is not always private, and a recent review showed public funding is often fragmented, with inconsistent planning rules. Strengthening overall governance of these kind of schemes is essential, because farmers, businesses and landowners are far more likely to participate if they benefit.

Managing our landscapes appropriately won’t stop all floods or prevent every drought, but it can make both less severe, while restoring habitats, supporting farming, and protecting industries that rely on dependable water supplies.

Every river carrying floodwater to the sea represents water that could be stored for drier months. Thinking ahead for what happens during heavy rains can be part of forward planning for more extreme weather in years to come.

The county’s police force said it happened on Cliffe Common to York Road in Cliffe, near Selby around 3.20pm on Monday, February 16.

A force spokesperson said the crash involved a silver Hyundai Getz car and a silver Vauxhall Mokka SUV.

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Both drivers were transported to hospital – the Hyundai driver, a man in his 80s, is still receiving treatment and a woman in her 30s driving the SUV has a serious hand injury, the force said.

The road was closed for several hours after the crash to allow emergency services to work at the scene.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “The Hyundai had been travelling along Lowmoor Road from the direction of A163 towards Moor Lane, with the Vauxhall heading in the opposite direction.

“If you saw the collision, have relevant dashcam footage, or recall seeing either vehicle prior to the incident, please get in touch without delay.

“Please email matthew.harvey@northyorkshire.police.uk or call 101 and ask for Matthew Harvey. Quote reference number 12260029149 when providing details.

Freezing temperatures early this year saw £35 million worth of cold weather payments made to households across England and Wales – but one million pensioners are still missing out

Nearly 1.5 million households across England and Wales have already received cold weather payments this winter, the government has confirmed.

The payments of £25 are made when the average temperature in a postcode area is recorded as – or forecast to be – zero degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days. Freezing weather in the first few weeks of 2026 have meant extra payments being made to eligible households.

The payments were triggered by temperatures plunging below zero at more than 30 Met Office weather stations across the country. Around 1.4 million cold weather payments were dished out last winter.

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According to the Department for Work and Pensions, more than £35 million has been paid to vulnerable households across England and Wales so far this winter. The scheme runs from November 1 2025 to March 31 2026.

You will usually be eligible for Cold Weather Payments if you get Pension Credit. Those receiving Universal Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance and Support for Mortgage Interest may also be eligible if they meet additional criteria, such as their employment status, health conditions, disability, or caring responsibilities for young or disabled children.

People in Scotland don’t receive Cold Weather Payments but may be eligible for an annual Winter Heating Payment instead. Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said: “This support is a lifeline for vulnerable households when temperatures plummet. Combined with our wider cost of living support – including a higher National Living Wage, £150 off energy bills, and a £300 Winter Fuel Payment for over nine million pensioners – these measures are making a real difference to households across the country.”

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Pensioners on low incomes have been urged to apply for Pension Credit as it also provides access to other support including help with housing costs and free NHS dental treatment, as well as council tax discount, help with energy costs, and a free TV licence for over 75s. The charity Age UK says that around one in six – equivalent to 1.9 million – pensioners live in poverty yet many older people assume they won’t qualify, or find it daunting and difficult to complete applications without help.

Figures from 2023/24 showed nearly two in five of those eligible to claim Pension Credit – equivalent to one million pensioners – are missing out on average £50 per week, or £2,600 per year. Morgan Vine, director of policy and influencing at the charity Independent Age, said: “Cold Weather Payments can be a lifeline during cold snaps.

“With more than half of older people on low incomes across England and Wales regularly sharing that they are worried about meeting the cost of their heating bill, it is crucial that vital support like this reaches those who need it most. We welcome this £35 million investment from the UK Government to support people of all ages struggling to heat their homes and look forward to continuing to work with the Government to ensure older people on low incomes receive the financial support they need.”

The Wednesday letters page looks forward to a Pokémon Gen X reveal this month, as one reader imagines a Half-Life x Portal crossover game.

Games Inbox is a collection of our readers’ letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk

Top of the list
I realise it’s pointless talking about any kind of most anticipated game this year, when GTA 6 is out in November, but there are honestly a bunch of games I’m looking forward to more. I’m sure GTA 6 will look good, but I can tell from the trailer that it’s going to be the same old, same old.

I don’t hate it, but I’d much rather play Saros, Marvel’s Wolverine, and even Fable has me more intrigued. But the game I’m most looking forward to this year is Resident Evil Requiem, which is handy as it’s out soon.

I don’t think there’s any question that it’ll be worth getting, given the unanimous good previews and Capcom seeming to be on top of their game. The marketing has been good, without giving too much away, and I like the idea of the two characters being very different. I just hope I don’t get spoiled on anything this week, because I see copies are already out in the wild.
Damon

Empty shelves
Although I agree with the reader who said that the PlayStation 6 being delayed till 2029 is overall a good thing I think he’s overlooking the fact that if there’s no RAM – or hard drives – that means no PlayStation 5s either. We could be looking at a bit of a gaming apocalypse, where there’s no new consoles to sell and they can only sell games to their existing base.

That’s not good for any company that wants their graphs to go up but it’s probably especially bad for Nintendo, who have only just launched a new console, so there aren’t that many Switch 2 owners in the world. It’d be an understatement to say that increasing the price doesn’t seem like a good idea in that situation.

But it’s difficult. It’s not actually the companies’ fault but I bet they want us to pay for the trouble anyway. They’ll be gutted to miss out on all the new business GTA 6 will bring too.
Hammeriron

Still unbeaten
While we’re talking about so many anniversaries this year there is another one, although compared to Zelda or Resident Evil I guess it’s not that big. But I was surprised and alarmed to find that Uncharted 4 is 10 years old in May. In my mind it’s a relatively new game but… I guess not.

It is really good though, even though I don’t really approve of the more grounded, non-supernatural approach. The bit around the middle, in Madagascar, is still absolutely peak action gaming and I’ve not seen anything since best it.

Worse thing is though I’ve barely seen anything even try. Only Uncharted (and the money Sony give them) can do things this well and I’m shocked there’s been no attempt to make a new game since or for anyone to outdo them. Maybe the new Tomb Raider can take the crown, but they’d have to be doing really well to get that good.
Grackle

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Slow-motion storytelling
Since it’s cheap, I might check out ChromaGun 2, as I’ve never heard of the series before. But I do miss Portal. People have been talking about Valve not making games anymore, and whether they might come back with Half-Life 3, but I’ve never heard any talk of a Portal 3. I think that’s the one that really suffered from everyone leaving, because you can recruit people that make first person shooters pretty easy but people that can write comedy of the quality of Portal aren’t exactly common.

I always imagined there’d be a crossover game where Gordon Freeman meets Chell, which I think they were building up to at one point, but I really don’t know if they’d do that now. Even Half-Life: Alyx was six years ago now, so they’re not exactly rushing this, but I don’t have any faith it’s going to happen.

You need a bunch of games to build up to it and at this rate they’ll have just about got the prologue done when Gabe (and me) dies of old age.
Hake

Pre-existing prequel
As much as I’m looking forward to Resident Evil Requiem this month, I was secretly hoping that Capcom would re-release Resident Evil Outbreak in some way, to help promote it and to show who Alyssa Ashcroft is, because I’m sure many people do not know.

I always wanted to play the game online, but it didn’t have that feature when it was released in Europe, so I never got the chance. (I know the sequel had online but I didn’t have a PlayStation 2 by that point.) Maybe it was rubbish but that’s not what I hear and it always sounded a lot more interesting than the other multiplayer Resident Evil games Capcom has done.
Scooter

Generational interest
I hope that Gen X of Pokémon does get announced this month. By which I mean I hope they reveal some games that are actually worthy of the legacy and look like some actual money has been put into them. People are trying to guess what Nintendo will make their big Christmas game, but I think it’ll be Pokémon Wind and Waves, or whatever it’s actually called.

I feel nowadays that Pokémon games just come and go without as much fanfare as they used to, partly because there’s so many of them nowadays and only the uber fans can keep up with it all. It all seems kind of sectioned off from all the other Nintendo first party games, which is why I think Z-A didn’t really make much of an impression last year.

The 30th anniversary is going to put a lot of eyes onto it this year, so this is moment to go all out and make something more than an easy cash-in. It feels like that’s what Pokémon has been for so long now and it’s a shame because I have very fond memories of playing it as a kid and now my kid is the right age to give it a go. But they know the toys and the cartoon but not really the games.

I don’t like to push thing on them, and I’m actually interested to see what they pick up on and what they’re aware of and not. I’ll see if they’re interested in the Pokémon Presents when it gets announced and what they think of whatever’s in that.
Belsh

Twin Snakes
Never mind delisting PlayStation 3 games as soon as a new release is announced, I didn’t realise the new Metal Gear Solid Collection wasn’t remasters. So it’s just a straight port of Metal Gear Solid 4? That is disappointing, to say the least.

With this and the Rainbow Six Siege crossover Konami are clearly building up to doing more with Snake and co. but I can’t imagine it going well. For better and worse there was just too much of Hideo Kojima in those games and trying to copying him, or not making it weird like he would, both seem like a bad idea.
Iceman

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Smash Street Fighter
With all the success Nintendo have had with their Super Smash Bros. games, why haven’t Capcom done something similar with the Street Fighter games?

It would still play as a traditional Street Fighter game (1v1 on a 2D plane) but have all fighters with all their individual fighter colours, outfits, all variations of their stages, music, backgrounds, bonus stages, fighting styles, and so on and would surely be amazeballs!

Maybe in order to not overwhelm the player with all that content, these could be either unlocked through gameplay or (the most-likely route of) DLC.

I have been re-playing the Switch version of Street Fighter 30th Anniversary recently and thought it’d be great if all these games could merge into one.

The PS1 version of Street Fighter Alpha 3 remains my favourite Street Fighter game to this day, which sadly isn’t in this compilation.

I’m not sure if to include the Marvel or other non-Capcom characters for fear of the licensing.
LeeDappa

GC: We’re not really sure what you’re after, you mean just more guest characters? Between them, Street Fighter 5 and 6 have featured fighters from games including Final Fight, Rival Schools, and SNK’s Fatal Fury. We’re sure there’ll be more over time.

Inbox also-rans
I’m still trying to get over the idea of paying £12.1 million for a Pokémon card. What would you even do with it? I’ve seen the card and more than half of it’s Japanese writing, which I’m will to bet Logan Paul can’t read.
Badgerman

Just beat Donkey Kong Bananza. That was an excellent final boss fight and last couple of levels! The game had some ups and downs but overall, really liked it.
Pinky

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