内容摘要：He has campaigned for the right to assisted dying for the past 15 years, since his wife, Jennifer, joined Dignitas.

He has campaigned for the right to assisted dying for the past 15 years, since his wife, Jennifer, joined Dignitas.

Coping with her daughter's condition is lonely, Laura said."I have no-one close I can talk to and understand what we're going through," she said.

"Other parents live far away and I occasionally contact some mums on social media."Batten Disease Family Association chief executive, Liz Brownnutt, said the organisation supported 117 children and young adults with Batten disease in the UK, four in Wales.Laura is grateful for her family's help and the community's support.

But it was, she said, "so upsetting".A village cricket club has thanked volunteers for getting its season underway with push-mowers and manual tools, because the ground was too wet for drive-on mowers.

Hodnet and Peplow Cricket Club, based in north Shropshire, is among many which have struggled with a wet start to the season.

But teams of supporters, some with their children in tow, mowed by hand, and raked and treated the field to get it ready.Amanda Rowe, IOPC director, said: "This was a disturbing incident in broad daylight in a residential area and it is appropriate that we examine police actions in responding to the events.

"We send our sympathies to those who were injured and everyone affected by what happened," she said."We will keep all relevant parties updated as our enquiries progress."

A new species of dinosaur unearthed on the Isle of Wight has been named in honour of the man who found it, following his death.The 125 million-year-old specimen was found in Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight in 2013 by fossil hunter Nick Chase, who died of cancer in 2019.