内容摘要：The first vote expected to take place early on Wednesday evening, and the world will be informed of the cardinals' choice by coloured smoke issuing from a chimney in the chapel.

The first vote expected to take place early on Wednesday evening, and the world will be informed of the cardinals' choice by coloured smoke issuing from a chimney in the chapel.

Mr Barkham added with the clock running continually throughout he would have to limit his food and drink intake."The main thing is not to try to drink much. I'm not going to drink any alcohol, probably until about 10pm when I know I'm close. Hopefully I can celebrate with a beer at the end."

He said he would continue throwing if he exceeded the 160,000 target, to try to "get as many points as possible".Plans to help critically endangered bats in a nature reserve have moved a step forward.A fundraising target to support the Bechstein bats at Trowbridge's Green Lane Wood Nature Reserve, Wiltshire, has been hit, which has unlocked £20,000.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust will spend the money on new bat roosts, ponds, bat monitoring and public education.The trust's grant's officer Debbie Bentley said the charity had been worried amid declining numbers over recent years. She added the money will help to maintain a "strong and healthy" colony.

Most of the £20,000 is coming from the

. This stipulates that 10% needs to come from elsewhere, which the trust has now raised.Officers from the National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) - which is equipped to respond to serious incidents in jails - were sent to reports of a disturbance at Lowdham Grange prison on Tuesday.

The Prison Officers' Association (POA) said it was the "latest in a long line of violent incidents in our prisons" and was of such a nature that it demanded a response from the NTRG.The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said no prisoners or staff were injured at the jail in Nottinghamshire.

Lowdham Grange, a category B prison, operated privately until December 2023, when the government took over before making the move permanent in the summer of 2024.The POA has demanded an urgent meeting with Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss how those on the front line are protected, said Geoff Willetts, from the POA national executive committee.