内容摘要：She added the 6ft (1.8m) tall giant rodents would be "very cute, sitting up on their hind legs looking at people."

She added the 6ft (1.8m) tall giant rodents would be "very cute, sitting up on their hind legs looking at people."

However, Daventry Town Council lodged an objection, saying: "The proposed change of use would have a detrimental impact on the vitality and viability of the local area and its amenities."The council feared the new attraction would "contribute further to issues such as financial difficulties and family/relationship breakdowns, which would adversely impact the safe environment with increased anti-social behaviour, crime and fear of crime."

said West Northamptonshire Council's consultation on the plan finishes on 23 May and a decision was expected by the end of the month.A major road has reopened following an incident involving a gas tanker in which a man was injured.The east and westbound carriageways of the A45 between Riverside and Barnes Meadow Interchange near Northampton were closed at about 03:10 BST.

Northamptonshire Police said the incident happened on the eastbound carriageway and the injured man was taken to University Hospital Coventry.All lanes of the carriageway are now open to traffic.

The police have responded to speculation on social media about the A45 incident being part of an

A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police said: "I can confirm that the incident on the A45 this morning is not part of the major emergency exercise and is in fact a live police investigation."The defendant has previously told Isleworth Crown Court that when she took the drugs she did not believe she was more than 10 weeks pregnant - the legal time limit for at-home terminations.

She denies unlawfully administering to herself a poison or other noxious thing with the intent to procure a miscarriage."I just felt really bad, I didn't know I was pregnant or that far along," Ms Packer said.

Breaking down in tears, she went on: "If I had known I was that far along I wouldn't have done it... I wouldn't have put the baby or myself through it."Ms Packer said that she wrapped the baby in a scarf, but there were no signs of her being alive. The jury previously heard that she took the baby to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in a backpack the day after taking the medicine.