内容摘要：The pupil was stabbed before the teenage girl was restrained by teacher Darrel Campbell, and she was later arrested.

The pupil was stabbed before the teenage girl was restrained by teacher Darrel Campbell, and she was later arrested.

The population quickly grew to thousands and became a major threat to the native wildlife by eating small mammals, birds and eggs.They are very skilled hunters which can kill prey much larger than themselves and they tend to kill more than they need and hide the rest to eat later.

The project has worked with more than 900 landowners across the Orkney islands to prevent stoats from colonising more land.It employs more than 40 people and involves the use of Europe’s first conservation detection dog team.Organisers say the project has already seen population boosts for hen harriers, curlews, Orkney voles and other rare and threatened native wildlife.

However, progress was significantly impacted by the Covid pandemic restrictions which prevented trapping throughout the 2020 breeding season and allowed the stoat population to rebound.Since trapping restarted, stoats have been found making dens in attics, under kitchen floorboards, and in greater density than on the UK mainland.

Project organisers said their unusually bold behaviour in Orkney is likely to be due to the abundance of food and a scarcity of natural predators.

Eilish McGuinness, chief executive of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, said the project is "vital" for Orkney's rare and threatened species.Opposition parties mainly voted against the proposals, with the council's Liberal Democrat group leader Paul Follows describing it as a "balanced budget on paper only".

There were also calls to do more to support children with special educational needs, improve the youth service, fix potholes and tackle climate change.An amendment to reinstate funding for the council's Greener Futures programme, due to an announcement on money for councils from the government on Monday, received cross party support.

Several councillors raised concerns about the lack of an update on the government's Devolution White Paper, published in December, which outlined plans toand an overseeing mayor.