内容摘要：Disappointment and anger was expressed by many people shopping in the town on Tuesday, but former Neath and Wales fullback Paul Thorburn defended the post, saying there was no "malice".

Disappointment and anger was expressed by many people shopping in the town on Tuesday, but former Neath and Wales fullback Paul Thorburn defended the post, saying there was no "malice".

She added: "Yesterday was a nightmare for us at the rescue. We have had a few encounters with a group of lads."We had to speak to them last week as they had taken off our electric fencing and had been coming into the field where our long stay horses are kept.

"We spoke to them and they were polite and said they wouldn't come on to the land again as we told them it frightened the horses."They have been back and this time have built a den in our field, dug fire pit holes, started fires, broke all our fencing, literally smashed it up and cut it down."She added: "We are devastated. They have left such a mess.

"We understand kids like to have fun but to try to chase horses out of the field and on to an adjacent small park where young children play and people walk their dogs is extremely dangerous and could have had serious consequences."The charity has now set up a page on fundraising website JustGiving to help pay for repairs.

Leicestershire Police has asked any witnesses or anyone with information to get in touch.

The government is sitting on its hands over the Birmingham bin strike as negotiations in the dispute descend into farce, a union boss says.Another within government said of Gray’s leadership: “However bad you think it is, it’s worse.”

When asked by reporters if Gray had “become the story”, Sir Keir responded: “I’m not going to talk behind her back and I’m not going to talk about individual members of staff, whether it’s Sue Gray or any other member of staff.“All I can say about the stories is most of them are wildly wrong.”

Gray controversially joined Labour as the leader’s top aide last year after more than 30 years in the civil service.She was thrust into the public spotlight in 2022 when she led an investigation into gatherings in government offices during the Covid-19 pandemic, while Boris Johnson was prime minister.