Veterinary practice made famous by legendary vet James Herriot will stop treating farm animals

The veterinary practice that was made famous by legendary vet James Herriot and the BBC’s TV series All Creatures Great and Small is set to stop treating large animals.  Skeldale Veterinary Centre in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, has announced it will close its doors to the ‘great’ creatures from December 1 this year, treating only small … Read more

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Veterinary and pet pharma firm CVS

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Veterinary and pet pharma firm CVS is thriving during the pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 23 October 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 23 October 2020 WHAT IS IT? Rather than investing in stocks, it buys debt and other instruments issued by banks to meet their regulatory … Read more

Uninsured driver who killed veterinary nurse, 46, in head-on crash flees UK

Uninsured driver who killed veterinary nurse, 46, in head-on crash flees UK and goes on the run after being found guilty Vytautas Kiminius, 35, found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving in May Rachel Radwell killed after he took ‘racing line’ through corner in Peterborough  Cambridgeshire Police have since revealed he ‘fled the UK … Read more

Cap on number of students on medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses will be lifted

Cap on number of students allowed on medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses will be lifted to give pupils a lifeline after A-levels fiasco Caps on medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses have been lifted  The Department for Education also pledged extra funding to help universities More applicants to these high-cost courses will be able … Read more

Drunk veterinary nurse avoids jail after disrupting plane flight

A veterinary nurse has avoided jail despite being branded ‘every passenger’s worst nightmare,’ by downing so much vodka she turned abusive and could barely speak on a Thomas Cook flight. Katherine Heyes,  29, drank an entire bottle of duty free vodka, with the help of two friends, before jetting off on an all-girls holiday to … Read more

Drunk veterinary nurse avoids jail after becoming ‘every passenger’s worst nightmare’

A veterinary nurse has avoided jail despite being branded ‘every passenger’s worst nightmare,’ by downing so much vodka she turned abusive and could barely speak on a Thomas Cook flight. Katherine Heyes,  29, drank an entire bottle of duty free vodka, with the help of two friends, before jetting off on an all-girls holiday to … Read more

Veterinary nurse, 29, faces jail after she scratched fellow passenger’s face

A veterinary nurse is facing up to two years in jail after getting ‘eight out of ten’ drunk on board on a flight to Turkey and assaulting another passenger.  Katherine Heyes, 29, from Tyldesley, Wigan, helped consume an entire bottle of duty-free vodka with two friends and was so intoxicated she could barely speak. During the … Read more