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Angus Crawford. News Correspondent for the BBC. All opinions are mine not my employer's.
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I'm trapped in a retirement flat with a £20k service charge. I fear I'll never sell

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Michael Fraser, 88, says he's trapped in what now feels like a "golden cage" [BBC] When Michael Fraser moved into his retirement flat, he could hardly believe his luck. A stable conversion nestled in the landscaped gardens of a Grade I listed country house in Devon. But six years after moving in, Fraser says he's trapped in what now feels like a "golden cage". "I feel stuck here because I can't see myself selling and probably I'm very unlikely to get a fair value for it," he says.
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Lion DNA helps convict poachers for first time

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By Angus Crawford Verified
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Lion DNA has been used to successfully prosecute poachers for the first time in the world, it has emerged. Wildlife crime experts have only just revealed how they were able to identify the individual animal from body parts found in a suspect's village, as they matched a profile on Zimbabwe's lion database. A blood sample had previously been taken from the male lion, which was being tracked by authorities in Hwange National Park - using a radio collar.
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I can't sell Mum's retirement flat - and it's costing me thousands

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Thousands of retirement flats stand empty in England and Wales [BBC] Families have told the BBC they are being left to pay thousands of pounds a year in fees for empty retirement properties inherited from loved ones. They say retirement homes, which only people over a certain age are allowed to buy, can be hard to sell, even at hugely discounted prices. One person told the BBC they had dropped the asking price of their late mother's flat by £200,000 and still had no offers.
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