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Mass duck herding causes chaos
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Rescue mission for 5000 ducks

A Chinese city ground to a halt recently as a local farmer herded 5000 ducks through the town centre in an effort to drive them to a nearby pond.

Onlookers stared in amazement as the farmer and his helpers guided the birds through the streets of Taizhou city, in east China's Zhejiang province, to reach the pond in the search for food.

Traffic was stopped in its trackers and pedestrians forced to scramble out of the way as thousands of ducks surged past.

The farmer, however, claims he regularly takes his ducks through the city and, despite the vast number, has never yet lost one. 

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Reading to dogs transformed life of boy with dyslexia

A Dogs Helping Kids scheme in North Devon, which aims to help children learn to read by practising aloud with dogs, has transformed the life of a boy with dyslexia. Aged nine, Finn Swanson was diagnosed as having dyslexic traits last year, and was a reluctant reader, which was impacting on his progress and confidence.

However, since he began reading to Dexter, a shih tzu/poodle cross, and Kym, a cavalier King Charles/poodle cross, Finn's teachers have seen a transformation in him. Special educational needs co-ordinator, Naomi Jeffries, says: "He's a completely different child."