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2 December 2020

This England: Given up the goose

This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare's Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain – has run in the NS since 1934. 

By New Statesman

A man who got two pet geese for company in lockdown may have to get rid of them after complaints about their honking.

Sven Kirby, 34, has hand-reared the pets – Beep Beep and Norbert – who waddle around his house in nappies. A noise abatement notice from Leeds City Council now warns he must “prevent recurrence” by 8 December or face a fine of up to £5,000.

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