A MAN who was found in a stable later admitted to police he had sex with the horse kept there, reports the Lancashire Telegraph.

Blackburn magistrates heard Shane Trafford Taylor-Waters was cautioned for the same offence when he was a teenager.

Taylor-Waters, 36, of Foster Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to sexual penetration of an animal. He was bailed for the preparation of a pre-sentence report on condition he doesn’t go within 100m of Town Bent stables in Oswaldtwistle.

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AN INSPIRATIONAL young woman who helped raise almost £80,000 while battling a terminal brain tumour has died just one day before her wedding, the Northern Echo reports.

Courageous campaigner Anna Swabey died Friday (September 16) at home in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, where she spent her final days surrounded by family.

The 25-year-old was due to marry the love of her life and fiance, Andy Bell, at a ceremony in the Richmond area on Saturday (September 17).

The Portsmouth University graduate was diagnosed with a grade three brain tumour, aged 23, in February 2015 when she was initially told by doctors she could have as little as three months to live.

She underwent surgery and faced a gruelling course of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, leading to tiredness, sickness and hair loss.

Undeterred by the devastating implications, Miss Swabey selflessly dedicated her precious time to promoting awareness of the disease and raising money for the Brain Tumour Research Campaign (BTRC), a charity inspired by her neurosurgeon, Kevin O'Neill.

One month after her diagnosis she set up a candid blog called Inside My Head - followed by by more than 4,500 people - where she documented her "brain tumour journey".

It was through her blog and numerous media interviews that she raised the profile of the disease and helped drive a petition calling for more research funding to be debated in Parliament, which she attended in April.

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The brave fighter set herself a fundraising target of £100,000 for the BTRC and thanks to her JustGiving page, friends, family and army of supporters managed to raise nearly £80,000.