pria rai, bbc news. experience can be. sadly, though, as dog thefts have increased during the pandemic, some criminals are making it even worse for the owners by pretending to have found their missing animals simply to extort money from them. one woman who fell victim to the scammers has been speaking to ellie price. he went missing on the wednesday night and on the friday evening, two hours after i finished putting the posters up, i had a phone call from a gentleman. he said to me, i've got your dog. and i'm leaving the area tonight, so if you want him back, you've got to give me £1000. if you don't give it to me, he'll go to the bait farm. when six—year—old ronnie went missing, sharon put up posters locally and online. she received around 50 calls over ten days from the same scammers, who claimed they had her dog. they kept demanding more. in the end she paid out almost £2,500. i would have given anything to have him back and i truly believed they had him. and although loads of people told me that they

pria rai, bbc news.y five kilometre runs, much missed by the more than two million people who used take part. tom williams is the chief operating officer for parkrun. and and lisa ward is a volunteer and runner at her local parkrun in bicester. good to have you both here. tom, what needs to full into place between now and the 5th ofjune for these five k run is to start again? what is really important is at the beginning of this pandemic, parkrun was described as one of the greatest initiatives in the united kingdom because people could just turn up and participate. but we need to open all of our 600 events at the same time, otherwise the smaller events are likely to be overwhelmed by too many participants creating an unsafe environment. we have written to all members this week with a pack outlining the evidence and the rationale behind the thinking including evidence from the minister for sport and we need them to respond quickly and positively. tote respond quickly and positively. we will be watching ou

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pria rai, bbc news.rol large crowds, a number of protesters were detained, and some officers were reported injured. the protests are the most recent in a series of marches which began in 2019 — against the social and economic policies of president ivan duque, who leaves office next year. the headlines on bbc news... president biden has outlined a programme to transform the us economy and society after the pandemic, worth almost $4 trillion. the uk government is facing calls to make its new adviser on ministers' conduct fully independent, with labour accusing it of marking its own homework. the jailed kremlin critic, alexei navalny, has appeared in court via video link — it's the first time he's been seen in public since ending his hunger strike. if you've ever lost a pet, you'll knowjust how distressing that experience can be. sadly — as dog thefts have increased during the pandemic — some criminals in the uk are making it even worse for the owners by pretending to have found their missing animals — simp