HERE are a few stories featured on our sister paper websites from across the country.

A pet-owner from Crewe was horrified to find a piece of raw meat covered in rat poison. Maggie Grayson, 52, who lives in Crewe, made the grim discovery on March 10, when her cat, Salem, brought the torrid treat back to her home. Maggie said the meat smelt 'fresh' and was covered in small blue capsules that are presumed to be mice and rat poison, something that can be bought on the shelf in many retail outlets. Read the full story on the Crewe and Nantwich Guardian here.

The Warrington Guardian reports how employment lawyers are battling to gain compensation for 25 former City Link employees, who were based at the town's Appleton depot, over the company's 'failure to properly consult'. JMW Solicitors has lodged a claim on behalf of more than 241 people after the firm went into administration on Christmas Eve with the closure of 51 depots and the loss of over 2,500 jobs. Read more here.

A former psychiatric nurse from Burnley who torched her own home with her little girl inside has been allowed to return to the profession by a watchdog. Paula Ward, then 38, set two fires at home after downing a litre-and-a-half of vodka and was jailed for two years for arson. She was rescued unharmed along with her then eight-year-old daughter Miller from the first floor of the property. Read the full story on the Burnley and Pendle Citizen here.

The Bridport and Lyme Regis News reports how three people were hospitalised with serious injuries following a three-car crash near the Beaminster Tunnel. Emergency services rushed to the scene at around 7am yesterday to reports of a three-car crash on the A3066 Tunnel Road in Beaminster near South Dibberford Farm. The road was closed by police following the crash, and three people have sustained injuries and were all taken to Yeovil District Hospital by land ambulance. Read more here.