A police appeal over the discovery of a "dumped crocodile" by a canal turned out to be "more fluff than fear". Derbyshire Police launched a snappy appeal on Thursday - its "strangest ever"- after the ...

A police force issued it’s ‘strangest ever appeal’ this week – after someone reported seeing a crocodile dumped in a river. Officers at Derbyshire Rural Crime Team appealed for clues about a washed-up ...

Police investigating the sighting of a crocodile in a UK canal have revealed the mystery has been solved after it turned out to be a stuffed model. Residents had been left in fear after the reptile ...