The playful North American river otter is equally at home in the water and on land. It makes its home in a burrow near the water's edge, and can thrive in river, lake, swamp, or estuary ecosystems.

Yvette Cooper described the plan as a "modernised version" of the Asbo, or Anti-Social Behaviour Order, introduced by Tony Blair in 1998. Under the new proposals, police, local authorities and ...