内容摘要：He told Newzroom Afrika that while the situation was a "difficult one", he was "quite happy" with the response of the emergency services.

He told Newzroom Afrika that while the situation was a "difficult one", he was "quite happy" with the response of the emergency services.

Homeless charities have long called for the Vagrancy Act to be scrapped.Crisis chief executive Matt Downie said: "This is a landmark moment that will change lives and prevent thousands of people from being pushed into the shadows, away from safety."

He praised the government for having "shown such principled leadership in scrapping this pernicious Act".He said: "We hope this signals a completely different approach to helping people forced onto the streets and clears the way for a positive agenda that is about supporting people who desperately want to move on in life and fulfil their potential."Women would no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales under a proposed shake-up of abortion laws.

MPs are set to get a free vote next week - meaning they will not be told how to vote by their party - on a change to the law.It comes amid concern more women are being investigated by police on suspicion of illegally ending a pregnancy.

Abortion is illegal in England and Wales, most often prosecuted under a piece of Victorian legislation, the Offences Against the Person Act of 1861. But it is allowed up to 24 weeks and in certain other circumstances under the terms of the 1967 Abortion Act.

This requires two doctors to sign it off and even before 24 weeks can require a woman to testify that her mental or physical health is at risk.It has now been established the letter referred to fisherman James Addison Runcie who had been on board the fishing boat Loraley, but who died in 1995. It was written by his then crewmate Gavin Geddes - who was amazed to be told it had been found 47 years after they dropped it overboard.

The two finders in Sweden said it was "fantastic" the mystery of the source had been solved, and Jim's sister described the story unfolding as "amazing".Ellinor, 32, and Asa, 55, found the bottle on Sweden's west coast back in February.

"I was out exploring the Vaderoarna islands with my best friend Asa," Ellinor said."We both love searching for beach finds, and that day we took the boat out to Torso, the northernmost island in the archipelago.