The body of a man lay inside his van parked at a pub in Cambridgeshire for four months.
The landlady of the Lazy Otter at Stretham near Ely said police ignored her attempts to tell them the van was there.
The death of Paul O'Brien from Cambridge is not being treated as suspicious but the police say they are reviewing their response.
Staff at an RSPB nature reserve in Cambridgeshire have said they are "relaxed" about the arrival of a seal which is believed to have swam 50 miles inland through floodwater.
The seal has taken up residence in a lake at Fen Drayton Lakes Reserve in Swavesey where it was filmed trying to clear a flood defence earlier.
– Graham Elliott, RSPBIt is perfectly happy in the lake with plenty of food to sustain it.
It is not a threat to any other wildlife and hopefully it will find its way out the same way it came in.
It's claimed a seal has been spotted 50 miles inland in a Cambridgeshire lake after swimming through floodwaters.
This amateur footage appears to show it climbing over flood defences in Fen Drayton Lakes reserve, near St Ives.
It was filmed by YouTube user Robjn who told Metro: "It was swimming up a ditch that links to the Great Ouse.
"At first sight in the water I thought it was a dog in trouble but as it came up for air I could see it was a seal.’
Norfolk Police have confirmed that two sisters aged ten and seven died following a crash on the A47 near Wisbech yesterday.
Tamzin Portor and her younger sister Jessica from Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire, died as a result of the injuries they sustained when the car they were travelling in left the road and rolled into a drainage ditch.
A 12-year-old boy, a 38-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman who were also in the accident have been treated for minor injuries. Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
A police investigation is under way into a fatal car crash on the Norfolk-Cambridgeshire border that killed two girls aged seven and 10.
The children died after the black Ford Focus they were travelling in crashed on the A47 near Wisbech, in Cambridgeshire, at 6.40pm yesterday, Norfolk Police said.
Both girls were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, but later died from their injuries.
Police said a black Ford Focus travelling on the A47 near Wisbech left the road and ended up on its side near a ditch.
The road was closed in both directions for several hours but has now re-opened.
Norfolk Constabulary have released the following statement regarding the fatal car crash in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
– norfolk constabularyPolice have launched an investigation after two children died in a road traffic collision this evening in Wisbech.
The incident happened on the A47 at approximately 6.40pm when a black Ford Focus left the road, ending up on its side at the edge of a ditch.
Five people were travelling in the car, two adults and three children, who were all taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn.
Sadly, two girls aged seven and 10, died in hospital as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.
The three other casualties remain in hospital, although their injuries are not believed to be serious.
Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact Sgt Peter Howlett at Swaffham Roads Policing on 101.
The car crash that has resulted in the deaths of two girls happened on the A47 near Wisbech on the border between Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, according to police.
All five occupants of the black Ford Focus were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, where the girls died from their injuries.
The other three occupants of the car remain in hospital, although police said their injuries are not believed to be serious.
Two girls aged seven and 10 have been killed, and three other people injured, after a car crash in Norfolk this evening, police said.
A circus owner has been found guilty of three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to Anne - a performing Asian elephant.
Bobby Roberts was also convicted of failing to prevent an employee from repeatedly beating the animal.
The 69-year-old, who ran Super Circus in Polebrook, Cambridgeshire, also failed to ensure the elephant's needs were met by not giving her medication for her arthritis.
His wife Moira, 75, was cleared of all three charges by District Judge David Chinnery following a five-day trial at Northampton Crown Court.