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Fenland family embrace life as exotic pet owners - including some ‘deadly’ frogs

Malcolm is an ex rugby player for Blackheath Rugby Club, ex womens rugby coach and manager for West Norfolk Women's Rugby Club, East Region Women's Rugby, Boudiccas International Rugby Team, England Women's Rugby Development camp coach and RFU Rugby Ambassador.
In 2008 following a minor knee injury, he was diagnosed with having Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda (SEDT) a rare hereditary skeletal disorder that only affects males. It ended his rugby career and has now left him in need of using a wheelchair to get about..
Unfortunately gaining employment has become impossible around his care needs.. So when a hobby became a opportunity to work from home, it helped his deteriorating mental health no end, especially during the pandemic. 

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I have received an email today from the Labour Party.. Telling me a data incident had occurred on the 29th October 2021.. See below copy of the email.&nbsp; Notification of data incident Private and Confidential Wednesday 3 November 2021 Dear Sir / Madam, We are writing to you to let you know that a third party that handles data on our behalf has been subject to a cyber incident. While the Party’s investigation remains ongoing, we wanted to make you aware of this incident and the measures which we have taken in response. We have also provided details of precautionary steps you may consider taking to help protect yourself. What happened? On 29 October 2021, we were informed of the cyber incident by the third party. The third party told us that the incident had resulted in a significant quantity of Party data being rendered inaccessible on their systems. As soon as the Party was notified of these matters, we engaged third-party experts and the incident was immediately reported to the relevant authorities, including the National Crime Agency (NCA), National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The Party continues to work closely with each of these authorities. The Party is also working closely and on an urgent basis with the third party in order to understand the full nature, circumstances and impact of the incident. The Party’s own data systems were unaffected by this incident. What information was involved? We understand that the data includes information provided to the Party by its members, registered and affiliated supporters, and other individuals who have provided their information to the Party. The full scope and impact of the incident is being urgently investigated. What are the Labour Party doing? The Party takes the security of all personal information for which it is responsible very seriously. It is doing everything within its power to investigate and address this incident in close liaison with law enforcement, the Information Commissioner’s Office and the affected third party. What you can do With incidents of this nature becoming increasingly common, it is more important than ever to remain vigilant against suspicious activity. As an immediate precaution, and in line with National Cyber Security Centre guidance, we recommend you take the following steps to protect yourself: Be especially vigilant against suspicious activity, including suspicious emails, phone calls or text messages. The National Cyber Security Centre has published advice regarding suspicious emails on its website: https://ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/suspicious-email-actions&nbsp; If you have received an email which you’re not quite sure about, forward it to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) via report@phishing.gov.uk. You can also implement two-factor authentication (2FA) where possible to protect your online accounts from unauthorised access as described in the following publication on the National Cyber Security Centre’s website: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/setting-two-factor-authentication-2fa Additional guidance about what to watch out for online can be found here: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/data-breaches For more information If you have any questions or queries in relation to this incident, please direct them to privacy@labour.org.uk. We will also provide updates on our website in respect of this incident in line with guidance received from relevant law enforcement authorities. Kind regards, The Labour Party &nbsp;<blockquote>"Absolutely no idea how the labour party have managed to allow cyber hackers to access my personal details, especially as I am not a member of the Labour Party.. My question is why are the Labour Party holding my personal details on file without my permission?"</blockquote>

Labour Party have leaked my personal details to cyber hackers

When Boris Johnson announced the first lockdown and closure of all non essential businesses last year. The Baker family of Elm in Cambridgeshire thought the proposed 3 weeks of lockdown would give the family of 4 a opportunity to grow as a family.. Little did they know that as the 3 weeks extended longer &amp; longer, that growing would be an actual start of a fantastic business idea. Former rugby player Malcolm Baker, who had his career cut short due to a injury that turned out to show he had actually been born with a genetic degenerative spinal disease that has left him using a wheelchair, tells us how when his wife Amy was forced to close her mobile Beauty Business due to the restrictions and not being self employed long enough to be eligible for government assistance (and still is not) life looked very bleak.. In fact if it was not for "Newspage"(then named "The Great British Bounce Back") help in getting her story out in front of the media, the couple were facing not being able to feed themselves and their two adorable children Toby, eight and six-year-old Lily, as well as the prospect of not being able to reopen Halo Beauty and Holistic Therapy when lockdown ended. To help keep the family occupied during lockdown with teaching important life skills to Toby &amp; Lily, and they decided to research and enter into the world of exotic pet keeping. Starting with a Harlequin Crested Gecko called "Charmander" followed by a bearded dragon, named Elliott - after the character in the children's film Pete's Dragon. Then in May, Lily decided that daddy should have a Frog for his birthday present.. A strange thing to want to buy for your dad but after seeing some YouTube videos Malcolm soon fell in love with the little thumbnail sized Poison Dart Frogs.. Malcolm spent a lot of time researching the various different types of Dart Frog, including the optimum habit requirements etc The world's most deadliest creatures - the poison dart frog. No bigger than a THUMB, the frog's skin is covered in a toxic slime - so deadly there is enough on its tiny body to kill 10 fully grown men, when in the wild. The are the only creature on earth that can kill without attacking.. Just touching a Poison dart frog can be fatal. However, the family need not worry about the potential dangers of their pets as they are in fact perfectly harmless when bred in captivity. Malcolm, who was forced to end his rugby career in 2008, said: "The poison comes from a type of bug the frogs eat in the wild and that is what causes the toxic skin, they are perfectly harmless to keep if captive bred and obviously as long as you don't feed them that particular bug!" Lily and Toby (with help from mummy) brought daddy his first 2 poison dart frogs a male and female Epipedobates anthonyi Malcolm was soon hooked and in July decided to get a different species.. 3 Dendrobates leucomelas or bumblebee dart frogs. Soon followed by 4 Dendrobates Tinctorious azureus or blue dart frogs. To make the new hobby even more enjoyable, malcolm designed and made each of the vivariums himself to the spec of each species natural habitats.. After joining a few Facebook groups for people with the same interest, he started to build more vivariums and started to offer rescue to no longer wanted dart frogs, he said "the pandemic has really hit exotic pet owners hard and with people losing jobs and having to live on reduced wages and benefits, people had to make hard choices and get rid of their pets" the family had already rescued a Staffordshire Bull Terrier a few years previously. "I am such a softy when it comes to animals in need" he added. Now the family own a total of 12 adult breeding dart frogs and have 15 baby froglets, 16 tadpoles and about 20 spawn.. "The breeding happened purely by accident" malcolm said "both Toby and Lily have learnt so much about the life cycle of frogs and love helping dad with the care of them" Just recently Malcolm has started to sell breeding huts to fund the care of the rescue frogs he has. "I found Karl on the social media platform "Nextdoor" who stated he had a 3d printer and did anyone need something made" malcolm added "I reached out to him and was shocked to find out he only lived on the next road and daily walked past my house taking his son to the same school that my two attend" The huts have been a big hit for UK breeders so much so that YouTube star Joe Smith from DIY Herps purchased two of them and was so impressed with them that he made a video to advertise them.. Since then Halo Dart Frogs have been getting orders almost daily and receiving 5 out of 5 star ratings.. From what was a just a hobby is turning very quickly it a dream of making it a business.. Malcolm would love to open a Dart Frog zoo for educational and conservation purposes but unfortunately does not have the financial ability to do it. He hopes that someone or a company may like to assist him with making the dream a reality and help to educate children and adults about the conservation of these beautiful animals especially as they are an endangered species due to the deforestation of the rainforests in South America. You can talk to malcolm on 07702124808 or email him on halodartfrogs@outlook.com
<blockquote>Ex Rugby Player dreams of owning an educational dart frog Zoo</blockquote>

A Lockdown hobby could leapfrog into an exotic business. 

Malcolm is an ex rugby player for Blackheath Rugby Club, ex womens rugby coach and manager for West Norfolk Women's Rugby Club, East Region Women's Rugby, Boudiccas International Rugby Team, England Women's Rugby Development camp coach and RFU Rugby Ambassador. In 2008 following a minor knee injury, he was diagnosed with having Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda (SEDT) a rare hereditary skeletal disorder that only affects males. It ended his rugby career and has now left him in need of using a…

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