An 84-year-old pensioner was dragged into a garden and attacked by a dog believed to be an XL Bully. The dog had escaped from a nearby address and attacked the man on Bardsley Avenue, in Warrington, at around 6.40pm on Monday.

A 29-year-old woman has been held on suspicion of having a dog that was dangerously out of control, causing serious injury, after the attack on Monday evening, Cheshire Constabulary said.

Kent Police said they have had to train two more dog handlers to enforce the XL bully dog ban. Chief Constable Tim Smith warned the ban could also cost the force more than £1m to house the seized dogs.