The protective boots attached with velcro are lined with a thin coating of stab proof material to make sure the dogs are not injured in violent situations like clashes with football hooligans.

A trial of 12 dogs showed the animals were less likely to be injured with the boots in place.

But the hardest part of the trial was persuading the long arm of the paw to keep the things on.

A US computer programmer has been allegedly caught outsourcing his own job to a company in China.

He is said to have paid the firm a fifth of his six figure salary to do his job for him.

The software developer, who is in his 40's, reportedly spent his working days surfing the internet.

His HR appraisals had for a number of years described his as an "excellent" employee. 

Regulators in Europe and the US have ordered airlines to ground their fleets of Boeing Dreamliners.

They want safety checks carried out.

It's after one of the new 787s was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday, the sixth incident in recent days.

Air India has also halted its flights.