Footage of the second young beaver to be spotted at a site in Scotland where the animals have been reintroduced has been released.

It comes a week after the first baby beaver, known as a kit, was captured on camera at Lochan Buic in the Knapdale Forest of Argyll. The Scottish Beaver Trial is the first licensed trial reintroduction of a mammal to the UK and has brought the creature back to Scotland after a 400-year absence.

Racket alert brings armed police

A gun alert which saw armed police swoop on a quiet high street was triggered by a tennis racket.

West Mercia Police said initial reports of a person carrying a firearm in Droitwich in Worcestershire earlier this month had proven unfounded. However, officers thanked the member of the public who initially called in with their suspicions for their vigilance.

A police spokesman said: “We were originally given a description of someone possibly carrying a firearm. We have since identified that person on CCTV, and they were carrying a tennis racket.”

Tiny likeness of Queen Elizabeth

The Queen’s likeness has been reduced to a few inches in a sculpture featured in a new exhibition.

The miniature ceramic model of the monarch is the focus of a traditional Mexican piece known as a tree of life. The work usually features biblical stories, but the artwork – a gift from Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto – also shows landmark buildings and important figures from national life.

The Queen is depicted below the royal coat of arms in a typical formal outfit of yellow coat and matching hat, and appears to be waving. The piece, presented during the president’s state visit earlier this year, is featured in the exhibition A Royal Welcome, which will be staged at Buckingham Palace as part of the summer opening of the residence’s state rooms.

Heavenly cheesecake by nuns

A handful of nuns from rural upstate New York have sliced out a niche as makers of upmarket cheesecakes, many flavoured with chocolate, amaretto, key lime or Kahlua.

Money from the sales – larger cakes can sell for more than $40 (£26) – help the sisters sustain their contemplative monastery life. The nuns live communally in a small monastery near the Vermont state border under the aegis of the Orthodox Church in America.

Baking is done one or two days a week, depending on the season. The nuns sell their “heavenly cheesecakes” online and deliver to some local stores.

Man makes air-con call 63 times

A US man with a penchant for making unnecessary emergency calls recently complained of chest pains so he could ask medics to help him fix his air conditioner, police said.

Travis Turner, 26, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, was charged with obstructing emergency services and disorderly conduct. Officers said Turner has called Indiana County 911 dispatchers or state police 63 times in the last three years for minor or harassing complaints.

In December, they charged him. The complaint later was withdrawn and Turner was warned to stop making such calls, but police said Turner called 911 again. They said that when an ambulance arrived, Turner said he did not have any medical issues but needed help with his air conditioner.

Parking problems in New Orleans

At least two people hired to write parking tickets in New Orleans preferred to park in a coffee shop and make phone calls.

One even retaliated against a business that complained by ticketing its employees and customers. That is the assessment of the city’s inspector general Edouard Quatrevaux, who issued a report outlining several problems with parking enforcement in the Big Easy.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s office said the city has been addressing the problems Mr Quatrevaux highlighted.