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STAFF at an Essex animal sanctuary are to play classical music to noisy dogs to help calm them down after nearby residents complained to the council.Environmental officers from Tendring District ...

Seventeenth century playwright William Congreve said: "Music hath charm to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or to bend a knotted oak." But can music keep teens from loitering and causing ...