Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Hare escapes Golden Eagle with perfect timing
Members of Fieldsports Britain take their Golden Eagles out on to farmland in Lincolnshire for a spot of hare hunting. On this particular day the hares were the winners.
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Woman charged with DUI after driving through wall of building into pool
Charges have been filed against a Knoxville woman who authorities say drove her truck through a wall and into a pool at the National Fitness Center.
Melissa Rich, 48, drove her Dodge Dakota into the National Fitness Center/Court South just before 6:30pm on Saturday evening.
Employees helped her out of the truck and the pool. No one was hurt, but she was taken to UT Medical Center as a precaution.
According to the arrest report, Rich had a strong odour of alcohol on her breath, and told officers she had consumed two beers and five shots of whiskey prior to the incident. Officers found a nearly empty whisky bottle in the console of her truck.There was significant damage to the building.
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Melissa Rich, 48, drove her Dodge Dakota into the National Fitness Center/Court South just before 6:30pm on Saturday evening.
Employees helped her out of the truck and the pool. No one was hurt, but she was taken to UT Medical Center as a precaution.
According to the arrest report, Rich had a strong odour of alcohol on her breath, and told officers she had consumed two beers and five shots of whiskey prior to the incident. Officers found a nearly empty whisky bottle in the console of her truck.There was significant damage to the building.
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Leopard sparked panic in India after wandering into hospital and cinema
A leopard has sparked panic in a north Indian city after wandering into a hospital, a cinema and an apartment block.
Authorities closed schools in Meerut, 37 miles (60km) north-east of New Delhi, after the leopard was discovered prowling the city's streets on Sunday, a senior city official said. "Despite our best efforts, we have been unable to track the leopard down. We have launched a massive hunt for the beast," said the additional district magistrate SK Dubey.
The big cat was found inside an empty ward of an army hospital on Sunday before wildlife officers were called and managed to fire a tranquiliser dart into the animal, Dubey said. "But despite that he managed to break [out through] the iron grills and escaped. He then sneaked into the premises of a cinema hall before entering an apartment block. After that we lost track of the cat," he said.
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Authorities have urged that markets be closed in the city of 3.5 million people until the animal is captured. Photographs in the Hindustan Times newspaper on Monday showed the leopard leaping off a terrace in a congested residential area of the city as people scrambled out of the way.
Authorities closed schools in Meerut, 37 miles (60km) north-east of New Delhi, after the leopard was discovered prowling the city's streets on Sunday, a senior city official said. "Despite our best efforts, we have been unable to track the leopard down. We have launched a massive hunt for the beast," said the additional district magistrate SK Dubey.
The big cat was found inside an empty ward of an army hospital on Sunday before wildlife officers were called and managed to fire a tranquiliser dart into the animal, Dubey said. "But despite that he managed to break [out through] the iron grills and escaped. He then sneaked into the premises of a cinema hall before entering an apartment block. After that we lost track of the cat," he said.
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Authorities have urged that markets be closed in the city of 3.5 million people until the animal is captured. Photographs in the Hindustan Times newspaper on Monday showed the leopard leaping off a terrace in a congested residential area of the city as people scrambled out of the way.
Endangered shark freed from elastic cord noose
Footage has emerged of an endangered Grey Nurse shark being freed from an elastic cord noose off a beach in Sydney, Australia. Experts had to manhandle the shark to the surface to perform the tricky operation. Local had divers spotted the young female grey nurse shark tangled in an elastic cord which was cutting into its gills.
Her laboured breathing was a sign of distress triggering the daring rescue at Magic Point, which is a crucial shark habitat. The challenge for a team of divers and a vet from the SeaLife sanctuary and aquarium was to save the shark. The team had to get the shark to the surface and coax it into a plastic shark sock, clear so the shark would not see it as an obstacle.
The shark was then wrapped in a special stretcher and that's where the professionals had to get a little hands-on. A quick underwater wrestle did the job and the injured shark was taken up to waiting vet Rob Jones; the water's surface was his operating table and there wasn't much time.
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Three divers held her steady. A pair of scissors later and she was freed from her noose. A quick shot of antibiotics and the patient was free to go home. Mr Jones said: “if we hadn't intervened have no about it would have died, the elastic would have kept cutting deeper and deeper into the neck.”
Her laboured breathing was a sign of distress triggering the daring rescue at Magic Point, which is a crucial shark habitat. The challenge for a team of divers and a vet from the SeaLife sanctuary and aquarium was to save the shark. The team had to get the shark to the surface and coax it into a plastic shark sock, clear so the shark would not see it as an obstacle.
The shark was then wrapped in a special stretcher and that's where the professionals had to get a little hands-on. A quick underwater wrestle did the job and the injured shark was taken up to waiting vet Rob Jones; the water's surface was his operating table and there wasn't much time.
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Three divers held her steady. A pair of scissors later and she was freed from her noose. A quick shot of antibiotics and the patient was free to go home. Mr Jones said: “if we hadn't intervened have no about it would have died, the elastic would have kept cutting deeper and deeper into the neck.”
Thieves stole cakes, scones and flapjacks during jazz concert
Thieves sneaked into a kitchen and made off with dozens of cakes, scones and flapjacks during a jazz concert. The raiders struck at the Foxlowe Arts Centre in Leek, Staffordshire, on Saturday night.
They escaped with sweet treats including a carrot cake, Victoria sponge, fruit cake, about 10 cheese scones, a number of flapjacks and polenta.The cakes had been baked ready for sale at the arts centre cafe on Sunday.
Arts centre manager Ian Wilson said: "I had a call from my head chef on Sunday morning asking where all the cakes were. We must have had 50 or 60 people at the jazz evening.
"We think someone went into the kitchen during the concert and swiped the lot, more than one person could carry. There is hardly a crumb of evidence left causing my chef to bake like a demon to replace what was taken."
They escaped with sweet treats including a carrot cake, Victoria sponge, fruit cake, about 10 cheese scones, a number of flapjacks and polenta.The cakes had been baked ready for sale at the arts centre cafe on Sunday.
Arts centre manager Ian Wilson said: "I had a call from my head chef on Sunday morning asking where all the cakes were. We must have had 50 or 60 people at the jazz evening.
"We think someone went into the kitchen during the concert and swiped the lot, more than one person could carry. There is hardly a crumb of evidence left causing my chef to bake like a demon to replace what was taken."
Police appeal about Scotch egg thief
Pplice want to speak to a woman after she entered the Co-op in Minehead, Somerset, picked up a packet of Scotch eggs and ate them before dumping the wrapper and leaving without paying.
The incident happened on January 25.
The theft has been reported to the police and an investigation has begun.
If you recognise the woman, contact Avon and Somerset Police.
The incident happened on January 25.
The theft has been reported to the police and an investigation has begun.
If you recognise the woman, contact Avon and Somerset Police.
Man complained to trading standards after being turned down by prostitute
A man complained to trading standards in a north-west London borough after a prostitute refused to have sex with him.
Harrow Borough Council’s trading standards received the call from the man after he was turned down by the woman, believed to have been from Eastern Europe.
According to the council, the man insisted that prostitutes shouldn’t be able to behave like that and he had travelled all the way from a neighbouring borough and was upset by the wasted trip. Cllr Susan Hall, leader of Harrow Council, said: “Prostitution may be the oldest profession in the world, but a complaint of this sort is a new one on us; the trading standards manual doesn’t really cover it.
“I would like the gentleman involved to visit Harrow again, but perhaps this time he could enjoy some of our more wholesome pursuits – like our wonderful open parks, leisure centres and historic churches.” The man filled out the relative form for trading standards and even gave them his address and contact details. The council says the brothel has now been closed down.
Harrow Borough Council’s trading standards received the call from the man after he was turned down by the woman, believed to have been from Eastern Europe.
According to the council, the man insisted that prostitutes shouldn’t be able to behave like that and he had travelled all the way from a neighbouring borough and was upset by the wasted trip. Cllr Susan Hall, leader of Harrow Council, said: “Prostitution may be the oldest profession in the world, but a complaint of this sort is a new one on us; the trading standards manual doesn’t really cover it.
“I would like the gentleman involved to visit Harrow again, but perhaps this time he could enjoy some of our more wholesome pursuits – like our wonderful open parks, leisure centres and historic churches.” The man filled out the relative form for trading standards and even gave them his address and contact details. The council says the brothel has now been closed down.
Beach bench railings installed for public safety
Visitors to a south Wales beach have
been left baffled by the installation of railings around a seafront bench. The new safety rail is meant to prevent people sitting on the bench on the coastal path
between Pink Bay and Rest Bay in Porthcawl.
Bridgend council said they were installed to stop people using the path after it was damaged by recent storms. The path was closed earlier this year after large parts of it were ripped apart or weakened by the severe weather.
Signs are in place warning people not to use the path because parts of it were unsafe and a gate at the Porthcawl end has been locked. But it can still be accessed from the beach. A spokesman for the council said the railings were installed for public safety.
"The positioning of this safety rail obviously looks unusual, but it was to try and stop people from sitting on the bench, and walking in front of it too, as this is an area of the path that is particularly unstable and likely to collapse, causing further damage," he said.
Bridgend council said they were installed to stop people using the path after it was damaged by recent storms. The path was closed earlier this year after large parts of it were ripped apart or weakened by the severe weather.
Signs are in place warning people not to use the path because parts of it were unsafe and a gate at the Porthcawl end has been locked. But it can still be accessed from the beach. A spokesman for the council said the railings were installed for public safety.
"The positioning of this safety rail obviously looks unusual, but it was to try and stop people from sitting on the bench, and walking in front of it too, as this is an area of the path that is particularly unstable and likely to collapse, causing further damage," he said.
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