Friday, February 06, 2015
Pet the lamb thinks she’s a sheep dog
10-month-old Pet the lamb was raised by collies in the Scottish Highlands and now thinks she’s a sheep dog.
She was adopted by the collies after being taken in by Mairi Mackenzie from Ullapool, Ross-shire, when she struggled to survive following her birth.
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She bonded with the dogs and they have accepted her as one of them.
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Mairi says: “She’s a right character. I’ve never seen anything like this before – it’s really unusual.”
She was adopted by the collies after being taken in by Mairi Mackenzie from Ullapool, Ross-shire, when she struggled to survive following her birth.
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She bonded with the dogs and they have accepted her as one of them.
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Mairi says: “She’s a right character. I’ve never seen anything like this before – it’s really unusual.”
Couple accused of stealing 57 blocks of cheese
A young Chattanooga couple were arrested after going on a strange shoplifting spree at the Walmart store in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, last week.
Twenty-one-year-olds Joshua and Erika Caldwell are facing several theft and drug charges after police said they walked out of the store with hundreds of dollars worth of stolen goods, including 57 blocks of cheese.
It's not clear why the couple decided to steal that much cheese or what they were planning on doing with all of it. But they did have their child with them, though, and police found pot in their car. Fifty-seven blocks of stolen cheese were stuffed in the floorboards, in bags and throughout the vehicle.
"The officer noticed a lot of cheese in places throughout the vehicle and the diaper bag for the child as well," said Fort Oglethorpe Police Chief David Eubanks. Security caught the 21-year-old walking out with a cart full of stuff he didn't pay for. "They walked up and asked him what was going on, and he said, 'Well, I got caught shoplifting'," Eubanks said. The cheese plus ten 18-dollar bottles of Tide laundry detergent, some clothes and a candle totalled over $600.
The cheese alone was worth more than $300. Police also found marijuana inside the vehicle. The couple had their baby with them, and a family member was called to pick the child up. The couple was taken to the Catoosa County Jail and both have since bonded out. While Erika does not have a criminal history, police said Joshua was arrested in Tennessee last year for aggravated animal cruelty and malicious mischief.
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It's not clear why the couple decided to steal that much cheese or what they were planning on doing with all of it. But they did have their child with them, though, and police found pot in their car. Fifty-seven blocks of stolen cheese were stuffed in the floorboards, in bags and throughout the vehicle.
"The officer noticed a lot of cheese in places throughout the vehicle and the diaper bag for the child as well," said Fort Oglethorpe Police Chief David Eubanks. Security caught the 21-year-old walking out with a cart full of stuff he didn't pay for. "They walked up and asked him what was going on, and he said, 'Well, I got caught shoplifting'," Eubanks said. The cheese plus ten 18-dollar bottles of Tide laundry detergent, some clothes and a candle totalled over $600.
The cheese alone was worth more than $300. Police also found marijuana inside the vehicle. The couple had their baby with them, and a family member was called to pick the child up. The couple was taken to the Catoosa County Jail and both have since bonded out. While Erika does not have a criminal history, police said Joshua was arrested in Tennessee last year for aggravated animal cruelty and malicious mischief.
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Noticeable bulge in man's pants led to his arrest for theft of pair of sandwiches
A bulge in the pants ultimately led to the arrest of a Florida man accused of stuffing sandwiches in his trousers, according to an affidavit.
A loss prevention official at a Publix in Vero Beach told an Indian River County Sheriff’s deputy she spotted a man later identified as Jason Rice, 40, stick a pair of deli sandwiches in his pants on January 25. The loss prevention official tried to confront Rice as Rice headed toward the exit, but Rice “stated something to the effect of, get the (expletive) out of my way.”
The loss prevention official noticed a “noticeable bulge” in Rice’s pants where the sandwiches were secreted. She also saw the licence plate on Rice’s black Ford truck. Investigators spoke with Rice at his home. He said he had two sandwiches made, but left them in the store in the shopping cart after checking his bank account and determining he lacked the funds to complete the $15.98 purchase.
Store video, however, showed Rice push a cart out of the store. Rice then said he pushed an empty cart out of the store. “I asked him if he pushed an empty cart out, then where did he leave the sandwiches,” the affidavit states. “Rice then declined to further discuss the incident.” Rice, of Vero Beach, was arrested on a shoplifting charge.
A loss prevention official at a Publix in Vero Beach told an Indian River County Sheriff’s deputy she spotted a man later identified as Jason Rice, 40, stick a pair of deli sandwiches in his pants on January 25. The loss prevention official tried to confront Rice as Rice headed toward the exit, but Rice “stated something to the effect of, get the (expletive) out of my way.”
The loss prevention official noticed a “noticeable bulge” in Rice’s pants where the sandwiches were secreted. She also saw the licence plate on Rice’s black Ford truck. Investigators spoke with Rice at his home. He said he had two sandwiches made, but left them in the store in the shopping cart after checking his bank account and determining he lacked the funds to complete the $15.98 purchase.
Store video, however, showed Rice push a cart out of the store. Rice then said he pushed an empty cart out of the store. “I asked him if he pushed an empty cart out, then where did he leave the sandwiches,” the affidavit states. “Rice then declined to further discuss the incident.” Rice, of Vero Beach, was arrested on a shoplifting charge.
Firefighters rescued man who'd been stuck upside-down in rail car chute for 18 hours
A man was rescued in Seattle on Wednesday morning after spending 18 hours stuck head-first down a chute attached to a railroad car, fire officials said.
Emergency crews responded to the scene at about 8am after receiving 911 calls from people on the Burke-Gilman Trail who heard someone yelling for help, said Kyle Moore of the Seattle Fire Department.
Rescuers found the 25-year-old man inside the rail car with his feet sticking up out of the chute. "We don't see these very often," Moore said. "Apparently overnight he had crawled into a hole in a void space of the car and slid head-first at a 45 degree angle down this little chute and was stuck. ... He could not move, (and) he was stuck in this very small confined space."
Moore said it was unclear why the man crawled into the chute. "If he actually successfully made it through the small hole at the end he would have just been underneath the train car," he said. Firefighters were able to rescue the man by pulling him out by his feet. "We wanted to make sure we used all of our skills to get him out of this very small hole without causing any further injury to him," Moore said.
He said the man was very stiff by the time firefighters got him out. He was taken by ambulance to Swedish Medical Center's Ballard campus to be checked out. Moore said the man was lucky, all things considered. "We're very fortunate that people walking on the trail noticed what was going on and called us," he said.
Rescuers found the 25-year-old man inside the rail car with his feet sticking up out of the chute. "We don't see these very often," Moore said. "Apparently overnight he had crawled into a hole in a void space of the car and slid head-first at a 45 degree angle down this little chute and was stuck. ... He could not move, (and) he was stuck in this very small confined space."
Moore said it was unclear why the man crawled into the chute. "If he actually successfully made it through the small hole at the end he would have just been underneath the train car," he said. Firefighters were able to rescue the man by pulling him out by his feet. "We wanted to make sure we used all of our skills to get him out of this very small hole without causing any further injury to him," Moore said.
He said the man was very stiff by the time firefighters got him out. He was taken by ambulance to Swedish Medical Center's Ballard campus to be checked out. Moore said the man was lucky, all things considered. "We're very fortunate that people walking on the trail noticed what was going on and called us," he said.
French mayor's impenetrable anti-burglar wall hasn't impressed everyone
With violent burglaries on the rise, the mayor of a town in northern France took drastic action to keep the unwanted aggressors away. But his "anti-burglar wall" has left some of the townsfolk scratching their heads.
In the Hénin-Beaumont commune in the north of France, the National Front Mayor Steeve Briois decided to take action against the rising tide of aggressive burglars. To keep them away from a residential area, he lobbied for a thick stone wall to be placed directly across a street to keep unwanted visitors away.
However, the wall is only one metre high. After the structure came under fire, the mayor defended the wall, stating that "around 90 percent" of the 200 people in the area had voted in favour of the construction. "The decision was made after two burglars stabbed a man in his home - including once in the head," he explained. "200 residents then met up to to find an urgent solution to this intolerable situation.
"The safety of my fellow citizens is a priority (...) and I won't give up," he concluded. Despite the fact that the "impenetrable wall" looks rather conquerable indeed, other locals are unimpressed for other reasons. One woman, who voted against the wall, said that she didn't think building a wall in the street was 'a real solution'. "Today, my husband had to take an 8-kilometre detour just to get to work," she said.
In the Hénin-Beaumont commune in the north of France, the National Front Mayor Steeve Briois decided to take action against the rising tide of aggressive burglars. To keep them away from a residential area, he lobbied for a thick stone wall to be placed directly across a street to keep unwanted visitors away.
However, the wall is only one metre high. After the structure came under fire, the mayor defended the wall, stating that "around 90 percent" of the 200 people in the area had voted in favour of the construction. "The decision was made after two burglars stabbed a man in his home - including once in the head," he explained. "200 residents then met up to to find an urgent solution to this intolerable situation.
"The safety of my fellow citizens is a priority (...) and I won't give up," he concluded. Despite the fact that the "impenetrable wall" looks rather conquerable indeed, other locals are unimpressed for other reasons. One woman, who voted against the wall, said that she didn't think building a wall in the street was 'a real solution'. "Today, my husband had to take an 8-kilometre detour just to get to work," she said.
Disappointment as rocket launch didn't go as well as hoped
A test rocket launched in Cheshire in front of 200 schoolchildren fell back to earth after reaching just 30 ft (9m).
The children gathered in Macclesfield to watch Starchaser Industries' Tempest launch to 3,000 ft (914m) for a science experiment.
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Tempest was testing electronics such as GPS and monitoring air quality in conjunction with the University of Chester, the University of Leicester and Manchester University.
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Steve Bennett, CEO of Starchaser Industries, said: "It was just a problem with the rocket propellant. It didn't ignite properly... and the rocket fuel just shut down. The rocket's salvageable, we will be able to fix it and we'll be able to have another go at it."
You can see the video from the on board camera here.
The children gathered in Macclesfield to watch Starchaser Industries' Tempest launch to 3,000 ft (914m) for a science experiment.
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Tempest was testing electronics such as GPS and monitoring air quality in conjunction with the University of Chester, the University of Leicester and Manchester University.
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Steve Bennett, CEO of Starchaser Industries, said: "It was just a problem with the rocket propellant. It didn't ignite properly... and the rocket fuel just shut down. The rocket's salvageable, we will be able to fix it and we'll be able to have another go at it."
You can see the video from the on board camera here.
Drink driver overturned car in Boozer Pit
A man who was more than double the drink drive limit when he overturned his car while driving home was found by police in Boozer Pit, Merriott, Somerset.
Jason Jonathan Taylor had dropped his wife off to meet a friend then went for a drink at a local social club leaving for home more than four hours later.
During his journey he swerved to avoid an animal and flipped his car over and was found to be over the limit, Somerset Magistrates were told. Taylor, 45, of Crewkerne, pleaded guilty to driving in Boozer Pit after consuming excess alcohol on January 3 when he appeared in the dock before the court at Yeovil.
Emma Lenanton, prosecuting, said that police were called to Boozer Pit where Taylor had been driving his car and lost control, turning it over onto its side. “Two members of the pubic stopped to assist and were concerned about the fact they thought Taylor might be over the limit,” she said.
“The vehicle had been righted when the police arrived and the defendant co-operated with the officers and took a roadside breath test which he failed.” He was arrested and taken to Yeovil police station where a breath test produced a reading of 79mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg of alcohol. The magistrates banned Taylor from driving for 20 months and fined him £340 with £85 costs and a £34 victim surcharge.
During his journey he swerved to avoid an animal and flipped his car over and was found to be over the limit, Somerset Magistrates were told. Taylor, 45, of Crewkerne, pleaded guilty to driving in Boozer Pit after consuming excess alcohol on January 3 when he appeared in the dock before the court at Yeovil.
Emma Lenanton, prosecuting, said that police were called to Boozer Pit where Taylor had been driving his car and lost control, turning it over onto its side. “Two members of the pubic stopped to assist and were concerned about the fact they thought Taylor might be over the limit,” she said.
“The vehicle had been righted when the police arrived and the defendant co-operated with the officers and took a roadside breath test which he failed.” He was arrested and taken to Yeovil police station where a breath test produced a reading of 79mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mcg of alcohol. The magistrates banned Taylor from driving for 20 months and fined him £340 with £85 costs and a £34 victim surcharge.
Armed police cordoned off pub after mistaking man's walking stick for a gun
Armed police surrounded a pub in the Wirral, Merseyside, after reports a man had a gun, but it turned out to be a folded up walking stick.
Officers were called to the Cock and Donkey in Rock Ferry on Tuesday afternoon after the alarm was raised by a member of the public at about 2.50pm.
They told police that a man carrying a firearm had entered the pub.
Merseyside Police said officers were deployed as a precautionary measure and the area around the pub was sealed off. But a short time later the man was found to be carrying a walking stick. The road outside was closed for around 40 minutes while police were at the pub. The pensioner at the centre of the firearms scare, 66-year-old Lenny Wood, said: “It was scary when it happened but now I’m all embarrassed. I was talking to some old fella in the pub the other day and said I had a little walking stick he could have.
“I brought it up with me on Tuesday but he wasn’t there. The next minute I realised I was left on my own in the bar. I thought: ‘have I got B.O or something?’ I decided to go home, I walked outside and I saw all these police, some with guns. There must have been four or five police cars there. I nearly dirtied myself.” Lenny added: “The police were good with me. They just said ‘walk towards me sir’. I couldn’t hear them properly because I didn’t have my hearing aid in.
“I said ‘It’s a walking stick, if I walk up to the police car and put it on the bonnet and step back, would that be alright?’ I had to wait for the inspector to come up and then they let me go and that was it.” A police spokesman said: “We would always encourage members of the public to report suspicious activity to us. In this case a report was made in good faith and the appropriate procedures were followed.”
Merseyside Police said officers were deployed as a precautionary measure and the area around the pub was sealed off. But a short time later the man was found to be carrying a walking stick. The road outside was closed for around 40 minutes while police were at the pub. The pensioner at the centre of the firearms scare, 66-year-old Lenny Wood, said: “It was scary when it happened but now I’m all embarrassed. I was talking to some old fella in the pub the other day and said I had a little walking stick he could have.
“I brought it up with me on Tuesday but he wasn’t there. The next minute I realised I was left on my own in the bar. I thought: ‘have I got B.O or something?’ I decided to go home, I walked outside and I saw all these police, some with guns. There must have been four or five police cars there. I nearly dirtied myself.” Lenny added: “The police were good with me. They just said ‘walk towards me sir’. I couldn’t hear them properly because I didn’t have my hearing aid in.
“I said ‘It’s a walking stick, if I walk up to the police car and put it on the bonnet and step back, would that be alright?’ I had to wait for the inspector to come up and then they let me go and that was it.” A police spokesman said: “We would always encourage members of the public to report suspicious activity to us. In this case a report was made in good faith and the appropriate procedures were followed.”
Woman asked for ID when buying pot of melon and grapes 'in case they fermented into alcohol'
A 37-year-old woman was told she would need to show ID to buy fruit in case it fermented and turned alcoholic.
Kate Lancaster had been using a self-service checkout at Tesco in Plymouth, Devon, to purchase a pot of melon and grapes when the fruit flashed up as ‘requiring ID’.
She later emailed the supermarket giant to ask why fruit would be age-restricted, only to be told it could be because fruit ferments, therefore turning it alcoholic.
Kate, from Cattedown, said she “fell about laughing” when she heard the pack of melon and grapes might require ID. Kate had initially e-mailed Tesco to complain of bad customer service at the store, and says when the melon and grapes flagged up as security tagged staff were too busy chatting to help her. But the response from Tesco wasn’t what she was expecting, as well as apologising for bad customer service she was told all fruit might soon be age-verified in case “natural fermentation” takes place.
In her first email to Tesco, Kate wrote: “I used your self service tills, and there was a problem with the melon which came up as security tagged. The woman who was meant to be looking after the tills was stood at the end, chatting with her friend. Eventually I caught her eye and she walked over. She didn't smile or say hello, but just reached over to scan her card. I made a joke about the melon being security tagged and she actively blanked me, made no response whatsoever other than to continue talking to her friend over my head.”
In a response, the Tesco employee who replied apologised and promised to give staff at the store additional customer service training, but added: “I have heard a rumour that all fruit will be age verified ongoing in case natural fermentation takes place.” Kate said the idea was “crazy” and goes against policies to encourage children to eat more fruit and veg. Kate added: “When I got the response from Tesco I told my friend at work and we fell about laughing, it’s just incredulous. You couldn’t make it up.” Kate then asked Tesco to clarify the policy, and was eventually told it had been a mistake and there were no plans to restrict fruit for under 18s.
Kate, from Cattedown, said she “fell about laughing” when she heard the pack of melon and grapes might require ID. Kate had initially e-mailed Tesco to complain of bad customer service at the store, and says when the melon and grapes flagged up as security tagged staff were too busy chatting to help her. But the response from Tesco wasn’t what she was expecting, as well as apologising for bad customer service she was told all fruit might soon be age-verified in case “natural fermentation” takes place.
In her first email to Tesco, Kate wrote: “I used your self service tills, and there was a problem with the melon which came up as security tagged. The woman who was meant to be looking after the tills was stood at the end, chatting with her friend. Eventually I caught her eye and she walked over. She didn't smile or say hello, but just reached over to scan her card. I made a joke about the melon being security tagged and she actively blanked me, made no response whatsoever other than to continue talking to her friend over my head.”
In a response, the Tesco employee who replied apologised and promised to give staff at the store additional customer service training, but added: “I have heard a rumour that all fruit will be age verified ongoing in case natural fermentation takes place.” Kate said the idea was “crazy” and goes against policies to encourage children to eat more fruit and veg. Kate added: “When I got the response from Tesco I told my friend at work and we fell about laughing, it’s just incredulous. You couldn’t make it up.” Kate then asked Tesco to clarify the policy, and was eventually told it had been a mistake and there were no plans to restrict fruit for under 18s.
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