Saturday, October 06, 2012
Neglected ducks enjoy their first ever swim
For the first time in their lives two dozen recently rescued ducks get their first taste of life in a pond. They had been living for years with a hoarder who had them in pens without adequate access to water or proper nutrition.
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Rutting stag chased man up tree in London park
A man has been caught on camera whilst being chased by a stag in London's Bushy Park.
The walker was heard yelling "I need some help here!" as he attempted to out-manouevre the animal.
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At one point he was running around a tree trying to avoid the stag, and later resorted to climbing the tree.
A witness said the man appeared to have got in the middle of a potential fight between two stags. She called the police once the stranded man was safely up the tree.
The walker was heard yelling "I need some help here!" as he attempted to out-manouevre the animal.
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At one point he was running around a tree trying to avoid the stag, and later resorted to climbing the tree.
A witness said the man appeared to have got in the middle of a potential fight between two stags. She called the police once the stranded man was safely up the tree.
Upset dog broke out to visit owner in hospital
Zander the husky was so upset when his owner was hospitalised that the dog tracked him down and paid him a visit. John Dolan was taken to hospital last week. His wife says Zander took it hard. She says the dog sulked and even cried.
Then Zander, seemingly decided he had to be by his owner's bedside. Zander broke out of his Bay Shore, New York, home and made his way to the Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center more than 2 miles away. He had to cross a busy four-lane road to get there.
A hospital employee found the dog on the street outside of building where Dolan was being treated. The Dolans got the 7-year-old husky from a shelter and nursed him back from starvation five years ago. Dolan says the dog has been like a son ever since.
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The couple believe Zander traced John's scent to the hospital. A few days later Zander tried a second visit. He was found on his walk there. The Dolans say this proves shelter dogs can be fantastic dogs and care for their owners as well as the owners care for the dogs.
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Then Zander, seemingly decided he had to be by his owner's bedside. Zander broke out of his Bay Shore, New York, home and made his way to the Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center more than 2 miles away. He had to cross a busy four-lane road to get there.
A hospital employee found the dog on the street outside of building where Dolan was being treated. The Dolans got the 7-year-old husky from a shelter and nursed him back from starvation five years ago. Dolan says the dog has been like a son ever since.
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The couple believe Zander traced John's scent to the hospital. A few days later Zander tried a second visit. He was found on his walk there. The Dolans say this proves shelter dogs can be fantastic dogs and care for their owners as well as the owners care for the dogs.
There's an additional news video here.
Drunk man who passed out while smoking in field seriously burnt by grass fire before taking bike and being hit by train
A 51-year-old man from Kamloops, British Columbia, is in hospital with serious burns and a deep gash on his head after a bizarre sequence of events on Wednesday. Police were called to the Gateway Estates Mobile Home Park at about 3 p.m. after someone saw a grass fire nearby, RCMP Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said.
As firefighters put out the flames, a witness reported seeing a man flee the area on a bike soon after the fire started. While officers were on their way, Canadian Pacific Railway operations staff contacted police about a freight train crew reporting they had hit a pedestrian nearby.
When police arrived, they found an intoxicated man with serious burns to his body and a cut to his head where he'd been hit by the train. Police investigating pieced together a story that the man was lying in the field by the mobile home park and he fell asleep while smoking. When he woke up, his clothes and the surrounding grass were on fire.
He ran from there to his home at the mobile home park, grabbed a bike and took off. He was continuing along the railway tracks when he was hit by the train. He was taken and admitted to Royal Inland Hospital for treatment. Staff Sgt. Learned said the investigation is now branching into whether the bike was stolen. Investigators believe the fire was accidentally caused by smoking materials.
As firefighters put out the flames, a witness reported seeing a man flee the area on a bike soon after the fire started. While officers were on their way, Canadian Pacific Railway operations staff contacted police about a freight train crew reporting they had hit a pedestrian nearby.
When police arrived, they found an intoxicated man with serious burns to his body and a cut to his head where he'd been hit by the train. Police investigating pieced together a story that the man was lying in the field by the mobile home park and he fell asleep while smoking. When he woke up, his clothes and the surrounding grass were on fire.
He ran from there to his home at the mobile home park, grabbed a bike and took off. He was continuing along the railway tracks when he was hit by the train. He was taken and admitted to Royal Inland Hospital for treatment. Staff Sgt. Learned said the investigation is now branching into whether the bike was stolen. Investigators believe the fire was accidentally caused by smoking materials.
M&M-eating bees produce multi-coloured honey
Beekeepers in north eastern France have been alarmed to find their bees producing honey in unnatural shades of green and blue. The beekeepers believe the source of the problem is a biogas plant close to Ribeauville in Alsace.
It is thought the bees have been eating the sugary waste from M&Ms, small chocolates in brightly-coloured shells. The plant operator said it regretted the situation and had put in place a procedure to stop it happening again.
"We discovered the problem at the same time [the beekeepers] did. We quickly put in place a procedure to stop it," Philippe Meinrad, a spokesman from Agrivalor, the company operating the biogas plant said.
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The company, which deals with waste from a Mars chocolate factory , said it would clean out the containers, store all incoming waste in airtight containers and process it promptly. As for the honey, the beekeepers say it is unsellable.
It is thought the bees have been eating the sugary waste from M&Ms, small chocolates in brightly-coloured shells. The plant operator said it regretted the situation and had put in place a procedure to stop it happening again.
"We discovered the problem at the same time [the beekeepers] did. We quickly put in place a procedure to stop it," Philippe Meinrad, a spokesman from Agrivalor, the company operating the biogas plant said.
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The company, which deals with waste from a Mars chocolate factory , said it would clean out the containers, store all incoming waste in airtight containers and process it promptly. As for the honey, the beekeepers say it is unsellable.
Man found urinating in neighbour's garden while covered in faeces had been inhaling refrigerant
A man who smelled of alcohol and was covered in faeces was arrested after being found sitting next to an air conditioning unit, according to recently-released records. Martin County Sheriff's deputies at about 9:35 a.m. on Sept. 30 went to an address on Southeast Graham Drive in Stuart, Florida, after a report that a man relieved himself in the yard and was now sitting at the side of the residence.
The homeowner said she saw the man, identified as Samuel Niday, 37, near the air conditioning unit as he prepared to empty his bladder. She said she closed the drapes and called for her husband. They took their 3-year-old child off the back patio and secured the house.
A deputy told Niday to stand up and walk to the front of the house. His shorts were falling off. "Niday also had faeces on and about his body,"a report states. Niday, who smelled of alcohol, couldn't explain why he was near the air conditioning unit and why he urinated on the property. It was the second call sheriff's officials had received that morning about Niday.
In the earlier incident, Niday was found sitting in faeces. He refused medical attention and was escorted home. Investigators reported Niday "corrupted the public morals and decency by defecating and urinating on private property causing a disturbance for the home owners." Investigators discovered Niday was inhaling refrigerant from the air conditioning unit. Niday, of the 4900 block of Southeast Graham Drive in Stuart, was arrested on a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge.
The homeowner said she saw the man, identified as Samuel Niday, 37, near the air conditioning unit as he prepared to empty his bladder. She said she closed the drapes and called for her husband. They took their 3-year-old child off the back patio and secured the house.
A deputy told Niday to stand up and walk to the front of the house. His shorts were falling off. "Niday also had faeces on and about his body,"a report states. Niday, who smelled of alcohol, couldn't explain why he was near the air conditioning unit and why he urinated on the property. It was the second call sheriff's officials had received that morning about Niday.
In the earlier incident, Niday was found sitting in faeces. He refused medical attention and was escorted home. Investigators reported Niday "corrupted the public morals and decency by defecating and urinating on private property causing a disturbance for the home owners." Investigators discovered Niday was inhaling refrigerant from the air conditioning unit. Niday, of the 4900 block of Southeast Graham Drive in Stuart, was arrested on a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge.
Thai police hunt serial masturbator harassing restaurant staff
Phuket City Police are searching for a man wanted for sexually harassing restaurant staff in Phuket Town after he exposed himself and masturbated in front of them four times in three days.
“We have launched a search for him, but we have yet to find him. Our officers have been alerted to the car’s licence plate number and have been searching areas around night entertainment venues,” Phuket City Police Superintendent Sermphan Sirikong said.
“We have caught a few people, parked along the bypass road, who were masturbating in their vehicles, but none of them were the man we are looking for,” he added. The news follows a restaurant owner in Phuket Town making a public appeal for people to beware of a man who has repeatedly exposed himself in front of her Burmese staff and masturbated in front of them.
“One of those times, he walked up to one of my staff members, pulled out his ‘thing’ and started masturbating right in front of her. When the staff member saw what he was doing and screamed, he ran back to his car and sped off,” she explained. Staff at the restaurant described the masturbator as a well-dressed, good-looking Thai man in his 30s, driving a car fitted with Bangkok licence plates.
“We have launched a search for him, but we have yet to find him. Our officers have been alerted to the car’s licence plate number and have been searching areas around night entertainment venues,” Phuket City Police Superintendent Sermphan Sirikong said.
“We have caught a few people, parked along the bypass road, who were masturbating in their vehicles, but none of them were the man we are looking for,” he added. The news follows a restaurant owner in Phuket Town making a public appeal for people to beware of a man who has repeatedly exposed himself in front of her Burmese staff and masturbated in front of them.
“One of those times, he walked up to one of my staff members, pulled out his ‘thing’ and started masturbating right in front of her. When the staff member saw what he was doing and screamed, he ran back to his car and sped off,” she explained. Staff at the restaurant described the masturbator as a well-dressed, good-looking Thai man in his 30s, driving a car fitted with Bangkok licence plates.
Human blockade saves village’s red phone box
Villagers who formed a human barricade to stop their red telephone box being removed are celebrating after being told they can save the vintage kiosk for the princely sum of £1. Residents of Kilmuir on the Black Isle, near Inverness, staged a campaign to rescue their phone box after they learned owner BT planned to take it away. A tow truck was due on Tuesday, but residents of the former fishing village blocked access with their cars and operated a rota to ensure the phone box was protected at all times.
On Thursday a BT spokesman said it had relented and decided the community could “adopt” the kiosk for £1. Delighted John Hill, 68, who had led the campaign to rescue the box said: “That is fantastic. The red phone box is an iconic part of the village. We can now stand down from protecting it.” Although the kiosk has not been used to make a call for three years, the 100-strong population of Kilmuir argued it was a valuable landmark.
The Kilmuir campaign sprang to life on Tuesday when a crane driver arrived and asked Viola Lawlor, 64, where the kiosk was located. She said: “He already had two red phone boxes on the back of the lorry and stopped to ask if I could tell him where the phone box was. I told him he could not take our phone box away without a fuss. He said he needed to speak to his supervisor and would come back the next day.”
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After that, the phone box was not left unattended, as villagers threw a ring of steel around it. Their dedication impressed BT, which decided the community could adopt it. “It’s brilliant,” said Mr Hill. “We will all help pay for the upkeep, but it was a close call. We accept there is no need for a landline. But this is part of the village. It is an iconic landmark which we wanted to retain and which we can now keep. It is important as visitors like seeing it.”
On Thursday a BT spokesman said it had relented and decided the community could “adopt” the kiosk for £1. Delighted John Hill, 68, who had led the campaign to rescue the box said: “That is fantastic. The red phone box is an iconic part of the village. We can now stand down from protecting it.” Although the kiosk has not been used to make a call for three years, the 100-strong population of Kilmuir argued it was a valuable landmark.
The Kilmuir campaign sprang to life on Tuesday when a crane driver arrived and asked Viola Lawlor, 64, where the kiosk was located. She said: “He already had two red phone boxes on the back of the lorry and stopped to ask if I could tell him where the phone box was. I told him he could not take our phone box away without a fuss. He said he needed to speak to his supervisor and would come back the next day.”
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After that, the phone box was not left unattended, as villagers threw a ring of steel around it. Their dedication impressed BT, which decided the community could adopt it. “It’s brilliant,” said Mr Hill. “We will all help pay for the upkeep, but it was a close call. We accept there is no need for a landline. But this is part of the village. It is an iconic landmark which we wanted to retain and which we can now keep. It is important as visitors like seeing it.”
Eight policemen dragged swimmer from pool after he complained of being splashed by children
Police have been accused of over-reacting after dragging a swimmer from a pool when he reacted angrily to being splashed by children. It was, according to police, a potentially “high-risk” situation demanding nothing short of “dynamic” action. When a middle-aged man in swimming trunks started shouting at a group of youths at his local pool, after apparently being splashed, he might have expected to be told to calm down.
But for Dorset Police, nothing short of public safety was stake. A team of officers were dispatched to the scene of the disagreement at the Littledown Centre in Bournemouth on Tuesday evening with orders to deal with the situation. To the amazement of onlookers, two officers jumped into the water fully clothed and paddled to the centre to apprehend him.
Clutching what appeared to be child’s swimming float in one hand, one officer could be seen dragging the man, described as in his 50s, to the edge while his colleague offered backup support. They hauled him over the edge as he was surrounded by at least four other uniformed officers and a lifeguard where what appeared to be a short struggle could be seen. Onlookers described the incident – which was filmed on a mobile phone by a bystander – variously as “ridiculous” and “farcical”.
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But after speaking to the man, police admitted that “no offence had been committed” and gave him a lift home. A spokeswoman later said they had judged it was not “in the public interest” to take the matter further, although it is understood no apology has been offered. Police declined to say whether or not the man had been splashed.
But for Dorset Police, nothing short of public safety was stake. A team of officers were dispatched to the scene of the disagreement at the Littledown Centre in Bournemouth on Tuesday evening with orders to deal with the situation. To the amazement of onlookers, two officers jumped into the water fully clothed and paddled to the centre to apprehend him.
Clutching what appeared to be child’s swimming float in one hand, one officer could be seen dragging the man, described as in his 50s, to the edge while his colleague offered backup support. They hauled him over the edge as he was surrounded by at least four other uniformed officers and a lifeguard where what appeared to be a short struggle could be seen. Onlookers described the incident – which was filmed on a mobile phone by a bystander – variously as “ridiculous” and “farcical”.
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But after speaking to the man, police admitted that “no offence had been committed” and gave him a lift home. A spokeswoman later said they had judged it was not “in the public interest” to take the matter further, although it is understood no apology has been offered. Police declined to say whether or not the man had been splashed.
Pub landlady told to serve booze more slowly in licence deal
A London pub landlady has been told to serve her customers more slowly as part of a deal with Westminster Council to help her retain her licence. Staff at the Newman Arms in Fitzrovia have been told they should fully complete every transaction before they move on to the next customer, meaning they would not take a new order while waiting for a pint to settle or while waiting for a credit card to be cleared. Pub industry chiefs have branded the official recommendation “ludicrous and bizarre” while landlady Tracy Bird and her daughter Amber Hunt, who manages the bar, saw takings fall by more than £1,000 when the go-slow came into effect for the first time last Friday.
The condition is not a legal requirement for the pub but has been recommended by council officials following a jokey remark by Ms Hunt at a mediation meeting designed to avoid a review of the licence. She said: “We are in a quiet street and we have never had any trouble but the pub down the road has had its licence revoked so I decided to set up a meeting with Westminster Council to see if there were things we could address before they decided to review ours. We have lots of people drinking outside and we know Westminster wants to clamp down on that, At the meeting I just said as a joke, maybe we should serve people more slowly so we get fewer people coming.
“It was meant to be sarcastic but they immediately said they thought that would be a good idea and then we got an email saying we should go ahead. We couldn’t believe they were taking it seriously but I feel like we’re stuck between and a rock and a hard place because we don’t want to fall foul of the council and our licence reviewed or revoked. It’s a bit ridiculous. The council don’t like us being busy outside but we are busy because we have really efficient bar staff. They hate the new rule and business is suffering.” The pub is on a cobbled mews and is only open weekdays. Mrs Bird added: “We have never had any complaints from residents about noise, there’s no problem with violence - we’re just a popular local pub.”
Martin Rawlings, of the Britsh Beer and Pub Association, said: “This is an utterly bizarre case. I doubt Westminster Council could impose these ludicrous conditions under our licensing laws, if it tried. We’ve lost a lot of London pubs in recent years, and 100,000 jobs depend on brewing and pubs in the capital. They really could do with a break from this absurd approach.” A spokesman for Westminster Council confirmed the proposal for the slow-paced serving had come up in the mediation meeting and had been taken as a serious suggestion rather than a joke, but said it was not a legal condition of the licence.
The condition is not a legal requirement for the pub but has been recommended by council officials following a jokey remark by Ms Hunt at a mediation meeting designed to avoid a review of the licence. She said: “We are in a quiet street and we have never had any trouble but the pub down the road has had its licence revoked so I decided to set up a meeting with Westminster Council to see if there were things we could address before they decided to review ours. We have lots of people drinking outside and we know Westminster wants to clamp down on that, At the meeting I just said as a joke, maybe we should serve people more slowly so we get fewer people coming.
“It was meant to be sarcastic but they immediately said they thought that would be a good idea and then we got an email saying we should go ahead. We couldn’t believe they were taking it seriously but I feel like we’re stuck between and a rock and a hard place because we don’t want to fall foul of the council and our licence reviewed or revoked. It’s a bit ridiculous. The council don’t like us being busy outside but we are busy because we have really efficient bar staff. They hate the new rule and business is suffering.” The pub is on a cobbled mews and is only open weekdays. Mrs Bird added: “We have never had any complaints from residents about noise, there’s no problem with violence - we’re just a popular local pub.”
Martin Rawlings, of the Britsh Beer and Pub Association, said: “This is an utterly bizarre case. I doubt Westminster Council could impose these ludicrous conditions under our licensing laws, if it tried. We’ve lost a lot of London pubs in recent years, and 100,000 jobs depend on brewing and pubs in the capital. They really could do with a break from this absurd approach.” A spokesman for Westminster Council confirmed the proposal for the slow-paced serving had come up in the mediation meeting and had been taken as a serious suggestion rather than a joke, but said it was not a legal condition of the licence.
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