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Watch: Otter steals £100k of koi carp from hotel spa gardenHotel staff were shocked to discover that a mammal had bypassed the electric fence in the pond area at the premises in ChesterAn otter was caught red-handed on CCTV stealing more than £100,000 worth of koi carp from a luxury hotel.Staff at the Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa in Chester were shocked to find the otter had taken at least 50 of the fish, which sell for about £2,000 each.CCTV footage shows the animal sneaking into the four-star hotel’s pond area, before snatching the fish and fleeing.
Evacuation alert issued on Andros due to wildfire outbreakResidents and tourists on the island of Andros in the Cyclades have been issued an evacuation alert through the emergency number 112 due to an ongoing wildfire.Authorities in civil protection are urging individuals within the Gides region, located near Vitali on the northeastern coast of the island, to relocate to the port of Gavrio on the northwest side of the island.
More than 150 car models too big for regular UK parking spacesMore than 150 car models are now too big to fit in average car parking spaces, according to analysis conducted by Which?.While the size of the standard parking bay has remained static for decades, cars have been growing longer and wider in a phenomenon known as “autobesity”.Natalie Hitchins, Which?’s home products and services editor, said: “Cars are getting larger and larger, and while this might mean a more comfortable driving experience, it could be a problem when it comes to squeezing into a parking space.”
Just two migrants deported to EU under post-Brexit dealOnly two migrants who arrived in the UK by crossing the English Channel have been deported to Europe under the post-Brexit agreement, figures from the Home Office reveal.The post-Brexit returns policy, introduced in 2021, allows officials to deem migrants ‘inadmissible’ if they had travelled through a safe third country to reach Britain.But zero migrants were considered ‘inadmissible’ in the past year and just two were deported, according to Home Office figures reported in The Times.Since the start of the scheme, 83 inadmissibility decisions have been made and 23 migrants been deported in total.
Australian parents denied access to newborns in surrogacy scandalAustralian parents are unable to bring their newborn babies home after a fertility clinic in Crete, Greece was raided by police.The Mediterranean Fertility Institute has been accused of engaging in human trafficking and the illegal adoption of babies, according to Greek media.7NEWS understands eight people, including the founder of the clinic, have been arrested by Greek authorities.The clinic is accused of exploiting vulnerable women and using them as egg donors and surrogate mothers while deceiving patients through sham embryo transfers and mediating illegal adoptions.While the clinic is accused of using foreign women as surrogates, some of the children have already been born to those surrogates.These babies are now in a Crete hospital under guard and are effectively in the possession of the Greek government.
Scots Easyjet passengers 'forced to sleep on floor' after airline cancels Corfu flightsEdinburgh passengers returning from a popular holiday hotspot have reportedly been caught up in travel "chaos" and claim they have been forced to sleep on the airport floor.EasyJet were reportedly forced to delay and cancel flights heading out of Corfu International Airport in the last 24 hours, leaving several UK holidaymakers 'stranded' - including Edinburgh passengers.
Jet2 passengers 'locked in boiling plane for HOURS' after Manchester to Corfu flight diverted by 300 milesPassengers jetting to Corfu from Manchester say their journey has turned to 'chaos' after they were flown to Athens instead and forced to wait hours on the tarmac in a 'boiling' plane.Travellers on the Jet2 flight LS951 were diverted after circling their planned destination of Corfu as there was 'no room' for them to land, according to Michael Webster, who is on the plane.The flight was forced to land 300 miles away in Athens, where customers claim they have been left in 'hot' and 'awful' conditions on the tarmac for over two hours.
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