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Ducks win court case over loud quacking in French countrysideThe complaint was brought by Ms Douthe’s neighbour, who moved from the city around a year ago into a property about 50 metres away from the enclosure.The dispute is the latest in a series of court cases that have seen rural French traditions, especially farmyard noises, challenged by new residents.A retired couple who had bought a second home on Oleron, an island off the French Atlantic coast, complained that a cockerel’s early morning crowing was disruptive. In September, Maurice the cockerel won the right to continue crowing where he lived.
Storms wreak havoc on ZakynthosA new wet front that brought heavy showers and thunderstorms to western Greece and the Ionian has wreaked widespread destruction, causing floods, uprooting trees and damaging roofs and roads on the island of Zakynthos, officials of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection said on Wednesday.
Potentially deadly tick-borne parasite found in UK for first timePresence of organism ‘represents a new risk to humans working, living, or hiking in areas with infected ticks and livestock’, says clinicianA potentially deadly tick-borne parasite has been found in the UK for the first time.The organism, B venatorum, causes an animal disease recognised as an emerging infection in people called babesiosis, also known as "Texas fever"Infected people may show symptoms such as flu and jaundice, but severe cases can lead to death, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control warned.The disease has been recorded extensively in China and also in Europe, with two confirmed human infections in Italy over the last two decades.It has never previously appeared in the UK.
Lorry gets stuck in narrow Somerset laneA lorry driver has been left in a pickle after getting his lorry wedged between two buildings in Somerset.The vehicle became stuck after getting lost on narrow lanes in Croscombe near Wells.The lorry currently can't reverse or drive out of the lane and has been trapped in the area for almost 24 hours. It has been reported the driver ignored warning signs due to following a satnav.
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