22/09/18

[Maik]

'Unbelievable': campaigners dispute police verdict 'M25 cat killer' is foxes
There has been outrage online but Croydon locals seem unfazed and experts say real issue is cars

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/21/unbelievable-campaigners-dispute-police-verdict-m25-cat-killer-is-foxes

Yes, it's true:  Croydon is the only place with cars and foxes

[Maik]

Video exposes game-bird shooting industry's secret carnage of UK wildlife

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/game-birds-shooting-season-pheasants-larsen-traps-somerset-animal-aid-a8549001.html

[Maik]

Fuel price war looms as wholesale costs slump, AA says
AA spokesman said drivers should be 'looking for £1.50-a-tank cut' in petrol costs

Fuel retailers may be set to engage in a price war, the AA has said, due to a drop in wholesale costs.

A 3p per litre slump in wholesale costs this month suggests pump prices could be about to drop, according to the AA.

This would be welcome relief for motorists who are being hit by prices at a four-year high after 11 consecutive weekly increases.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/fuel-price-petrol-diesel-war-pump-price-wholesale-costs-aa-prices-a8549206.html

[Maik]

British public to be given knife, bomb and shooting first aid training for terror attacks
Exclusive: Training programme to be rolled out across the UK amid 'unprecedented' terror threat

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/terror-attack-first-aid-training-shooting-knife-bomb-injuries-medical-emergency-a8547596.html

[Maik]

Harry Potter's birthplace in Lavenham still for sale

The 14th Century house used as the birthplace of Harry Potter remains on the market over a year after it was put up for sale.

De Vere House in Lavenham, Suffolk, featured in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One, as the house where the young wizard's parents were killed by Lord Voldemort.

It was put on the market last summer for almost £1m.

Estate agent Carter Jonas said it was yet to find "the buyer it deserves".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-45589803

Looks quite awesome. But the orange painted one next to it...

[Maik]

Daredevil raccoon leaps from seventh storey of tower block in front of shocked onlookers

Some creatures can fly, but raccoons are not among them.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/raccoon-jumps-from-building-video-america-a8550391.html



https://youtu.be/T2Gfl3_dIjk?t=1s

[TonyKath]

British public to be given knife, bomb and shooting first aid training for terror attacks
Exclusive: Training programme to be rolled out across the UK amid 'unprecedented' terror threat

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/terror-attack-first-aid-training-shooting-knife-bomb-injuries-medical-emergency-a8547596.html

Er... I momentarily misread that as "shooting first training". Think I must have been reading too much about the Donald and associates.

Tony