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A Swiss politician was fined for buying pink water pistols online

ZURICH (AP) — A Swiss politician was fined for buying pink water pistols online because authorities say the toys violated the country’s weapons law, a local newspaper reported.

Newspaper Aargauer Zeitung on Friday reported that Marc Jaisli — a member of the local council in Buchs, a town west of Zurich — ordered the water pistols in August through ultra low-cost online retailer Temu for his godchildren as a gift.

Prosecutors ordered him to pay a fine totaling 6,500 francs ($7,390) for a violation of weapons law, arguing that it applied even though the pistols were imitations “because they could be confused for real firearms due to their appearance” — despite the pink color.

Aargauer Zeitung reported that Jaisli said he had not been aware of the violation, but accepted the penalty and paid the fine.
https://apnews.com/article/switzerla...1b06e2abd59ba7

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'Truly the worst': Donald Trump demands removal of 'purposefully distorted' portrait

Donald Trump has called for a portrait of him to be removed as it is "truly the worst".

The US president claimed the portrait by British artist Sarah Boardman, which is currently hanging in Colorado's State Capitol, was "purposefully distorted".

Posting on his social media platform Truth Social, he said: "Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before."

He said a portrait by the same artist of former US president Barack Obama was "wonderful" but "the one on me is truly the worst".

Referring to the artist, whose collection of official portraits also includes one of former president George W. Bush, Mr Trump said "she must have lost her talent as she got older".
https://news.sky.com/story/truly-the...trait-13335008

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'Once-in-a-lifetime' Iron Age hoard found in Yorkshire

A "once-in-a-lifetime" hoard of Iron Age artefacts has been uncovered by archaeologists.

Dubbed the Melsonby hoard, more than 800 items were discovered by metal detectorist Peter Heads in 2021 in two ditches near the North Yorkshire village of the same name.

After Mr Heads reported the location to the proper authorities, the head of archaeology at Durham University professor Tom Moore was called to the site.

He said it was quickly clear that the find was a "once-in-a-lifetime discovery".

The expert said: "The Melsonby hoard is of a scale and size that is exceptional for Britain and probably even Europe.

"Unusually it includes lots of pieces of vehicles and items such as the wine mixing bowl which is decorated in both Mediterranean and Iron Age styles.

"Whoever originally owned the material in this hoard was probably a part of a network of elites across Britain, into Europe and even the Roman world."

Among the 2,000-year-old artefacts are the partial remains of wagons, ceremonial spears and pony harnesses.

Iron tyres were also found to have been intentionally bent out of shape, and a large amount of the material had been ritualistically burnt or broken.

Prof Moore added: "The destruction of so many high-status objects, evident in this hoard, is also of a scale rarely seen in Iron Age Britain and demonstrates that the elites of northern Britain were just as powerful as their southern counterparts."
https://news.sky.com/story/iron-age-...orist-13335342

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Child complains of ‘monster’ under the bed. Babysitter then comes face-to-face with man hiding there

A babysitter looked under a bed to reassure a worried child that there wasn’t a monster hiding there — and came face-to-face with a man who wasn’t supposed to be there, a sheriff’s office in Kansas said in a news release.

The 27-year-old was booked into jail this week after a struggle with the babysitter that knocked the child to the ground.

The Barton County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called late Monday to the home near Great Bend, a city of around 15,000 in the western part of the state. The suspect was gone when they arrived, but the babysitter told them that the child had been complaining about a “monster” before she found the suspect.

The man once lived in the home, but that there was a protection from abuse order issued against him to stay away from the property, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies searched but were unable to find the man until the next day, when he was captured after a foot chase, the news release said.

Online court records show the man had posted bond about 10 days earlier after he was charged with criminal threat, domestic battery and violating a protection from abuse order. Those allegations were alleged to have occurred in January and February.

But following his latest arrest, a judge ordered him jailed without bond. The sheriff’s office said additional requested charges include aggravated burglary, aggravated battery and child endangerment.
https://apnews.com/article/monster-u...11888a4ca08776

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Escaped otters cavort in the snow as the zoo’s search continues

Two river otters, Louie and Ophelia, weaseled their way out of their Wisconsin zoo enclosure last week during a winter storm, appearing on security camera footage cavorting across the snow, as the search continued Tuesday.

The NEW Zoo & Adventure Park said the two North American river otters escaped through a small hole that they enlarged in a buried fence, and their flight was quickly noticed by zookeepers on their morning rounds.

But Louie and Ophelia don’t appear to have gone far, their tracks showed them exploring nearby bodies of water and returning to the zoo’s perimeter now and again, the zoo said in a news release.

Footage released by the zoo shows an otter leaving the stoop of a building and launching itself into a belly slide on the snow, its forepaws snapping to its side, nose leading the way and back legs thrusting for an extra boost.

It’s the undeniable “bounce, bounce, sliiiiide” of the otter, the zoo said in a Facebook post, and creates one of the more recognizable mammal tracks.

Louie and Ophelia are expected to stay close because otters are territorial creatures, the zoo said, adding their species are native to the area and capable of surviving, with the local ponds and streams offering food and shelter.

Search efforts include a hired tracker, motion-activated cameras and public calls to send in photos and video of sightings of the critters.


Reports of Louie and Ophelia have come in, along with some videos and photos, since their escape. One, which appears to be security camera footage, shows an otter gliding over the snow in a wooded area, its tail following the rut its body made in the snow.

Searchers are hoping Louie and Ophelia are seen in the same location at least twice, giving the zoo a place to search. The zoo said the otters are not a danger to the public, and likely wouldn’t approach a human.
https://apnews.com/article/otter-esc...6b93ba36f16874

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Aintree revellers get the party started early as they don backless dresses and fabulous fascinators to sip on prosecco ahead of Ladies Day

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...adies-Day.html

The Daily Fail has the nerve to call these Slappers bloody Ladies, if Trump put a beef tariff on the UK it wouldn't affect these bleeding trollops one bit. I wouldn't mind pumping Blondie in the red dress, she's what's known as a double bagger around our village, you have to wear one in case hers blows off.

[Jimbuna]

Spending a night hunting the rats running riot amid Birmingham bin strike

In Small Heath in Birmingham, the sun is setting on another mound of rubbish.

There are dozens of bin liners on the street corner, with puncture holes and rips, causing rotting food to spill onto the pavement.

"I've seen loads of rats here," says a man strolling past the pile. "People walk here and chuck their bags on top and I have to live next to it.

"Look at this," he says, as he gets his phone out of his pocket.

He shows me some CCTV footage filmed at his business premises nearby, and talks me through it.

"These are agency workers, brought in to try and clear up. As they're tipping the wheelie bins into the lorry, look at the rats scatter!"

The bin workers scatter too as the three rats are seen scuttling back under the mountain of rubbish they're trying to take away.

The workers are later filmed gingerly poking a long pole amongst the bags to check if the rodents are still there.

"This strike has got to end soon," he says, "the government has to step in".

He swipes to a photo of a rat sat on a windowsill. "This is my place of work, I don't like looking at them, it's awful.

"They'll be urinating all round the yard and I keep thinking of the diseases they could pass on."
https://news.sky.com/story/spending-...trike-13341524

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Nick Rockett, a 33/1 shot, wins the Grand National

Irish amateur rider Patrick Mullins has won the Grand National on 33/1 shot Nick Rockett - a horse trained by his father Willie Mullins.

It was a 1-2-3 finish for Mullins Snr as he also trains I Am Maximus (7/1), which came second this time after winning the world-famous steeplechase last year, while another of his horses, Grangeclare West (33/1), was third.

After the final fence, Nick Rockett galloped away from I Am Maximus to win by two and a half lengths.

Grangeclare West was a further half-length back, with Iroko taking fourth as the 13-2 favourite.

Mullins also had the fifth-placed horse in Meetingofthewaters (20/1).


As well as being back-to-back victories for Willie Mullins, it was also his third Grand National success 20 years after his first with Hedgehunter.

"It is lovely to be able to give your son a ride in the National," Willie Mullins said, "but to be able to win it is just unbelievable".
https://news.sky.com/story/nick-rock...ional-13342555

[Jimbuna]

Boris Johnson attacked by ostrich while at a safari park with his family

https://news.sky.com/video/boris-joh...amily-13343984

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British passports are about to get more expensive - here's who can get an Irish one

The Department of Foreign Affairs explains: "If you or your parent were born on the island of Ireland before 2005, you are an Irish citizen. You can apply for an Irish passport without making an application for citizenship."

From 2005 onwards, it depends:

If you were born in Ireland to British or Irish citizen parents, you are automatically an Irish citizen. If you were born in Northern Ireland in these circumstances, you can choose to be an Irish citizen.
If you were born in Ireland in or after 2005 and your parents aren't British or Irish citizens, your right to an Irish passport depends on how long your parents lived in Ireland and their residency rights.
If one of your grandparents was born on the island of Ireland, you may be eligible to claim "Irish citizenship by descent"
If one of your parents was an Irish citizen when you were born, but you were born elsewhere, you may be able to claim citizenship under Foreign Birth Registration.
https://news.sky.com/story/british-p...h-one-13344963

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Boris Johnson attacked by ostrich while at a safari park with his family

https://news.sky.com/video/boris-joh...amily-13343984

I hope the ostrich is OK

[Jimbuna]

Delivery driver steals police dog tribute statue from Sheriff’s office

This is the moment a delivery driver stole a K9 tribute statue from the entrance of the Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas. Police are looking to identify the delivery driver who was caught on camera on April 5th.
https://news.sky.com/video/delivery-...ffice-13345714

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Back To The Future's DeLorean has almost vanished from UK roads

Forty years on from the film that made them immortal, there are just 303 DeLorean cars left on Britain's roads.

To mark the anniversary of Back To The Future, released in 1985, online auction platform Collecting Cars nabbed the latest figures on their use from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.

In addition to the 303 taxed for use on Britain's roads, another 114 have statutory off-road notification - meaning they are likely gathering dust in garages.

Just four years before the film's release, 9,000 DeLorean DMC-12s rolled off the company's assembly line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.

But the company collapsed into insolvency the following year and the cars have since become a collector's item.

Collecting Cars has only sold two in the past six years, and reckons a fully restored version could fetch £80,000.

If you found one that could really take you back in time to 1981, you'd find it was going for around £18,000.


The auctioneer's chief executive Edward Lovett said a combination of scarcity and Back To The Future's unending popularity had pushed prices sky-high (not that the real cars can actually fly, alas).

The film version of the DeLorean famously took off at the end of the first film, when Christopher Lloyd's time-traveller Doc Brown uttered the immortal words: "Where we're going, we don't need roads."

Back To The Future spawned two sequels and has a popular musical in the West End, while reports suggest it could form part of the Universal Studios theme park announced for the UK this month.
https://news.sky.com/story/back-to-t...roads-13352965

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Four-foot-long caiman found and seized by police at property in Essex

A four-foot-long caiman has been seized by police during a search of a property in Essex.

The reptile, which has now been handed over to the RSPCA, was found by officers executing a warrant at an address in Aveley, near Grays, on Thursday.

A significant cannabis haul and several weapons, including knives, were also discovered and seized.

Two people were arrested on suspicion of drugs and weapons offences, Essex Police said.

A 36-year-old man, from Purfleet, was arrested on suspicion of production of cannabis, contravention of the dangerous wildlife act and possession of an offensive weapon.


A woman, 35, was arrested for the same offences as well as on suspicion of possession with intent to supply drugs, the force said.

Both have since been released under investigation.

Inspector Dan Selby said: "Drugs cause misery in our communities and we work hard to tackle their production and sale.

"We know this matters to the public and we value our neighbourhoods so these issues matter to us.

"We are also ensuring the welfare of the caiman and have left it in the hands of the RSPCA."

Caimans are native to Central and South America and inhabit marshes, swamps, lakes, and mangrove rivers.
https://news.sky.com/story/four-foot...essex-13351005