Mes: septiembre 2019

(CBS News) WICKWAR, ENGLAND – A widower’s tribute to his adored wife, in the form of a heart-shaped meadow, has grown in secret in the Gloucestershire countryside, until being discovered by a hot air balloonist The Daily Mail reports that after Winston Howes’ wife Janet died 17 years ago at age 50, the farmer planted thousands of sapling oaks in a six-acre meadow in order to create a lasting memorial. He left a heart-shaped area bare, 이천출장샵 marking the space with a large hedge. The point of the heart faces Janet’s childhood home, Wotton Hill. Daffodils planted in the center of the heart push forth in spring. The meadow is not visible at ground level, and was a family secret – until balloonist Andy Collett accidentally discovered it last week. Howes, now 70, told the Mail that he came up with the idea in “a flash of inspiration,” and that once it was completed (with the help of his son), he put a seat in the field. “I sometimes go down there, just to sit and think about things,” Howes told the paper. “It is a lovely and lasting tribute to her which will be here for years.” The two were married for 33 years. Collett, the balloonist from Wotton-Under-Edge, said he couldn’t believe his eyes when spied the symbol of love formed from the trees. To read more...

(CBS News) The brutal mauling of a 24-year-old surfer in the waters off Western Australia over the weekend  has local officials pondering an end to a ban on killing great whites, according to a report from news.com.au. Witnesses have said Ben Linden, from Perth, was surfing with a friend on Saturday when he was literally bitten in two by a white shark between 12 and 15 feet long. Linden was the fifth person in 10 months to be killed by a shark in the region. “Five fatalities in Western Australia is unprecedented and cause for great alarm,” Western Australia Fisheries Minister Norman Moore told news.com.au. The attacks, and the reports that Linden was the latest victim of a shark dubbed “Brutus” by local surfers, also have Australian tourism officials worried. A Jet Ski rider witnessed the incident and attempted to rescue Linden. Matt Holmes, 22, said he saw a large amount of blood in the water and 천안출장샵 described trying to pull Linden’s body from the water as a “massive, massive white shark” tried to nudge him off his jet ski. A search was conducted for Linden’s remains, but was called off Sunday afternoon as bad weather moved in. The beach was to remain closed until Tuesday, according to reports. Moore told news.com.au that he would be willing to lift the protection order on great whites if the federal government were...

(AP) LONDON – It has been a tough few months at the pockmarked concrete high-rise known as Fred Wigg Tower. First there was the fire, which left dozens of residents temporarily homeless. Then came the rash of burglaries of fire-damaged apartments. And now the British army will be putting a battery of high-velocity missiles on the roof. The defense ministry says the missiles, capable of shooting down a hijacked aircraft, are a key piece in the elaborate jigsaw of security for the London Olympics, which start July 27. But many residents of the east London public housing project were dismayed to find themselves suddenly on the counterterrorism front line. “It’s kind of scary now, to be honest,” said Iqbal Hossain, who lives in the building with his wife and three children aged 2 to 14. “If it’s about safety for the Olympics, what about safety for us? If there is a terrorist attack, the first thing they are going to attack is the missiles.” London residents: No Olympic missiles on our roofU.K. military shows off missiles to protect OlympicsLondon 2012: Complete Summer Olympics coverage More in London 2012: Summer Olympics A High Court judge rejected that argument Tuesday, quashing a challenge by locals. Judge Charles Haddon-Cave said the missiles presented “no real threat” to residents and were an important part of Olympic security. The missiles will be installed within...