Damn.. A UK ticket holder has scooped £63.8m in Friday's EuroMillions lottery draw - the sixth jackpot win in Britain this year.
Two fishermen have reeled in what is believed to be the largest shark caught in British waters. Wayne Comben and Graeme Pullen, from Hampshire, caught the porbeagle shark off the Cornish coast at Boscastle, only a few hundred metres from the shore. The anglers said they believed the massive porbeagle was 3m (10ft) long and weighed 250kg (550lbs). "I have never seen anything like it in 40 years of sea fishing," said Mr Pullen. When they dropped the bait into the ocean there was a "crazed feeding frenzy", he told the BBC. The anglers said it took them more than an hour-and-a-half to reel in the huge catch, which dragged them for about a mile. The Angling Trust's marine environmental campaigns manager, David Mitchell, told Sky News Online that from the images he believes the shark is a record-breaker. "I don't think anyone has seen a shark that big in British waters - it's certainly the largest rod-caught shark anyone has seen," he said. Mr Comben and Mr Pullen legally tagged the shark and released it alive. But for any fish to be officially recognised as the biggest in the UK, rules say it must be killed and weighed on shore. Mr Mitchell said: "[This catch] can't be verified because quite rightly the fish was released back into the water. "But most commentators are confident it would be the largest porbeagle caught in British waters." The Angling Trust discourages fishermen from killing sharks to claim a record. "It's absolutely right that the fish was released - we wouldn't encourage anglers to land the species just to claim the record," Mr Mitchell said. The existing UK shark record stands at 507lbs for a porbeagle shark that was taken off Orkney in 1993. The British Records Fish Committee has created a "notable fish list" in order to recognise such catches. .................................................................. That's a ****ed up rule.
A labourer and his wife from Gateshead are celebrating after winning nearly £200,000 after matching five numbers plus the bonus in the Lotto draw on Saturday, 2 June. John Ord and his wife of 20 years, Karen, scooped £96,527 each after separately buying lottery tickets with the same numbers. After asking John to buy a ticket, Karen proceeded to buy one herself, assuming that John would forget to. John, however, had phoned Karen to ask if he still needed to buy one, and with no answer, he bought one just in case. When Karen saw that he’d bought a ticket as well, she was annoyed at first. “I was sort of saying to him, ‘that’s great, that’s a waste of £4!’” she said. John, Karen and their four sons aged 12-17 watched the draw that night and were in shock when their numbers came up. “We still can’t believe it and we keep watching the draw back again and again.” Karen has dedicated her win to her late father who died of cancer just under six years ago. “I always say good night to him and ask him to send good luck, and he has delivered it in style – twice.”
A hiker who suffered life-threatening injuries when he was trampled by cows in County Durham is in a "stable" condition, his rescuers have confirmed. The 46-year-old man suffered a fractured skull and chest injuries in the incident, which happened at around noon on Thursday, the Great North Air Ambulance said. Air ambulance paramedic Jane Peacock, who responded to the call near Barnard Castle, said: "He and his wife were just walking on a public footpath when they were attacked by cows. "He climbed over a stile on to the other side of the stone wall, then he just collapsed. "How he's got out alive, I do not know." The man, from Halifax, West Yorkshire, was flown to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, where he was described as "stable" on Friday by an air ambulance spokesman.
