Hospital pie a ‘heart attack on a plate’
The National Obesity forum dubbed the pie “a heart attack on a plate”.
The pie is on sale at Dundee’s Ninewells hospital but NHS Tayside said healthier options were also available.
Workmen have managed to misspell the word ‘bus’ during roadworks.
‘Bup stop’ was painted on to the road surface in Bristol in large yellow lettering at the end of last week, with the stencilled letter P used instead of S. The mistake was made as part of road repairs which are likely to last up to four weeks in the Old Market area of the city centre.
A leading Austrian political party has issued a garden gnome alert after 400 of its figurines disappeared from lamp posts used in campaigning.
Placed by the Socialist Party ahead of elections in western Austria, the gnomes were hung 3m from the ground — presumably in part to prevent mass pilfering. However, a party statement says that 400, valued at around €3,000, have gone missing.
The party has accused the rival conservative People’s Party of being behind the disappearances. It notes that some have been replaced by posters for that party. The People’s Party denies involvement in the gnome kidnap scandal.
The owner of a coffee shop that operates on the honour system says small-town living is what allows the system to work.
David Brekke, owner of The Vault in Valley City, North Dakota — home to about 6,700 people — says that since the shop opened in October, people have left 15% more money than the asking prices. He renovated a nearly 100-year-old bank building and cut down on overheads by cutting out baristas. Customers can pay by credit card, cash, or check. There are security cameras, but Brekke says there has not been much to view.
Farmers in Thailand have taken up a new crop — crickets. They and other bugs are sold to hungry humans increasingly eager to try a different type of dining experience.
In the past, farmers depending solely on the rains to yield a good rice crop and led a precarious and back-breaking existence. But there is a big domestic appetite for edible insects, and a slowly emerging international one, with experts saying interest in the West is being driven by health and environmental concerns.
Boontham Puthachat has six concrete pens seething with crickets munching on chicken feed, pumpkins and other vegetables — treats to fatten them up before they are harvested. “We haven’t become rich, but now we have enough to better take care of our families,” he says proudly. “We are self-sufficient.”
The UK’s embassy in Washington has issued an apology after Twitter users complained about it posting a picture of a cake decorated with sparklers baked to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the White House being burned down by British troops.
An image of the cake was posted on the embassy’s Twitter feed with the caption: “Commemorating the 200th anniversary of burning the White House. Only sparklers this time!”
However, the embassy was forced to apologise after a series of comments on the website claimed the post was in poor taste.
The embassy said: “Apologies for earlier Tweet. We meant to mark an event in history & celebrate our strong friendship today.”
The original post was criticised by Twitter users, including Michael R Wimberly, who complained about the “stupidity or perhaps the tasteless” nature of the post.
Yossi Gestenter asked: “Is this supposed to be funny?” and added: “HELLO @David_Cameron. The tweet by @UKinUSA is of poor taste. Disappointed in the @Conservatives.”
Historian Cindy Gueli used her Twitter account to say the party at the embassy where the cake was served was “maybe not in the best taste”.
However, other US Twitter users showed their support for the UK embassy in commemorating the fire, which happened on August 24, 1814 during the War of 1812.
Washington resident J Christiaan Collins said it was a “pleasure to attend this event! All in good fun!” and said there was “no need to apologise”.
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