The hunt for Bruno the brown bear is starting to get embarrassing. The furry predator who has killed dozens of Alpine sheep strolled through a Bavarian village, sat on the steps of the local police station and ate a guinea pig. Locals are starting to have their doubts about the crack team of Finnish bear trackers brought in to catch him. Last Friday night Bruno was spotted strolling through the Bavarian village of Kochel am See where he stopped to sit on the steps of the police station, sniffed round a café, ate a rabbit and a guinea pig, overturned a beehive to lick out some honey, and disappeared back into the forest. Dietmar Zeindl, 61, who was out walking his two dogs, saw him: "The bear walked along the pavement quite calmly. I saw him clearly because he walked unter a lamppost. Just like a normal pedestrian," Zeindl told Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Bruno didn't look especially dangerous, Zeindl added. The dead rabbit was the pet bunny of a 12-year-old local girl, Vroni Seybold, who told German television she was glad her parents had forbidden her to sleep in a tent in the garden that night. "The bear dragged the hutch out of the stable, you can see his clawmarks on it," the remarkably sanguine girl told German television.
Last Friday night Bruno was spotted strolling through the Bavarian village of Kochel am See where he stopped to sit on the steps of the police station, sniffed round a café, ate a rabbit and a guinea pig, overturned a beehive to lick out some honey, and disappeared back into the forest.
Dietmar Zeindl, 61, who was out walking his two dogs, saw him: "The bear walked along the pavement quite calmly. I saw him clearly because he walked unter a lamppost. Just like a normal pedestrian," Zeindl told Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Bruno didn't look especially dangerous, Zeindl added.
The dead rabbit was the pet bunny of a 12-year-old local girl, Vroni Seybold, who told German television she was glad her parents had forbidden her to sleep in a tent in the garden that night. "The bear dragged the hutch out of the stable, you can see his clawmarks on it," the remarkably sanguine girl told German television.
A woman of 98 who's been frying fish and chips for 80 years says her longevity is down to never eating anything else. Constance Brown, who has just been award the MBE, told the Daily Mirror. "That's all I eat. I don't eat any vegetables at all. "So I'm living proof you can eat nothing but fish and chips and still be healthy." Constance - always Connie to customers - still opens up Brown's Cafe in Pembroke, West Wales at 11.30am every day.
Constance Brown, who has just been award the MBE, told the Daily Mirror. "That's all I eat. I don't eat any vegetables at all.
"So I'm living proof you can eat nothing but fish and chips and still be healthy."
Constance - always Connie to customers - still opens up Brown's Cafe in Pembroke, West Wales at 11.30am every day.
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A supermarket chain is today launching a range of "ugly" looking seasonal fruit at discounted prices for use in cooking. The "class two" strawberries, tomatoes, plums and other fruit will be either visually flawed or oddly shaped, according to Waitrose. They will be marketed for use in cookery and jam-making amid concerns over food waste, the chain said.
The "class two" strawberries, tomatoes, plums and other fruit will be either visually flawed or oddly shaped, according to Waitrose. They will be marketed for use in cookery and jam-making amid concerns over food waste, the chain said.
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) -- Doctors, researchers and patients gathered near Marseille in southern France for the world's first ever conference dedicated to near-death experiences (NDEs). More than 1,500 delegates including people who claim to have had NDEs are attending the one-day conference, which aims to take stock of the disputed phenomenon in the most scientific way possible. Among them is anesthetist and intensive care doctor Jean-Jacques Charbonnier, who has taken evidence from several people who claim to have had an NDE. "People who were brain-dead could see what was going on in a waiting room, or around them, in precise detail. We are not talking about an hallucination here because it was quite real," he said. Sonia Barkallah, organizer of the conference, being held in Martigues near Marseille, added: "These are people who have come close to death, whether through an accident or during an operation, and who have brought back from their unconscious state accounts that are quite out of the ordinary.
More than 1,500 delegates including people who claim to have had NDEs are attending the one-day conference, which aims to take stock of the disputed phenomenon in the most scientific way possible.
Among them is anesthetist and intensive care doctor Jean-Jacques Charbonnier, who has taken evidence from several people who claim to have had an NDE.
"People who were brain-dead could see what was going on in a waiting room, or around them, in precise detail. We are not talking about an hallucination here because it was quite real," he said.
Sonia Barkallah, organizer of the conference, being held in Martigues near Marseille, added: "These are people who have come close to death, whether through an accident or during an operation, and who have brought back from their unconscious state accounts that are quite out of the ordinary.
mardi 20 juin 2006, 8h00 Les Français partagés sur les conséquences de l'ouverture du marché de l'électricité PARIS (AP) - Les Français ne savent pas très bien à quoi ressemblera leur facture d'électricité après l'ouverture à la concurrence du marché en 2007: 34% pensent qu'elle va baisser, 32% qu'elle va augmenter et 30% qu'elle va rester inchangée, selon un sondage CSA pour "France Europe Express" et France Info rendu public mardi. Les tendances s'inversent toutefois en fonction des préférences partisanes: les sympathisants de droite pensent à 40% que leur facture d'électricité va baisser (23% qu'elle va augmenter), alors que les sympathisants de gauche prédisent à 36% qu'elle va augmenter (34% qu'elle va baisser). - Sondage réalisé les 13 et 14 juin par téléphone auprès d'un échantillon national représentatif de 956 personnes âgées de 18 ans et plus, constitué d'après la méthode des quotas. AP sop/com
PARIS (AP) - Les Français ne savent pas très bien à quoi ressemblera leur facture d'électricité après l'ouverture à la concurrence du marché en 2007: 34% pensent qu'elle va baisser, 32% qu'elle va augmenter et 30% qu'elle va rester inchangée, selon un sondage CSA pour "France Europe Express" et France Info rendu public mardi.
Les tendances s'inversent toutefois en fonction des préférences partisanes: les sympathisants de droite pensent à 40% que leur facture d'électricité va baisser (23% qu'elle va augmenter), alors que les sympathisants de gauche prédisent à 36% qu'elle va augmenter (34% qu'elle va baisser).
- Sondage réalisé les 13 et 14 juin par téléphone auprès d'un échantillon national représentatif de 956 personnes âgées de 18 ans et plus, constitué d'après la méthode des quotas. AP
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The French divided on the consequences of opening up electricity markets. The French don't really know what their electricity bill will look like after the market opens to competition in 2007 : 34% think it will go down, 32% that it will rise, and 30% no change, according to a Monday CSA poll for "France Europe Express" and France Info radio. Partisan differences, however, show opposing trends: 40% of right-wing sympathizers think their bill will go down, (23% up), while 36% of left-wing sympathizers say it will go up (34% down).
The French don't really know what their electricity bill will look like after the market opens to competition in 2007 : 34% think it will go down, 32% that it will rise, and 30% no change, according to a Monday CSA poll for "France Europe Express" and France Info radio.
Partisan differences, however, show opposing trends: 40% of right-wing sympathizers think their bill will go down, (23% up), while 36% of left-wing sympathizers say it will go up (34% down).
