No-sale home spun as ideal holiday haunt
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SPOOKY Jail held ‘witches’ ESTATE agents are advertising a haunted house as a quirky holiday cottage after years of it spooking potential home buyers.
The Cage in St Osyth, Essex, was a jail and held 13 alleged witches in 1582.
Three, including the notorious Ursula Kemp, were hanged and some say they now haunt the site.
Vanessa Mitchell, owner since 2004, claims to have seen blood and ghosts including a satanic goat.
She fled in 2008 and has been trying to sell it since. The house is now back on the market for £240,000.
Florent Lambert of agents Home Domus 360 said: “Vanessa can’t live in the house because of the ghosts. There’s a market to turn it into a holiday cottage with a twist – its paranormal edge.” PAOLO D’AMICO ASSOC OF INDEPENDENT TANKER OWNERS Ship burns after crew safely rescued
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TWO oil tankers were set ablaze after separate attacks in the Gulf of Oman dramatically heightening tensions in the Middle East.
One ship was hit by a suspected torpedo and the other by a mine. Countries around the world yesterday pleaded for calm as fears of war grew. President Donald Trump has accused Iran of being a “destabilising force” in the Middle East. And US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said: “It is the assessment of the US Government that Iran is responsible for today’s attacks in the Gulf of Oman. These attacks are a threat to international peace and security...” The US has already sent an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the area. Iran rejects the claims and has accused the US of “aggressive behaviour”.
It said it was “suspicious” that the “reported attacks” on Japan-related tankers happened as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was meeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The price of oil soared on world markets as the news broke. The Gulf of Oman lies at one end of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane. Paolo d’Amico, of the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners, yesterday warned the “supply of oil to the entire Western world could be at risk”. The Norwegian Maritime Authority said its tanker Front Altair had suffered three explosions on board. Bernhard Schulte Ship Management said its ship, the Kokuka Courageous, was damaged in a “suspected attack”. Both crews were airlifted to safety. ■ Twitter has removed almost 5,000 accounts it believes are linked to the Iranian government which aim to manipulate views on political and social issues.
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Tanker soon after attack
The supply of oil to the entire Western world could be at risk