Hats-off pub stuns punter
VENUE The Wetherspoons PUB staff told a woman to take off her hat in a hot beer garden, in case police later needed to identify her.
The customer, known as Trish G, later posted that “apparently my face needs to be seen on CCTV”.
Sussex Police responded by saying it has “no policy” on removing headgear.
However it is policy at Wetherspoons pubs – including the Cornfield Garage, in Eastbourne. A spokesman said most patrons “are happy to comply”. The Iranian supertanker, Grace 1
ONE of Britain’s deadliest warships is to set sail early for the Gulf amid escalating tensions with Iran.
HMS Duncan, a Type 45 destroyer, is being diverted sooner than expected from the Black Sea over fears of another Iranian attempt to target a British ship.
On Wednesday, the smaller Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose drove off Iranian gunboats as they closed in on the supertanker British Heritage in the Strait of Hormuz.
Tensions first rose when a sanctions-busting Iranian tanker was seized off Gibraltar in an operation involving Royal Marines. The powerful Duncan will briefly work in tandem with Montrose in the Gulf until the frigate undergoes planned maintenance and crew changes, the Government has confirmed.
A spokeswoman said: “This will ensure the UK, alongside international partners, can continue to support freedom of navigation for vessels transROYAL Navy chiefs had to send a Wildcat attack helicopter to the Gulf without any missiles due to development and iting through this vital shipping lane.” Montrose had been forced to act against three patrol boats in the strait as they attempted to “impede” the passage of BP-operated British Heritage.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which is thought to have been operating the boats, denied the incident.
Gibraltar’s police arrested the captain and chief officer of Iranian tanker Grace funding delays. Luckily, its mothership, Montrose, forced the heavily armed Iranian gunboats to retreat. But a 1, which was detained last Thursday. That prompted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi to demand the release of the vessel.
He said: “The documents and evidence and the contradictory remarks made by the British all indicate that London’s allegation, legally speaking, is not that significant and noteworthy – unless they would want to enter into a dangerous game under the influence of the Americans with no end in sight.” military source said: “It is maddening and risky that the Wildcat is not yet armed with its Sea Venom missiles.”
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