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Jet driven to its new home
CRUISING at an altitude of zero feet, a jet slowly heads for its new home.
The Boeing 727 fuselage stopped traffic as it was driven along the M5, M4 and M32.
It was bought for under £100,000 by Bristol event tech firm Pytch, which will use it as an office. Boss Johnny Palmer said: “We decided to re-purpose the icon of unsustainable hyperconsumption - and have fun along the way.”
The firm used its transportation from Cotswold Airport, in Kemble, Glos, to help raise funds for Great Western Air Ambulance.
Their jaunts to Dubai during lockdown sparked a fiery debate over the definition of a “work trip”.
In defence of reality stars, Love Islander Amy Hart says: “Influencing is a credible and valid job. People say we contribute nothing to society: look at my tax return.”
The Loose Women star, 27, explains that travel images are a huge commodity in social media, as they prompt more engagement.
“It’s a new form of advertising,” she explains. “If someone said they worked in advertising and they had to go to Dubai, you wouldn’t bat an eyelid.
“I didn’t go to Dubai, and as a result, my content isn’t as good as the people who did go. As a result, I’m not as good at my job.
“You’re always going to get better engagement on travel pictures – always.
“Are you going to scroll past a picture of me in a bikini, or a picture of me in my house – again, for the 85th time in 10 months?” Amy points out
Georgia Harrison had moved to Dubai when she was met with vitriol, though the former British Airways hostess adds: “The one thing that annoyed me with the influencers going to Dubai was everyone with their feet on the seats.”
Amy starts a new role producing Shane Richie in one man theatre show Scaramouche Jones, with rehearsals starting today. The reality star, who has criticised the Government’s furlough package that has allowed theatre professionals to fall through the cracks, says influencers should be giving more back to the industries that furnish them with freebies.
“In the theatre, celebrities are happy to go to press nights and have the free champagne and ask for free theatre tickets,” she says.
“But not many of them used their platforms to support the industries they are happy to take from.
“Where were they when everyone was struggling?”
Scaramouche Jones or The Seven White Masks is available to stream from Friday March 26 to Sunday April 11 via Stream.Theatre.
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THIS young harbour seal lies dead after being shot on a salmon farm which supplies British supermarkets.
He was euthanised on welfare grounds due to a substantial wound to the rear flipper, according to the firm responsible.
But animal welfare groups say the seal is another victim of a bloody slaughter that is cruel and unnecessary.
Last year, nearly 80 seals were legally shot in Scotland – the highest number in seven years. That means since 2011, more than 1,000 have been killed by marksmen, including pups.
There have been conflicts between seals and the salmon farming industry for years. Seals attempt to access farm cages in lochs to eat the salmon, and farmers try to stop them with nets, scarers or guns.
The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation claims seals were only ever shot as a last resort by farmers protecting their stock and said the rise in numbers was due to the booming populations. More than half a million caged salmon were killed by seals in 2020, it says.
The Scottish Government ceased granting licences to shoot seals to protect farmed salmon on February 1. This was to save exports to the US, which is banning imports from countries that allow seals to be killed to protect fisheries, on cruelty grounds.
But there is concern the killings will continue as farmers ignore the ban. John Robins from the campaign group Animal Concern accused the Government of ignoring breaches to the seal shooting rules. He has offered a £5,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for illegally shooting seals at salmon farms.
He warned: “Salmon farmers in remote areas may simply ignore the ban and continue shooting, knowing there are no eyewitnesses to what they are doing.”
Don Staniford, from Scottish Salmon Watch, accused “trigger-happy” salmon companies of a “killing spree”. Scottish salmon was “stained with the blood of dead seals”, he claimed.
“Over 1,000 seals have been slaughtered since 2011 according to official statistics. Many more have been killed illegally. Boycotting Scottish salmon is a surefire way to save seals”
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