As four women who had just completed a fear-of-flying course flew with their instructor above Manchester in a British Airways plane on a return flight to Belfast, clouds of smoke began seeping into the cabin.
Now the students face another flight to make sure they are cured. - Independent (Derek Morgan)
A restaurant customer took a goldfish out of a fish tank and hurled it across the room because he believed it had been bullying other fish at the Royal Curry Tandoori restaurant in Gloucester. It hit a table leg and was killed instantly.
Anwar Ali, a waiter, said: "We were very upset because we liked that fish." - Sunday Times (Sigrid Rabiger)
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