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A rare species
Three men were arrested, handcuffed and held for several hours in the police station - for stealing seaweed from a public beach. Two police cars and a police motorcyclist followed the men, who have.not been named, for three miles from the beach at Eastbourne, in England. The three men, who were not charged, have made a complaint about the officers. Eastbourne Council defended the police, saying the seaweed was 'sea kale', a rare species that needs protection.
Bungling Bulgar
A burglar became trapped in a chimney for seven hours while trying to break into a pub, a court heard yesterday. David Gardner, 28, 1.8 metres tall and of average build, had managed to climb down the chimney when he got stuck. Thomas Wrightson, a delivery man, arrived to deliver vegetables to the pub at 6.10 a.m. and heard Gardner's calls. Gardner shouted that he had become stuck while trying to rescue a cat shortly after midnight. Four fire engines were sent to free him
Wild Flatmates
New York has been described as a concrete jungle, but one resident really believed he was in the jungle, as police were called in to remove a tiger and an alligator from his apartment in the 20-storey building. After a phone call from neighbours, police yesterday found the wild animals in the apartment of 31-year-old Antoine Yates. Yates was not in when police abseiled down the side of the building in order to enter the apartment. The animals, who were moved a New York animal home, will eventually be sent to a zoo in Ohio.

1 Трое мужчин были арестованы, на них были наручники и их держали в полицейском участке несколько часов за кражу водорослей на публичном пляжу. 2 полиицейские машины и и один мотоциклист следовали за мужчинами, имена которых неизвестны, за три мили от пляжа в Истборне, Англия. Трое мужчин пржаловались на полицейских но потом консул города защитил полицию сказав что эти водоросли очень важны и что их нужно охранять