Champagne shenanigans

(£1,930) drinks bill they owed.

Police sources cited by Spanish media said the men shouted 'We're millionaires' before inviting other revellers including several pret­ ty women to around 90 glasses of champagne and telling staff they would pay.

Bar staff are understood to have let them rack up the large bill because they had previously settled an earlier bill for €1,000 (£880).

Police were called after the men allegedly refused to hand over any more cash and 'began to show a violent attitude', they were subsequently arrested on suspicion of committing fraud.

It had not been confirmed if the drinks bill was eventually settled and whether the men, have appeared in court.

THE world’s first octopus farm is set to open in Gran Canaria which would seehundreds of thousands of octopuses commercially reared in cramped tanks every year before being slaughtered for food.

Scientists have warned that they would endure intense and prolonged suffering and concluded that “octopuses are sentient beings and that it’s impossible to farm them in a way that doesn’t compromise their welfare. Confining these fascinating individuals ­ or any other animals ­ to a barren tank is cruel.”

According to a national news outlet, Nueva Pescanova the Spanish multinational behind the plans denies that octopuses will suffer.

Elena Lara from CiWF (Compassion in World Farming) called on the Canary Islands authorities to block construction of the farm, which she said would

“inflict unnecessary suffering on these intelligent, sentient and fascinating creatures.”

The government of Gran Canaria has not responded to requests for information. Currently, there is no legislation in Spain that protects octopus welfare as they haven’t been commercially farmed before.