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Peeing polar bear

THE Museum Flehite in Amersfoort has found itself under fire from neighbours complaining about a sculpture of a giant polar bear which is peeing into the local canal. It’s part of an Art and Zoo exhibition but it makes so much noise as it pees that it has to be turned off at night.

It used to pee all night.

Frozen summer

Drone diversion

TWO flights had to be diverted after a drone sighting near a Dublin airfield.

A Dublin Airport spokesperson commented: ‘This led to two flights - one Aer Lingus flight from Frankfurt and one Ryanair flight from Birmingham - being diverted to Belfast.’

Unruly runway

THE year-old €320 million northern runway at Dublin Airport is facing the threat of closure following residents' complaints and a contravention of planning laws.

Following months of complaints from local residents, Fingal County Council issued an enforcement order for noise against the Dublin Airport Authority regarding noise levels at night since the new runway opened in August 2022.

ON August 4, Reutlingen, a southern German city, experienced an unexpected winter-like event when a heavy hailstorm blanketed the streets with accumulated hailstones.

The sudden weather phenomenon surprised residents, transforming the urban landscape into a scene resembling a winter wonderland.

Tragic collision

A TRAGIC accident in Germany claims the life of a young US Army soldier as a civilian semitruck collides with the armoured military vehicle she was traveling in during convoy operations.

Our hearts go out to her family and fellow servicemembers.