Daily Mail - 01.08.2019

Daily Mail, Thursday, August 1, 2019 Page 25
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New eco diktat:

Don’t wash up

your frying pan

AMID calls to recycle plastic or cut car

use, experts warned yesterday that a lit-

tle-known threat to the environment is

being overlooked – frying pan grease.

The Department for Environment, Food

& Rural Affairs is urging households not

to wash up greasy pans, but to scrap the

contents into the bin to protect the

water supply, prevent blockages and

fatbergs and conserve natural habitats.

It said fats and oils from cooking should

be left to cool, then scraped or poured

into a container for reuse or binned.

People should wipe out grease left in

pans and trays with kitchen roll before

washing, and use a sink strainer to catch

any greasy food scraps.

Martin Spray, of the Wildfowl & Wet-

lands Trust, said: ‘Every day in our wet-

lands we see the impact that poor water

quality and quantity can have on wild-

life. More than half of species in British

freshwaters are in decline, with 13 per

cent threatened with extinction.

‘We all need to make the mental con-

nection that our water comes from and

returns to the natural world – via our

taps and drains – so it’s up to us to care

for that water for the sake of all life,

including ourselves.’

A DUTCH meat trader sentenced to

jail in his absence over the 2013 horse-

meat scandal has been arrested in

Spain, it emerged yesterday.

Jan Fasen, 68, was given two years in

prison by a court in France in April.

He was arrested at a resort town close to

Benidorm last week after French authori-

ties requested his extradition.

Fasen’s Cyprus-based company, Draap,

helped negotiate a deal between Roma-

nian abattoirs selling the meat and a

French processor, his trial heard. Some

500 tons of the meat eventually made its

way through Europe and was used to

make ready meals – some of which ended

up on British dinner tables.

The fraudster is also under investigation

in Spain over a similar scandal exposed in

2017. He had been bailed pending his trial.
      In 2012, Fasen was jailed for nine months
      in the Netherlands for relabelling horse-
      meat as halal beef.

Is this UK’s worst

M-way services?

CUSTOMERS have rated motorway

services overlooking the Severn Bridge

as the worst in the country.

The Severn View site on the M48 in

Gloucestershire run by Moto had a satis-

faction rating of 72 per cent in a poll.

The second lowest ranked was Burton-

wood on the M62 in Cheshire followed

by Cullompton on the M5 in Devon and

Frankley southbound on the M5 in

Worcestershire.

The survey by watchdog Transport

Focus ranked Norton Canes on the M6

Toll in Staffordshire as the best services

for the second year running with

approval rates of 99 per cent.

Nearly 12,000 customers were asked

about subjects such as hygiene, food and

value for money at 111 services in

England between February and April.

Horsemeat

conman held

Mother’s ‘throat

slit’ on Shetland

Remote islands rocked

by only the third murder

investigation in 50 years

A MOTHER was found

dead with her ‘throat

slashed’ in the Shetlands

in only the third killing

to strike the islands in

half a century.

The body of Tracy Walker,

40, was found outside a

property in the main town

of Lerwick in the early hours

of Tuesday.

As shocked islanders reeled at

news of the ‘gruesome’ death

in their remote community –

where violent crime is rare –

detectives were flown in from

mainland Scotland to launch a

murder probe.

Last night police said a man

aged 31 and a 27-year-old woman

had been charged in connection

with their inquiry. The pair, who

have not been identified, are

due to appear at Lerwick Sheriff

Court today. The victim, who

was also known by the surname

Anderson, was a former social

worker on the island.

She leaves two teenage daugh-

ters, aged 14 and 17.

Yesterday her brother Dell

Smith, 43, who also lives in Ler-

wick, said: ‘I have lost a lot more

than my little sister and I’m

going to spend the rest of my life

without her eyes, her smile and

her voice. She cared for every-

one and everything. She was the

kind of person who would help

you through bad times.

‘She was a beautiful person

and anyone who knew her is

going to suffer badly, as living

without her is already hell.

‘My sister will be hugely

missed. Her beautiful light and

warm energy gone.’ Her late

mother, Jean Wiseman, and her

father, Derek Smith, 73, are

reported to have split when she

was a baby.

Mr Smith, who lives in Great

Yarmouth, Norfolk, said he had

not had much contact with his

daughter in recent years and

they last spoke several months

ago. He told The Scottish Sun:

‘This is such a massive shock.

terminal after concerns were

raised. Officers were later seen

guarding the entrance to a prop-

erty and an area of ground close

to the building had been taped

off. According to the Daily

Record, Miss Walker’s throat

had been slashed with a knife. A

source said: ‘Officers were faced

with a pretty gruesome scene.

‘This was a young mum whose

life has been tragically ended in

what looks like a horrific knife

attack.’ The victim studied psy-

chology, English, maths and care

at Shetland College, according

to her Facebook page. She had

also worked as a social worker

with Shetland Islands Council.

The last killing to hit the Shet-

lands was in 2007 when English

children’s author Richard Horne

• known as Harry Horse – stabbed
  his terminally ill 39-year-old wife
  to death before killing himself
  on the isle of West Burra.

By James Tozer

and Alan Shields

Cordon: Police seal off area near where the body was found

Tracy Walker: The ex-social worker suffered ‘knife attack’

‘A pretty

gruesome scene’

Kylie helps cassette sales hit 15-year high

CASSETTE sales have hit a 15-year high,

driven by album releases by long-

established stars including Kylie Minogue

and Madonna.

The number sold more than doubled year

on year while the final quarter of 2018

recorded the highest UK sales since 2004.

More recent stars such as Billie Eilish and

The 1975 also helped to boost cassette sales

to 36,000 so far this year.

Although increasing rapidly, the number

being snapped up by music fans is still small

in comparison to downloads and streams.

The total accounts for only 0.2 per cent of

the albums market, according to the British

Phonographic Industry trade body. A desire

for retro collectables by listeners appears to

be driving the upward trend.

The 20 best-selling cassette artists feature

those with a devoted fan base interested in

tangible items such as vinyl and tapes rather

than digital products.

Last year’s Kylie Minogue release Golden

is among the decade’s highest cassette

sellers while Madonna’s Madame X has reg-

istered 2019’s third biggest total so far

despite only coming out in June.

The current top seller for 2019 is the debut

album from Californian teenager Billie

Eilish called When We All Fall Asleep, Where

Do We Go? Released in a range of colours

including ultraviolet green, it has sold 4,000

copies on tape since its release in March.

Catfish and The Bottlemen have the

second highest selling cassette album of the

year with The Balance.

The biggest tape hit of the decade so far is

A Brief Enquiry Into Online Relationships

from The 1975 which has notched up 8,000

sales since its release in November.

Just over 7,000 of those were in the

first week, making it the fastest-selling

cassette since July 2002.

Daily Mail Reporter

Jan Fasen with his ex and daughter

It’s hard to accept she’s gone.

Tracy was a very independent

girl.’ The BBC1 crime drama

Shetland, which has been run-

ning since 2013, has featured

more than a dozen killings.

However, crime rates in real

life are among the lowest in the

UK. There are only two or three

violent assaults in most years

on the islands, which lie about

104 miles from the Scottish

mainland and have a popula-

tion of just 23,000.

Police Scotland said officers

were called to an address close

to her home near Lerwick ferry