(^16) DAILY MIRROR WEDNESDAY 24.07.
DM1ST
Mosque kill
call ‘coward’
A TEEN threatened to
carry out an atrocity at a
mosque the day after 51
Muslims were killed in the
New Zealand attacks.
John Thursting made a
“nasty and cowardly” call
to the Colchester Mosque,
Essex, saying: “I am coming
there to shoot you all.”
The 19-year-old, of Ten -
dring, Essex, who had been
drinking, admitted at Chels-
mford crown court con -
veying a threat in March.
Judge Charles Gratwicke
handed him an eight-
month suspended term.
Chillies linked
to dementia
TOO many spicy curries
could be linked to demen-
tia, according to scientists.
Regularly adding chillies
to a meal was found to
double the risk of memory
loss and other ‘cognitive’
brain functions.
The University of South
Australia studied 4,
over 55s for 15 years.
Those who ate 50 grams
of dried or fresh chillies a
day suffered the most from
dementia symptoms.
Dr Zumin Shi, said they
found “adverse effects on
cognition” in the elderly.
unexplained. It all adds to the mystery.
This is the first by sonar for many years.”
Among the most famous Nessie
photographs was taken by Colonel
Robert Kenneth Wilson in 1934. But
Chris Spurling, said to be there at the
time, later revealed it was staged.
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like to think it was Nessie. It was at 35
metres and moving.”
Gary Campbell, recorder of the
Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings
Register, said Mike had estimated the
creature to be 20ft to 25ft long.
He said: “It was at a depth fish swim
at but was clearly much longer than any
fish recorded in the loch. It is clearly
Ness Cruises vessel Nessie Hunter drew
his attention to the shape on a monitor.
Mike, 24, said: “I looked and couldn’t
believe it. It was my first sighting of
Nessie. When we turned to pick up the
contact again we could not find it.
“It was definitely a moving object and
bigger than any fish I know of in Loch
Ness. It was exceptionally big. I would
BY STEPHEN WHITE
LARGE FISH
‘CREATURE’
ELABORATE
Famous hoax
image on 1934
NEW SIGHTING
Monster-hunting
captain Mike Bell
A LOCH Ness Monster hunter has
spotted a 25ft creature on his sonar
system which he believes could be
the mysterious beast.
Tour boat skipper Mike Bell’s
underwater recording is the ninth
official sighting of Nessie this year.
He said a family on board his Loch
Tour boat skipper’s monster sonar sighting
HIDDEN
DEPTHS
Mike’s sonar
image of the
giant object
25ft long..is
this Nessie?
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