An amateur fisherwoman may have unexpectedly broken a world record while angling for rockfish in Oregon on April Fool’s Day. Tillamook, Oregon, resident Rebecca Jones began her Monday morning by digging for sand shrimp, according to an April 5 news release from
The “world’s oldest man” eats fish and chips every Friday and believes the secret to a long life is just “good luck”. John Alfred Tinniswood, a 111-year-old man from Southport, England, has officially been recognised as the world’s oldest living man by
A beautiful seaside town which was recently revealed as the UK’s ‘nimby capital’ is so posh that it once banned fish and chip shops. The North Essex town of Frinton-on-Sea is known for its strict council, which has kept the coastal area largely
A new list of the UK’s best fish and chip shops has been revealed but England has just seven. According to the new ranking by the Time Out travel magazine, the UK’s top chippy is Magpie Cafe in Whitby, Yorkshire. Chip experts
A woman recently found herself in a pickle while moving from home to home, leaving her without many working kitchen appliances. Angie Matthews of Shropshire, England, was in the process of moving when she decided to cook her dinner in the dishwasher
Glastonbury may be known for hosting the biggest festival in the world, but there’s now something else putting the Somerset town on the map – the local chippy. Nestled between a shop selling crystals and a tattoo parlour is Knights Fish Restaurant,
Medics were shocked to find that a fisherman had been struck with a harpoon — and not by accident. Sujit Klingtalay was out with friends fishing and drinking beers in the Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand when the recent incident occurred. The 45-year-old
A troubled seaside town has been given a huge boost with a local fish and chip shop named the second best in Britain. The once-booming Torquay in Devon has recently been called “run down” and “ruined by crime and abandoned tourist attractions”. But things
Southern Water was fined £330,000 yesterday (TUES) for failing to respond to an alarm about faulty equipment pumping raw sewage into a stream that killed 2,000 fish. The leak, which lasted up to 20 hours, on July 21 2019 spilled untreated effluent
Christians of many denominations abstain from meat for all or part of the liturgical season of Lent. For Roman Catholics, “all Fridays through the year and the time of Lent are penitential days and times throughout the entire Church.” In addition, “abstinence