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Nearly 200 people have launched a legal action against a Toby Carvery restaurant in Exeter after suffering from a norovirus outbreak in April. After a diner was sick with norovirus, the restaurant underwent an overnight deep clean but reopened the next day for the Easter weekend, leading to dozens more customers reporting illness. The venue then had to close again for further cleaning.

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20 METRO Tuesday, May 26, 2015 200 diners suing over carvery bug NEARLY 200 people have launched legal action against a Toby Carvery over a severe vomiting bug. They include 24 charity workers from a Cats Protection refuge, who held a leaving do at the Exeter venue. Bosses ordered steam- cleaning overnight when tests showed on April 2 that a diner who had thrown up in the restaurant had norovirus. After getting the all-clear, staff reopened next day for the Easter weekend – only for dozens more customers to report illness. The venue shut on April 7 for more cleaning. Brits drowned in Malta were popular dentists Tail between his legs: The lion hangs on to a tree as the angry herd of buffalo wait below Pictures: Charles Comyn/ Barcroft stead of sending assistance, the police operator advised her to get a taxi. Miss Starkey was forced to run home alone, but is now worried the pair, aged around 15 and 20, could have followed her to her house. Her boyfriend, nurse Robin Wood- ward, 24, said: ‘I was at work when this happened and I was really worried. They should have sent someone out.’ West Mercia police inspector Janet Heritage said: ‘Our officers were very busy on Friday night when Emma called. We spoke to her again and she confirmed she had got home safely.’ But Miss Starkey, who has been angered by the lack of action from the police, warned: ‘Next time, who knows what they will do?’ by BRADLEY JOLLYA TERRIFIED young nurse who rang 999 when she was stalked through the streets late at night was told to ‘get a taxi’ by police. Officers were ‘too busy’ to help Emma Starkey, 23, who was forced to call for help when two ‘aggressive young men’ tailed her from a train station. Miss Starkey tried to lose the yobs by ducking into side-roads, but the pair continued to follow her for three miles, shouting and lunging out at her. ‘They enjoyed scaring me, you could tell by the way they were laughing,’ said Miss Starkey. ‘I definitely feel they’ll do it again to someone else. I’ve been mugged before, but this was more frightening.’ She eventually stopped by a pub in Henwick, Worcester, and phoned her partner and the police for help. But in- Police: Call a taxi to avoid your stalkers Live by a road? You could be getting fatter LIVING near an airport or busy road could increase your chance of getting middle-age spread, a new study has warned. Noise pollution can increase production of the hormone cortisol, high levels of which can cause tummy fat. This increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart problems, according to the study in the British Medical Journal’s Occupational Environmental Medicine. TWO Britons who drowned in a lagoon in Malta while on a bank holiday break have been named. Dentists Mehwish Kamran Shabir and married father-of- three Lyace Ali got into difficulty at the Blue Lagoon on the tiny island of Comino. The 35-year-olds were partners at The Sheldon Dental Practice. One was airlifted to hospital and the other taken by boat. Hussein Ahmed, another partner at the Birmingham practice, was also there but survived Saturday’s freak accident. Qumar Zamen, whose hardware shop is opposite their practice, said the men were popular in the area. He added: ‘Everybody knew them, and they were well-liked as well. It is very sad. They will be missed here.’ Partners: Mr Ali and Mr Shabir Tuesday, May 26, 2015 METRO 21 in bri ef Doctor ‘used rusty saw to amputate’ A SURGEON allegedly used a rusty hacksaw found in a hospital store cupboard to amputate a patient’s leg. The medic is said to have found a metal plate in the man’s limb during the operation and sent one of his team to buy a saw from BQ. However, the store was shut, so he disinfected and used the tool at Ayr Hospital. Conservative spokesman Jackson Carlaw said the alleged incident had ‘all the finesse of improvised surgery on Nelson’s flagship’. Olive oil supplies ‘may be rationed’ FOODIES could soon be hard- pressed to find olive oil on supermarket shelves, a report warns. Poor harvests in Spain and Italy have fuelled official warnings from industry experts of a massive shortfall in supplies. Filippo Berio’s UK managing director Walter Zanre told The Grocer: ‘If there were another bad harvest next year I think we would have the prospect of rationing people in terms of supply. In 15 years this is the worst year I have seen.’ Roaring away: The tired lion leaps off the tree and flees to safety in the bush King of the jungle? No, he’s just a scaredy cat AND you thought the Cowardly Lion was just a character in The Wizard Of Oz... This king of the jungle was left with his tail between his legs after he started stalking a buffalo calf. The angry buffalo herd turned on him and the big cat scrambled up a tree in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. As the marauding buffalo circled below, the trembling lion began to lose his grip and started sliding down the trunk. He snarled before leaping off, running towards a jeep carrying tourists Charles Comyn and his wife before fleeing into the bush. Ex-Army official Mr Comyn, 63, said: ‘It was a hair-tingling moment. The lion could not hang for long – one could sense he was almost doomed. Very quickly the buffalo resumed grazing.’

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  • 1. 20 METRO Tuesday, May 26, 2015 200 diners suing over carvery bug NEARLY 200 people have launched legal action against a Toby Carvery over a severe vomiting bug. They include 24 charity workers from a Cats Protection refuge, who held a leaving do at the Exeter venue. Bosses ordered steam- cleaning overnight when tests showed on April 2 that a diner who had thrown up in the restaurant had norovirus. After getting the all-clear, staff reopened next day for the Easter weekend – only for dozens more customers to report illness. The venue shut on April 7 for more cleaning. Brits drowned in Malta were popular dentists Tail between his legs: The lion hangs on to a tree as the angry herd of buffalo wait below Pictures: Charles Comyn/ Barcroft stead of sending assistance, the police operator advised her to get a taxi. Miss Starkey was forced to run home alone, but is now worried the pair, aged around 15 and 20, could have followed her to her house. Her boyfriend, nurse Robin Wood- ward, 24, said: ‘I was at work when this happened and I was really worried. They should have sent someone out.’ West Mercia police inspector Janet Heritage said: ‘Our officers were very busy on Friday night when Emma called. We spoke to her again and she confirmed she had got home safely.’ But Miss Starkey, who has been angered by the lack of action from the police, warned: ‘Next time, who knows what they will do?’ by BRADLEY JOLLYA TERRIFIED young nurse who rang 999 when she was stalked through the streets late at night was told to ‘get a taxi’ by police. Officers were ‘too busy’ to help Emma Starkey, 23, who was forced to call for help when two ‘aggressive young men’ tailed her from a train station. Miss Starkey tried to lose the yobs by ducking into side-roads, but the pair continued to follow her for three miles, shouting and lunging out at her. ‘They enjoyed scaring me, you could tell by the way they were laughing,’ said Miss Starkey. ‘I definitely feel they’ll do it again to someone else. I’ve been mugged before, but this was more frightening.’ She eventually stopped by a pub in Henwick, Worcester, and phoned her partner and the police for help. But in- Police: Call a taxi to avoid your stalkers Live by a road? You could be getting fatter LIVING near an airport or busy road could increase your chance of getting middle-age spread, a new study has warned. Noise pollution can increase production of the hormone cortisol, high levels of which can cause tummy fat. This increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart problems, according to the study in the British Medical Journal’s Occupational Environmental Medicine. TWO Britons who drowned in a lagoon in Malta while on a bank holiday break have been named. Dentists Mehwish Kamran Shabir and married father-of- three Lyace Ali got into difficulty at the Blue Lagoon on the tiny island of Comino. The 35-year-olds were partners at The Sheldon Dental Practice. One was airlifted to hospital and the other taken by boat. Hussein Ahmed, another partner at the Birmingham practice, was also there but survived Saturday’s freak accident. Qumar Zamen, whose hardware shop is opposite their practice, said the men were popular in the area. He added: ‘Everybody knew them, and they were well-liked as well. It is very sad. They will be missed here.’ Partners: Mr Ali and Mr Shabir Tuesday, May 26, 2015 METRO 21 in bri ef Doctor ‘used rusty saw to amputate’ A SURGEON allegedly used a rusty hacksaw found in a hospital store cupboard to amputate a patient’s leg. The medic is said to have found a metal plate in the man’s limb during the operation and sent one of his team to buy a saw from BQ. However, the store was shut, so he disinfected and used the tool at Ayr Hospital. Conservative spokesman Jackson Carlaw said the alleged incident had ‘all the finesse of improvised surgery on Nelson’s flagship’. Olive oil supplies ‘may be rationed’ FOODIES could soon be hard- pressed to find olive oil on supermarket shelves, a report warns. Poor harvests in Spain and Italy have fuelled official warnings from industry experts of a massive shortfall in supplies. Filippo Berio’s UK managing director Walter Zanre told The Grocer: ‘If there were another bad harvest next year I think we would have the prospect of rationing people in terms of supply. In 15 years this is the worst year I have seen.’ Roaring away: The tired lion leaps off the tree and flees to safety in the bush King of the jungle? No, he’s just a scaredy cat AND you thought the Cowardly Lion was just a character in The Wizard Of Oz... This king of the jungle was left with his tail between his legs after he started stalking a buffalo calf. The angry buffalo herd turned on him and the big cat scrambled up a tree in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. As the marauding buffalo circled below, the trembling lion began to lose his grip and started sliding down the trunk. He snarled before leaping off, running towards a jeep carrying tourists Charles Comyn and his wife before fleeing into the bush. Ex-Army official Mr Comyn, 63, said: ‘It was a hair-tingling moment. The lion could not hang for long – one could sense he was almost doomed. Very quickly the buffalo resumed grazing.’