A flight simulator business has fired an instructor who has figured prominently in CNN’s coverage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, saying he failed to turn up for work on time and refused to dress professionally.

U-Fly company owner Claudio Teixeira said he fired Mitchell Casado in part for “shaming Canadians” by “dressing like he was 15 years old”. Casado’s relaxed style of jeans and plaid shirts attracted wide attention during CNN’s constant coverage.

Teixeira said Casado refused to wear a pilot uniform and made Canadians “look very bad all over the world”.

CNN’s Martin Savidge and Casado logged many hours reporting from the fake cockpit at the company’s office near Toronto airport, which has a simulator that is the same model as the lost plane.

Fish dumped at football stadium

Greek police arrested a football fan accused of dumping a crate of fish on the bench of a visiting team. The stunt by the PAOK fan in Thessaloniki delayed a tense Greek Cup semi-final against Olympiakos for more than an hour.

Another six PAOK supporters were arrested during clashes with police before and after the game, which PAOK won 1-0. The game was repeatedly halted by brawls on the pitch, with three players sent off, while PAOK fans in the stands lit thousands of flares, and several were thrown on the pitch.

Police said a 34-year-old man covered the Olympiakos bench in several kilos of anchovies just before the game.

Olympiakos’s home ground is in Athens’s port of Piraeus, and its supporters are nicknamed “anchovies”.

Young farmers break into song

Young farmers are aiming to break into the Top 40 with a charity single featuring comedian Alexander Armstrong and singer Chesney Hawkes to help raise awareness about rural isolation and mental health issues affecting young people.

Put That Hoedown was recorded at the world-renowned Abbey Road Studios in London and involved 50 young farmers from the Essex Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs.

The song celebrates young farmers and how they work hard, play hard and support each other. The lyrics reference the recent floods that affected farming communities across the UK, which young farmers supported by raising more than £40,000 to support communities devastated by the Somerset floods.

Singles step up love search at Easter

Never mind egg hunts, this weekend is when singles step up their search for “The One”, according to a dating website.

Easter week typically heralds a 70 per cent increase in single sign-ups, peaking around Easter Sunday, eHarmony.co.uk said.

Spokesman Steve Carter said: “We also see a strong trend for the good weather, starting in spring, to boost our member numbers.

“We think this is driven by the desire to get out and enjoy more social activities after months of cold and dreary weather.”