A seaside resort has come up with what it says is the perfect antidote to a washout bank-holiday weekend – warm ice cream.
The Welsh cake-flavoured treat – spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon – is the brainchild of artisan confectioners Baravellis and Destination Conwy.
Launched last week in Llandudno, its inventors say the unusual ice cream has a “warming quality” capable of combating the wettest of Welsh weather.
Sam Nayar, from Destination Conwy, said: “Ice cream is a summer essential, so we wanted to create a flavour that could be eaten come rain or shine.” (PA)
Libya Islamists destroy shrines, library
Conservative Islamists blew up the tomb of a 15th-century Sufi scholar and burned down a library in the Libyan city of Zlitan, a military official said yesterday, the latest attacks on sites in the region branded idolatrous by some sects.
The attackers used bombs and a bulldozer to destroy a complex of shrines that included the tomb of Abdel Salam al-Asmar on Friday and ruined thousands of books at the Asmari Mosque library, said witnesses and Zlitan military council official Omar Ali.
Hardliners, many of them emboldened by the Arab Spring revolts, have targeted a number of sites belonging to Islam’s mystical Sufi tradition in Libya, Egypt and Mali over the past year. (Reuters)
Escaped tiger kills zoo keeper
A tiger escaped its enclosure at Cologne Zoo in Germany yesterday and killed a female keeper before being shot dead by the zoo’s director, police said.
The tiger managed to get from the enclosure to an adjacent storage building, where it attacked the43-year-old keeper, said police spokesman Stefan Kirchner.
“It appears the gate wasn’t properly shut,” Kirchner said.
The zoo’s director used a rifle to shoot the animal dead through the storage building’s skylight before it could make its way to the visitor areas, he added.
Kirchner said it was unlikely that members of the public had witnessed the incident,which occurred at about midday yesterday. (PA)
Irish worker shot dead in Nigeria
An Irish worker in eastern Nigeria has been shot dead during an attempted armed robbery.
Robert Gray was travelling with a Nigerian driver on Thursday afternoon in the town of Takum in eastern Taraba state near its border with Cameroon when the incident took place.
Officials say gunmen opened fire on the vehicle, killing Mr Gray and wounding the driver.
The 45-year-old engineer worked for an Irish firm called PW Group.
John Coen, a regional manager for PW in Nigeria, confirmed Mr Gray’s death and said yesterday that efforts were being made to send his body back to Ireland.
A spokesman for Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs said it also was aware of the killing. (PA)