Swim With Whales They Said! Fun for All They Said!
At the popular Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, a 29-year-old woman has been seriously injured while swimming with humpback whales. She was with a tour group and reportedly suffered fractured ribs and internal bleeding. Unconfirmed reports said she was trapped and crushed between two of the giant mammals, which can grow to over 60 feet long. She was flown to a hospital in Perth, where she was in a “serious but stable condition” as of yesterday. Other guests on the snorkeling tour witnessed the incident but were uninjured. Chartered swimming with humpback whales is currently undergoing a five-year trial in the region, monitored by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA).  

 

Pew Can’t Be Serious!
In  Dorset, England, outrage is brewing over a plan to remove 700-year-old pews from a church so that obese people can fit down the aisle. The 32 Victorian pews have been put up for sale for £200 each as part of alterations to the inside of Grade II listed St. Andrew’s Church in Okeford Fitzpaine. That action has led to an ugly fight between the rector, Reverend Lydia Cook, and her parishioners. They claim she has locked them out of the church as a result of their protests which have included a demonstration with banners reading: “Save the pews from the devil within.” Helen Sherwood Clinkard, a spokeswoman for the Save St. Andrew’s Pews group said: “There are about 1,000 people in Okeford Fitzpaine and I would have said three quarters of them are against what is happening.” The church is actually using the coronavirus to support their side saying the removal of the pews will also make it easier to achieve social distancing at public worship.?(Daily Mail)