A Midlands businessman has been jailed for three years having made a £3m profit by fraudulently passing off 100m battery farm eggs as free range or organic. The criminal deception lasted for two years and raises questions for the food industry about the checking of suppliers. The battery eggs sold by Keith Owen ended up on the shelves of supermarkets including Sainsbury’s and Tesco.

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The Independent newspaper today briefly reports that 75 starlings fell out of the sky and on to the driveway of a a house in Coxley, Somerset last weekend. Police called in the RSPCA after reports of “whooshing” sounds and birds falling within a 12-foot area. Most of the starlings had suffered broken beaks, legs and wings and had abdominal injuries.

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