Abattoir

Birmingham sheep run for freedom after escaping an abattoir

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Hey ewe, come back! Moment flock of two-dozen sheep run for their lives down residential street after escaping from a nearby abattoir The flock of sheep were destined for an abattoir in Sparkbrook, Birmingham  Video footage shows the sheep running down the street chased by a butcher The flock is believed to have just been … Read more

JANE FRYER visits the ‘aviation abattoir’ where the Queen of the Skies is being laid to rest

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Just after 2pm, a vast, 300-tonne British Airways 747 looms into sight over Cotswold Airport. Her curves gleam in the sunlight. Her liveried tail fin glows. As she approaches the runway, landing gear down, a ripple of excitement passes through the clutch of plane-spotters poised beyond the perimeter fence. But there are no faces at … Read more

‘Abattoir murder scene’ found during house raid after woman’s body found stuffed into suitcases

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Police have raided properties in Birmingham and Wolverhampton as they race to identify a woman whose body was cut up into pieces and stuffed into suitcases.   A woman in her 20s and a man in his 30s were found on the English-Welsh border in the Forest of Dean with the suitcases containing the human torso … Read more