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A TUI passenger called out a fellow passenger over her size on Facebook. (iStock) A 'bully' businessman has been blasted for fat-shaming a fellow plane passenger by branding her a 'lump of lard' on social media. Lewis Openshaw, 24, ranted on Facebook that he was dismayed to be sat next to a 'big sweaty fat f*** with a hairy chin with a minging face' on his flight to Tunisia from Manchester Airport last week. Pals piled in with cruel sexual jibes following Lewis' post, in which he said the passenger looked "like she's headbutted a flaky cheese and bean pasty from Greggs." When a friend laughed at the post, Lewis replied: "I'm f***ing fuming mate. Can't even put my arm on the arm rest cause of her 6x4 biceps." Another pal asked him to take a photo of her to share and Lewis replied: "I will when she's asleep. She'll t*** me. She's a right lump of lard." Less than an hour later he shared an image of the woman appearing to be sleeping next to him with her hand on face. Lewis, who uses … [Read more...] about TUI passenger called a ‘bully’ after fat-shaming a woman on flight: ‘She’s a right lump of lard’

In Germany, the terrifying creature is primarily found in Bavaria, which is what sent us to the regional capital of Munich in search of his delightful brand of holiday mayhem.Santa makes an appearance at many markets. But in Saarbrücken, a German city near the French border, the jolly elf can be spotted taking flight thanks to a wire that suspends him and his sleigh high above the market. Santa and his helper (both live humans, both fearless) wave to the crowd below as the sled sails along the wire.In St. Wendel, a small German city with big market ambitions, a free snow hill provides pure bliss for visiting children, who speed down on spinning inner tubes and briefly go airborne midway down thanks to a small ramp. It’s also among the handful of towns that includes a Middle Ages market (think Renaissance fair) alongside its Christmas market. We encountered another Middle Ages market in Esslingen am Neckar, a scenic suburb of Stuttgart that’s filled with … [Read more...] about From cozy to Krampus: a guide to Europe’s Christmas markets

close Video Thief caught stealing $9,000 in Rome airport CCTV footage captures thief stealing two envelopes containing more than $9,000 from another passenger’s tray at Fiumicino airport in Rome. A thief at an airport in Rome was caught red-handed by security footage stealing over $9,000 cash from another passenger as they went through security. The Polizia di Stato, one of the national police forces of Italy, released the CCTV footage from Fiumicino Airport on Twitter Friday. DINER AT GRAND CENTRAL OYSTER BAR FINDS 'EXTREMELY RARE' PEARL WORTH THOUSANDS IN HIS LUNCH The video shows one man in a striped T-shirt place two envelopes containing cash in a tub on the conveyor belt as he waits to go through the X-ray machine. Behind him, a man in a white shirt passes through a different X-ray machine and comes out ahead of the first man. As their belongings come through the machine to be picked up, the man in the white shirt sees the envelopes full of money and grabs … [Read more...] about Airport thief filmed stealing thousands in cash from security tray during screening