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‘Chicken king’ Boparan swallows burger chain GBK

Business

The poultry tycoon who rescued Carluccio's earlier this year is to swallow another of Britain's leading restaurant chains by taking control of Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK).Sky News has learnt that Ranjit Boparan, who has built one of the country's largest casual dining groups through a string of takeovers, is to buy GBK through a pre-pack administration. The deal is expected to take place later this week, and potentially as soon as Wednesday. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 'There's been a murder' of Glasgow's hospitality sector ...

Whale ‘swallows’ sea lion: ‘It was a once-in-a-lifetime event’

Science

Chase Dekker believes the photo he took of a humpback whale "swallowing" a sea lion is the first time that happening has ever been caught on camera.The 27-year-old wildlife photographer and marine biologist had taken a boat of whale watchers out on the water in Monterey Bay, California, on 22 July when the incident happened."It wasn't a huge group, only three humpback whales and about two hundred sea lions," Chase tells Radio 1 Newsbeat."We've seen it all the way up to 100 whales with 3,000 sea lions, so it can get really insane."The animals were feeding on a school of anchovies at the water's surface when the whale ended up with something a little larger in its mouth than it probably expected."We were watching them feed for a long time and then eventuall...

Sinkhole swallows boat, 2 houses; others at risk

World

Florida authorities this morning asked multiple families to evacuate their homes after a sinkhole swallowed up a boat, an entire house and most of another in their neighborhood, police said. Eleven homes were evacuated because of the “active sinkhole” in Land O'Lakes, Florida, which officials said was “by no means stable.” Emergency workers approached each home in the area to personally evacuate every structure. There were no injuries reported as of early Friday morning. “It’s an active sinkhole, so we don’t know how big it’s going to get yet," a Pasco County battalion chief on the scene told reporters Friday. “We’re just evacuating other homes and making sure everybody is safe.” The sinkhole, which authorities said was between 225 and 250 feet wide and about 50 feet deep, also result...