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A freak 11-stone halibut has been line caught off the Shetland coast and is expected to serve up to 300 people. The huge fish is believed to be about 50 years old and is about three times the size of regular halibut catches. The remarkable fish has been sold to a seafood restaurant for £950 where it will be made into roughly 300 portions and make the establishment three times the cost in profit. Human-sized: The giant halibut is longer than Crabshakk's head chef David Scott Monster: The enormous halibut, caught off the Shetland coast, is believed to be about 50 years old Big operation: Restaurant owner John Macleod said they would be unlikely to see such a large fish again The catch is immediately being put on the menu and will be served to customers this weekend. The giant fish is so big, it is longer than head chef David Scott, who was given the task of filleting it. Mr Scott, head chef at the restaurant, where fish and chips sells for £9.50, will turn the massiv

A seashore looked more like a meadow after huge piles of seaweed was washed up onto the shoreline. A beach in Rizhao, Shandong, has been given a whole new look after the lush green mess lay tangled on the beach. The pile of seaweed - also known as sea lettuce - arrived on Saturday, and shows no sign of disappearing as the sea waves are constantly pushing them on to the land. Scroll down for video Swamped in seaweed: The non-poisonous algae covers a beach in Rizhao, Shandong The large quantity of enteromorpha has arrived on the Qingdao and Rizhao coast in Shandong province The pile of seaweed - also known as sea lettuce - arrived on Saturday, and shows no sign of disappearing

A mother has called on the Prime Minister to ban websites which promote ways of committing suicide which she blames for her son's death.  Kevin Boyle, 26, beat more than 1,500 competitors to become one of the original apprentices at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant where he cooked for Prince Charles and Oprah Winfrey. But the talented cook had a history of mental illness and was found dead about two miles from his home in Coulsdon, south London, in January last year, three months after going missing. His badly decomposed body was found with two notes and what is believed to be a suicide kit that had been bought for £44 from a foreign company on the internet. At his inquest at Croydon Coroner's Court yesterday, Kevin's mother Patti, 55, described the paraphernalia bought from the website as 'death in a bag'. The website has since been closed but she asked the coroner to write to David Cameron urging him to ban similar websites still selling 'encyclopaedias

A mother-of-one who was terrified of getting stuck in an aeroplane seat has been crowned this year’s Slimming World Slimmer of the Year after losing 16 stone. Sue Thompson, 40, was so afraid of getting her 27-stone frame stuck in an aeroplane seat that she spent years avoiding her family’s requests for a foreign holiday. However, Mrs Thompson, who dropped ten dress sizes to weigh a healthy 11 stone, can now jet off on her first holiday with husband, Shaun, and daughter, Jessica-Ray, 15. Scroll down for video Sue Thompson, 40, shrank from an obese 27 stone to a healthy 11 stone. She also dropped ten dress sizes to go from a size 32 to a size 12. She has been crowned Slimming World's Slimmer of the Year She was so heavy (left) that she once cracked a sunbed but she says that when she was younger she was not worried about her weight and that embarrassing events like this did not motivate her to lose weight (right) Mrs Thompson, who left her job to work for Slimming

The Chancellor of Oxford University has rejected calls to endow a college in honour of Margaret Thatcher – suggesting she cannot compete with Jesus. Lord Patten dismissed demands for the university to make good its snub to Lady Thatcher three decades after it refused her an honorary degree. He backed plans to set up a Thatcher scholarship at Somerville College, where Lady Thatcher earned her degree. But in a speech to journalists in Westminster, Lord Patten – a Cabinet minister under Mrs Thatcher – rejected calls by London Mayor Boris Johnson to name a college at Oxford University after her. He said: ‘You would either have to start a new college, which would be more expensive, or you would have to persuade Jesus [College] or Corpus Christi or Christ Church to change their name.’ Lord Patten then issued a barbed comment, saying: ‘It may be thought – however admirable she was – slightly pushing it to persuade Jesus to change its name.’ Campaigners have been demanding recognition for Lad

David Cameron last night sought to shrug off speculation about his leadership of the Tories – by hinting that any one of Boris Johnson, Theresa May, Michael Gove and George Osborne could succeed him. The Prime Minister said he was surrounded by ‘talented people’ and did not want them to be ‘shrinking violets’. Mr Cameron made his point after business and energy minister Michael Fallon, who is close to Downing Street, dropped a hint that Mrs May wants to lead the party. And the Home Secretary herself added fuel to the fire with a speech casting herself as the party’s new Iron Lady. Nonplussed: The Prime Minister deflected speculation about potential rivals to his leadership saying he was surrounded by 'talented people' Mrs May told colleagues pushing through unpopular cuts and reforms: ‘Whatever you do, don’t buckle.’ The Tories needed to do more to reassure voters about their motives, she said. In an interview with Bloomberg last night, Mr Cameron was asked if he was worr

No one can accuse Communities Secretary Eric Pickles of not taking his job seriously. While most ministers seem content with shaping national policy, Mr Pickles took direct action when he saw a group of travellers heading towards his constituency. He gave chase in his car and bravely confronted them after they pulled on to a cricket pitch. Mr Pickles – who has brought in a raft of measures aimed at preventing itinerants from setting up camp on greenfield land without permission – first noticed their convoy turning off a motorway as he drove towards his home. He then followed them and watched as the 40 travellers with their 15 caravans moved on to the cricket pitch at around 10pm last Thursday. The minister pulled over and asked them what they thought they were doing. Unhappy with their answers, he then called in the police and local council to deal with them.  One Tory source said the minister’s actions had led to Commons wags comparing him to a private investigator. He said: ‘We’re c