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Thousands of ducklings deemed unfit for human consumption following China's latest bird flu outbreak are being sold as live snake food. Poultry farmers have resorted to selling truckloads of the newly-hatched ducklings to snake farms for a few pence each after 14 deaths in China were blamed on the lethal H7N9 virus. One duck farmer said of the creatures' unpleasant fate: 'It's either this or we just gas them all', while others told how they have been forced to incinerate thousands of the unwanted ducklings. Scroll down for video Bird flu outbreak: Tiny unwanted ducklings are seen being flung into an incinerator at a farm in China's Fujian province Last resort: Farmers are selling thousands of baby ducks as snake food as the latest bird flu outbreak takes its toll on the poultry sector The strain is known to have infected a total of 63 people in China, but no human-to-human spread of the virus has been confirmed. A 77-year-old woman, who had earlier te

A Border Agency employee stunned his bosses with bizarre resignation letter iced on to a cake. Chris Holmes, 31, who worked at Stansted Airport, tweeted a picture of the note to resign from his job and pursue his dream to run a bakery business. Mr Homes said: 'I handed in the cake in person to the duty manager. I think he was pleasantly surprised. Chris Holmes penned his resignation letter to the UK Border Agency at Stansted Airport on a homemade cake. 'It was a passion cake - a carrot cake made with coconut, pecans, sultanas and orange buttercream. 'The lettering was a bit tricky because there were so many words and was quite fiddly. The resignation seemed like the natural choice for a cakemaker with a whimsical sense of humour. 'I thought it was a good natured resignation and hopefully left a nice taste in their mouths. 'I’d been planning it for six-months but kept it to myself because I wasn’t sure when I would be leaving.' Icing on the cake: Chris Hol

The 'mystery man' spotted on the roof of a Boston building which directly overlooked the bomb site was likely just a resident, it emerged today. A picture posted on Twitter yesterday right after the two blasts, which killed three people and injured 176, was thought to be one of the culprits watching the carnage unfold below. But today it was reported that he was simply walking on the common roof deck of a luxury building on Boyleston Street, where the attacks occurred. Mystery man likely a resident? This picture posted to Twitter shows somebody standing directly above the scene of the carnage According to The Smoking Gun, the deck is kitted out with wicker chaises, a gas grill and a bathroom and is open to residents of 755 Boylston Street, a seven-story building where apartments rent for upwards of $7,000 per month. The deck provides a clear view of the runners and would have been a prime spot to watch the city's 117th marathon. Today President Obama once again addres

A grieving father wept today as he left tributes to his three young children, who appear to have been killed by their heavily pregnant mother, who then jumped to her own death. Craig McLelland, 24, clung to his mother Mandy McLelland for support as he left a Winnie the Pooh balloon and a teddy bear outside the flat where the children died in Lowestoft, Suffolk. He is thought to have split up with Fiona Anderson, 23, shortly before she fell 40ft to her death from a multi-storey car park, where she died at 8am on Monday along with his unborn baby. Police found the bodies of their children Levina, three, Addy, two, and 11-month-old Kyden around three hours later at her ground floor flat half a mile away in London Road South. Scroll down for video Emotional: A tearful Craig McLelland arrives at the home where his three children were found dead yesterday with his mother Mandy who comforted him as he lay a balloon and a toy Scene: There has been a huge outpouring of grief in Lowes