WAS NEST OF YOUNG STARLINGS TO BLAME FOR INTERRUPTION OF ON-LINE CABINET MEETING?

                                                                             

What's that squeaking? Cllr Jackson looks non-plussed by the strange sounds

MYSTERY surrounds the interruption of Friday's meeting of North East Lincolnshire Council's cabinet.

The authority has been unable to provide an explanation for why proceedings had to be halted by the chairnan, council leader Cllr Philip Jackson, for several minutes.

Both before and after the break, a series of persistent and amplified squeaking, clicking and trilling  sounds could be heard across the airwaves.

This prompted speculation that noisy mice might have been interfering with the communications technology, perhaps nibbling at wires. Or a nest of young starlings?

At the end of the meeting, the chairman apologised both for the interruption and for the indifferent sound quality.

If the glitch remains unresolved, a cat may be brought along to the  next meeting.

                                                 

Starling - declining species in many parts of the UK but a common nester in North East Lincolnshire