Can we have our shark back, please?

Jaws is on the loose after flying demo goes wrong!

HAS anyone seen a flying shark over Newbury?

If so, shopkeepers Mick and Julie Turrell would like it back.

The creature - a helium filled, radio controlled toy - realistically ‘swims' through the air using its tail and fins and the pair, who run the Treasure Hunting and Leisure Promotions store in the town's Kennet Centre, were giving a demonstration to delighted adults and children in the mall on Saturday.

All was going well, said Mr Turrell, until: “A gust of hot air caught it and it soared up and away into the centre's glass dome. And there it stayed.”

There was nothing the pair could do to retrieve it and so they decided to leave it swimming around overnight until enough gas had leaked for it to descend under its own weight.

Unfortunately, said Mr Turrell, “it came down during the evening and some youngsters were seen making off with it around midnight after having been to the cinema.”

Mr and Mrs Turrell have appealed to whoever has it, or to anyone who finds it, to return it to the shop with no questions asked.