Barge rescue attempt for Timmy the whale in Germany gets go-ahead

Vets say whale stranded for a month near Lübeck is fit to be transported in rescue effort funded by two entrepreneurs

German officials have given the green light for a fresh attempt to rescue a humpback whale that has been stranded off the country’s Baltic Sea coast for more than a month.

The 13-metre (40ft) whale’s struggle for survival has gripped Germany since the creature beached on a sandbank near the city of Lübeck, far from its natural habitat.