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Local News: A car door is left open in Bath

Local News Watch: The door is open in the Bath Chronicle:

 

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A car has been causing quite a stir in Bath city centre. The vehicle, a silver Honda, had been left parked in Kingsmead Square, early on Sunday evening but unfortunately the owner had failed to shut the driver’s door… The car was parked in Kingsmead Square next to The Stable between 6pm and 7.30pm and at one point attracted the attention of a parking warden.

Next week in door news: the Frome Street Light Mystery.

 

Posted: 14th, October 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Regret the error: actor Mark Benton meets ‘honey’ the human dog in St Leonards hospice

The Hastings and St. Leonards Observer

 

The Hastings and St. Leonards Observer hails Mark Benton’s role as ambassador for St Michael’s Hospice in St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex.

Honey the dog is away.

Posted: 23rd, August 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Devon graffiti watch: who wrote ‘Gingers smel of piss’? on the B3227?

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Is all graffiti wrong? The Plymouth Herald says “RUDE graffiti” has been scrawled on a Devon road.

 

The message went:

‘Gingers smel of piss”

 

The misspelled statement was daubed on the B3227 between the village of Chittlehampton and Holsworthy.

Who did it? And why didn’t they alter the sign to Chittlehampton to say Shittlehampton?

It’s a mystery.

Posted: 21st, August 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Local News watch: Plymouth Herald delivers compassionate killing with a free sausage rolls

Big news in the Plymouth Herald:

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As @drbramwell notes:

Nothing like a tragic local news story to make you peckish. Check the small print.

Hey, ma, you know how you love sausage rolls, well, try this…

Posted: 29th, January 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News Watch: Bolton hunts tiny hedge bandits

Local News watch spots goings on in Bolton. The Bolton News reports:

A COUNCILLOR has hit out after thieves stole trees from decorative flower pots in Bromley Cross. Around 20 conifers, standing no more than a foot tall, have gone missing from pots put around the village to the dismay of the volunteers who planted them.

Call special branch:

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Posted: 8th, January 2015 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Dover Man In ‘Smarties Hell’

It’s all kicking off in Dover:
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The story is a little less amusing than the sign: 120 packets of Smarties are missing:
A churchwarden is fuming after his car was stolen along with 120 packets of Smarties intended to help raise money for terminally ill children. The blue Vauxhall Zafira was stolen from Chris Tyler’s driveway in Dover in the early hours of the morning last Thursday. It was later found nearby.
Round up the usual suspects…

Posted: 1st, December 2014 | In: Strange But True | Comment


FAIL: Countesthorpe College Typo Could Be Worse

YOU get a great education at Countesthorpe College, South Leicestershire – not to be confused with Countesthorpe Colege, which is dire:

If Countesthorpe College were going to miss out a letter it could have been worse

 

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Spotter: @TheMediaTweets

Posted: 24th, October 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Bedfordshire Dad Scared Of Ebola Sends Daughter To School In Goggles And Mask

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OTHER parents presents Jon O’Brien, of Turvey, Bedfordshire, who is “insisting” his 13-year-old daughter wears a face mask to Sharnbrook Upper School.

Ha-ha. Dad insists teenage daughter does what he says when in school. Dad is living in a dream world.

But Jon’s world is the stuff of nightmares:

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Posted: 20th, October 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News Watch: The Torquay Herald Express Clarifies Sir Roger Moore’s Scotch Egg Shun Scoop

STOP Press: Sir Roger Moore clarifies and corrects an earlier Torquay Herald Express exclusive. The former Mr James Bond did not eat  Scotch Egg on the Devon costa:

 

 

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He shunned the Scotch Egg…

Spotter: @TheMediaTweets

 

Posted: 28th, September 2014 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (2)


Local News Watch: The Peterborough Telegraph Reviews Pizza Express

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LOCAL News Watch looks at a restaurant review in the Peterborough Telegraph:

Pizza Express has been based in Cathedral Square for a fair few years and though I’ve walked past it close to a hundred times, I’ve never ventured in – until now.

Holly Aston, 17, is at dinner with her mum. She embarks on a review that is devoid of the self-aggrandizing balls the the usual food critics churn out.

Highlights are

For the starter we ordered garlic bread with mozzarella and we were delighted when it arrived. It was one round piece of bread covered in cheese.

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Posted: 19th, September 2014 | In: The Consumer | Comment


Local News Watch: The Most Hampstead Story Of All Time

THIS might be the most Hampstead story of all time. It’s grim up North London, as the Ham & High reports:

 

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Spotter: 

Posted: 18th, September 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News Watch: Euthanise Your Mum With A Free Sausage Roll In Plymouth

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Spotter:  

Posted: 10th, September 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News Watch: It’s All Kicking Off In Surrey

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Posted: 4th, September 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News Watch: Lincolnshire Ebola Crisis

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LOCAL News Watch spots this gem in the Lincolnshire Echo.

Nobody in the county has been tested for the ebola virus.

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Posted: 26th, August 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


The Huddersfield Examiner Picks A Great Day To Profile Cliff Richard’s Dead Ringer

ON the day police search Cliff Richard’s home in connection with an alleged crime against a minor – he denies any wrongdoing –  the Huddersfield Examiner reports:

 

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And:

Former Longwood resident, Kytsun Wolfe, will perform in the region for the first time since he left to pursue his entertainer dream

Book now and book often…

Posted: 14th, August 2014 | In: Celebrities | Comment


Local News Watch: It’s All Kicking Off In Sevenoaks, Kent

MEANWHILE….in Sevenoaks, Kent:

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Spotter: ThePoke

Posted: 10th, August 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News Watch: Bexleyheath Man Stops Wrong Bus

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TO Bexleyheath, south east London, where a man has missed the bus. He ran into the road and stood in front of it. The drive called the police.  They arrived and gave our hero 20 seconds to move. Or else.

As they counted down, the man thought. And he said:

I’ve just realised it’s not my bus.”

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Posted: 26th, May 2014 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Local News Watch: Transgender Former Soldier Appeals For Stolen Corsets

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ROXANNE Yeatman is appealing for the return of three corsets allegedly stolen by her flatmate.

Mother of four Roxanne, a former soldier with the Royal Artillery who used to be known as Doug, claims she allowed a 44-year-old alcoholic to stay at her place so she could escape her abusive lover.

But the woman allegedly repaid this generosity by making off with four black suspender belts and three corsets, leaving her with just one.

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Posted: 16th, April 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Nottingham Evening Post Nails Sacked Nottingham Forest Manager Billy Davies

LOCAL news Watch spots the Nottingham Evening Post exacting a delicious revenge on Billy Davies.

Until yesterday, Davies was manager of Nottingham Forest FC. During his tenure, the Post was banned from attending press conferences. So. Here’s how the Post has covered Davies’ departure:

 

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Who says local newspapers are irrelevant?

 

Posted: 26th, March 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News: Hunt On For Minehead Scotch Egg Bandit

IT’S all kicking off in Minehead:

 

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Spotter

Posted: 24th, February 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


Baby Giraffe Could Have Fallen Into Bexley Sinkhole

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THANKS to the Bexley News Shopper’s Khaleda Rahman we have a new unit of measurement; baby giraffes.

A MASSIVE crater the size of a baby giraffe in a Bexleyheath road has revealed only an inch or so of tarmac is supporting the street to the horror of residents.

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Posted: 5th, February 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


Who Damaged The Scrabble Artwork?

“IT’S become quite a feature in the area and it’s disappointing to see some low-life cretin come along and do something like that to it,” says former Labor MP Bob Kucera. Emma Anna’s artwork at Ellesmere Reserve, Perth, Australia.  “You couldn’t even call them a halfwit. It’d take two of them to make a halfwit.”

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Posted: 14th, December 2013 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | Comment


Local News Watch: It’s All Kicking Off On Llwchwr Town Council

LOCAL news: The South Wales Evening Post has news:

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Llwchwr Town Council the clerk Anthony Davies said that its current machine, which does not do colour, needed replacing. He added: “It would make good sense to have a new machine but members may wish to consider a colour copier.”

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Posted: 30th, November 2013 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News: Hat Found In Sligo

WAHT news from Sligo?

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Spotter: PeterKeating2

Posted: 29th, November 2013 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News: Bottle Of Wine Stolen In Buckinghamshire

LOCAL News: The Bucks Free Press has news.

A BOTTLE of wine was stolen from a Tylers Green house at the weekend, police said.

Burglars gained entry to the property in Ashley Drive by forcing open a rear window between 6pm on Saturday and 4.30pm on Sunday.

They stole a bottle of wine and fled the scene, police said in a press statement.

Which the press reported on.

Posted: 1st, November 2013 | In: Reviews | Comment