Posts Tagged ‘local news’
Three hens found lurking in Guernsey toilets
WHAT news from Guernsey?
Police and GSPCA officers have located three hens in the men’s toilet at North Beach car park in St Peter Port.
How did they get in there? Seduced by treats?
The feathered foul were perched on the privy pecking at bread left in the lavvy.
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Posted: 18th, October 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Exploding toilet leaves injured man too scared to flush (with epic local news photo)
STOP the show. We have a new contender for the Greatest Local News Photo of the year. Brooklyn resident Michel Pierre is pictured flushing his toilet for a safe distance.
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Posted: 12th, October 2013 | In: Photojournalism, Reviews, Strange But True | Comments (2)
West Sussex local news special: triple-ladder saves trapped mum and daughter
LOCAL news story of the week was found in the West Sussex County Times. Reporter DW Nye enlarges in the headline:
“Mother and daughter freed from Horsham bathroom”
A mother and daughter have been freed from their own bathroom after becoming locked in this morning (Tuesday October 8).
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Local News: Hackney man dies in fireball (again)
THE Hackney Gazette supplies out local news story of the day: “Man Dies In Human Fireball AGAIN”:
Local News: Kent thief had BBQ on Nectar points
THE Kent and Sussex Courier has news from Tonbridge, Kent:
“THIEF HAD BBQ ON MY NECTAR POINTS”
Ramblers trapped between two bulls in Cornwall (video)
Posted: 10th, September 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Builders try on massive lingerie haul found on site
“THEY must have spent a bit on underwear mate,” says Jason Irvine, 22, from Woodroffe. “I don’t know much about women’s underwear but it’s pretty flash. It looks expensive, doesn’t it? I tried some on and found it quite comfy. The 32A bra were just my size.”
“I had a look through for an address,” says another builder named Vinnie of the five draws full of lingerie found on a building site in Palmerston in Australia’s Northern Territory. “You should have a look at some of the gear. Corsets, G-strings, tiny knickers – she has got all the gear. Look at this red bodice. That’s outstanding.
“We were unsure what to do but did the right thing and called the NT News. Everyone’s been wondering what it’s been doing here. We thought it was a box of screws and bolts. We opened it up and there wasn’t screws and bolts at all.”
The NT News adds:
The impressive find was the talk of the town and can be reclaimed from the NT News who now have possession.
Curious builders should form an orderly line…
Posted: 10th, September 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Essex Council paints dog poo orange – cast of TOWIE envious
IS everything painted orange in Essex?
Council officers will patrol areas where dog fouling is a particular problem and spray-paint any poo they see orange – and leave it like that for two weeks. It is hoped the bizarre project will shock dog owners into changing their bad habits and clean up after their pets.
Or smear it all over their skin and look like an extra from TOWIE. Why not sprinkle a pot of warovski crystals in the poo and call it a beauty parlour…
Major grass problem in Essex
Overgrown trees in Billericay, Essex are being blamed for attracting “hooligans” who damage property and defecate on cars…
Steve Radford, 55, is fed up with the situation. His house backs on to the problem street, which is overrun with out-of-control saplings and unruly sycamores…
Local News watch: headline and story of the year
LOCAL news of the year: the Stamford Mercury reports on smoke:
The 10 best lowlights from 50 Shades of Burnley
TO FACEBOOK, where the page “50 Shades of Burnley” is advertised as an “absolute disgrace” by the locale’s LibDem MP, Gordon Birtwistle.
It’s enough to us clicking to page featuring “Everything f*cked up in Burnley”.
Go those of you still not convinced to take a peek, Mr Birtwistle adds:
“I think this group is an absolute disgrace and I will try to get it closed down. If the people who have set this up are residents of Burnley they should be ashamed of themselves. Why would anyone want to humiliate their own town and residents? There are so many good things happening in Burnley with lots of investment and an exciting future ahead. We should have groups celebrating Burnley, not running it down.”
Indeed. Add the local MP to the list.
A few lowlights will now follow:
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Queen’s representative urinates of expectant mother’s doorstep
EYEWITNESS news of the day is found in the Exeter Express & Echo. News is that an Exeter postman has been caught urinating freely urinating outside a young couple’s front door. It went on for months.
Luke Osborne, 27, says:
“For months now my partner and I have been having to walk through urine on our front steps. I had to wash the steps down constantly as the smell was horrendous. Keyleigh is expecting our baby tomorrow (mon) and it is just so unhealthy. The entrance to our flat is secluded with steps up to the front door. When I went out there he was, full frontal, relieving himself. I couldn’t believe it. This is the Royal Mail, they deliver in the Queen’s name and there he was relieving himself on my front step.”
Anyone asked Her Majesty is she approves?
Photo: Prince William makes a special delivery.
Spotter: Karen
Eyewitness Grandmother: local news hero reports from Tesco Bournemouth
EYEWITNESS of the Day is found in the Bournemouth Echo. A motorcyclist crashed through the glass doors at Bournemouth’s biggest Tesco store.
“Shocked eyewitness grandmother Margaret Howe was shopping with her husband David when she heard the commotion”
Eyewitness Grandmother sounds like a title of a new Marvel Comic. Says she:
“There was an almighty bang and we thought a display shelf had fallen… It was shocking; we’d just gone in to buy a couple of things as my grandsons are coming over this evening. It all happened in the section where crisps and peanuts are on display.”
The walnuts attract a smarter crowd…
Posted: 27th, June 2013 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)
Nottinghamshire couple upset by uneven grass lengths
LOCAL news special: The Nottingham Post reports:
Couple return from holiday to find grass by their street cut to different lengths
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The best local news photo of 2013? There’s a live rat in my toilet what am I gonna do?
THIS is a new contender for the greatest local news photo of all time. The picture illustrates the story of Margaret Woods, 59, whose home in Sutton has an unwelcome visitor. A rat she’s named Roland lives down the toilet. As she says:
“Thursday morning at quarter-to-one I went to the loo and I could hear scratching – I jumped up and thought – this time I’m going to watch. I flushed the toilet straight away and went back into the toilet leaving the light on. It was rearing its ugly head. In March I gave [Thames Water] two weeks to sort it out. We kept hearing scratching and we’d put the lid down. We are petrified to go to the toilet. We flush the toilet and run the tap to be able to go to the toilet.”
Anyhow, great photo. But is it as good as this one?
No News special: Lancaster University students get on a bus
WHAT news from Lancaster University? AlexSiddle tweets:
BONG! “Residents help Lancaster University research roadside particulate pollution”
BONG! “Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars”
BONG! “First, carbon footprints… now you can calculate your ‘nitrogen footprint’”
And:
BONG! “Staff and students get on the bus”
Atherton California: the best police reports in America
IN Atherton, California, the average home costs $4,010,200. It’s home to 7100 residents. Last year, the town saw 152 crimes, of which 95 were for larceny. There were no reported rapes nor murders. The Atherton Crime Prevention Task Force’s advice for locals is to “Call the police anytime you observe suspicious persons or events”. They do. This is selection of what they call to report:
Posted: 20th, February 2013 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment
Halifax women finds tomato in beef and tomato Pot Noodle
“I’d put the Pot Noodle on a plate and was half-way through when I saw something that did not seem right. I touched it with my fork and saw the eyeball. I did not want to eat the rest. I felt sick but didn’t physically throw up. I won’t be buying any more Pot Noodles.”
Posted: 11th, February 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment (1)
Huge fart rocks Grimsby court
LOCAL News: Grimbsy:
Noisy flatulence interrupts court session in Grimsby
THE quiet dignity of a court session was abruptly disturbed when someone loudly broke wind in the public gallery.
Nobody apologised for the noisy interruption – and there were anxious looks from people nearby who feared they might get the blame. Grimsby magistrates pretended they had not heard a thing, and in a seemingly unrelated incident a few minutes later, all the lights went out for a few seconds before flickering back on again.
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Road safety heroes: time to honour Ditchingham’s ‘chicken roundabout’
WHY did the chicken cross the road? It didn’t. For 21 years, the 300-odd wild chickens were tended by Gordon Knowles on the “chicken roundabout” in Ditchingham, Norfolk. In late 2012, Bungay town councillor Deirdre Shepherd said of Mr Knowles:
“Not often have I had the privilege of standing next to a living legend. He looked after the birds for many years and even when he could not do it any more he made sure they were safe and passed them on. He’s one of the last of the great eccentrics and we all need people like him to stop making life so boring.”
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Local News: Boy gets finger stuck in bucket
LOCAL news story of the Week: Shropshire boy gets finger caught in bucket:
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Posted: 20th, January 2013 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)
Plymouth man urinated in public flowers beds while making noise like an elephant
TO Plymouth Magistrates’ Court, where Robert Moore, is accused ot weeing over flower beds at St Budeaux Square in broad daylight while trumpeting like an elephant. Mr Moore sprayed his urine back and forth.
Jenny Cater, for the Crown Prosecution Service, explains:
“He was spraying urine to and fro into the flower beds while making noises like an elephant.”
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Scores of people missing in Cape Cod
NEWS just in: Karen Jeffrey (pictured left) “no longer works for the Cape Cod Times“:
In an audit of her work, Times editors have been unable to find 69 people in 34 stories since 1998, when we began archiving stories electronically.
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