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Abergavenny dog owners worried by nail-laced sausages in street

WHO stuck nail into cooked sausages and left them on Llwynu Lane, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Local news says the sausages are intended to hurt dogs. But the sausages look more like dog turds. Watch where you step…

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Posted: 17th, January 2013 | In: Reviews | Comment


Echidna news: ‘The little bastard crapped in my hat’

QUOTE of the day comes from Munro Hardy, 25, a gold miner in Australia’s Northern Territory. He spotted an echidna on the road, and rescued it from certain death by picking it up and sticking it his car:

“The little bastard crapped in my hat.”

 

 

Posted: 15th, January 2013 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local news: the Sex shop in Kent is for slingers

THE KENT and Sussex Courier has a great local news story: Southborough mayor Jacqui Jedrzejewski and locals are objecting to the presence of a sex shop. Here’s the headline and the accompanying photo. Titter ye may:

 

Posted: 13th, January 2013 | In: Reviews | Comment


Nick Cave is not University of Brighton alumnus of the year

THE Watford Observer carries a headline that might not distract you from the photo beneath:

Julie Howell honoured by Brighton Graduate Association

The Brighton Graduate Association (BGA) of the University of Brighton salutes its brightest star.

Nick Cave came along, too.

 

 

Posted: 31st, December 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Nottingham traffic wardens ticket world’s angriest Santa (photo)

TO Nottingham, to see the world’s angriest Santa.

Why parking wardens ticketed ambulances picking up disabled schoolchildren singing carols for charity demands one answer: because they can.

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Posted: 21st, December 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News: The Sheffield Star finds a tomato surprising

LOCAL news of the Week: The Sheffield Star has news:

Posted: 8th, December 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local news: Giggling in Bracknell

TO Bracknell, where Jennie Slevin has news from the corridors of power:

A typo in the agenda handed out during a Bracknell Forest Council meeting, led to chaos as councillors struggled to suppress their sniggers. A line in the document about focusing on ‘pubic’ access to council meetings sparked a two minute giggling session when councillors noticed the error last night.

When asked if there were any questions about the article Cllr Temperton rose and led the room into a state of hysteria.

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Posted: 29th, November 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News in Burnley: ‘I found a maggot in my butty’ (video)

LOCAL news travels to Burnley, where Hafiz Rehman, 27, says he found a maggot in his egg salad sandwich bought from the Greggs opposite Boots.

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Posted: 23rd, November 2012 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | Comment


Win cow sponsorship: Local news in Rutland

THE Rutland & Stamford Mercury news has an offer:

Win year’s sponsorship of cow in naming competition

Posted: 22nd, November 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local news: Stares at a small bush in Woodfood Bridge

LOCAL News: The East London and West Essex Guardian spots the story of the bush. The headline declares:

Small bush blocks driveway plan

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Posted: 21st, November 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News: Nothing happened between Wind Street and Swansea Castle

TO South Wales for the Local News Story of the Week, as broadcast on This Is South Wales:

SOUTH Wales Police were investigating an incident between Wind Street and Swansea Castle yesterday morning, but the matter was subsequently dropped and no further action was necessary.

Posted: 2nd, November 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Derby pub panic as firework attack leads to almost spilled pint

THE Derby Evening Telegraph report screams Drinkers run for cover in pub firework attack“.

The story is no less dramatic:

DRINKERS were left surrounded by flames after arsonists threw huge fireworks into a pub.

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Posted: 26th, October 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Brighton childminder goes to the toilet alone (Jimmy Savile is dead)

THE woman featured in the Brighton Argus is a childminder who complains that Government rules mean children under 8 have to accompany her to the toilet in case while she is spending a penny they are kidnapped by Jimmy Savile or one of his many impersonators…

Posted: 24th, October 2012 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)


Local News: The Penrith Wardrobe drama

LOCAL News: The Cumberland & Westmoreland Herald highlights the power of the press:

A PENRITH couple have waited nearly six months for the delivery of a fitted wardrobe from B&Q…

Full story in Saturday’s paper

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Posted: 19th, October 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News: It’s all kicking off in Norwich

LOCAL News: The Norwich Evening News says its call kicking off…

Spotter:  @Raphaelite_Girl 

 

Posted: 6th, October 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Aberdeen fire crew rescue man with head stuck in bin

MEANWHILE…in Aberdeen, a man has gotten his head stck inside a bin:

 

Posted: 1st, October 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


The beast of Burscough is captured on film (photo)

THE beast of Burscough is on the loose!

The Lancashire Telegraph reports:

Big cat hunters are on full alert after a man snapped a suspicious looking beast on a Lancashire railway line.

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Posted: 25th, September 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


Street light forces Croydon man to sleep in bath

THE Croydon Guardian reports on Roger Ellis, of New Addington, who, as the story goes, slept in his bath because the light from a new streetlamp was polluting his bedroom.

The paper says he was “forced to sleep in the bath in his…home” for four nights.

Says Mr Ellis, 47:

“It is a terrible society we live in where people are put after money and profit. I will take this to the next level and will be speaking to my lawyers.”

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Posted: 23rd, September 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


Photo of huge fireball spotted over Norwich

A HUGE fireball has been spotted over Norwich. Did you see it? The Norwich Evening News might have done. It might also have produced the best picture caption of the year:

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Posted: 23rd, September 2012 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


Local News: Nephew of Thierry Henry’s cat found alive and well in Reading

SETTING out to prove that any story can be buffed with a sprinkle of celebrity dust, Get Reading reports on Alan Cooke’s cat, which has returned home after being missing for six years.

Mike Pyle reports:

Mr Cooke and his family feared the worst after they reported the Bengal cat – whose uncle is owned by former Arsenal footballer Thierry Henry – missing on January 17, 2007.

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Posted: 19th, September 2012 | In: Sports | Comment


This best local news story about a cabbage this week

THE Herford Times produces the Local News story of the moment:

Posted: 12th, September 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


Local News: The Carpenders Park Community Hall toilet

LOCAL News: To Carpenders Park Community Hall, with the Watford Observer. By Mike Wright, Chief Reporter:

A community hall in Carpenders Park has been able to repair its toilet after winning a council cash grant. Carpenders Park Community Hall, in Gibbs Couch, was handed £240 from Hertfordshire County Council to replace the faulty flush system in the ladies toilets.

More great local news when we see it…

Posted: 12th, September 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment


Local News: toaster catches fire in Bracknell

LOCAL News: To Bracknell, where a toaster has caught fire:

Becky Barnes reports:

Firefighters from Bracknell were called to a toaster fire in Nettlecombe at around 10am…When they arrived the fire was out and the girl had taken the smoking toaster into the garden.

More local news 24/7…

Spotter: Scary Duck

Posted: 11th, September 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


The greatest local news photo ever” woman ‘put off men and sausages for life’

THE greatest local news photo of all time featured on the Get Reading website in 2009.

Beneath the headline “Naked neighbour ‘put me off men’“, Anna Roberts told of Denise Woodage (yep, really), who had been “put off men and sausages for life”, having seen “garden pervert Paul Darlow… pleasuring himself in his back garden in Churchwood Walk, Calcot, and frequently spotted him going about his chores naked – save for a pair of boots.”

Darlow was jailed. Mrs Woodage was upset. And the world got the photograph that once seen cannot be forgotten…

Posted: 6th, September 2012 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment (1)


Local News: Essex man plans shed

LOCAL News special: Esses Man wants…50 Sheds of Grays, reports ThisIsEssex:

A North Weald man has applied for planning permission to erect a shed in his garden. John Reynolds wants to build the timber structure at Marconi Bungalows in Epping Road.

Are local newspapers wise to our game of spotting the most local (pushes nose up) stories?

Posted: 3rd, September 2012 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)