Hacked Off
‘THERES safety in numbers. Thats why the papers love them. Here are some things we learned last week
3 China confirmed its first three human cases of bird flu. Two of the three people have died
4.20 The average child gets £4.20 a week in pocket money
10 Welsh rugby fan Geoffrey Huish took ten minutes to celebrate Waless defeat of England in last years Six Nations Championship by sawing off his testicles with a pair of blunt wire cutters. Id told my pal Gethin Probert before the game that Wales didnt stand a chance. It wasnt a bet, but I said Id cut my balls off if we won. Geoffrey had listened to game on the radio on his own
24 Government figures show female convictions for speeding have risen 24 per cent over the last five years; the number of men prosecuted has fallen by 14 per cent
£58.36 Prince William will be paid £58.36 a day when he starts his Army training. Prince Harry, who, unlike his brother, doesnt have a degree, gets just £36.92 a day
85 The remains of Gigantopithecus Blackii, aka the real King Kong, found in Guangxi province, China, point to an animal 10ft tall and weighing 85 stone
109 Henry Allingham, aged 109, Britains oldest citizen paid tribute to fallen comrades from the First World War
175 Hatched in 1830 and reputedly collected from the Galapagos islands by Charles Darwin, Harriet the giant tortoise celebrated her 175th birthday
200 The Im A Celebrity camp covers 200 acres and cost £7million to build.
£25,000 Andy Savage shoplifted 36 items for his exhibition called Stolen White Goods. The show at Birminghams Ikon gallery was paid for by a £25,000 grant from the Arts Council
37,000 Pupils at City Academy in Lawrence Hill, Bristol, earned £37,000 from the school for hitting or surpassing their target GCSE grades as part of the schools achievement and incentives scheme
57,500 A brawl started by Paris Hiltons boyfriend Stavros Niarchos saw the Greek playboy charged £57,500 for damage at Las Vegass Hard Rock hotel
62,000 A mystery buyer paid £62,000 at auction for the worlds biggest truffle, weighting 2lb 10ooz
180,000 Camilla and Charless US tour cost the taxpayer 180,000
935.000 – Of all the MPs William Hague earns the most., pulling in £935,000 last year, as decaled in the Register of Members Interests
1.5m The number of homeless families in England and Wales has more than doubled to 101,030 since 1997
9,000,000 Mohammad Hejazi, head of Irans Islamic militia, said that on Nov 26 nine million militiamen will form a human chain along the countys 5,000 miles of borders in a show of force against international pressure on the countrys atomic programme
15m Gary Barlow says he earned 15million from his time in Take That. He still has it
6bn Scientists estimate that a bad diet costs the NHS estimates 6bn every year. Says Dr Mike Mayner of Oxford University: The Government could look at tax increases on unhealthy food and banning adverts on junk food, certainly those aimed at children
700,000,000 The European Court of Auditors refused to endorse the EUs £70bn spending for the eleventh year running’
Posted: 19th, November 2005 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
