Not in my back yard…
A Penicuik householder goes too far in his efforts to cull grey squirrels in his garden
Knife to see you?
A Pontefract councillor comes under fire for apparently boasting about his fearsome knives on his blog
The East European serf is alive and well
Fancy working on a Nottinghamshire building site for just 22p an hour? Some Lithuanian construction workers were made to do just that.
Game bird…
Blind 92-year-old Eve Mobbs braves the terrors of a 60-foot abseil down a Worthing multi-storey car park.
Refuse refusal
Jobsworth attendants bar a Rhyl man from driving his taxi into the local recycling centre.
In a spin…
Larne police come under fire for apparently leaving a 90-year-old driver stranded on a roundabout central island
Stop messing about…
Dog mess has become such a problem in one South Ruislip park that a mother’s had to ban her children from playing there, reports the Ruislip Gazette.
A wheelie stupid cyclist
A scofflaw teenage cyclist is left laughing on the other side of his face after he taunts police in the Fenland town of Chatteris.
No fire blanket? Use Mum’s knickers instead!
Two lads from Hartlepool resort to desperate measures to put out a frying-pan fire…
Bogus water board official strikes
A Trowbridge woman is given a nasty shock when a “water board official” turns out not to be all he seems…
Bus wars on the streets of Preston!
Preston’s bus passengers suffer delays while a national public transport giant and a local provider slug it out at the bus stops – with videos!
Rudolph hit by bluetongue disease
The Worcester News reports on how bluetongue and foot-and-mouth movement restrictions have affected Christmas festivities in the spa town of Great Malvern.
Breach of the peace? Or invasion of privacy?
An apparently trivial breach of the peace case involving a minor sexual offence has some more disturbing privacy implications.
Toddler “caught doing 25mph over the limit”
The Sheffield Star reports on two Wakefield parents’ shock when their 2-year-old daughter got a speeding ticket through the post.
Mother sent stripper to school as treat
Red faces all round in one Nottinghamshire school as a 16-year-old birthday boy is sent a strippagram instead of a gorilla!