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"The boy was not the man’s son, but one of the girls was, and the other “probably was.”"

(Cambridge News)
    Posted by JT on 22 Dec 2010. + (1) - (0) Permalink
I bet you a million quid she wasn't.
    Posted by JT on 22 Dec 2010.
"...a beautiful high-flier..." (The Daily Mail's somewhat ill-thought-out description of a woman who committed suicide by jumping off New York's Trump Place skyscraper in November)
    Posted by JT on 17 Jan 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink
"Ross Monaghan is accused of repeatedly shooting and killing Mr Carroll in the Asda car park in Glasgow's Robroyston area on 13 January last year."
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 19 Jan 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink
From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland...

So how many times was he killed, exactly?
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 19 Jan 2011.
"This isn't anti-social behaviour - you're talking about shootings, knife incidents, serious youth violence."
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 31 Jan 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink
I dunno, shooting or knifing people seems kind of anti-social to me! (From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12311184)
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 31 Jan 2011.
"Holloway teen jailed after police discover crack in his bum"
    (From http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/new...)
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 9 Mar 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink
"Nudists seek new membership to revive flagging membership" (The Times)
    Posted by JT on 10 May 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink
A prisoner ... has apparently been issued an official warning after the warden decided that the man's repeated episodes of flatulence in fact represented "a series of concerted attacks" on prison staff.
    (From http://www.loweringthebar.net/2010/03...)
    Posted by poppy on 16 Aug 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink
"There were flies flying around and the smell was awful.The ship was just sat there not doing anything, and there were 12 crates of dead crabs and fish just lying there covered in flies. It’s not the sort of thing you want to see on holiday, there was a real stench. My children were quite distressed by it. These people should be a bit more considerate to the holidaymakers."

(Man complains about dead fish. At a working fishing harbour: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tra...)
    Posted by JT on 6 Sep 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink
"SYDNEY BROTHELS LINKED TO SEX TRADE" (Headline)
    Posted by JT on 17 Oct 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink
Tabak was charged with murdering Yeates some time between 16 December and 26 December. She disappeared on 17 December and her body was discovered on Christmas Day.
    Posted by poppy on 24 Jan 2011. + (0) - (0) Permalink
From the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan...
    Posted by poppy on 24 Jan 2011.
Should we perhaps have a "News" category too?
    Posted by JT on 24 Jan 2011.
Yes, I think we should. Hey, Poppy, you got us to create a category, so you can pretend it's yours if you like :)
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 25 Jan 2011.