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"UK city tops latest crime map figures. A new street-by-street online map has revealed the most crime-ridden area in England and Wales."
    Posted by JT on 1 Feb 2011. + (0) - (0) Permalink
The most crime-ridden area in England and Wales is in the UK...? Who'd have thought it?
    Posted by JT on 1 Feb 2011.
Clearly that area should be granted independence, making the UK a safer place to live!
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 2 Feb 2011.
...and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we should all vote for the Mike Party.
    Posted by JT on 2 Feb 2011.

"Bishops agree sex abuse rules" (Sunday Business Post http://i.imgur.com/iXSF1.jpg)
    Posted by JT on 4 Apr 2011. + (0) - (0) Permalink
Cheers to ynnaD for this one :-)
    Posted by JT on 4 Apr 2011.

"We wouldn’t expect communities and businesses to start up with electricity or roads or water."
    (From http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/...)
    Posted by JT on 15 Aug 2011. + (0) - (0) Permalink
You wouldn't? I was under the impression they were considered fairly essential these days.
    Posted by JT on 15 Aug 2011.
Hey, who needs water when you've got superfast broadband?

It kind of reminds me of that "One Laptop Per Child" scheme. Sure, give them all laptops, so they can get on the Internet and read about how much better off they'd be if they had fresh running water rather than a bloody computer.
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 15 Aug 2011.

"Once it starts it will move swiftly and the site will be cleared even though it might take six to eight weeks."
    Posted by JT on 19 Sep 2011. + (0) - (0) Permalink
Swiftly or six to eight weeks...?
    Posted by JT on 19 Sep 2011.
Compared to ten years of legal wrangling I'd say 6 to 8 weeks is fairly swift!
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 25 Sep 2011.

"Shortly before the hearing began, four armed officers dressed in black stood in each corner of the court. Stapleton, who was handcuffed, was then brought into the dock and asked for his name.

He replied: "Psycho. Psycho Stapleton."

(Part 1 in a new WIF series, "How to really fuck yourself over in court)

(http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan...)
    Posted by JT on 2 Jan 2012. + (0) - (0) Permalink

"Police in Manchester have found what are believed to be parts for the first 3D gun ever discovered in Britain." (BBC News)
    Posted by JT on 20 Jan 2014. + (0) - (0) Permalink
Fortunately, it can only fire 2D bullets.
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 25 Jan 2014.

"A gunman on the back of a motorbike shot a man in a suspected drive-by shooting..."
    (From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-...)
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 22 Feb 2014. + (0) - (0) Permalink
"Suspected"?
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 22 Feb 2014.