A Somali man, claiming to be 112 years old has just married his new bride, a 17 year old girl from his home town of Guriceel. Ahmed Muhamed Dhore says it is a dream come true, having waited for the girl to grow up before popping the question. He is said to be looking forward to starting a new family. …
Plonkers!
It takes all sorts, but these two burglars must be in line to take the non-chocolate hobnob biscuit. What a brilliant idea to paint masks and moustaches on your face with permanent marker pen! Unlucky for these two it happened in America and they were caught and duly arrested. Had this happened in the UK, judging by all accounts, if, …
Don’t get fooled
If you are a user of the various social networks, such as Facebook, you may have noticed an apparent increase in ‘phishing’ attempts to try and lure you to an obscure website and part you from your login information. Seen quite a few in the past few days and some of them look almost genuine, logos and all. The general …
The Duke blunders on
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has made the news again with one of his remarks. Greeting an Asian businessman, Atul Patel, at a Buckingham Palace reception for 400 British Indians, the Prince looked at the name badge and remarked, ‘There’s a lot of your family in tonight’. There are an estimated 600,000 Patels living in Britain, it being a common Indian …
Warning to footballers
Footballers have been warned that spitting on the pitch during matches could raise the risk of spreading swine flu. The Health Protection Agency believe the habit of spitting could increase the risk of passing on infections. Players from Blackburn and Bolton have shown signs of the virus ahead of their Carling Cup matches this week. Would it not be a …
Someone’s not taking their medication
You couldn’t really make up some of the PC nonsense currently either in operation or being proposed in the UK. The latest revelations relate to the Emergency Services, namely the Police, Fire Brigade and Rescue Service and include some real humdingers.
Maybe it was lunchtime
What do you get when you cross a zebra with a donkey? According to James Oleson of Hernando County, Florida, the answer is ‘bitten’. ….Zonkey attacks man….
Bear on skates kills circus director
In Russia, it is apparently quite common for bears to be taught how to ice skate, even play ice hockey, in the many circuses. It is also not unknown for things to go wrong, as was the case when the prestigious Russia state circus visited Bishkek. That’s the capital of the easily pronouncable Kyrgyzstan if anyone wants to know.
So, how does your area rate?
Interesting new site, in some ways, showing crime rates throughout the UK. Put in a postcode or town and you can see crime levels, types of crime etc for that area.