The world’s oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, has died at the age of 113. Henry Allingham, born in 1896, served with the Royal Naval Air Service during the Great War. He transferred to the Royal Air Force in 1918 and served at Ypres. He was the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland. In …
Signs of the times
Jeweller Michael Plant believes that his shop has been targeted for the past eighteen months by a group of East European thieves who regularly remove items from his shop without paying for them. Like any law-abiding citizen, he left matters with the local constabulary but, as the raids continued and there were no signs of arrests being made, he decided …
If it works, ban it
The big yellow ‘witness appeal’ sign boards have long been an accepted and sensible way of helping the police to solve crime by appealing for public help, trying to jog memories. So, no wonder they are now being virtually banned in London as the police move away from the traditional crime solving to concentrate on political correctness and the harrassment …
Twenty years on
A former Vancouver police Officer, Clyde Ray Spencer, has spent nearly 20 years in prison after being convicted of molesting his, then, young children. Now adults, the children have now testified that they do not believe that the abuse ever happened. The son, now 33 years old, recalled how, at the age of 9 years, he was repeatedly questioned, alone, by …
How do I get to….
Even with Google, the answers may not always come out as you expect. Someone attempting to get directions using Google Maps was presented with a rather intriguing Stage 48. I suppose in some ways you can’t actually fault it, just comes as a bit of a surprise.
Exodus
Fast food giants McDonalds are the latest major US company to move their European headquarters from the UK to Switzerland. Others now based in Switzerland include Kraft, Procter & Gamble, Colgate Palmolive, Yahoo and Google. McDonalds will still run the UK section of their business from London, but European operations will be run from Zurich.
Laguna Niguel says ‘NO to crack’
Legend has it that it all began back in 1979 at the Mugs Away Saloon in Laguna Niguel, California, and since that time it has become an annual event attracting up to 10,000 people. Now, however, the good people of Laguna Niguel are trying to put a stop to it. The police have banned on-street parking in the area near …
The French are the worst
An interesting survey carried out by the travel company Expedia tags French tourists as being the worst in the world! They are classed as penny-pinching, rude and terrible at languages. The survey was conducted by Expedia, who asked 4,500 hotels worldwide to rank tourists on their behaviour. Japanese tourists (clean and tidy, polite, quiet and uncomplaining) came top of the …
San Fermin 2009
The first bull run at San Fermin 2009 was a (relatively) routine affair, if running along with a herd of huge bulls can be considered as ‘routine’.
New world record
This year’s Bog Snorkelling Triathlon, held in the Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells, was won in world record time by 30 year old Dan Bent from Richmond in Surrey. The new record time was 2 hours 21 minutes and 5 seconds. The triathlon consists of a 7 and a half mile run, two lengths of the 135-foot long, six-foot deep …