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Which lo-fi celebrity is switching on your town’s Christmas lights? (Hint: It’s Antony Cotton out of Corrie)
It’s that time of the year when everybody crowds into the town centre, a c-list celebrity pretends to switch on the lights, and the crowd goes home cold and miserable and complaining that there were too many people there and the lights were worse than last year’s. So who’s turning on your local lights?…
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From the Archives: Mum goes to war with school over cheese in school lunches
What’s the hill you’re prepared to die on? Fighting racism? Kicking hatred out of society? How about cheese in school lunches? I myself am prepared to fight to the death over the new one pound coins, but then they should never have got rid of those fivers you had to fold half a dozen times…
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Aussie woman finds out the hard way that you don’t park on the pavement
How do you make somebody do a face that would curdle milk? Send them a surprise parking ticket in the post, it seems. And if you work in parking enforcement, why not give it a go? It works exactly 100 per cent of the time. Look… Sunshine Coast Daily: Woman fights local council over fine after…
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This is what happens when you buy a cake from a complete stranger off Facebook in an alley behind Wilkos
A general rule of thumb: If you buy a novelty birthday cake from somebody off Facebook in an alley behind Wilkos, you probably deserve what happens next. This woman bought a novelty birthday cake from somebody off Facebook in an alley behind Wilkos, and has learned the hard way. She also paid them fifty pounds…
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A new twist to parking rip-offs: Fined for the time BEFORE you bought a ticket
Car park operators are devious bastards. Park your car for one nano-second longer than what you’ve paid for – BLAMMO – there’s a bill for £100 on your doormat before you even get home from the shops. Now – it appears – they’ve found a new tactic and it stretches the very laws of space…
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Oh New Zealand, you had me at “Playground Poo War”
It’s no longer kicking off in New Zealand where local school kids have won their battle to stop members of the public from crapping in their school playground. Wait… what?! “Children petitioned the Central Otago District Council in 2016 to help fund a toilet to stop members of the public doing their business in their…
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Source of the Sittingbourne Stench is revealed, but it’s OK they’re going to build houses on top of it
It’s a given that any story featuring an angry person holding their nose is a shoe-in to be featured on this site. And here is a man from Sittingbourne in Kent who is a) holding his nose and b) looking at the camera in a slightly self-conscious manner because he feels a little bit of…
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FUMMIN couple’s new build home comes with a drive that’s too narrow for a standard-sized car
When you buy a new home, you except it to be built with a few minimum standards. Doors that fit. Roof doesn’t leak. Not built on an old, cursed, Indian burial ground. And now there’s… Birmingham Mail: Couple find their new home comes with a drive that’s too narrow for their Ford Fiesta The culprits here are…
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Portsmouth woman discovers the customer service at The Range isn’t that good
Woman buys chair. Woman sits on chair. Chair collapses. Shop where she bought table and chair set for £600 tells her to do one. Portsmouth News: Value household store The Range tells woman told she won’t get refund for broken chair because it’s out of warranty despite it being a manufacturer’s fault Now, we quite like…
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Council goes to war with old guy who built a set of steps that are not a death trap at all
Another rule of Angry People in Local Newspapers: Never try to do a job that is usually done by the council. They don’t like it, especially if you bring the job home $64,500 under quote. CTV News: Retiree builds steps down to local park for $500 after council says they might get round to doing the…