Burst pipes anger

Reading Evening Post: Burst pipes devastate woman's home for second time
Don't worry everybody - Batman's here!
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Reading Evening Post: Burst pipes devastate woman's home for second time
Don't worry everybody - Batman's here!

Leicester Mercury: Residents oppose plans to demolish tatty old pub and build Co-op store which will create 25 new jobs
Let's see, shall we?
"The opposition has been co-ordinated by shop owner Tim Payne, who runs the nearby Premier Convenience store"
Right.
Spotter's Badge: Nick

Edinburgh Evening News: Inept council staff remove man's bathroom while goes away from the weekend
"They’ve put the toilet back now as it was classed as an emergency job."
Heh. He said "Job".
Spotter's Badge: Caroline

Reading Evening Post: Idiots fall for the old 'bargain electrical goods' auction con
*Facepalm*

Wolverhampton Express and Star: Fury as thieves make off with metal chains from park
Glad they've got Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the case.
"Make it so! Tea Earl Grey Hot! Something something naked Dr Crusher something!"
Spotter's Badge: Marie
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Essex Echo: Local regeneration project stalls over something something something
And, for the first time, the photographer manages to get himself onto this site
Spotter's Badge: Barry

Leicester Mercury: Anger as council plans to introduce charge for public toilets
Leicester citizens! Due to an anicient by-law, you are allowed to relieve yourself - free of charge - in the council chamber during council meetings
Spotter's Badge: Nick

Ipswich Star: Kids vow awful revenge over milk thefts
With a picture of no milk
Spotter's Badge: Charlie

Queensland Police Service: Police seek suspect for bank robbery
Worst Blues Brothers tribute EVER
Don't have nightmares
Spotter's Badge: Steve

Yorkshire Evening Post: Woman's dismay at £112,000 car insurance quote
I'd offer her reasonable cover for whiplash
Spotter's Badge: Paul

Brentwood Gazette: Residents angry as tree roots damage homes
And not, somehow, that fearful gaze
Spotter's Badge: Barry

Leicester Mercury: Kids 'at risk' as council axes free bus service
*Scans comments for "I don't use it, so why should I - the council tax payer - foot the bill" comment*
Yeah, Bingo
Spotter's Badge: Nick

Hackney Gazette: Travellers protest against new series of Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Right behind you, on account of it being crap
Spotter's Badge: Richard


Brighton Argus: I've read the story, and somebody's getting upset about the width of bike lanes
Perfect "Done a Poo" posing
Spotter's Badge: Skuds

Bexley News Shopper: Pensioner claims faulty cooker is causing kitchen to melt
Good grief, that's the youngest looking pensioner I've ever seen

Hastings Observer: Fury as woman breaks ankle slipping in dog poop
Yeah, Injured Ankle Webmaster feels your pain.
Spotter's Badge: Laura

Middlesbrough Gazette: Angry bloke describes how car demolishes home
Define "Lucky escape"
Spotter's Badge: Charlotte

Norwich Evening News: Woman angry after family has three bikes stolen in four months
Locks, right?
Spotter's Badge: Dave

Nottingham Post: Battle to save popular footpath from use as tram line
What they need is a monorail. MONORAIL!
Come to think of it...
Spotter's Badge: Matthew

Essex Echo: Fed up passenger sticks it to The Man by setting up Facebook page
Yeah, good luck with that
Spotter's Badge: Barry

Brooklyn Daily: Litterbugs turn Bergen Beach into garbage dump
A rare foray into US newspaper anger, a country where they tend to skip the angry glare and go straight for gunplay

Gympie Times: Dog furious as plans for canine park fall foul of bureaucracy
"It's political correctness gone mad," Fido growled
Spotter's Badge: Cam

Edinburgh Evening News: People who live near railway angry at noise coming from trains
Quality arm-folding
Spotter's Badge: Caroline

Portsmouth News: Woman's car towed away after error showed she was not on insurance database
"I'd put her on a private database"
Spotter's Badge: Jon, Bryony

Reading Evening Post: Damp in house is putting the health of my six children at risk, says pointy man, pointing at damp
I know once place he could stick a cork
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Manchester Evening News: Police search for man who mugged 14-year-old girl
Loving that whole "Medievel Serf" look
Don't have nightmares

Edinburgh Evening News: Anger as football pitches ripped up by mistake
I've played on far worse than that
Spotter's Badge: Caroline

Portadown Times: Fury as litter louts leave mess in town car parks
Pick it up then, you nerk

Manchester Evening News: Breast implant women protest outside Manchester clinic
Nice ear muffs
Spotter's Badge: Maria

Driffield Today: Parents furious after children given bricks to play with
How do you think Bob the Builder started out, eh?
Spotter's Badge: Erik

Birmingham Mail: Anger as sex slave girl found in brothel
Now, I wouldn't normally run this story because of the subject matter. But then, I realised the immense photoshop job done on Supernun by the Mail. Above you see her outside a knocking shop. But where - you ask - was the original pose taken? Why, in a church!
+1,000,000 points
Spotter's Badge: Martyn

Hythe Herald: Drain cover thefts 'could put lives at risk'
Also stolen: The lower part of her left leg. Despite this evidence, she is not called "Eileen"
Spotter's Badge: Tony

Nottingham Post: Man's concerns after pet dogs rescued from 20-foot hole in park
Wow. Our local park never had a hole.
Spotter's Badge: David

Kent Online: Police seek elderly park flasher
It's the giant floating head of Eric Sykes*
* Who is not actually Eric Sykes
Don't have nightmares

Eastern Daily Press: Passengers upset after bus service changes its route
Our spotter says: I've scanned the photo in the print edition which is larger (and scarier) than the one from the "E" edition. "Face like the back of a bus" - you decide...
Spotter's Badge: Dave

Hunts Post: Driver claims petrol station mix-up left him with wrong fuel in van
It's pump five at Tesco in Wisbech. Avoid, if you are mad.
Spotter's Badge: Studley

Dover Express: Former street sweeper angry over state of Dover's roads since he gave up the broom
On the bright side: Sandals WITHOUT socks
Spotter's Badge: Tony

Dunfermline Press: Woman angry, bowks rich brown vomit after finding tooth inside meat pie
Mmm... Poundland pies... Meat from at least one named animal
Spotter's Badge: Shauna

Derby Telegraph: Family shocked as living room floor collapses
...swallowing up the lower part of her legs
Spotter's Badge: @L0wey

Barnet Times: Residents furious as planning application waved through despite objections
And the trend toward angry fist-shaking in local newspapers continues apace. Don't think we haven't noticed.
Spotter's Badge: Kat
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Hull Daily Mail: Mum says she hasn't been able to work at all as she's on the phone ALL THE TIME to the council about her leaky ceiling
I'd just be unhappy having to live in Hull
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Sheffield Star: Traders ask for council help in 'forgotten' city centre road
Not sure if that's crossed-arm anger, or if they're all freezing cold. Grim up North.
Spotter's Badge: Maggi

Yorkshire Evening Post: Leeds City centre smell investiagated
Don't know if this is a stock picture or deliberately posed, but this is Weapons Grade Genius
Spotter's Badge: Paul
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Bournemouth Echo: Driver gets £25 parking fine despite ticket machines being out of order
Angry? He's SEETHING!

Cambridge News: Councillors says pavement will be reduced to just 18 inches if loading bay is approved
I'd give her something to measure etc
Spotter's Badges: Steve, Jack

Edinburgh Evening News: Residents angry over plans to build on greenbelt land
"Heathcliff, it's me, it's Cathy, I've come home now"
Spotter's Badge: Caroline

Yorkshire Evening Post: Hole-in-the-wall burglars break into charity shop, steal biscuits
"I'd crawl in through her massive hole"
Spotter's Badge: Yasmin
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