Rubbish Protest Placards anger
"Careful now!"
"Down with this sort of thing!"
Spotter's Badge: Sarah
Celebrating excellence in the field of local newspaper photography
Blackpool Gazette: Council may install mesh barriers as bus shelters vandalised
Despite this being a red rag to a bull, only one commentard calls for beating the vandals to death.
Bournemouth Echo: Churchgoers want suspended prisest's return
Yeah, I know what you're thinking, and it's not that. He's being accused of doing a "Father Ted"
Billericay Gazette: Councillors furious as vandals flatten flowers
"I'd flatten her garden" (If, for example, she was plagued by mole hills)
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 12:00 pm 0 comments
Labels: angry emergency workers, Blackpool Gazette
Bournemouth Echo: Woman, 69, gets hand on huge plant
Nominations for Local Press Photo of the Year now closed. WE HAVE A WINNER
Blackpool Gazette: Man's anger at overgrown footpath
A Study in "Do It Yourself"
Manchester Evening News: Market traders fight plans for giant new leisure centre
I wouldn't spend my leisure time with her
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Melton News: Fury as sailing club forced to close
I wouldn't splice her mainbrace
Spotter's Badge: Nick
Portsmouth News: Residents complain at lack of phone lines
...and pretend that none of them have a mobile
Spotter's Badge: Jon
Cambridge News: 'Nightmare' as family gets stuck in lift
That is some impressive facial hair, sir.
Spotter's Badge: Al, James
Vancouver Sun: Woman still paying rental for 50-year-old phone
And she's still got payments outstanding for two tin cans and a length of string
Also, Dom Joly wants his MASSIVE phone back.
Spotter's Badge: Jennifer
Yorkshire Evening Post: Anger over plans to axe free Sunday parking
"I'd pay to park my vehicle" (No, really, I'm a law-abiding citizen)
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Lancashire Telegraph: Fury as homes left without electricity for two days
It's not until you reach the bottom of the story that you get to the telling words "illegally connected to the network". Whoops!
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Hull Daily Mail: Licensing glitch means pub loses out on thousands in trade
If only there was some sort of "landlord" at the pub who knew when his licence expired....
Spotter's Badge: L0wey
Crawley Observer: Man unhappy with state of speed bumps
TEXTBOOK POINTING
Spotter's Badge: Skuds
Hartlepool Mail: Ghostbusters brought in over haunted social club
"One committee member even reported having his belt buckle removed while he was alone upstairs."
That's his excuse, and he's sticking to it.
Spotter's Badge: Stevens
Cambridge News: Angry bloke confused as old street lights not taken away
Those are the kiddie pole dance poles the council are leaving for the kiddiewinks.
Spotter's Badge: Al
Geelong Advertiser: Readers 'have had enough of pothole epidemic'
For the second time today: "I'd fill her holes" (So that she doesn't damage her car)
Reading Evening Post: Driver in stand-off with council over ticket for parking on the pavement
Jury's out. He could actually own the land, in which the Council can bugger right off.
Blackpool Gazette: Hole lot of danger as pavement crumbles
"I'd fill her hole" (With a large quantity of concrete)
Get Bracknell: Mum backs down over play equipment in communal garden
You know, I think Sinbad out of Brookside's a bit old for swings
Cambrian News: Man finds worm in carton of juice
At least it wasn't half a worm. Or a dog's penis
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Sussex Courier: Residents face being booted out of rather swish shletered accomodation
"A decision will be made in October after consultation responses have been considered, ignored, and a property developer arrives with one of those huge cheques you only ever see held up during Children In Need"
For legal reasons, I should point out that this scenario WILL NOT happen
Mansfield Chad: Wanted: Man who has had accident with dot-matrix printer
Don't have nightmares
Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Councillor on crusade to spray paint dog crap with graffiti
One from the Not Fully Thought Through Department
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:40 am 1 comments
Labels: angry councillors, Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Portsmouth News: Anger as bunting taken down before people have stopped being happy
It's got to come down. The Christmas decorations are already a month behind schedule
Spotter's Badge: Jon
Blackpool Gazette: Dismay over 'despicable' attack on community group's minibus
I'd smash her back doors in (Just to make sure the criminals aren't planning a further surprise attack)
Reading Evening Post: Council - for some reason - to stump up as vandals wreck wall belonging to church
Love the fact that's there's always somebody in the comments for articles like this calling for a return to medieval standards. How about a bit of hand-chopping for thieves, too
Portsmouth News: Supermarket refuses to accept £100 payment in £2 coins
I'd giver her some small change. No... wait...
Spotter's Badge: Jon
Mornington Peninsula Leader: Residents demand posties deliver parcels to their homes
Rare sighting of C-3PO and R2-D2 out of costume
Reading Evening Post: Man's plea for bigger flat after baby arrives
In which a bit of research on Facebook by one of the commenters finds that the gentlemen's existence isn't [allegedly] quite as desperate as he makes out. Whoops-a-daisy!
This is Total Essex: People release e-fit in search for sex offender
They shouldn't have any trouble catching this guy - he looks EXACTLY like the Essex Police badge
Don't have nightmares
Sussex Courier: Clipboard enthusiast claims supermarket trollies ARE DEATH ON WHEELS
No, they're not.
Spotter's Badge: Skuds
Bournemouth Echo: Fury as roadworks bring chaos to village shops and pubs
The old "No, I haven't crapped myself, I'm slightly too tall to lean against this barrier" crouch
Oxford Mail: Council accused of not thinking of the kiddiewinks as friends split up by age limit
Come on, THE KIDS, stick it to THE MAN
Reading Evening Post: Taxi drivers mistakenly fined for driving in bus lane
SNEAKY MIDDLE FINGER KLAXON
Lancashire Telegraph: Bacup businessman hits out at ban on roller shutters
You could say that the council has - oh-ho! - his "Bacup" against the wall.
I'll get me coat.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Portsmouth News: Bride left in lurch hopes to get dress back as shop closes
Honestly, bridal shops have a shorter half-life than double glazing businesses these days
Spotter's Badge: Jon
Essex Echo: Park 'blighted' by dangerous litter
"I'd show her my junk" (Before discussing responsible ways of disposing of it at a local rubbish tip)
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Crawley News: Pensioners 'taking law into own hands' over people cycling on footpaths
BEHIND YOU
Spotter's Badge: Skuds
Coventry Telegraph: Woman threatened with legal action over 'Fifty Shades' parties
It's not until you reach the ninth paragraph that we get to the nitty-gritty (not sexy slang)
Spotter's Badge: Rob, Gary
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 9:17 am 6 comments
Labels: angry aussies, Best of APILN, Logan West Leader
Kent Online: Workman discovers that residents of posh Kent village are the most enormous bell-ends
That's Chestfield in Kent. Bell-ends.
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