Bolton News: Man told to remove yucca plant from emergency stairwell because of health and safety concerns
Also, it's pot-bound, mate. Put it in a bigger pot.
Spotter's Badge: Karen, Antony
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Bin fire anger
Llanelli Star: Appeal to turn in local arsonists
I'm not entirely sure if she's sitting down or not
Spotter's Badge: Rob
I'm not entirely sure if she's sitting down or not
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Don't mess with my shop anger
Derby Telegraph: Shopkeep fed up of being robbed
Don't worry pal, the minute you clock someone round the head with that, being robbed will be the least of your problems.
Spotter's Badge: Jon
Don't worry pal, the minute you clock someone round the head with that, being robbed will be the least of your problems.
Spotter's Badge: Jon
Saturday, August 30, 2014
From the archives: Porno crossword clue anger
Basingstoke Gazette: Pensioner who looked up "Asian ass" on the internet is shocked - SHOCKED - to find plenty of Asian ass
Good thing he wasn't looking for wrinkled old beaver. Story comes complete with a "think of the kiddiewinks" plea.
Good thing he wasn't looking for wrinkled old beaver. Story comes complete with a "think of the kiddiewinks" plea.
Festival anger
Essex Chronicle: Councillors say they've been 'gagged' over V Festival
No loss of dignity there, at all.
Spotter's Badge: Barry
No loss of dignity there, at all.
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Mystery axeman anger
Lancashire Telegraph: Maniac chopping chunks out of trees
Top crouching skills, those councillors. I'd vote for you.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Top crouching skills, those councillors. I'd vote for you.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Friday, August 29, 2014
Charity Bins Anger
Who knows what horrors he has seen?
Spotter's Badge: Meredith
Noisy supermarket anger
Crawley News: Man kept awake at night by delivery vans
He's - oh-ho! - a LIDL bit annoyed!!!!1111
Spotter's Badge: Rob
He's - oh-ho! - a LIDL bit annoyed!!!!1111
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Shoebury flood plain anger
Essex Echo: Flood plain 'won't cope' with new housing estate
One of our favourite Shoebury sea wall campaigners shot without props or badly-written signs. It's a sign of the apocalypse, I'm telling you
Spotter's Badge: Barry
One of our favourite Shoebury sea wall campaigners shot without props or badly-written signs. It's a sign of the apocalypse, I'm telling you
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Chicken sandwich anger
Your Local Guardian: Minor dispute over a packed lunch spins out of control as Britain First stick their oar in
And here are Britain First:
Yep - Last Of The Summer Wine cosplay.
Spotter's Badge: Christina
And here are Britain First:
Yep - Last Of The Summer Wine cosplay.
Spotter's Badge: Christina
Fly-tipping anger
Essex Echo: Residents fed up with fly-tipping
Not to worry - the fiends have left a clue on the right there
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Not to worry - the fiends have left a clue on the right there
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Wind farm anger
Eastern Daily Press: Wind farm injunction bars fishermen from working
Blimey, One Direction have let themselves go
Spotter's Badge: Dave, Mandy
Blimey, One Direction have let themselves go
Spotter's Badge: Dave, Mandy
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Shoddy play equipment anger
Cambridge News: Mums convinced £350,000 play equipment not as good as the stuff kids on the other side of the city got
Bloody hell - we got a patch of concrete and were pleased to get that.
Spotter's Badge: James, Andrew
Bloody hell - we got a patch of concrete and were pleased to get that.
Spotter's Badge: James, Andrew
Bus timetable anger
Portsmouth News: People upset by new bus timetable
One of life's great constants - people will always be inconvenienced by new bus timetables
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
One of life's great constants - people will always be inconvenienced by new bus timetables
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
Baden Powell anger
Brentwood Gazette: Potholes "bringing down house prices"
Brentwood Gazette: Immigrants "forcing government to build on green belt"
Good grief.
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Brentwood Gazette: Immigrants "forcing government to build on green belt"
Good grief.
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Japanese knotweed anger
Aldershot News and Mail: Why isn't the council doing something about these weeds?
FAIL: You should have made the kid pose with a box of poison
FAIL: You should have made the kid pose with a box of poison
Mouse in the house anger
Grimsby Telegraph: Why won't the council do anything about the mice in my home?
"Here kids - hold this box of poison for the camera"
"Here kids - hold this box of poison for the camera"
One-way street anger
Devizes Gazette and Herald: Shopkeep fed up with drivers ignoring no entry sign
And the winning comment is: "oh and why the aggressive pose in the picture? I certainly won't use his shop in future, just in case he decideds to punch me."
Spotter's Badge: Stephen
And the winning comment is: "oh and why the aggressive pose in the picture? I certainly won't use his shop in future, just in case he decideds to punch me."
Spotter's Badge: Stephen
Monday, August 25, 2014
Even more potholes anger
Bucks Free Press: B&B owner stops paying his council tax over potholes in roads
Good luck with that, chum
Also, the headline says he is "taking a stand", when he is clearly lying down.
Good luck with that, chum
Also, the headline says he is "taking a stand", when he is clearly lying down.
Parking scheme anger
Portsmouth News: Locals upset over council scrapping parking scheme
Moody lighting, makes it look like a zombie invasion.
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
Moody lighting, makes it look like a zombie invasion.
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
Crime hot-spot anger
Bolton News: Residents want crime alleyway gated off
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be certain
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be certain
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Sunday, August 24, 2014
They smashed my bollards anger
Braintree and Witham Times: Home-made concrete barrier destroyed as man fears he'll be killed TO DEATH by speeding drivers
Give yourself a spotter's badge if you think you've seen this chap before. He was in the same paper last year, only with a shoe-string tie instead of the peaked chapeau.
Spotter's Badge: The Count
Give yourself a spotter's badge if you think you've seen this chap before. He was in the same paper last year, only with a shoe-string tie instead of the peaked chapeau.
Spotter's Badge: The Count
New pavement anger
Eastern Daily Press: Man objects to council's refurb of "perfectly alright" pavements
Many, many crimes against fashion going on here.
Spotter's Badge: Dave
Many, many crimes against fashion going on here.
Spotter's Badge: Dave
Unfinished road anger
Lancashire Telegraph: Developers clear off without finishing the job. Seven years ago
Time to roll out the patent "Ooh, unlucky"
Ooh, unlucky.
Spotter.s Badge: Karen
Time to roll out the patent "Ooh, unlucky"
Ooh, unlucky.
Spotter.s Badge: Karen
Litter problem anger
Dorset Echo: Weymouth up to its waste in litter, says councillor who has the collage to prove it
Good effort, but it will never, ever beat this couple's determined effort to catalogue the many, many types of dog turds they have encountered.
Spotter's Badge: Christina
Good effort, but it will never, ever beat this couple's determined effort to catalogue the many, many types of dog turds they have encountered.
Spotter's Badge: Christina
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Shed charge anger
Camden New Journal: Residents furious at plans to charge rent on their sheds
They're not sheds - you're in London, so they're compact studio apartments.
Spotter's Badge: Michael
They're not sheds - you're in London, so they're compact studio apartments.
Spotter's Badge: Michael
French letter not-angry-at-all
Lancashire Telegraph: Widow delighted to receive condoms through her letter box*
*Not sexy slang
Spotter's Badge: Chris
*Not sexy slang
Spotter's Badge: Chris
Different kind of phone mast anger
Macclesfield Express: Anger as phone mast is switched off
But on the bright side, it's probably saving you from cancer, he said trolling
Spotter's Badge: Chris
But on the bright side, it's probably saving you from cancer, he said trolling
Spotter's Badge: Chris
Cherry tree anger
Nottingham Post: Couple wait three years for council to trim tree outside their house
"If anything, it's just got BIGGER"
Spotter's Badge: Jon
"If anything, it's just got BIGGER"
Spotter's Badge: Jon
Friday, August 22, 2014
Flag double bill anger
Accrington Observer: Old soldier furious at order to take down flags
Bolton News: Bloke furious at order to remove flag pole
It's OK, Facebook says it's fine.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Bolton News: Bloke furious at order to remove flag pole
It's OK, Facebook says it's fine.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Stolen CCTV camera anger
Brentwood Gazette: Fly-tippers steal CCTV camera installed to deter fly-tippers
It's the circle of life, Essex style.
Spotter's Badge: Barry
It's the circle of life, Essex style.
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Playground vandalism anger
Accrington Observer: Councillors hacked off over local yobs
Never mind the oiks, is that a trace of a mullet?
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Never mind the oiks, is that a trace of a mullet?
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Ruined honeymoon anger
Manchester Evening News: Couple's romantic break UTTERLY WRECKED by scary landing at Manchester Airport
And they get more than a bumpy ride in the comments, too.
Spotter's Badge: Ben, Ian, Tom, Sean, Kate, Russell, Chris, Charlotte, Billy, Everybody
And they get more than a bumpy ride in the comments, too.
Spotter's Badge: Ben, Ian, Tom, Sean, Kate, Russell, Chris, Charlotte, Billy, Everybody
More fly-tipping anger
Shropshire Star: Runners, dog upset by dumped rubbish
Never mind that, some of these people are the same colour as the angry dog
Spotter's Badge: Len
Never mind that, some of these people are the same colour as the angry dog
Spotter's Badge: Len
Quaker Meeting House anger
Lancashire Telegraph: Quakers' Meeting House fenced off due to anti-social behaviour
Yeah, keep those pacifist bastards locked in before they strike again. Oh... right.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Yeah, keep those pacifist bastards locked in before they strike again. Oh... right.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Stolen bike anger
Dorset Echo: Boy's birthday bike stolen
One of the regular tropes on this site, this one's unusual in the fact that it doesn't have a follow-up "Kind readers have dug deep..." story. Times must be hard in Dorset.
One of the regular tropes on this site, this one's unusual in the fact that it doesn't have a follow-up "Kind readers have dug deep..." story. Times must be hard in Dorset.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Troublesome tree anger
Stroud Journal: Man wants tree cut down
Blimey - Bill Oddie's let himself go.
Spotter's Badge: Louise
Blimey - Bill Oddie's let himself go.
Spotter's Badge: Louise
Job rejection anger
Swindon Advertiser: Bomb disposal expert confused by job rejection
Yeah F*** the police!*
Spotter's Badge: Chalos
* Don't F*** the police, they're alright
Yeah F*** the police!*
Spotter's Badge: Chalos
* Don't F*** the police, they're alright
Blocked drains anger
Essex Echo: Drains still blocked nearly two weeks after The Great Canvey Floods
I've been to Canvey. This is what passes for fun there.
Spotter's Badge: Barry
I've been to Canvey. This is what passes for fun there.
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Street light anger
Bexley News Shopper: Woman, 92, being kept awake at night by new street light
You know - they'll actually fit a deflector to the light to stop that happening if you ask the council. The News Desk at your local newspaper is unable to do this.
Spotter's Badge: Neil
You know - they'll actually fit a deflector to the light to stop that happening if you ask the council. The News Desk at your local newspaper is unable to do this.
Spotter's Badge: Neil
Kitchen ceiling anger
Bolton News: Man waits for months for council to come and fix his ceiling
If only he had something on the end of his arms that might do the job in the mean time.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
If only he had something on the end of his arms that might do the job in the mean time.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Bad smell anger
Grimsby Telegraph: Bad smell lingers over Grimsby
In a town well known for its fishing industry, it must be REALLY awful for people to notice
Also, lovely sky.
Spotter's Badge: Susie
In a town well known for its fishing industry, it must be REALLY awful for people to notice
Also, lovely sky.
Spotter's Badge: Susie
Monday, August 18, 2014
Shopping centre ban anger
Hinckley Times: Mobility scooter ladies banned from shopping centre in row over kitchen roll
"It's ruined our lives," they say.
Their lives. Ruined. Think about that, you shopping centre curs.
"It's ruined our lives," they say.
Their lives. Ruined. Think about that, you shopping centre curs.
MP in a hole anger
Coventry Telegraph: Campaign against building plans
Either their MP (front centre) is standing in a hole, or he is very, very short
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Either their MP (front centre) is standing in a hole, or he is very, very short
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Multi-lingual anger
Leicester Mercury: Traders on Leicester's Golden Mile upset by roadworks
And it's still better than the Blackpool Golden Mile
Spotter's Badge: Ross
And it's still better than the Blackpool Golden Mile
Spotter's Badge: Ross