Railway link anger
Get Surrey: Residents 'sold down the river' over railway link
I'd "sell her" down the "river".
Spotter's Badge: Mark
Celebrating excellence in the field of local newspaper photography
Get Surrey: Residents 'sold down the river' over railway link
I'd "sell her" down the "river".
Spotter's Badge: Mark
East Anglia Daily Times: Police hunt knife intruder
Come on Cameron, hand yourself in.
Don't have nightmares.
Bournemouth Echo: Man's compensation for HOLIDAY HELL is outsized voucher for another holiday. Vexed.
He looks a bit tense. What he needs is a nice holiday.
Oh .
Oxford Mail: Jeremy Clarkson entirely to blame as Reliant Robin is tipped over
Nice to see him dress to match his car.
Spotter's Badge: Suzanne
Mandurah Coastal Times: Boy knocked out in brick attack
Have you seen this brick? If you have, call the police.
Don't have nightmares.
Spotter's badge: Kim
Reading Evening Post: Mum's plea to get rid of bedbug infestation
"I'd roll her in raw alcohol and run away screaming"
Ipswich Evening Star: Mum hits out over thefts from garden
[Insert sexist comment here]
Spotter's Badge: Simon
Edinburgh News: Campaign to keep school lollipop lady
They can't wait to get rid of her. She can't wait to leave.
Spotter's Badge: Caroline
Somewhere in Australia Guardian Express: Safety concerns as road crossing is scrapped
I'd 'scrap' her 'lollipop lady'
Spotter's Badge: Kim
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:40 am 1 comments
Labels: Angry MILFs, Somewhere in Australia Guardian Express
South West Register: Residents angry after builders mess up street
"I'd mess up her street. Actually, I wouldn't."
Spotter's Badge: Mark
Watford Observer: Area man fumes over errant yellow lines
"Done a poo"
Spotter's Badge: TRT
This is Lincolnshire: Petition is handed in over playground closure
Rule Number One Of Playground Design: Don't built it on a steep slope
Spotter's Badge: Mark
York Press: Landlady's anger as pig's head found in pub
"I'd leave my foul-smelling pork in her box"
Reading Evening Post: Daughter's anger as father's grave left to crumble
Random Young Ones quote:
"Do you dig graves?"
"Yeah, they're alright"
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:40 am 0 comments
Labels: angry people pointing, Reading Evening Post
Reading Evening Post: Mother finds kids in car does not make it immune from clampers
"Fff fff ffff!" says the kid. "Fff fff FFFFFffff!"
Spotter's Badge: Visionthing64
Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Councillor still furious over holes in road
"Done a poo"
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 8:00 am 1 comments
Labels: angry councillors, Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Blackpool Gazette: Householders - oh-ho! - driven round the bend by yellow lines
"And then we'll paint some yellow lines right down the middle of the street. That'll be good for a laugh"
Reading Evening Post: Woman scared to use her stairs after collapse
I turned to a regular contributor for help on this one. So:
"You can sit on my riser any day, love!"
"I'd get her upstairs."
"I'd give her a lift."
"Stair-scare mum demands house" & "I'd give her one."
"Top totty teeters and tumbles on tricky treads."
"I'd show her a stairway to heaven."
"You can wrap your hand round my balustrade any day!"
Spotter's Badge and Gold Star: TRT
Edinburgh News: Man waits five years for someone else to come in and repair stinking flat
Classic nose-holding. Well done.
Spotter's Badge: Caroline
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:21 pm 1 comments
Labels: angry people holding their nose, Edinburgh News
Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Taxi drivers fed up of rogue minicabs stealing their trade
Nothing - NOTHING - says 'Fed Up' like an angry taxi driver
FACT! All taxis and private hire cars come with their radios fixed to TalkSPORT, which explains a lot.
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 8:00 am 1 comments
Labels: angry taxi drivers, Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Edinburgh News: Couple in dramatic rooftop rescue from fire
And what better way to illustrate this than to make them go up on the roof AGAIN?
Spotter's Badge: Caroline
Oxford Mail: Couple lose thousands as currency exchange company goes under
"At least we've still got my 80s hairdo"
Spotter's Badge: Suzanne
Manchester Evening News: Baying mob ensures that plans for couples club set to fail
Heaven forbid that people actually enjoy themselves
Spotter's Badge: Clarrie
Watford Observer: Bomb hoax wrecks 80s night at pub
Even though there's nothing more 80s than an IRA pub bombing
Spotter's Badge: TRT
Oxford Mail: Fears for future of local sport
"I'd bounce up and down on her"
Spotter's Badge: Suzanne
This is South Devon: Woman sues council as 'unsightly' wheelie bins 'devalue property'
I'd 'devalue' her 'front garden'
Spotter's Badge: Rhys
Manchester Evening News: Mum to sue over HOLIDAY HELL
I'd sue over those eyebrows, love
Spotter's Badge: Maria
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:50 am 1 comments
Labels: angry holidaymakers, Manchester Evening News
Dorset Echo: Local traders demand public meeting, free money over road works
Jeez - just give him the cash already
Gateshead Gazette: HOLIDAY HELL couple tell of HOLIDAY HELL
"Then Ryanair charged us a £50 plane-being-late surcharge. Each."
Edinburgh News: Residents consider lynch mob as neighbour stiffs them all for a council tax rise
Classic - CLASSIC - letter-holding anger
And possibly the first news item to be nominated for these pages through its own comments thread
Spotter's Badge: Caroline, Heather
Reading Evening Post: Mr Wolff in the dog house after thief makes off with family photos
...and it only took 10 days to notice the theft. In a Mini. We'd give him one of our Spotter's Badges, but he'd only lose it.
Southampton Daily Echo: Motorist given £1,500 car parking fine
Don't worry clampers! Once you've all been banned, you can move back into the recently de-regulated door security business.
Wigan Today: Anger over flooding as repairs are delayed
Floodwater? You are, sir, having a giraffe.
Edinburgh News: Polish immigrants sick of racist attacks
"They wrote "Polish *****!" on the side of our tent with mayonnaise sauce, basically leaving our only shelter uninhabitable."
Spotter's Badge: Caroline
Waltham Forest Guardian: Parents campaign against playground dog mess
"I'd play with her puppies"
Glasgow Evening Times: Celebrity chef urges council to fill potholes
Glasgow, you disappoint me. He was standing in the middle of the road, for the love of God...
Bournemouth Echo: Family runs to the press after benefits cut, forced to eat daughter's pony
And such as shame they switched off the comments - they were the dictionary definition of "complete and utter shoeing".
Edinburgh News: Shop owner claims water splashed from pothole is wrecking his trade
No water. Invisible pothole. Next.
Spotter's Badge: Caroline
Grimsby Telegraph: Villagers upset as council refuses to pay for Christmas tree
Is it me or are the Angry People At Christmas stories getting earlier every year?
Oxford Mail: Tory councillor leaves little present behind bins as two-weekly collections rolled out
Big Society? Big Job Society, more like
Spotter's Badge: Suzanne
Lancashire Telegraph: Dead dog found in park pond in Accrington
I'd be upset, too. There's good eating gone to waste.
Bloke on the right doesn't seem too pissed off, to be honest.
Spotter's Badge: Ian
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:50 am 2 comments
Labels: angry people pointing, Lancashire Telegraph
Reading Evening Post: Grandmother 'degraded and neglected' over bathroom
I'd lock her in her bathroom and run away (not sexy slang)
Bournemouth Echo: Nurse's bike stolen as she worked a night shift
I'd steal her "bike" on a "night shift"
Dorset Echo: Pet shop owner's 'road rage' as traffic works delay deliveries
"I'd fill her bin with my wild bird seed"
This is Cornwall: Trip of a lifetime becomes HOLIDAY HELL
Standard crowd scene hugely improved by angry kid in foreground
Yellow Advertiser: Fury as vandals torch local playground
I dunno - that's the sort of mind-bending danger I would have appreciated as a kid
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:50 am 2 comments
Labels: angry people pointing, Romford Yellow Advertiser
Brighton Argus: Brighton residents pick up French TV
Bouf!
Spotter's Badge: Luke, William
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