Patrick McCrystal got a shock when he came back to his car and discovered he had a parking ticket after double yellow lines were painted under his vehicle. The 49 year old, who regularly parked his car in between two sets of yellow lines got a £70 fine and to make matters worse had yellow [...]
A Californian man suspected of drink driving evaded police by jumping in the sea and swimming off only for his passenger, who was still in the car to give police his details. The 28 year old man, who has not been named, was pulled over in Pacific Beach at around 2:30am and proceeded to jump [...]
Patrick McCrystal got a shock when he came back to his car and discovered he had a parking ticket after double yellow lines were painted under his vehicle. The 49 year old, who regularly parked his car in between two sets of yellow lines got a £70 fine and to make matters worse had yellow [...]
Indonesian Rail officials unveiled their latest campaign to try and stamp out train surfing passengers, concrete balls suspended from custom made bridges. Train surfers, also known as Atappers or Roofers are usually fare dodgers or thrill seekers looking to escape the over populated carriages. A spokesperson for the rail company told the press, “We’ve tried [...]
HM Revenue & Customs has admitted that thousands of tax payment reminder letters were not sent out after it ran out of paper. The HMRC was due to send out millions of reminder letters to those who owed money by the end of July, but thousands of people still have not received their letters after [...]
A marathon runner has had his medal taken away from him after it emerged that he caught a bus in the middle of the run. Rob Sloan, who came third in the Kielder Marathon initially denied cheating, but then admitted to catching a bus at the 20 mile mark before re-joining the run in the [...]
Indonesian Rail officials unveiled their latest campaign to try and stamp out train surfing passengers, concrete balls suspended from custom made bridges. Train surfers, also known as Atappers or Roofers are usually fare dodgers or thrill seekers looking to escape the over populated carriages. A spokesperson for the rail company told the press, “We’ve tried [...]
An 85 year old woman is in critical condition in Buenos Aires after being hit by a falling cat after it was thrown from an apartment block. It turns out that the cat was thrown from a fourth floor apartment when a married couple has a blazing row and hit the elderly woman on the [...]
Patrick McCrystal got a shock when he came back to his car and discovered he had a parking ticket after double yellow lines were painted under his vehicle. The 49 year old, who regularly parked his car in between two sets of yellow lines got a £70 fine and to make matters worse had yellow [...]
A Californian man suspected of drink driving evaded police by jumping in the sea and swimming off only for his passenger, who was still in the car to give police his details. The 28 year old man, who has not been named, was pulled over in Pacific Beach at around 2:30am and proceeded to jump [...]
A Canadian man called Martin Reisch has told the press that he managed to cross the Canada/US border after he forgot his passport by showing the officials a scanned version on his iPad. Mr Reisch, who was travelling to Vermont from Montreal noticed he had left his passport at home just before the border crossing. [...]
A Swedish woman got a nice surprise after finding her wedding ring she lost 16 years ago growing on a carrot in her garden. Lena Paulson had taken the ring off when she was baking Christmas treats with her daughters in 1995 and had been lost ever since. Mrs Paahlsson looked everywhere for the ring, [...]
A set of double yellow lines in Norwich has created a bit of a stir after residents complained that it was a waste of money. The double yellow lines measure just 17 inches and are believed to be the shortest in the UK. One local resident told the press, “You would have to park a [...]
LocalTraders.com has announced that it will be setting up the first World Watching Paint Dry Championships in the UK next year. The winner of the event will be given the international title and will also win an iPad. Hopeful contestants will have to send the organisers a picture of themselves watching paint dry and tell [...]
Royal Mail has released an article on its website warning its workers to be careful when taking gifts and tips from customers over the Christmas period over concerns about bribery charges. The article reads, “It’s the season of goodwill. But it’s important to be careful about accepting gifts so you don’t fall foul of the [...]
A skeleton which has been on display in the famous London Dungeon since the mid-70’s has turned out to be real. The bones were only checked after the dungeons manager was told that real bones require a licence to display them. The bones, nicknamed Kate will now cost the London Dungeon £2,000 per year to [...]