Category Archives: Health & safety gone mad
Carpet diem: doormats in Huddersfield
I’ve heard of newspapers hitting doormats, but have rarely heard of doormats becoming the content of newspapers themselves. Tuesday 25 January 2011 was the day when domestic carpet maintenance concerns finally exploded onto the news agenda in Huddersfield. Huddersfield Examiner, … Continue reading
Filed under Health & safety gone mad, Letters to the Editor
Glove bombing
Honestly, the lengths some people will go to just to avoid being traced by their fingerprints. York Press, 11 February 2011 (story): ‘Gloves’ caused bomb scare THE bomb scare which delayed thousands of York commuters and forced the evacuation of … Continue reading
Filed under Health & safety gone mad, Local tedium
Trapped in the bog
This could have ended in horrible tragedy, but it didn’t, and that means we’re allowed to laugh at it. Reading Post, 6 November 2010 (story): Mum and daughter rescued from bog A mother and teenage daughter were rescued when they … Continue reading
Filed under Bravery, Health & safety gone mad
Cows make amok-ery
If you’re in the Sunderland area, watch out… Thanks to Laura Hammal. As usual, the local newspaper industry’s most cherished demographic – the ‘drunk yobs’ – get the blame for this act of bovine liberation. No doubt it was an … Continue reading
Filed under Health & safety gone mad
Shop ’til the snow drops
Just to prove this blog can be topical once in a while, let’s have a news story about THE SNOW. There aren’t enough of them around at the moment. Norwich Evening News, 29 November 2010 (story): Snow on Dereham shop … Continue reading
Filed under Health & safety gone mad
Something in the water
Here’s one for all you teenagers out there. Eastern Daily Press, 5 November 2010: Norwich’s Sportspark swimming pool re-opens The swimming pool at Norwich’s Sportspark has re-opened after a child contaminated the pool last night. The pool at the University … Continue reading
Filed under Health & safety gone mad
The defence had a leg to stand on
One from the archives: this is an all-time classic court report from Middlesbrough’s Evening Gazette. Some wonderful detail, great quotes, and Simon Bland really is ‘one of life’s characters’. Probably best just to let the story do the talking… Middlesbrough … Continue reading
Pavement people
Old people are quick to sneer at youths riding bikes down pavements but, as this story goes to show, they’re no better when it comes to keeping pedestrian areas clear. And they certainly don’t like it up ‘em. Surrey Comet, … Continue reading
