Metropol

our local rag, pictured below comes out tuesday and friday (the main edition) and provides a roundup of the local news from king's lynn and the entire west norfolk region.



editorially the paper isn't too bad, it does sensationalise stories about the local hospital and county council, but on the whole is a pretty reliable news source and is a traditional read for all the towns people here - many petrol stations are sold out by mid morning on friday.

but this story caught my eye. not only because that little chef is only a couple of miles from my house, but because the story itself is so odd. probably the strangest thing i seem to remember being reported in the paper.

this story is from 27/1/06 edition:



so what madness gets reported in your local rag? have you got a nappy beating story from your area? share it!

The Southern Reporter (whoich referes to itself in articles as TheSouthern - no space, how trendy) freqently reports on a 70 year old man near Jad who keeps being caught masturbating behind horses

My local paper where I live with my folks is the Maidenhead Advertiser.



Had a lovely shock when having a read online, to see a car in the river just a minutes walk from my house. Although I shouldn't be too surprised as I once woke up with a BMW in the back garden.

And my local paper here in London is the delightful Hornsey Journal.



Nothing remotely interesting happens here, although on the bus home from a night out in the early hours of this morning I was stuck in traffic in Camden for a what seemed like an eternity. Very rare as roads are normally farely empty late at night. I was then slightly alarmed to see a police tent, lots of tape, blood, and broken glass.

I found out today that an 18 year old was murdered in a 30 man fight.

Apologies for taking this off course and veering dangerously into the territory of television, but I thought it was worth a mention. I will never forget the top story on one particular edition of BBC Look East a couple of years back.

A Nofolk boy was saved from death at a petrol station after his mother stupidly let him fill the car up with petrol and he managed to set himself alight. How was he saved from death I hear you cry? Former Olympic Gold medalist Fatima Whitbread saw the commotion and poured milk over him.

DAS wrote:Apologies for taking this off course and veering dangerously into the territory of television, but I thought it was worth a mention. I will never forget the top story on one particular edition of BBC Look East a couple of years back.

A Nofolk boy was saved from death at a petrol station after his stupidly mother let him fill the car up with petrol and he managed to set himself alight. How was he saved from death I hear you cry? Former Olympic Gold medalist Fatima Whitbread saw the commotion and poured milk over him.

It could have been worse. Paula Radcliffe might have tried to smother the flame with poo.

Gavin Scott wrote:

DAS wrote:Apologies for taking this off course and veering dangerously into the territory of television, but I thought it was worth a mention. I will never forget the top story on one particular edition of BBC Look East a couple of years back.

A Nofolk boy was saved from death at a petrol station after his stupidly mother let him fill the car up with petrol and he managed to set himself alight. How was he saved from death I hear you cry? Former Olympic Gold medalist Fatima Whitbread saw the commotion and poured milk over him.

It could have been worse. Paula Radcliffe might have tried to smother the flame with poo.

I should emphasise the point that it was bottled milk. I would imagine that Fatima stopped lactating many years ago.

DAS wrote:I should emphasise the point that it was bottled milk. I would imagine that Fatima stopped lactating many years ago.

That's what happens when you start running around at age 12 with a leotard full of hormones.