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BBC News - Hercule Van Wolfwinkle: Worthing pet artist raises £100k for homeless

I've regularly posted updates about Hercule Van Wolfwinkle, a true local hero, on the bandwidthz thread.

Most of the money he raises goes to 'Turning Tides', our amazing local homeless charity, but some now goes to 'Street Vets', who provide free services for the pets of the homeless, as I say, a true local hero. :)
 
Not a headline, but spotted this in the local rag’s monthly round up of people on cctv who the police want to talk to:
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Wonder what she was stealing?
 
Only really local if you live in Vacaville, California

Truck spills 150,000 tomatoes causing California crash


Disappointingly, there's no mention of whether the driver causing the crash was caught red handed, but there's a good quote from local law enforcement.

An initial collision caused the tomato truck to swerve into the central divide of the motorway, spilling fist-sized tomatoes across a 200ft section of the motorway, according to reports. This left a sea of red sauce about "two feet deep", said Highway Patrol Officer Jason Tyhurst. Cars drove over the squelching tomatoes, creating a dangerous slurry of tomato juice, oil and dirt. "These tomato skins, man, once they hit the asphalt it's like walking on ice," said Mr Tyhurst, speaking to the New York Times.
 
Had a look to see how the MEN was covering the Enough is Enough rally, couldn't find anything but did find this gem:

This one was also pretty good:
 
I mean, who among us can honestly say that we've never found a nazi flag inexplicably posted through our letterbox and then decided to fly it in the garden? Let he who is without sin throw the first stone and all that. Slightly "a bigger boy did it and then ran away" vibes there as well.
 
The MEN has latched on to the arachnophobia craze big time.



Aren't these people embarassed?
 
The MEN has latched on to the arachnophobia craze big time.



Aren't these people embarassed?

I think the staff have just given up, because the owners, Reach PLC- owners of national titles like the Mirror, Express & Star plus hundreds of local/regional rags, don't seem to care, hence reporters are striking, what's interesting is a lot of news agencies are refusing to supply copy to the company on strike days, because they too are treated like shit.

Strike begins as 1,150 Reach journalists walk out over pay

Press agency bosses boycott Reach in solidarity with striking staffers
 
ooooohhh yeahhh


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