The Church of All Saints in the Wyke Regis area of Weymouth, Dorset, dates from 1172 and has an ornate stone pulpit added in the 16th Century. Services have been held throughout the centuries and there is no record of any clergyman ever being injured as he mounted the pulpit to give his sermon.
Health Service rebranding, you know it makes sense…
But to whom? It looks like it’s going to be ‘all change’ in the Health Service as the latest ‘rebranding’ exercise takes place.
Who started the Mr Bean thing?
So, who started the (rather apt) Mr Bean / Gordon Brown references? Some credit the Liberal Democrat Vincent ‘Vince’ Cable as being the man who made the parallel famous on November 28th 2007.
Wheelie Bin Madness strikes again…
Amazing to think that fines for wheelie bin offences are now higher than those for shoplifting or being drunk and disorderly.
Booze news…
Booze is a publess village in the Yorkshire Dales which is soon also to become postless. The Royal Mail has written to the eleven local residents telling them that their local road, a narrow lane and the only connection with the outside world, is too dangerous for their vans and mail will no longer be delivered.
Bin there, spied that…
Rubbish is forever making the news these days, one way or another, back in the Asylum. In Islington, the spies have been out and about, rummaging through the bins in 53 streets. The area in question is where the likes of the Lord Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, numerous High Court and Appeal Court judges and a host of famous personalities …
Teacher loses battle to clear his name…
A teacher has lost a ground-breaking legal battle to clear his name, the consequences of which mean that he is most unlikely ever to get another job involving children.
Teacher loses battle to clear his name…
A teacher has lost a ground-breaking legal battle to clear his name, the consequences of which mean that he is most unlikely ever to get another job involving children. John Pinnington, a 59 year old teacher, was falsely accused of sexually abusing three former pupils. A police investigation was carried out but no action was taken. However, the mere fact …
Black bags and fags…
Thanks again to Ron for sharing his ‘bits’ with us, keeping us up to date with the loony goings on back in the asylum, particularly when it comes local authorities and Health and Safety, two areas where lunacy currently appears to be rampant and out of control. A shopkeeper in Muswell Hill was fined 300 pounds and threatened with criminal …
Ridiculous if true…
A man living near Waterloo station seems to have found himself in a spot of bother after photographing a group of hoodies as evidence of their anti-social behaviour. The neighbourhood has apparently been plagued by gangs of youths for several months and it became clear that they were from the local comprehensive school. The headmaster of the school asked 64 …