Norfolk’s best known mountaineer dies in ‘slight incline’ climbing accident
In 1950 he was the first person to conquer the Sheringham Bump (189ft) with oxygen.
Posted: Jan 15th, 2009
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London Olympic stadium to be built by ‘bloke with van’
The project will be completed for a total cost of £90,000, or ‘a bit less for cash’.
Posted: Jan 12th, 2009
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Russia cuts off email joke supply to Ukraine
The flow of email jokes into Europe has been reduced to a trickle following the ongoing dispute between Russia, the world’s biggest producer of online humour, and the Ukraine, a major transit hub in the email joke network.
Posted: Jan 11th, 2009
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Blair retires as Middle East Peace Envoy; ‘my work is done’
There was a champagne reception for Tony Blair yesterday as he left his job as Middle East Peace envoy surrounded by bouquets and cards congratulating him on a job well done.
‘It just shows that if you set your mind to something it can be achieved. I’m not pretending that it wasn’t difficult at times, that there weren’t huge obstacles to be overcome, but I think we can look back at where Israel/Palestine was when I started on this job eighteen months ago and agree that the peace situation is very different now.’
Jeremy Kyle sent to broker Middle East peace deal
Daytime talk show host Jeremy Kyle is being sent to Gaza in an attempt to bring together Israel and Palestine in an historic peace deal. In a special episode of his show entitled ‘how can we sort out our differences when you’re sleeping with America?’ Kyle and his studio audience will publicly humiliate both sides into giving each other another chance and agreeing a mutually acceptable custody arrangement. ‘Perhaps Israel can have Gaza during the week and Palestine at weekends’ suggested Kyle optimistically.
Posted: Jan 6th, 2009
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