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In a move described by the Driving Standards Agency as an acknowledgement of the realities of modern life, it was announced that public resources would no longer be invested in attempting to prevent people from dangerous practices such as using mobile phones while driving and instead the driving test will be updated to ensure drivers could manage multi-tasking while in control of a vehicle.

‘It’s a desperately needed step’, claimed Samantha Henshawe, a DSA spokeswoman, ‘the number of accidents that occur while fumbling for a Bluetooth earpiece under the driver’s seat is rising exponentially, but learner drivers aren’t being equipped with the right skills. And really, when was the last time you heard of somebody even trying to reverse around a corner anyway?’

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Posted: Apr 15th, 2009
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a ‘future-proofed alternative to old analogue systems that are coming to the end of their life – in this dimension at least’.

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Posted: Apr 14th, 2009
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Looking to reverse a decline in visitors from the UK to the city, the Venetian Tourist Board launched a new campaign drawing comparisons between Venice and the UK’s Birmingham. ‘When we saw that they had as many canals as we do here, it seemed a great way to appeal to British visitors,’ explained a Tourist Board spokesman.

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Posted: Apr 14th, 2009
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The British car industry was dealt another blow this week as newly-released supercar, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, was described as ‘diabolical’ by journalist Jeremy Clarkson. In a Sunday Times review Clarkson noted that ‘typically British engineering’ had seen the makers overstretch themselves by adding features such as a rudimentary flight mode, but fail to install sat-nav or an MP3 player, before ‘delusionally’ targeting the car at the one-parent family market.

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Posted: Apr 14th, 2009
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After years of anonymity, a fifty-seven year old London council worker has been exposed as Britain’s legendary and oft-quoted ‘Man in the Street’. Ken Scott, a Streatham street cleaner, said he had suspected for years that he was the man in the street; ‘When we’ve been watching the news, I’ve often said to the wife: ‘Blimey, Doris, the opinions of the man in the street and mine are so alike it could be the same person talking’.

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Posted: Apr 13th, 2009
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