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Kent Police crush local pesto ring

public urged to be on the lookout for pestophilesKent Police were this afternoon formally congratulated on the outstanding success of Operation Ploughmans. Speaking from outside Downing St, Prime Minister David Cameron praised the two month operation as ‘a significant contribution’ to Britain’s home economic security.

From their operations base at Dover, police officers intercepted several tankers of Spanish olive oil, along with sizable quantities of Macedonian pine nuts. Maps in the trucks confirmed police suspicions that the raw materials were destined for industrial warehouses in the so-called ‘Kitchen Garden’ of Surrey. Here they would be mixed with locally grown basil and parmesan cheese which was to be flown over from Italy this weekend.

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Posted: Dec 15th, 2011
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Single mother apologises for crashing entire internet with Bieber tweet

A young single mother from Hounslow, West London has apologised after yesterday’s mass internet disruption, blamed on a tweet she posted early yesterday morning claiming that Justin Bieber was gay.

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Posted: Dec 15th, 2011
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British PM marks 100th anniversary of South Pole defeat

British PM David Cameron today marked the 100th anniversary of the defeat of Captain Robert Scott in his quest to reach the South Pole, after being beaten by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.

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Posted: Dec 15th, 2011
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Missing episodes of ‘John Major’s Premiership’ rediscovered

compulsive viewing, oh yes!Science fiction fans have voiced their delight after two old episodes of John Major’s premiership were rediscovered in a negotiating room.

The two rediscovered episodes are from a 1991 story entitled ‘The Continental Menace’ and show Mr Major in the role of Prime Minister thwarting the evil European Commission on the planet Maastricht. The adventure was found unexpectedly during a clearout by a Mr Cameron of London, who did not initially realise the significance of what he had found.

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Posted: Dec 14th, 2011
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Argos till staff now pushing houses as well as extended warranties

‘The assistant told me that the exercise bike needed batteries and offered me some, then asked if I needed a house to put it in.’

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Posted: Dec 14th, 2011
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