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Usain Bolt aiming to break ‘100m immigration queue’ record

‘With strategies such as having my passport ready, no hand luggage weighing me down and a lunge at the line, I believe I can go sub 2 hours 13 minutes,’ said Bolt.

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Posted: May 1st, 2012
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UN appoint Jeremy Kyle to lead international conflict resolution

'why can't we all just get along?'The United Nations have announced the appointment of Jeremy Kyle to take up the newly created position of President of the Resolution of International Conflicts (PRIC).

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Posted: Apr 12th, 2012
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Oxford University rowers to embark on ‘memorial cruise’ up the Thames

Members of the Oxford University boat race team that ‘sunk’ to defeat have announced they are to go on a cruise that retraces the route of their fateful voyage.

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Posted: Apr 10th, 2012
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‘We’ve been opening your communications for years,’ admits Royal Mail

first class servicing of postie holidays‘Opening people’s emails is all well and good,’ said Moya Greene, chief executive of the Royal Mail, ‘but it will never be as profitable as opening people’s birthday cards. Workers in the sorting office tell me you can make £200 on a good day.’

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Posted: Apr 1st, 2012
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Traffic Warden first to be praised for customer service

A traffic warden working in Buckingham has become the first ‘civil enforcement officer’ to receive a letter of praise. The note was written by a motorist who had just been penalised for parking in a loading only bay.

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Posted: Mar 28th, 2012
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