Statue in church ‘looks like Jesus’
A recently-redundant former City bond trader has told of how he found religion after being forced him to take refuge in a church just off Pudding Lane.
Posted: Oct 6th, 2009
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Isle of Wight leased to China for 99 years
Treasury and Foreign Office officials brought a smile to Gordon Brown’s face today when they revealed a multi-billion dollar Hong Kong-style deal with Beijing, in which the Isle of Wight will become an offshore colony of China.
Posted: Jun 19th, 2009
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Isle of Wight resident celebrates ‘miracle escape’ from yet another global tragedy
‘If only I’d overcome my fear of flying, gone to Brazil on a whim and returned on that Air France flight, it could have been me,’ said Horace today.
Posted: Jun 7th, 2009
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Gordon Boyle admitted to Priory
Labour Party managers have been criticised for thrusting a simple Scot with learning difficulties into the spotlight when he was clearly not able to cope.
Posted: Jun 5th, 2009
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Isle of Wight man dies trying to answer 3,000 spam emails a day
Arthur Spriggs, 78, of Sandown IoW was found slumped over his computer this morning and later pronounced dead of exhaustion, after attempting to answer every single spam email in his inbox.
Arthur’s widow Maisie, 75, tearfully explained that her late husband was meticulously polite all his life, and believed it was good manners to answer all correspondence promptly.
Posted: Apr 5th, 2009
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