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Prisoners to be released through new HMP Gift Shops

shoplifting actually encouragedIn a new effort to rebalance the public finances, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that prisoners reaching the end of their sentence in UK jails will no longer be released straight onto the streets, but will instead leave prison through a new HM Prisons Gift Shop.

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Posted: Jul 2nd, 2012
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Isle of Wight opens ‘CodgerWorld’, Britain’s first theme park for the elderly

‘Our centre offers the perfect place to keep the island’s key demographic occupied,’ said founder, Margret Briscoe, ‘and is ideally situated just a short bus ride from Sandown’s glamorous benches, bingo halls and fracture clinic.’

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Posted: Apr 14th, 2011
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Police have ‘gut feeling’ gunman may be hiding at Alton Towers

‘So far officers have conducted thorough and enjoyable searches of the Pirate Galleon and the Tea Cups rides,’ said Detective Chief Superintendent Neil Adamson.

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Posted: Jul 8th, 2010
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Man climbs Everest after refusing to stop and ask directions to Alton Towers

should have turned right at Hazel Grove‘Believed to be the first to complete the notoriously difficult ascent in Bermuda shorts and a 1.8 litre family saloon.’

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Posted: Oct 12th, 2009
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