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Woman gives birth and raises child in Ikea queue

still had to provide their own Allen keyA Darlaston woman has given birth and started to raise her first child while waiting in line for the checkout at an IKEA store.

After Helena Churchill and partner David Lomax loaded their shopping trolley with their bargain Sniglar Cot, they headed to the checkout where they were surprised to see 15 aisles each with an average of 125 customers waiting to pay.

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Posted: Jan 2nd, 2013
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Britain’s oldest man still waiting for BT Infinity

if only he could remember his password...Britain’s oldest man is celebrating his 110th birthday, whilst continuing to wait for BT to sort out his wireless broadband service.

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Posted: Nov 25th, 2012
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Woman defies advice and enters Maplins without a man

‘I’d spoken to my husband the night before and so I thought I knew what we wanted,’ she said. ‘But after talking to a few of the assistants, I quickly realised I was way, way out of my depth.’

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Posted: Jul 14th, 2012
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Customer-feedback survey draw winner ‘Quite Unsatisfied’ with prize

Colin Vickery rated the aesthetic standard of the fountain pen he won as ‘Moderately Poor’, its writing performance as ‘Fairly Adequate’ and his overall prize-winning experience as ‘Below Average’.

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Posted: Mar 9th, 2012
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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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