Parents of A-Level loser plan gap year
Following his disastrous A-level results, the parents of James Ardingly have decided to take a year out while he works for his re-sits next summer.
Posted: Aug 27th, 2011
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Kidnapped backpacker mainly worried about the photo of her being used on the news
Trisha Campbell, a 31-year-old charity worker currently chained to a radiator in Yemen, is reported to be spending most of her time ‘absolutely dreading’ her parents’ choice of photograph to distribute to news agencies covering her abduction.
Posted: Jun 10th, 2011
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Indian labourer backpacks around Britain to find himself
Miranjit gave up the security of a stable 16-hour-a-day job, a standpipe within an hour’s walk, and two sheets of corrugated iron over his head.
Posted: Jan 10th, 2011
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North Korea in crisis as Kim Jong-un plans surprise gap year
The reclusive heir told his father that presiding over a brutal regime in which Marxist doctrine is enforced to the letter was some ‘heavy shit’ and that he planned to ‘chill for a bit and like, find myself’.
Posted: Sep 30th, 2010
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Family dog takes gap year to ‘find himself’
A South London family today waved goodbye to their loyal family pet as he embarked on a round-the-world trip to broaden his horizons and find spiritual contentment. Shandy, a three-year-old golden-and-white terrier whose travelling opportunities have so far been limited to the local park and streets within a two-mile radius of home, this morning hung up his lead, threw a couple of tins of Winalot Prime and a well-pawed copy of the Ruff Guide to the World in a knapsack, and was last seen joining the A20 at Lewisham in pursuit of his ambition to work in a Chinese orphanage.
Posted: Apr 14th, 2010
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