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New US show ‘Guantanamo Baywatch’ criticised for simulated drowning

SnitchbatchThe new Saturday evening primetime show, Guantanamo Baywatch, has been roundly slammed by viewers and critics for a number of simulated drowning scenes in its opening episode.

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Posted: May 10th, 2011
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14 year old boy ‘just fine to stay in the pool for now thanks’

Schoolboy Gary Bough declined to leave King Edward’s pool following his swimming class on Friday, insisting he ‘might just hang around for a minute or so’. The incident followed a brief speech to the class by 19-year-old lifeguard Katie Williams on safety in the pool which concluded with a warning, ‘you don’t want me having to straddle your chest and pump out your lungs!’.

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Posted: May 22nd, 2009
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Loan shark spotted off coast of Cornwall

‘Rarely seen outside their usual inner-city habitats’

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Posted: Jul 31st, 2008
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