Kevin's seeing stars as his next model project is out of this world

Fifty-nine year-old Kevin Philpott, a warehouse manager from Stoke, has just completed a project he started at aged seven when his Mum gave him an almost empty spool of sewing thread.

For that was all the inspiration he needed to see him on his way to build a totally accurate miniature model of Britain’s entire road system, with different colours and gauges of strings and threads used to illustrate minor, major, trunk roads and motorways.

‘People think it’s been a pointless exercise,’ said Kevin ‘but it hasn’t. The amount of pleasure this has given me over the years, coupled with my sense of incredible achievement now it’s completed, just can’t be bought.’

‘I’ve even had an email from Blue Peter inviting me onto the programme next week, and the Guinness people are coming tomorrow to assess whether my model is a record. But actually this is only the start for me.’

Because not content with his already remarkable achievements, Kevin now has set his sights even higher. His next project will see him attempt to render the entire Cosmos using a variety of materials such as grains of sand, sugar, rice, dried peas, ball bearings, ping-pong balls, tennis balls, footballs, beach balls and sticky-back plastic.

When asked if he foresaw any problems ahead he quipped: 'Well, let's put it this way. I think I'm maybe going to need a bigger bungalow.'

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Isle of Wight closes airspace to Belarus

Following the banning of Belarusian aircraft by the European Union, the Isle of Wight has become the first area in the UK to align with the EU Bloc.

At County Hall in Newport, the department of transportation was unequivocal in its remarks against the country and its recent actions. "We agree with the EU's decision to suspend Belavia from their airspace. As of midnight, we have refused flight corridors across the Isle of Wight to any Belarusian-registered aircraft. We have the Isle of Wight Navy on standby at Cowes and our anti-aircraft defence shield in operation at Shanklin. Well, when I say navy I mean the sea scouts in their dinghies sailing round the harbour. And our defence shield is just big John standing on the beach with a bucket of rocks, but he can throw them really far! Like past the sandbank! It's impressive, honestly!"

In Minsk, news of the ban has not been taken lightly. "We see this move by the Isle of Wight as unacceptable," said a spokesperson for President Lukashenko. "As such, we have imposed sanctions by banning the sale of Isle of Wight Garlic or gifts from the Needles Sand Shop into the country. We shall not be blocked from our aircraft going…oh, it's only 22 miles across? That's ok, we'll just go around it."

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Scrapping traffic light system will cause carnage, warns AA

Abandoning the UK's traffic light travel system, in place since 1868, could put drivers at risk, says the leading motoring organisation.

Under the new rules, motorists won't be required to stop anywhere. It means that fully vaccinated drivers will no longer have to pull over in red list cities such as Birmingham and risk being infected by a virulent local dialect.

Audi drivers such as Nigel Palmer, 43, from Bromley, broadly welcomed the move: 'I'll miss running red lights, of course, but it means we can still carry on not stopping at pelican crossings, even when there are kiddies about, which is great news.'

A government spokesman explained that the old system was not fit for purpose and was in dire need of an overhaul. 'It was a highly confusing system. All that red, red and amber, amber, green nonsense just stopped hard-working people going about their business. It can now go back to Brussels, where it belongs.'

The President of the National Association of Cyclists didn't see what all the fuss was about, simply asking: 'What on earth are traffic lights?'

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