They say the news is just too depressing these days. Well, at least the local press is still a bastion of ridiculous stories that some mad editors from the regions still seem to think somehow newsworthy:
From Suffolk & Essex's EADT Online:
A WOMAN had to be helped by the fire service after she managed to get her finger stuck in a window frame. The unusual episode took place in Piper's Court, Old Foundry Road in Ipswich at 11.17pm yesterday. A crew from Princes Street was dispatched and managed to release the woman's finger within 15 minutes.
All's well that ends well then. Phew.
And then my all time favourite from the Waltham Forest Guardian:
PENSIONER Jean Farmer couldn't believe her eyes when she spotted a supermarket trolley rolling around her street, miles away from its home. Mrs Farmer, of Colchester Road, Leyton, was amazed to see the ASDA trolley because it was nowhere near the superstore in Leyton Mills, which is 30-minutes walk away. The trolley spent two weeks blocking the pavement and sliding into the road, scratching the parked cars, so she rescued it and put it in her front garden.
For the full and dramtic story, see here.Labels: James G