Month: March 2006

BBC NEWS | England | London | Brakes put on police skate team

BBC NEWS | England | London | Brakes put on police skate team

Officers have stopped using skates to patrol London’s Royal Parks, reportedly after problems chasing people on grass. That wasn’t particularly well thought then. Also, if the Daleks ever invaded they’d be the only ones who couldn’t get away. BBC NEWS | England | London | Brakes put on police skate team

Horoscopes – 27th March to 2nd April

Horoscopes – 27th March to 2nd April

Horoscopes for the week starting Monday 27th March 2006: Aries March 21-April 19 On Thursday you may have a strange deja vu experience involving a bag of Walkers crisps. This kind of thing never used to happen with Golden Wonder. Those were the days. Taurus April 20-May 20 Did you remember the clocks went forward …

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Mostly armless

Mostly armless

A man with no arms has been caught speeding at 121 km/h (75 mph), according to police in New Zealand. BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Armless man caught speeding in NZ

Bike repair shop, Leyton

Bike repair shop, Leyton

I’ve just taken my bike to Bike Shack on Leyton High road and came away well impressed. I only had a broken gear cable, which it turns out was all mashed up inside the mechanism because of where it had snapped, but it was fixed while I was there in around 20 minutes and at …

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Nice car

Nice car

You don’t see many of these around, not even in central London. Note the parking ticket on the windscreen – perhaps the owner has enough money to pay it?