"Dear diary: Met a nice girl. Need money. Planning robbery." Later: "Police found my diary. Oh crap."

From the Daily Mail UK: 'Go to Portsmouth... robbery happens!': Bungling criminal caught after putting armed hold-up in his diary A robber who denied taking part in an armed raid on a bookmaker’s was caught because he had made a note about it in his diary. Jonathan Ochola told police he was watching football with [...]

NHS: "Sorry sir, but you're not fat enough for a gastric bypass surgery for us to pay for it"

From the Daily Mail UK: 'Give me a gastric bypass - it's my Human Right!' Former policeman goes to court after NHS says he's not fat enough for surgery A former police officer is taking his legal battle over a health trust's refusal to fund obesity surgery to the Court of Appeal. Thomas Condliff, who [...]

Reggae band UB40 forced into bankruptcy after selling 70 million records over 28 years

From the Daily Mail UK: UB40 for UB40! Reggae stars who sold 70m records over 28 years face bankruptcy proceedings Reggae superstars UB40 are facing bankruptcy proceedings after a judge at Birmingham County Court gave the green light for liquidators to pursue the case. A spokesperson for the five original members of the 80s band [...]

Trying to save millions, government officials knock on doors to catch welfare recipients lying about not shacking up

From the Daily Mail UK: Door-to-door blitz on benefit cheats: Officials target couples who lie about living apart Fraud investigators are launching a door-to-door blitz to catch couples who rake in extra benefits by falsely claiming to live apart. The taskforce hopes to save the taxpayer £100million by interviewing every claimant in high-risk postcode areas. [...]

When someone smiles at you, it's 50/50 that the smile was fake

From the Daily Mail UK: One is not amused: Why every other smile is a fake We smile around half a million times in our lifetime - but almost half of those smiles are false, according to a survey. We're either concealing the fact that we feel down - or else pretending to be amused [...]

Habitual Somali criminal can't be deported from England so officials keep releasing him to commit more crimes

All in the name of 'human rights'. How long before he takes away someone else's human right to life? From the Daily Mail UK: Locked up again: The Somali crook we can't send home because of his Human Rights A serial criminal from Somalia who cannot be deported from Britain is back behind bars after [...]

The status of Great Britain healthcare: Doctors miss orange-sized brain tumor three times before surgery saves man's life

From the Daily Mail UK: Doctors miss life-threatening brain tumour and cyst - even though they were the size of an ORANGE Doctors failed to spot Terry Purkiss's life-threatening brain tumour and cyst - even though they were the size of an orange. They repeatedly missed the symptoms over six months and when his condition [...]

Man builds homemade electric chair to murder wife who asked for divorce

From the Daily Mail UK: Pensioner built electric chair in garage to murder his wife after she asked him for divorce A husband built a makeshift electric chair in his garage and tried to kill his wife after she asked for a divorce. Andrew Castle, 61, ran a cable from a plug to a metal-framed [...]

Former Green Beret saddened by theft of veteran father's treasured flag

From the Post and Courier: Veteran's treasured flag stolen: 'It's just unbelievable how disrespectful somebody could be,' Nick Walsh says It was an unpatriotic crime, especially the day before July 4th. Nick Walsh, a 69-year-old veteran who was a Green Beret in Vietnam, came back to his partner Patricia Janes' house Sunday after playing golf [...]

Atlanta Public Schools hit with testing scandal. Mayor blames failure of school leadership.

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Mayor: a complete failure of leadership in APS in testing scandal Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed called today a “dark day” for Atlanta Public Schools and said the results of a special investigation into cheating on state tests “confirms our worst fears.” Reed, who became deeply involved in a major dispute that [...]

Town council spends $169,000 on 'McPath' for students to get to McDonald's

From the Daily Mail UK: Council spend £100,000 on 'McPath' to help pupils get safely from school to the nearest McDonald's It's unlikely to impress Jamie Oliver. Far from discouraging pupils from a junk food diet, a council is making it even easier to indulge – by spending £100,000 on a footpath from their school [...]

Accused rapist walks free after jury believes he suffers from 'sexsomnia'

From the Daily Mail UK: Cleared of rape, the man who had sex with a 16-year-old girl while ASLEEP A man accused of raping a girl of 16 walked free from court yesterday after a jury believed his claim he was suffering from ‘sexsomnia’. Stephen Lee Davies, 43, told the jury he had a condition [...]

Stowaway under bus prompts teachers to distract students by starting sing-along

From the Daily Mail UK: Teachers start school trip sing-along ... to drown out sounds of stowaway under bus hammering on the floor Teachers calmed children returning from a school trip to France by conducting a Monty Python sing-along when a suspected stowaway began banging on the underside of their coach. Worried staff from Hummersknott [...]

Egyptian hotel apologizes to German couple for greeting them with 'Heil Hitler' and goose steps

From the Daily Mail UK: Germans win apology from hotel where staff goose-stepped and greeted them with 'Heil Hitler' (but only get £30 refund because it happened at end of stay) A German pair who holidayed in Egypt received just £30 compensation and an apology from the travel company they used after being offended by [...]

Man dies while trying to save kitten from catch basin

From the Southtown Star: Man dead in catch basin may have been rescuing kitten A Southwest Side man died this week after apparently falling head-first into a catch basin in his yard while trying to rescue a kitten. Roberto Garcia, 44, was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m. Thursday at his home in the 5100 block [...]

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