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Amusing local news stories

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Wavingwhiledrowning · 15/03/2019 07:38

I love local news websites, papers, parish magazines etc. Mostly because they add an air of importance to really trivial 'news', and also because they often have an amusing writing style. I found this gem last night (regarding a vehicle fire that closed a road for a while)...

"We rang the [nearby hotel] to see if they had information about the lorry fire. The helpful barmaid said: “Nothing I can see my lovely.”

And one of my favourites concerning a crash that meant another road closure...

"Passengers on a Stagecoach bus, one carrying a large mirror she had purchased, walked beside the accident scene to make their way home after the incident."

Is it just me that lives in a place with stories like this?? Please share others!

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PerpendicularVincent · 15/03/2019 08:39

www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/45-earth-shattering-local-news-headlines

Great idea for a thread!

StealthPolarBear · 15/03/2019 08:43

Love this. Not quite the same but I am on a fb group of a village with a duck pond. Last winter there were endless posts about the ducks, where they were, were they OK. I am completely in support of the duck love :)

BobbinThreadbare123 · 15/03/2019 08:45

You should check out the Chorley ones! The Westmorland Gazette is a spectacular source of these, as shown by the office chair story in that Buzzfeed link.

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Wavingwhiledrowning · 15/03/2019 08:53

PerpendicularVincent those buzz feed ones are hilarious! I particularly liked the 'delinquent' who set fire to a chair, and the blob on the pavement that looked like a sheep! I think being a local reporter would be my dream job.

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MissionItsPossible · 15/03/2019 14:44

There's also this!

twitter.com/craplocalnews?lang=en

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