Archive for January, 2010

Mystery Chav Gets Restraining Order

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Mystery Chav Gets Restraining Order

A mysterious chav who no-one can name or identify has been handed a restraining order to ensure he stays the fuck out of Dodge. In fact, commenters on a local web forum were today at a loss to describe the person who has only been described in the news as “a man, or woman, between... »

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Two Year Restraining Order Placed On Eynesbury Councillor

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

A two year restraining order has been placed on an Eynesbury councillor convicted of thinking in a public place. The councillor, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to one case of thinking for himself and another two counts of harassment by dangerous thinking. The charges were brought against him after a number of incidents in the... »

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Tesco Trials New Car Park

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Tesco Trials New Car Park

Following a media furore this week when Tesco in Cardiff refused to allow a council estate dole queue mum into the store in her grotty pyjamas, the company are responding to customer criticism by trialling new forms of “sustainable transport parking facilities”, beginning with the St Neots site. Myfnwy Mwr, 28, complained after the Evil... »

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All Council Decisions To Be Based On Facebook

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
All Council Decisions To Be Based On Facebook

Following national media coverage of the “St.Neots Needs A Cinema” Facebook group, St Neots Town Council today announced plans to base all future policies and decisions on Facebook groups. The group, which has the “tremendous support” of around 2,500 members and spells the town name incorrectly, has been cited in local and national papers as... »

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Police Keen To Blame All Crimes On Unique

Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Police Keen To Blame All Crimes On Unique

Local law enforcers were today said to be glad that they had a scapegoat for every single crime committed in the five weeks that the Unique bar, on South Street, was open. “It seems a likely target,” said local copper PC George Plotkiss. “Now the bar has been shut down, we can say that every... »

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Local Schools Dubbed “Prison Playgrounds”

Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Local Schools Dubbed “Prison Playgrounds”

Concerns were last week being raised by parents about the need for the fences that have been recently erected around our local schools. Spokeswoman for the parents association and town busybody Ms. Thorninside attacked the decision to envelope school playgrounds with metal wire fences at a council meeting, saying “It surely is not necessary to... »

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Bus Stops Not Really Bus Stops

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Bus franchise firm Ragecoach, the operator of St Neots cross-town link service the Mighty X5, has confirmed today that it’s bus stop signage is not there to be helpful to customers, following confusion over a new bus stop on Love’s Farm. “Listing the stopping services only confuses the user,” said Rageoach spokesperson Elle Ington. “Our... »

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Council Blamed For Less Snow

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Council Blamed For Less Snow

Huntingdonshire District Council were today under fire from St Neots residents, who claimed that St Neots was not getting it’s fair share of snow. The town’s location in a geographically distinct “bowl” or dip means that the temperature in St Neots is on average 1.5ยบ higher than Huntingdon or Cambridge, but also means that locals... »

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Snow Leads To Slew Of Stories

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Older people in St Neots have been making the most of this week’s snow by infuriating their children with stories of how it was much colder when they were kids. Betty Bean, 61, regaled all who would listen with stories of how “When I were a lass, we had frost on the inside of the... »

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