THEY were one of best comedy double acts of all time and now the cross-Atlantic connection between Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy is to be celebrated, reports the Daily Mirror .
The two men grew up 4,000 miles apart, Oliver from Harlem, Georgia in the United States and Laurel in Ulverston, Cumbria in the north of England.
Now their paces of birth are to ‘twin’ to commemorate a ‘truly unique bond’. Councilors in Ulverston, have voted unanimously to become a friendship town with Harlem, a move set-up by 'Sons of the Desert', a global network of Laurel and Hardy fans.
The twinning will mark an International Laurel and Hardy Convention in Ulverston next year.
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It has been a staple part of British diet and the Daily Express tells us that it is 60 years since the fish finger went on sale.
It was first launched in Britain in 1955 with the sales pitch “no smell, no fuss” and the fish finger, covered in bread crumbs, has since established itself as an iconic British snack.
Last year more than 572 million Birds Eye fish fingers were eaten in Britain – the equivalent of 18 every second.
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You are never too young... Alex Hyne has become Britain's youngest magistrate – at the age of 18.
A Daily Mirror article says that Alex will rule on low-level criminal cases including theft and assault in Chatham and Dartford, Kent.
He commented: “I felt there was little diversity on the bench for young people and I wanted to help change this, as the magistracy should be representative of the people we have in our local area.”
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Got a bit of cash to spare? The Guardian says the Royal Mint is offering “serious investors” with around £25,000 to spare, the chance to buy a gold bar weighing one kilogram.
The bars have been produced to mark the first anniversary of a bullion trading website launched by the Mint last year, which aims to make it easier for people to invest in gold.
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Can you believe it? Christmas decorations are already up in Oxford Street, one of London's top shopping areas.
The Daily Express says that although the Oxford Street lights went up on October 17 last year, this decorations have already been erected. However the official switch-on won't take place until early November.
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In another London tale in the Express, it was reported that morning rush hour computers were angry after an emergency evacuation was carried out at King's Cross station because of overcrowding.
According to British Transport Police, they were forced to shut the station after huge delays on several tube lines including the Hammersmith and City route caused a massive build up of people on the concourse.
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There was a poignant story in the Daily Mail about two men who fought side by side as part of the 40,000-strong Warsaw Resistance in 1994 to free Poland from the Nazis. 70 years later, the two men have ended up moving into adjacent bungalows at a care home in Newton Abbot, Devon.
Andrew Borowiec (87) and Ted Stopczynski (89) went their separate ways when the war ended, but they were reunited when a member of staff at the Ilford Park Polish Home in Newton Abbot, Devon, thought there might be a connection and introduced them.
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