News Round Up
by Patrick O’Connor
THERE are some people (my wife among them) who claim that football is extremely boring and the Daily Express tells us of one supporter who had to be rescued by firefighters after he fell asleep on the toilet during a match – and only woke up seven hours later.
The man was watching the League 1 fixture between Barnsley and Fleetwood at Barnsley’s Oakwell Stadium when he popped to the toilet at half time.
However he did not wake up until around 10.30pm when the stadium was closed and fitted with alarms!
When he left the toilet and walked into the dark concourse, the alarms were set off which alerted the emergency services.
A fire brigade spokesman said: “We got the call through to attend Oakwell and usually it’s just a false alarm. But we turned up and saw this young lad on top of the portakabin trying to get our attention.
“We had to get the ladder to get him down. He had no shoes on and had lost his mobile phone and his hat. He was more bothered about his hat though, he seemed a smartly dressed lad.”
Apparently the supporter admitted he had a “few beers”.
Spare a thought for 25 year old Dan Norman from Plymouth in Devon who has been described by the Daily Star as the “most pooed-on man in Britain”.
Dan lives in social housing behind the former Pot Blackpool hall in the town which has been a ruin since it was destroyed by fire nine years ago.
However scores of seagulls and pigeons roost in the Grade 11 listed building and Dan says his garden has become a no-go zone because there is a constant shower of droppings every time he appears, leaving his clothes and even his hair splattered.
Now he is demanded that the local council take action.
“I can’t go out in the garden – I can’t even hang the washing out to dry. The council ought to board up the old pool hall – it’s infested with scores of these birds which crap everywhere and I’m fed up with it.”
According to the Daily Mirror, handwriting is becoming a thing of the past for British teenagers.
A survey by stationery firm BIC revealed that 50% have never penned a thank-you note, 83% have not written a love letter and more than 25% have never even sent a birthday or Christmas card.
Most teenagers use texting and instant messaging, with 74% having tablets and 89% owning smartphones .
A BIC spokesman said: “What’s most concerning is just how little writing appears to be done at home.
“More than half don’t have letter paper at home and almost three quarters don’t know how much a first class stamp costs.”
Big news for Elvis Presley fans in the Daily Express – a rare recording that many didn’t even know existed is going to be auctioned – and may for at least £12,000.
The A side of the vinyl made for Tennessee radio station WHBQ, features Elvis performing the song Suspicion, three years before he released it as a single.
And the B-side features a promotion for blind pianist Ray Charles’s August 20, 1961, concert at Ellis Auditorium.
Reference list:
The Express (www.express.co.uk)
Daily Mirror (www.mirror.co.uk)
Daily Star (www.daily star.co.uk)