News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

HERE'S a novel idea – give pigeons a contraceptive pill!

The Daily Star reports that Jake Shropshire, a councillor in Ware, Hertfordshire, came up with the idea because of a worry that the growing number of birds is driving away shoppers and tourists from the town.

News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

IF you think reports of Britons going crazy with binge drinking could be over-exaggerated, read on.

According to the Daily Star, The Old Brewery Tavern in Canterbury, Kent has been slammed for getting 800 students to drink almost 5,000 Jagerbombs in one night.

News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

MORE British men are now carrying handbags, says a survey by Vouchercodes, reported in the Daily Mirror.

Fifty five per cent of the 2,000 men polled are not afraid of being seen carrying one on a regular basis and the survey reveals the average content amounts to £880.

News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

ACCORDING to figures released by the Office for National Statistics, a quarter of young people in the UK now live with their parents.

The BBC reports that more than 3.3 million adults between the ages of 20 and 34 were living with parents in 2013, 26 per cent of that age group.

TAKE it away! It would appear that many Brits can't stand eating fish! A survey for Loch Fyne Seafood and Grill chain reports that the smell, look and texture put people off eating fish.

The Daily Mirror story says that a third of diners claimed that oysters turn them off, while a similar number of people cannot face fish with their heads on.

MEMBERS of the Royal family are no longer immune from public scrutiny as can be seen in an article in the Daily Star which says that Prince William has been slammed by Cambridge students for being too thick for their university.

Cambridge normally demands A*AA at A-level for entrance but the 31 year old Prince is about to start a tailor-made 10-week course in agriculture despite only gaining ABC grades.