IT seems that people taking 'selfies' don't like black cats.

According to the RSPCA, hundreds of the animals are being abandoned as their owners complain that black animals do not photograph as well as their lighter and brighter-coloured counterparts.

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by Patrick O'Connor

THE maximum speed allowed on British roads is 70 mph but the Daily Telegraph says latest police data reveals that a motorist caught travelling at 149mph on the M25 was the worst offence of the past year

The data also showed that a driver travelled at 96mph on a 30mph road in Gateshead, the largest proportional breach of any speed limit, and that the highest speed recorded on a 50mph road was 119mph on the A414 Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire.

News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

AS we approach Christmas and all the celebrations associated with it, how about this for a example of real party-poopers!

The Sun reports that scientists want to ban helium-filled party balloons to prevent a shortage of the life-saving gas, fearing that all sources will be gone in 40 years.

News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

YOU have to hand it to our tabloid press, they've really got their finger on the pulse when it comes to what's important in life.

Take The Sun for instance. Britain is still beset with financial crisis, political wheeling and dealing and industrial unrest.