From a story in the Argus, headlined ‘Alarm over sea ban lady’:
Emergency services are on alert after a woman who has sparked 56 sea rescues costing £1 million moved to Sussex - next to a reservoir.
What could possibly go wrong?

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How can something be simultaneously unbelievable and totally inevitable?
Kieron Dyer managed to last a whole 12 days in claret & blue before getting carried off with a suspected broken leg. Bloody typical, but at least we now know why West Ham have a 350-strong squad these days.

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Normally I am very cynical about displays of mass sentimentality and mawkishness, but I thought the events before tonight’s Liverpool game were genuinely touching, with the Kop putting the city above traditional rivalries. I really think that Liverpool supporters are just about the best in the country - apart from the massed eastenders and [...]

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I really should have moved faster getting tickets for Manu Chao in Brixton.   I went to get tickets for Friday October 5th tonight and it has sold out, along with the 4th October show. 
Fortunately a new date has been added on October 2nd so I ordered tickets straight away before that sells out too.  I [...]

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Today I learned a little bit about halal.
Specifically I learned about something which I hadn’t even considered before. Even those of us who don’t know a lot about halal know that it involves animals being slaughtered for food in a particular way. But with muslim countries now being in some cases as removed [...]

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I love eating out. Let’s face it, I just like eating, but I really enjoy eating out, but recently I realised something about my preferences: what I really like about eating out (or takeaways) is starters.
All my favourite dishes are either starters, extras or side-orders. I think I would be perfectly happy to go [...]

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