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Maik:

--- Quote ---Ukip has slipped in the polls of late but the latest survey will have Nigel Farage tearing his hair out in disgust.

A survey of what food products supporters of political parties prefer found that the favourite vegetable among Ukip voters was BRUSSELS sprouts.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-nigel-farage-suffers-further-poll-woe-as-survey-finds-ukip-voters-love-brussels-sprouts-10164390.html?icn=puff-16

Maik:

--- Quote from: Aristarches on Tuesday, 31 March, 2015 @ 11:15:13 ---I do have a cottage just outside Cheltenham.
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Watch out for the dinner money thieves, they don't stop when they leave school:


--- Quote ---Help a mugged British cancer survivor get his Greek dream holiday

British pensioner John Jukes, aged 70, had been saving money for a trip to Greece following weeks of physically and psychologically draining chemotherapy treatment. His chance for the trip disappeared after he was attacked and robbed in broad daylight in Cheltenham.
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http://en.protothema.gr/help-a-mugged-british-cancer-survivor-get-his-greek-dream-holiday/

Happy-ish ending

Maik:

--- Quote ---Tick warning: Humid weather is perfect for the blood-sucking parasites

As the weather moves to more humid conditions ticks may become an increasing problem in the UK.

The tick, a member of the arachnid family, lives off the blood of animals and humans. The parasite is commonly found on pets such as cats and dogs as they can easily be picked up in grassy areas.

Ticks need a warm and humid climate to hatch.

On Friday the temperature in Cheltenham hit 17°C but humidity reached as high as 92 per cent during certain parts of the day.
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http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Tick-warning-Humid-weather-perfect-blood-sucking/story-26312958-detail/story.html


Quite a problem out here, 'tick mops' might be a solution:


--- Quote ---'Tick mops' hailed as good news for landowners and ramblers

A scheme that uses sheep to control the numbers of tics on Scottish moorlands has been welcomed by landowners and charities.

Sheep grazing on moorlands are being dipped in a pesticide that attracts the blood-sucking parasite and kills them off in huge numbers.

The scheme has been welcomed as an effective and harmless method in fighting ticks, which pose a threat to humans by carrying the deadly Lyme disease.

New research by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) in the Angus Glens over the last five years has produced staggering results, prompting calls for sheep "tick mops" to be used on farmland across Scotland.

The study was launched after fears that ticks were devastating the already under-threat red grouse by passing on louping ill virus, a degenerative brain condition fatal to 80% of red grouse chicks.

Since the study began across six Angus estates, covering almost 500 square kilometres, the local tick population has plummeted by 84.6%, allowing red grouse to flourish.
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http://news.stv.tv/tayside/261919-tick-control-initiative-hailed-as-good-news-for-landowners-and-ramblers/

The Greeks are rather fond of having a grouse or two

Maik:

--- Quote ---Three German tourists who stole a van from Christchurch Airport in New Zealand have told a court they thought it had been abandoned for free use.

The tourists said they had heard that backpackers often left their cars at the airport when leaving New Zealand if they were unable to sell them.

They admitted taking the van, owned by Lucky Rentals and worth NZ$10,000 [7,100€]
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32245995

Maik:

--- Quote ---Commuter hit in the head by a Tube train 'after leaning over to pick up a bag'
Witnesses describe seeing a man's head 'pretty much sliced off' and 'brain hanging out' at Stockwell Tube station in south London
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/11527015/Commuter-hit-in-the-head-by-a-Tube-train-after-leaning-over-to-pick-up-a-bag.html

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