This document contains headlines and brief snippets of news stories from local newspapers across the United Kingdom in 2013. Some of the headlines include "Texting is a serious business on the Isle of Man", "Sheep are a menace to the people of Surrey", and "IT'S SPITTING! EVERYBODY IN!". The articles highlight unusual, humorous, and bizarre local news events that were reported that year.
4. Yes, this actually happened in
Barnstaple, Devon
The culprit admitted: “I did start using drugs and
drinking. I have seen the error of my ways with that.”
15. This Women’s Institute branch
gained global notoriety, via
the North Devon Journal
“Members of a North Devon WI were left embarrassed
after a number of them had dressed up as pirates for a
talk by a former sea captain who has been held hostage
by Somali pirates for several weeks.”