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How lucky is lucky? A press release might tell you... plus a new take on the Mills/McCartney case

Beat the Bank Holiday blues with a selection of items that have floated our boat...

How lucky is lucky? Take look at the start of this press release from the West Mids Ambulance Service:





And here's another one from the same stable - the fourth cow is 'still missing', apparently. We're trying to get a photofit:





Meanwhile, back at the Surrey Mirror, a reader sent the editor a letter stating simply: "I dislike your paper intensely" ... along with a cheque renewing their subscription for 12 months.




Here's a good headline, if a little confused:



(It's a loooong way down from that ward window)



It just had to be a story about the press getting it wrong...





And finally, a contender for the most sensitive press release of the year: Heather Mills -v- McDonalds worker. Who is the winner? Well, you guess...





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