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Our latest batch of headlines, painstakingly clipped from the regional press. Our thanks to contributors, and again, names are withheld to protect the guilty!

First up – there’s nothing like a good inquest…


Presumably he’d jumped, shot himself, taken an overdose and slashed his wrists?

  • In a similar vein, this touching “tibute” appeared in a different paper:

  • But on a lighter note, some interesting crimes are reported in Somerset:

  • Perhaps their friend is raffling off the loot:

  • More animal magic here:

  • Parents: can this possibly be true?

  • Thank goodness for a superhero body part:

  • OOPS! We ran out of spa…


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