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The injustice of it all
Posted on 6:09pm Thursday 14th February 2008
In one dark corner of the capital, a charged-up junkie confused Her Majesty’s Post Box for a needle exchange and casually deposited his skanky needle in it. Hours later, a dear friend who collects mail as a part-time job pricked himself with it. Cue the start of three months of worry while he anxiously waits to be told that he has either been worried for nothing, has contracted hepatitis c or worse.
Caron Kemp »
Anything goes at auction
Posted on 11:41am Monday 11th February 2008
A chocolate bar, featuring mould and dirt after spending far longer than its edible life squashed between the cushions of someone’s sofa, has sold for more than £200 on Ebay.
Caron Kemp »
Why should the pensioners pay?
Posted on 1:41pm Thursday 31st January 2008
A playground exclusively for pensioners has opened up in Manchester.
Elizabeth Pears »
Exclusive: My Spanish Airport Hell
Posted on 3:33pm Tuesday 29th January 2008
If there’s one person you shouldn’t pull over in customs (by the wrist), tearing apart their carefully packed suitcase, removing their expensive two-piece lingerie sets with the same disdain (if not more) as a foisty dishcloth covered with mince, scrambled eggs and scrappy bits of soggy cornflakes - it’s the reporter doing a travel feature. As she may be inclined to write an angry blog.
Caron Kemp »
Through the eyes of a child
Posted on 8:59am Monday 14th January 2008
Have you ever really sat down and thought at what age you start becoming a cynic in life? When the glass remains half empty, the shades of grey in the world are more black than white and being happy for no great reason is a shock to the system?
Elizabeth Pears »
Royal Row over equality
Posted on 1:08pm Friday 11th January 2008
Yesterday, Hornsey and Wood Green MP, Lynne Featherstone fully stretched her wings as she settled into her new role as Lib Dem Youth & Equalities Spokesperson by tackling sexism, not at ground level, but right at the top behind Buckingham Palace gates.
Caron Kemp »
Dancing on injuries
Posted on 2:31pm Tuesday 8th January 2008
oh dear oh dear. It seems the celebrity ice rink has gone into meltdown.
Elizabeth Pears »
Fake babies: A very real horror
Posted on 12:38pm Friday 4th January 2008
“Nanny, you’re a numb-nuts. That’s a doll not a baby”, said real Harry, aged about three, as he stared at his grandmother and the fake Harry she’d had made as his replacement. Out of the mouth of babes!
Caron Kemp »
resolution time
Posted on 12:31pm Monday 31st December 2007
So, Christmas is over, you’ve eaten your fill of turkey, mince pies and sprouts and you’re looking to the new year.
Elizabeth Pears »
A Christmas Carol (kind of)
Posted on 12:50pm Monday 24th December 2007
My realisation that you can’t fight the spirit of Christmas started with a free chocolate coin from the Ebenezer Scrooge of franchised coffee shops, ie Starbucks, cemented when a cashier letting me off 10p in Argos and celebrated with a ‘Best of British’ cheese platter from M&S. If freebies and cheese don’t define Christmas, I just don’t know what does.
Caron Kemp »
Who knew what miracle could be achieved?
Posted on 11:44am Monday 17th December 2007
Leon Jackson, the self-styled crooner from Scotland, has been crowned the winner of X Factor’s fourth series.
Caron Kemp »
Well done us!
Posted on 8:40am Monday 10th December 2007
It is pat-on-the-back time for the Haringey Independent.
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