Little Eye On The Provinces

[rogerzilla]

To be fair, there isn't much else to do in Kettering and he can sell it on fleaBay afterwards because it's "been in the news".

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Kettering man sticks random objects together.

Poor bugger.

I especially like how he's not particularly a supporter of Andy Murray.

[billplumtree]

Cow rescued from river:

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/10527215.Cow_rescued_after_tumbling_100ft_into_river_at_Sedbergh/

With pictures and everything:

[Chris S]

Is it just me, or is some lawyer somewhere, being a bit fucking petty?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-23226366

[Bledlow]

Somebody somewhere is being bloody stupid. Doesn't know the difference between good & bad publicity. Cost of leaving it be? Nothing. Cost of making yourself appear a right bastard, & mind-bogglingly petty-minded at the same time? Incalculable, but potentially real.

[rogerzilla]

Next time, paint it in leather with arseless chaps and have a dwarf gorilla carrying a silver salver of cocaine* in front of it.  I bet they didn't copyright that.


*old Queen aftershow party urban legend

[Regulator]

Of course, they could have just asked the estate for permission and, having told them what it was in support of, they'd probably have been given permission.

It seems to me the artist tried to get round the rules (by changing the design on the jacket) and got caught out.

[mrcharly-YHT]

Erm unless I've misread that story, the copyright belongs to a charity and they were objecting to a commercial organisation using it.

[Regulator]

Erm unless I've misread that story, the copyright belongs to a charity and they were objecting to a commercial organisation using it.

I don't believe that the Freddie Mercury Estate is a charity.

The Freddie Mercury Estate objected to a commercial organisation using copyrighted imagery.  It's clear that the commercial organisation and the artist knew about the copyright issue and tried to get round it.  I think that if permission had been sought in the first place from the Estate, they'd probably have agreed to the imagery being used, given what was going to happen to the statues further down the line.

There are two charities that will benefit from the sale of these in the future.  I think they're being referred to the try and make the Estate out to be the baddies, rather than looking at why a commercial organisation looked to bypss copyright rules in the first place.

[Thor]

A Mum has vowed to defy new rules which could see her daughter banned from playing basketball outside her own home.

http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/angry_welwyn_garden_city_mum_i_won_t_stick_to_new_flag_ban_1_2266182

 

[Pingu]

Scary crow 

Illustrated with a picture of a rook 

[Wowbagger]

No photo of the headline but it read "Mass brawl at TOWIE bar".

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/10520380.Four_injured_in_TOWIE_Bar_Blanco_brawl/?action=complain&cid=11769724

[Bledlow]

And (former) colonies . . . .

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/10170744/Australian-DJ-in-royal-prank-sues-employer.html

 

Is she heading for a Taylforth moment? Or is she going to get away with "It's all their fault! They didn't stop me!"

[clarion]

That report is incorrect (it is the Telegraph, after all).  Jacintha Saldanha did not reveal any details, but just put the call through to the ward, where the nurse on duty gave out information.  The impersonations by the DJs were pathetically poor, perhaps deliberately so, and they never expected even to get through, let alone have someone discuss personal matters, possibly in breach of the DPA (that's not been tested, but it seems very likely).

Worth noting that the call came through to nursing staff because the hospital didn't employ any admin or managerial staff to work out of hours, and the on-call rota was shaky at best, according to reports.

Worth noting also that the Telegraph is a strident advocate of the privatisation of healthcare.

[Bledlow]

Blame me for picking the first one off the list which gave the (to me) significant information about the current story, without bothering to read the rest of what it said.

[clarion]

Not at all.  You can't be held responsible for the poor standards of work coming out of SW1 (or wherever they are based).

I agree, however, it's a bit odd that she is suing her employer, though the stress she no doubt suffers is as a result of something which happened in the workplace.  Yes, it was her own actions, but you'd have to know the environment in which she works.  The station is, apparently, known for trying to push the limits, and it is quite possible that there is a lot of pressure on their employees to perform stunts and maybe take it a bit far. 

Hard to say.

[mrcharly-YHT]

I think she is sueing her employer because her co-dj has been allowed back on the radio but she hasn't.

[jsabine]

Has she not been allowed back on air by the station or is she still signed off with stress?

[Kim]

I know Catford doesn't count as provincial, but I think the hilarious photoshop job makes up for it:

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10534660.Catford_fox_horror_for_man_on_toilet/

[Basil]

Excellent grrrrrr pose. 

[Arch]

I know Catford doesn't count as provincial, but I think the hilarious photoshop job makes up for it:

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10534660.Catford_fox_horror_for_man_on_toilet/

"It was like a wild animal."

It WAS a wild animal, you twonk!

[clarion]

Photoshop?  I'm glad you told us, or we might not have spotted it.

[jsabine]

Photoshop? More like Paint if you ask me.

[Kim]

Could also qualify for motorised moron status, but the reporting style lends itself to this thread...

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10539181._Audi_sandwich__closes_road_in_Swanage/

[Wombat]

I know Catford doesn't count as provincial, but I think the hilarious photoshop job makes up for it:

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10534660.Catford_fox_horror_for_man_on_toilet/

"It was like a wild animal."

It WAS a wild animal, you twonk!

I must confess I did like the context sensitive adverts fro soft close toilet seats I got with the article.  Very topical...  He may be an idiot, but he's not all bad, he's got a pussy cat.