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| Mary Berrys by Chris O'Hara |
It's not all doom and gloom. On a mission to spread a little sunshine into people's lives.
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Best man's video stunt steals the show at wedding
Former Everton footballer
Jamie Milligan couldn't hold back the laughter when his best man created an elaborate
video stunt to entertain guests at his wedding.
Danny McKenzie stole the show
at the wedding in Blackpool when he pretended to have forgotten his speech
notes before dashing out of the room to ‘fetch them’. As Danny left a video
continued to run on a big screen showing his ‘quest’ to retrieve the missing notes.
The slickly-made video had
the guests crying with laughter as Danny chases across fields, flees a kidnapper,
pulls up with cramp and enjoys a quick pint at the pub.
After racing home and
suffering a washing machine-related mishap, Danny grabs his notes and catches a
taxi back to The Villa where, wearing Jamie’s slightly-too-small football kit,
he is greeted to a standing ovation.
The adventure took almost
five days for Danny to film with the help of his brother Liam.
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Hayleigh has THE best job in the world
Lucky lady Hayleigh Curtis is
a chocolate scientist for Cadbury’s and her employer has just insured her taste
buds for £1million.
This means Hayleigh will now need to avoid sword swallowing, eating Fugu fish and chilli peppers with a Scoville heat rating of greater than 350,000, which could compromise her taste buds and render the insurance void.
This means Hayleigh will now need to avoid sword swallowing, eating Fugu fish and chilli peppers with a Scoville heat rating of greater than 350,000, which could compromise her taste buds and render the insurance void.
Hayleigh is part of the
Cadbury Innovation team of 300, based in the innovation kitchen at Bourneville
in Birmingham, the home of Cadbury. The team is responsible for the creation
and development of every new chocolate product created.
I wish I’d focused more on
those sciences at school…
Monday, 11 July 2016
Monday, 27 June 2016
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Google praises 86-year-old for polite internet searches
Google has thanked 86-year-old May Ashworth who proved
old-fashioned manners have a place in the modern world by typing ‘please’ and ‘thank
you’ into her internet searches.
May Ashworth’s grandson Ben John, a 25-year-old from Wigan,
found her laptop open and took a photo of the unusually polite online request.
She was asking for a translation of the Roman numerals MCMXCVIII. He then
tweeted the photo which has been retweeted more than 11,000 times.
He told the BBC he and his boyfriend do not have a clothes
dryer so they go to Ashworth’s house for their laundry.
“I asked my nan why she used ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ and it
seemed she thinks that there is someone – a physical person – at Google’s headquarters
who looks after the searches.
“She thought that by being polite and using her manners, the
search would be quicker,” he said.
Google tweeted back: ‘Dearest Ben's Nan. Hope you're well. In
a world of billions of Searches, yours made us smile.
‘Oh, and it's 1998.’
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
Banksy suprises pupils with mural at Bristol School
Pupils
and teachers heading back Bridge Farm Primary School in Whitchurch, Bristol after
half term yesterday were stunned to find an original Banksy mural painted in
the playground.
The
secretive graffiti artist had left a spray-painting of a child holding a stick
and chasing a burning tyre on the wall – the image is believed to be a modern
take on hoop rolling, a popular game played by children during the Victorian
days.
The
six-foot high artwork also features a flower and a small house with ‘Banksy’
signed to the bottom left of the brick building.
A
further note from the artist, pinned behind the mural, said: “Dear Bridge Farm School.
Thanks for your letter and naming a house after me. Please have a picture.
“If
you don’t like it feel free to add stuff, I’m sure the teachers won’t mind.
“Remember
- it’s always easier to get forgiveness than permission. Much love Banksy.”
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