A heroic cat who gives vital support to her disabled owner has won a top gong at this year's feline Oscars. Two-year-old Speedy, from Aldeburgh, scooped the prize in the hero cat category for the "amazing relationship" as well as being named rescue cat of the year at a charity's awards ceremony yesterday. As well as being a loving family pet, Speedy provides constant companionship and vital support for her owner, Christine Payne, 19, who suffers with a range of conditions including progressive spinal ataxia, epilepsy and severe learning difficulties.
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
Hill Stops Postal
Village's postal deliveries stops because it's on a hill.Postal bosses have decided the road is "too steep" and are cancelling the service - to the fury of villagers.
Residents of 11 homes in "BOOZE", in the Yorkshire Dales, face a 30- mile round trip to Richmond to collect post.
Royal Mail acted because a health and safety report said the route was too dangerous.
"BOOZE" DESPITE THE NAME HAS NO PUB.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
In the News
Girl's Disease Turning Skin to Stone
A young girl’s skin is turning to stone as she suffers from a rare, incurable disease called acute systemic scleroderma, Scotland’s Daily Record reported Thursday.
The autoimmune disorder means Hope Barrie’s body produces too much collagen, causing her skin to tighten and harden.
It is difficult for the 11-year-old from Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland, to move around, and she has already had to give up one passion.
Hope suffers from the systemic version of the disease, which starts out with poor circulation in the fingers and progresses to thickening of the skin, according to the International Scleroderma Network’s Web site. The disease may even spread to her organs.
As the disease progresses, the hardening of the skin makes it difficult to move fingers and toes, and open the mouth.
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4-Year-Old Takes Car Keys, Goes For Joyride
At four-years-old, many children still can't ride a bike, but one Kentucky boy took it one step further.
The Lincoln County boy wanted to go to his grandmother's house, so he took the car keys and his little brother and left.
It happened on Saturday on Maxi Ridge Road in Lincoln County.
Sheriff Curt Folger says the boy took off while his mother and her boyfriend were asleep. The Sheriff says the boy got in the car, adjusted the seat and somehow got the car turned around.
The four-year-old didn't make it very far, crashing the car through a fence and some trees. Neither boy was hurt in the crash.
The Sheriff says when the boy's mother's boyfriend, Douglas Bell, got to the scene he was upset and made a move like he was going to hurt the boy or a deputy. Bell was arrested and charged with menacing. The boy's mother has been reported to child protective services in Jessamine County where she lives.
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A young girl’s skin is turning to stone as she suffers from a rare, incurable disease called acute systemic scleroderma, Scotland’s Daily Record reported Thursday.
The autoimmune disorder means Hope Barrie’s body produces too much collagen, causing her skin to tighten and harden.
It is difficult for the 11-year-old from Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland, to move around, and she has already had to give up one passion.
Hope suffers from the systemic version of the disease, which starts out with poor circulation in the fingers and progresses to thickening of the skin, according to the International Scleroderma Network’s Web site. The disease may even spread to her organs.
As the disease progresses, the hardening of the skin makes it difficult to move fingers and toes, and open the mouth.
.
4-Year-Old Takes Car Keys, Goes For Joyride
At four-years-old, many children still can't ride a bike, but one Kentucky boy took it one step further.
The Lincoln County boy wanted to go to his grandmother's house, so he took the car keys and his little brother and left.
It happened on Saturday on Maxi Ridge Road in Lincoln County.
Sheriff Curt Folger says the boy took off while his mother and her boyfriend were asleep. The Sheriff says the boy got in the car, adjusted the seat and somehow got the car turned around.
The four-year-old didn't make it very far, crashing the car through a fence and some trees. Neither boy was hurt in the crash.
The Sheriff says when the boy's mother's boyfriend, Douglas Bell, got to the scene he was upset and made a move like he was going to hurt the boy or a deputy. Bell was arrested and charged with menacing. The boy's mother has been reported to child protective services in Jessamine County where she lives.
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Did You Know.......
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
If you unfolded and flattened a set of human lungs they would cover a tennis court
The dromedary camel can drink 100 liters of water in just 10 minutes.
There are 1 million ants for every person in the world
The human heart produces enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet
Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food.
The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.
There is 293 different ways to give back change on a dollar.
An ostrich's eye is larger than it's brain.
Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time.
The term LASER is an acronym for
If you unfolded and flattened a set of human lungs they would cover a tennis court
The dromedary camel can drink 100 liters of water in just 10 minutes.
There are 1 million ants for every person in the world
The human heart produces enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet
Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food.
The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.
There is 293 different ways to give back change on a dollar.
An ostrich's eye is larger than it's brain.
Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time.
The term LASER is an acronym for
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
The Three Wise Monkeys have names:
The Three Wise Monkeys have names:
Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
Rats and horses can’t vomit.
Rats and horses can’t vomit.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Texas town Stinks
The residents of a Texas border town are facing a stinky and growing problem these days: skunks. Eddie Ortega, the director of Del Rio's Community Health Service Center, said there's an unusually high number of the malodorous creatures running around these days.
"I'm not positive of the reasons behind this past year's infestation, but we have invaded their territory," he said. "Also, the heat and very little rain have probably caused them to be more active in order to find food."
The nocturnal animals are not all bad news: They keep rodents in check.
But still, Del Rio residents don't have to keep them around. The health service center is offering cages for residents to catch skunks. A worker will move them elsewhere.
"I'm not positive of the reasons behind this past year's infestation, but we have invaded their territory," he said. "Also, the heat and very little rain have probably caused them to be more active in order to find food."
The nocturnal animals are not all bad news: They keep rodents in check.
But still, Del Rio residents don't have to keep them around. The health service center is offering cages for residents to catch skunks. A worker will move them elsewhere.
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