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My £50 Golf’s faster than a £1m Bugatti Veyron

PROUD Andy Waite shows off his 1979 VW Golf – which can blow away a Bugatti Veyron supercar.
Father of three Andy, 42, bought the Mk 1 Golf for fifty quid.
That’s nearly £1million less than the price of the Bugatti, the world’s most expensive motor.
But after Andy spent £60,000 on modifications, including a custom-built turbocharged engine, [...]

Clubs anger at fire photo jigsaw

An online jigsaw service which offered a picture of the Bradford City fire has been criticised by the two football clubs involved in the disaster.
Bradford were playing Lincoln City at home on 11 May 1985 when the fire swept through a stand at Valley Parade, killing 56 people.
A jigsaw puzzle featuring a photograph of the [...]

54st corpse towed away on a wrecker truck

Coroners left a man distraught after his 54st girlfriend’s body was dragged out of the home they had shared and winched onto a tow truck.
Teresa Smith, 48, who had been bedridden by her weight, died in her sleep, according to the Indy Star.
But funeral directors told the coroner they could not handle the body, and [...]

Drunk driver smashes Rolls Royce into crowded Tesco after booze refusal

Shoppers had to dive for cover when a drunk man who was refused booze ploughed his Rolls-Royce into a Tesco store yesterday.
The 50-year-old was apparently plastered when he walked into the shop and stormed out in fury when staff snubbed him.
As store managers tried to reason with him, he got in the grey Roller, [...]

Dad Ate My Eyes

A Bakersfield man with a history of drug abuse remained jailed Monday after allegedly biting out one of his 4-year-old son’s eyes and mutilating the other.
Angel Vidal Mendoza, 34, has been charged with mayhem, torture, child cruelty and inflicting an injury to a child in the alleged attack on his son, Angelo Mendoza Jr. Bakersfield [...]

Six hours a day for 13 days : How one man is tackling the London Marathon

After a severe spinal injury in Basra last year, Major Phil Packer was told he would never walk again. Now, on crutches, and a week after the start, he has almost reached the halfway point of a race he is determined to finish.
Tomorrow morning, seven days after starting the London marathon, Major Phil Packer will [...]

Pupil aged 12 knifes his teacher in front of classmates

A BOY of 12 knifed his teacher in the arm in front of 20 terrified classmates.
The pupil stormed out of a science class after a row, then stabbed the 28-year-old when she confronted him.

Pupils who followed the pair into the corridor screamed as they saw the bloody attack. Eight were sent home traumatised.
The teacher — [...]

Couple can have free house… as long as they drag it 1,000 yards down the road

When Ray and Lynne Simon were given the house of their dreams for free, they had no hesitation in snapping it up.
The only problem was the home sat on land due to be developed and the corporation who owned it told them if they wanted it they would have to move it.
Now the American couple [...]

Short stay parking as drivers kneel at pay machine

MOTORISTS are getting highly annoyed — over a car park ticket machine that’s just 3ft tall.
Drivers have to bend right down to insert coins, then KNEEL to collect tickets from a slot barely 18ins off the ground.
Retired chemist Dr Gerry Bedford, 62, was astonished when he first saw the machine — which is appropriately positioned [...]

Suicide body found in tree after 29 years

When Paul Ludwig committed suicide, he didn’t want his distressed family to find his body.
Suffering from cancer, he left a note at home saying: ‘Don’t look for me – you won’t find me.’
The 69-year-old climbed a tree, tied himself to it and shot himself with a rifle, which he’d lashed to his body to stop [...]

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