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Dec 30, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Alex Barton
This article was one of the NZ Herald’s best-read stories of 2024. Pubs are putting up signs instructing customers not to queue, with some saying young people are the main culprits. Elbows in, eye contact and a raise of the chin – this is the ritual of ordering a drink at a busy pub bar. But not for Generation Z, who now prefer to queue up and wait in line for their orders like they are at the post office.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Alex Barton
Pippa Middleton and James Matthews moved into their estate two years ago. Photo / Getty ImagesThe general public has had use of country lane ‘for decades, if not centuries’. Pippa Middleton and her husband are locked in a planning row with villagers after cutting off public access to a footpath on their estate. The Princess of Wales’ sister and James Matthews moved into the residence in Kintbury, West Berkshire, two years ago.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Alex Barton
Pubs are launching campaigns to teach younger drinkers how to approach the bar after a new trend has seen them lining up behind it instead of alongside it. Photos / X @QueuesPubPubs are putting up signs instructing customers not to queue, with some saying young people are the main culprits. Elbows in, eye contact and a raise of the chin – this is the ritual of ordering a drink at a busy pub bar.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Alex Barton
‘Safe sex for seagulls’ – pesky birds could be given contraceptive pill to reduce attacks on town residents The use of contraceptives to reduce seagull numbers is already in place in cities such as Barcelona and Venice. Photo: GettySeagulls could be given the contraceptive pill as part of an English council’s drive to cut the population. Officials in Worcester are considering lacing food with birth-control drugs under a new “safe sex” initiative.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
independent.ie | Alex Barton
The 81-year-old comedian, who made the programmes from 1989 until 2012, said he and the broadcaster reached the “end of [their] natural working relationship” when it started to bog him down with red tape. Speaking at Cheltenham Literature Festival, the former Monty Python member said: “They want you to wear a helmet just to cross the road, or while riding on an elephant.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Alex Barton
Eppie Sprung Dawson avoided a jail sentence for having sex with one of her pupils. A teacher who was struck off for having sex with a pupil has complained of being stigmatised because of her offence. In 2013, Eppie Sprung Dawson was convicted of having sex with a 17-year-old student after police discovered her inside a car with her victim.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Will Bolton |Alex Barton
Three people were attacked with a substance at Westminster Academy. Image / Google MapsA 14-year-old girl has been left with life-changing injuries after a masked man on an e-scooter attacked her and a 16-year-old boy with acid on their way home from school. Detectives were searching for a “tall, slim, black male” wearing dark clothing with his face covered. The pair were attacked near Westminster Academy, in Paddington, west London on Tuesday.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Alex Barton
Prince George raises the ramp on the C17 plane during a visit to the Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in 2023. Photo / Getty ImagesThe Prince and Princess of Wales watch their son take off in a training aircraft from White Waltham Airfield and land about an hour later. Prince George has continued a royal tradition of taking to the skies by starting flying lessons. The 11 year-old flew in a single-engine Piper PA-28 with dual controls, an aircraft specifically designed for flight training.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Alex Barton
Suhail Mohammed told his girlfriend in text messages he had “killed” his sister, Falaq Babar, after she was “screaming her head off”. Photo / 123rfThe older brother of an 11-year-old girl “killed” her with a punch to the head, an inquest in Britain heard. Suhail Mohammed told his girlfriend in text messages that he had “killed” his sister, Falaq Babar, after she was “screaming her head off” in the bathroom of their family home.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Alex Barton
An armed police officer was filmed apparently stamping on a man’s head at Manchester Airport in the UK. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a police station in Rochdale, UK, overnight and chanted “Allahu Akbar” after an armed officer was filmed apparently stamping on a man’s head at Manchester Airport. A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer has been suspended after appearing to kick a man and stamp on him during the incident on Wednesday, footage of which was widely shared online.
