A 13-year-old boy became one of the youngest workers to lose his job during the recession when he was officially made redundant from his paper round. Kane Middleton received a formal letter from the company employing him, outlining his redundancy package of nought pounds and assuring him that opportunities for redeployment within the company had been fully assessed. The schoolboy from Clophill, Bedford, was paid between £6 ($13.50) and £7 per week to deliver the local freesheet, the Mid Beds Times & Citizen. (Source: Telegraph.co.uk)
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Security guards armed with torches and chicken wire are keeping 24-hour watch to stop hedgehogs hiding in the pile of bonfire wood in Malvern, Worcestershire. One of Britain's largest fireworks displays includes a giant bonfire in which the hedgehogs like to hide. The British Hedgehog Preservation Society says the security will raise awareness of the danger bonfires pose to hedgehogs. (Lep.co.uk)
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A 4-year-old and his younger brother were happily passing out sweets to callers when father looked down horrified to find the 2-year-old had been handing out the contents of a box of condoms!
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A reader read that the Durex World Sex Survey claims an average person in New Zealand has 13.2 sexual partners in their lifetime. He adds: "I'm an 87-year-old male, have been married over 60 years. I'm about as average as one can get. The next few years are going to be interesting however, when I meet up with my 12 other sexual partners. And I thought I was too old to have anything to look forward to."
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