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Gardening injuries landed 87,000 British people in hospital last year and included 6500 cases involving a lawn mower, 5300 involving a flower pot and 4400 involving secateurs, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said. Top 10 gardening injuries in Britain are:
1. Lawn mowers (6500 accidents each year)
2. Flower pots (5300)
3. Secateurs and pruners (4400)
4. Spades (3600)
5. Electric hedge trimmers (3100)
6. Plant tubs and troughs (2800)
7. Shears (2100)
8. Garden forks (2000)
9. Hoses and sprinklers (1900)
10. Garden canes and sticks (1800).
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Phil reckons he's seen the same mascara- applying woman, who usually gets to the bridge before the application begins, but has also seen something that trumps that idiocy. "I did once see a woman enjoying her breakfast while on the move. Not snatching bites of a bagel or croissant, but a full bowl of cereal with milk which sat in the open glove compartment. She helped herself by making long leanings to the bowl on straight bits!"
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The Queen stunned staff at a London primary school by claiming a prize with her winning raffle ticket from their fundraiser. She bought tickets for the draw at Notting Hill's Fox Primary School from a Buckingham Palace courtier whose children go there. Organisers of the raffle were shocked when they pulled out a ticket with the Queen's name on and binned it as they thought it was a joke. However, it was later revealed that the ticket was genuine and staff handed over a prize of two bars of soap and bath oil. (Source: Daily Mail)
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In Foodtown Greenlane, Terry Johnson noticed that various fruit and vegetable items have some snippet of useful information alongside, such as tamarillos being a source of vitamin C. Strangely, perhaps to avoid repetition with the tree tomatoes, lemons are labelled as being a good source of fibre rather than vitamin C. "The number of lemons you'd need to eat to get a useful amount of fibre stretches the imagination," says Terry.
Today's Video Webpick: John Key and his entourage (photographers and TV crew) wander around the Porirua markets trying to make friends. Watch it here. These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.
