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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
During ITV’s annual production of I’m a Celebrity, Get me out of Here, a reality show involving a dozen celebrities, or former celebrities looking to reinvent their careers, an incident occurred which has now resulted in two of the celebrities, Stuart and Gino, being prosecuted by the Australian RSPCA for cruelty to a rat! It [...]
Posted in General Interest & News, Wildlife | No Comments » | Tagged: animal cruelty, Australian RSPCA, bush tucker trial, celebrity, cockroach, crocodile, horse, I'm a Celebrity get me out of here, jungle, kangaroo, mealworm, possum, rat, spider
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
A recent survey costing ten million pounds has revealed that our countryside is overrun by Brambles and Stinging Nettles along with a few other invasive species.
I am sure most of us that regularly spend time in the countryside are quite aware of this without such a vast amount of money being spent on the conclusion.
Brambles, [...]
Posted in Environmental Issues, Seasonal Autumn | No Comments » | Tagged: blackberry, Bramble, countryside, raspberry, red admiral butterfly, stinging nettle
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Love it or loathe it, Christmas is on the horizon.
Retailers obviously have to plan months in advance especially as more people spread the cost of Xmas by buying earlier.
I will be listing my Dog and Cat Christmas gifts from the beginning of October with a second category entitled Xmas Specials, look out for some [...]
Posted in General Interest & News | No Comments » | Tagged: Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Xmas
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
With the darker nights creeping up on us, more dog walkers are having to take their pets for walks in the fading light.
There are a lot of mad motorists out there whose recklessness costs not only human life but animal’s lives too. With this in mind it is worth considering buying a High Visibility [...]
Posted in General Interest & News, Pet Products, Pets, Seasonal Autumn | No Comments » | Tagged: Dog Coats, Free Postage, Free Shipping, High Visibility
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
During this period of recession I have decided to help a little by way of offering free shipping on selected items, at present the items with free postage comprise certain wooden bird feeders and nest boxes. In the next few days I will be adding more items from different categories to the list.
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Posted in General Interest & News | No Comments » | Tagged: Bird Feeders, Free Postage, Free Shipping, Nest Box, recession
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
No you haven’t misread the title, it is not the usual Dog Bites Postman story.
The culprit is, to quote its owner, a fluffy kitten, who playfully or otherwise leapt at the letterbox when the postwoman was delivering mail to the house causing injury to her hand.
The postwoman felt it serious enough to complain to her [...]
Posted in General Interest & News, Pets | No Comments » | Tagged: Cat, Dog, letterbox, Postal Worker, Postwoman, Royal Mail, teaser toys
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
A potentially serious altercation between a group of Herring Gulls and rival Black Backed Gulls was averted by the intervention of the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service after they were called to the scene by the UK Border Agency on Saturday night.
Tempers flared when a Black Backed gull chick, who had fallen onto [...]
Posted in General Interest & News, Wildlife | No Comments » | Tagged: Black Backed Gull, East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service, Herring Gull, Newhaven Harbour, Seagull, UK Border Agency
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
There are certain things we hear that, although serious to those on the receiving end, can cause a wry smile to the rest of us.
Such was the case recently when a shop premises was hit by a severe fire which started in the roof. Not amusing at all, potentially deadly, thankfully not.
Fire officers were completely [...]
Posted in General Interest & News, Wildlife | No Comments » | Tagged: cigarette end, cigarette filters, couriers, fire, forensic investigators, insurance companies, nest, sparrow, tems and conditions
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Depending upon your age you will recall the Golliwog as either a cuddly childhood toy lying in your toybox next to other soft toys like the Teddy Bear or you will see it as an object promoting racial hatred that gives yet more ammunition to the politically correct brigade.
I am by no means racist and [...]
Posted in General Interest & News | No Comments » | Tagged: Action Man, Add new tag, Al Jolson, Alf Garnett, Carol Thatcher, Cybermen, Dr Who, Enid Blyton, Fats Waller, Florence Kate Upton, gift shop, Golliwog, Golliwog Badges, Golliwogg, Golly Memorabilia, Louis Armstrong, mascot, Minstrel, political correctness, politically correct, rag doll, Robertson's Jam, Sandringham, Teddy Bear, Warren Mitchell
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Jack the Chocolate Labrador was out walking with his owner early on Thursday morning along the footpath which runs next to the river at Truro in Cornwall when Jack slipped over the edge of the footpath and plunged ten feet onto the muddy riverbed, the incoming tide was rising fast and with no obvious means [...]
Posted in General Interest & News, Pets | No Comments » | Tagged: Dog Rescue, Fire Brigade, firefighters, Truro