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Sizewell family alarmed by cat’s changing appearance

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Sizewell cat

A family who recently moved to Sizewell have raised concerns after their pet cat’s appearance changed drastically within two weeks.

Fluffy went from being a normal-looking hairy cat (inset) to a bald freak with huge ears and scary green eyes.

Mum-of-two Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: “My husband got a new job so we had to move from Northamptonshire to live in Sizewell on the Suffolk coast, close to the nuclear power station.

“Everything has been lovely – the locals have welcomed us and said we should be accepted in Suffolk within 27 years, and the kids settled in school once they got used to wearing smocks.

“But something is terribly strange about Fluffy, who likes to go out at night and explore.

“First we noticed some tufts of his hair began falling out – and within four days it had all gone.

“And then his ears grew enormous and his eyes began to bulge and changed colour from yellow to green. He also now has five legs.

“He’s probably the same cat inside, but to be honest the kids are now scared to go near him.”

Ms Fisher took Fluffy to the local Ipswich vets, who advised her to stop letting him wander up to Sizewell B.

“They wouldn’t tell me why. It’s very odd,” Ms Fisher said.

“Why shouldn’t Fluffy go up there where it’s nice and warm? It makes you wonder if it is entirely safe.”

Sizewell B spokesman Charles Montgomery Burns said: “Excellent! There is absolutely nothing to worry about. Release the hounds!”

Norwich City risk charge of wasting police time

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Norwich FC trophy cabinet

By Rob Banks, Crime Editor

Delia Smith’s Norwich City could be charged with wasting police time after the club claimed its trophy cabinet had been stolen.

The Suffolk Gazette understands a 999 call from Carrow Road insisted the cabinet, together with its allegedly precious contents, had disappeared from the board room.

But an investigation by Norfolk Police quickly revealed no one at the club could describe any of the stolen items, and detectives concluded it was likely a trophy cabinet never existed in the first place.

A police source confirmed Norwich’s only known cup, the 1955-56 Bernard Matthews Challenge Shield, had been found – propping open a fire door.

The officer said: “The emergency call was traced back to the office of Norwich chairman Ed Balls, who was found in a comatose state surrounded by empty pie tins.

“He was jabbering on about the league title, and FA Cup and UEFA Cup trophies – but clearly he was mistaking his club’s history with that of their larger and more successful rivals over the border in Suffolk.”

Stretched forces in Norfolk are now considering charging Norwich City FC with wasting police time. “Normally people call them a waste of time anyway,” the officer said.

Meanwhile, concerned club staff have called in Yvette Fielding, star of TV’s Most Haunted show, to investigate as the spectre of wasting all their Premier League parachute money haunts the corridors of Carrow Road.

A club insider said: “There has been a ghostly apparition running through the corridors screeching, ‘Where are you? Let’s be having you.’ We think it is the spirit of a sad old woman desperately searching for her team’s next win.”

Waitrose to hold open evenings for common people only

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Waitrose

Posh supermarket chain Waitrose is to launch special open evenings on Tuesdays exclusively for common people.

The move means the chain’s posh customers now know when to stay at home to avoid rubbing shoulders with the working class.

And it will allow those less well-educated, and with hardly any money, to walk around the aisles hunting for bargains without feeling ashamed.

The move comes just months after we revealed how Lidl was launching Middle Class Mondays – a day when yummy mummies could take advantage of the store’s special offers without anyone noticing.

That has become such as a success that Waitrose spotted the potential of having some segregated shopper time of its own.

Waitrose opening times

Bosses felt that common people did not deserve a whole day with the shops to themselves in normal Waitrose opening times, but they are putting aside three hours on a Tuesday night, from 9pm to midnight in flagship stores.

They say poor people will not have to prove they are common, but as everyone else will avoid the shops like the plague during the ‘shell suit hours’, there is no need.

A retail behaviour expert said: “This is a great move by Waitrose. Poor people would love to look around the store and maybe try to find some cheap kale or pheasant jerky.

“But they are too embarrassed and afraid the posh people who drive Audis and Range Rovers will point and sneer at them.

“Now they can enjoy some special ‘me’ time without being ashamed and self-conscious.”

Poor person Janice Smith, 59, from Ipswich, said: “I’m looking forward to having a nose around Waitrose. So long as the buses run from there up to midnight I’ll be fine.”

Norwich City orders extra ox carts for fans going to Ipswich

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Ox wagon Norfolk

By Ian Bred, Norfolk Correspondent

Delia Smith has thoughtfully laid on extra transport for Norwich City fans wishing to attend the crunch East Anglian derby at Ipswich on Sunday.

She has ordered the Norfolk Ox Cart Company to prepare 15 wagons to take the Canaries supporters down the A140 and across the border into Suffolk.

The Carrow Road club owner’s kind gesture, which will cost each fan just two groats, will mean the away support at Portman Road could now top 250.

A Norwich City spokesman said: “It’s the biggest game of the year for Norwich fans, who are desperate to see their side beat their Old Farm Derby rivals for the first time since 2009.

“We have just sneaked above Ipswich in the league, thanks to a fluke injury-time equaliser in the last match against Hull, so the demand for tickets is high.

“Delia has shares in the Norfolk Ox Cart Company and was able to get a special deal for our fans.”

The match kicks off early at noon at the request of local police.

Officers were concerned the Norwich fans’ Ox carts, which are considered hi-tech in Norfolk, would not be able to get home back up the A140 before dark.

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A Suffolk Police spokesman said: “There would be no problem once they got back into Norfolk because there’s no other road traffic up there.

“But in Suffolk, they will come across cars, lorries and other means of modern transport, and ox carts are slow and do not have lights.”

The 15 Ox carts are scheduled to leave Carrow Road at 6am on Sunday, which should get them to Ipswich just before the match starts.

Ipswich fans are urged not to throw rotten fruit at the Norwich supporters as they trundle into town.

The Biggest Lottery Winners in Nottinghamshire

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Everybody knows that Nottinghamshire is Robin Hood country, but what you may not know about it is that it is also one of the luckiest places in the entire world for playing the lottery. With over 60 millionaires since the National Lottery has been introduced in 1994, and more than 660 people with high-tier prizes under their belts, Nottinghamshire is clearly the place to be if you’re trying your luck in the lottery! In this article, we are going to tell you about the biggest lottery winners from Nottinghamshire so that you can get an idea of the immense proportions of their wins.

Lottery winners

Matt and Cassey Topham – £45 MILLION
Matt and Cassey Topham are the biggest lottery winners in Nottinghamshire to this day. They got their big lottery break back on February 7th, 2012, when they won a whopping £45 million in the EuroMillions. At the time of their win, they were both 26 years old and they immediately fell into the sweetest part of their entire lives.

The two young lovers got married that year and saw many of their dreams turning into reality. Little did they know that playing EuroMillions would give their lives such a boost. While most lottery winners spend their money on luxury mansions, the Tophams got an eight-bedroom environmentally-sustainable home.

One of their most luxurious purchases was an Aston Martin DB9, which was meant to replace the Peugeot 107 they had before. They also used their EuroMillions fortune to buy a house for their best friend, and to take their best mates on some amazing trips to Spain and New York.

Lottery winners
Sue and Ivan Westbury – £7.7 million
The Westburies got their big lotto jackpot on July 7th, 2010 in the UK Lotto. They were extremely excited to find out that they had won a whopping £7.7 million. They told the press how they went to a local pub to celebrate their win and realized only after that neither of them had brought any money for the drinks.

Well, truthfully, with a fortune of £7.7 million, worrying about cash seems somewhat redundant. After collecting their millions from Camelot, Sue and Ivan Westbury went on a caravan holiday in Cornwall together with their dog.

Then, they moved their travel destinations to more exotic locations, but overall remained extremely leveled with their money. Mr. Westbury continued to run his lightning protection company, Sentinel Lightning. The two used their money to take advantage of the smaller and larger pleasures of life, but they still have a fortune to speak of today.

These are the biggest lottery winners in Nottinghamshire, but there are many more amazing lotto stories that came out of this wondrous region in the UK. So, if you are planning a trip to Nottingham, make sure to put in at least one ticket because it seems to be the place to be for winning the lottery!

Lottery winners
Gareth and Catherine Bull – £41 MILLION
2012 was indeed an excellent year for Nottinghamshire. Only two weeks before Matt and Cassey Topham scooped their lotto fortune, Gareth and Catherine Bull were making headlines as they won a staggering £41 million in the EuroMillions on January 20th, 2012.

The Bulls became known as some of the most leveled lottery winners in EuroMillions history, as they even refused to move from their home in Mansfield Woodhouse. However, they did have a very good reason not to, as it was built by Gareth himself as their dream home.

The couple changed cars and aimed to maintain a simple life after their win and even donate to cancer charities. Their most extravagant investment was in a villa in Tenerife. Sadly, five years after their win, Gareth and Catherine Bull have announced that they would be separating, but their story remains inspiring for lottery winners everywhere.

Suffolk Liberation Front rises from the ashes

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Suffolk Liberation Front


By Doug Trench, Defence Editor

The Suffolk Gazette office has just received an unexpected communiqué from the Suffolk Liberation Front, which we thought had gone into retirement. We reprint it below, as instructed.

Sir,

It has been some time since the Suffolk Liberation Front issued a news release, with the last time being a rather sad affair as our forces were decimated and the commanding officer was on the run, literally fighting for his life at times.

Since those times the SLF has been busy rebuilding and we feel that it is time to terrify the residents of Suffolk reassure the residents of Suffolk that we are on our way soon.

We have been made aware of scattered stay-behind units of the SLF throughout Suffolk who have been fighting a desperate guerrilla action, the commanding officer has now been in touch with these scattered idiots heroes and has promised imminent relief to them. They have gratefully contributed financially to the fund for the SLF return.

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During all this time that the SLF have been absent from Suffolk, the commanding officer has remained grateful to the independent Ravenswood Airborne Battalion, who have been bravely holding out against all odds and have kept a small pocket of Suffolk free from second home owners, Norfolk incursion and all things non Suffolk. Come the time when the SLF returns it is foreseen that this independent battalion may refuse to cow tow to the commanders orders amalgamate into the regular SLF and some pitched battles may ensue in Ravenswood. It is hoped that this does not happen as there is a strong manufacturing and industrial base in that area which will be needed to build fences not bridges.

There have been some very heated meetings at the secret SLF training base about what tactics are to be used and what direction the SLF will go in, upon the return there will some new faces, because the previous deputy commander was actually an informer (grass) to forces opposing the SLF reign of terror relief and and liberation of Suffolk.

The new plan for now is to seal Norfolk on the land borders with a razor wire electrified fence and to mine the coast, preventing any shipping landing there. The SLF intends on seizing fighter jets from the rather odd USAF bases we have; thus liberating Suffolk from imperialist American occupation and pleasing our new allies the DPRK ( North Korea). With the seized aircraft we will establish a no fly zone over the whole of Norfolk and bomb all airfields and landing strips, we will the leave the medieval hell hole to fend for itself, it will become much like scenes from the film Escape From New York.

There are other plans in place which must remain confidential due to operational security reasons.

We are sad to report that the commanding officer continues to receive death threats on a regular basis. He has diligently stuck it out in exile in Southend, at one point things got dangerous for the commander and he was forced to flee further south, to a seaside town where he spent the week on a rampage of cocaine, alcohol and prostitutes, spending the last of the SLF fighting fund the week gaining strength and resting up for the battle to come.

The commanding officer has recently been attacked several times. On one occasion he had slipped into Suffolk to make contact with his men and came under attack from drill wielding maniacs, the CO dealt with it quickly, escaping after fighting for his life.

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Sadly the latest attempt on the COs life was serious. He was driving sedately at 80mph in his armoured vehicle when he came under fire from forces unknown to him but which are suspected to be sympathetic to Norfolk and fed up with the SLF being in Essex. Luckily the attack was unsuccessful as the CO had wisely fitted bullet proof glass as a windscreen. The CO was so high on drugs highly trained that he didn’t even flinch and carried on his journey after the attack.

I enclose a picture of some of the fighting strength of the SLF and it is highly recommended that you the editor publish our newsletter as otherwise you will be seen as sympathetic to Norfolk and people opposing SLF rule, and you will be dealt with accordingly when the CO comes back in a convoy of vehicles with the song The Boys Are Back in Town playing loudly.

Come the SLF return, the Suffolk Gazette will be given a worldwide exclusive of this return including every battle and action undertaken. We wouldn’t want to have to come round to your HQ and insist that you come along to report on the events to come.

Sincerely,
SLF Press officer Osborne
We are Suffolk, we are united

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North Korean submarine caught spying on Britain

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North Korea submarine Suffolk

By Doug Trench, Defence Editor

A North Korean submarine was caught red-handed spying on Britain from the North Sea, it has emerged.

The Romeo Class sub, which Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un toured personally only three years ago, was spotted by a Royal Navy patrol ten miles off the Suffolk coast.

It had surfaced for fresh air when it was clocked by the radar of nearby Royal Navy patrol boat, HMS Mersey.

Our boys told the North Koreans in no uncertain terms that their mission breached clear regulations and that the sub should return to international waters.

Without argument, the North Korean sub closed its hatches and submerged silently under the waves.

HMS Mersey, a River Class patrol vessel more often used to protect British fisheries and borders, used its sonar equipment to tail the sub as it slunk off towards the Norwegian Sea.

From there it was picked up and tailed by the Swedish Navy as it skirted around the north of Russia and back to the Sea of Japan.

Defence officials were alarmed by the appearance of the ancient North Korean sub, which was originally provided by the Russians but has long since been mothballed from their own fleet.

A Ministry of Defence insider said: “It’s possible this was just an attempt to wind us up.

“Certainly the sub was not armed with anything more than a machine gun. Sonar showed its torpedo bays were empty.

“But it is more likely this was a straightforward spying mission, and the sub was likely going up and down the East coast of the UK looking at ports and military facilities.

“The fact it was seen off Suffolk is a little concerning, as that is where the Sizewell Nuclear Power Station is.”

He confirmed no shots had been fired and the North Korean sub turned around and left the area within minutes of being spotted.

North Korean submarine fleet, although large, is thought to be woefully out of date.

The Romeo Class was built in Russia way back in the 1950s. Four were presented to North Korea, but they have not been used in Russia for decades.

The vessel is diesel-electric and has a top speed of only 13 knots, and is operated by a crew of 54. It would have taken the sub months to reach the North Sea.

The incident is similar to the time a Russian submarine was caught spying off Felixstowe in Suffolk.

More and more Brits are taking up online casino gambling

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Casino image

Gambling has always been a big part of British culture. Whether it is taking a punt on the races, betting on the outcome of your favourite team, playing bingo with friends, or heading down to the local casino for a few spins of the roulette wheel – gambling is something that Brits have always done, and loved.

The advent of technology

In recent years, the ever-increasing advent of technology has meant that pretty much everyone is connected to the internet. With most adults having a smartphone, and a tablet, as well as a laptop or PC, we find ourselves connected to the internet pretty much 24-7. What this means is that we spend more and more of our lives online and many of the things we would once do in person – shopping, booking flights, and gambling – are now done online from the palm of our hands.

Of course, due to the rising popularity of online casinos, the market is somewhat flooded. It is worth remembering that not all casinos are created equally and some are most definitely better than others. When it comes to knowing which one to go for, it can be difficult knowing how to separate the wheat from the chaff. Luckily, there are many online casinos offer free spins upon sign up and that there are also several online casino comparison sites such as crispygamer.com/free-spins-no-deposit that reviews all the best free spins no deposit bonuses.

How to pick a good one

So what things should you be looking out for before you sign up and start betting? Well first and foremost you should see where the site is licensed and regulated. If it is registered in Malta or the UK, the chances are they are a safe bet as both jurisdictions employ strict standards, regulations, compliance requirements, and also do random checks and tests to make sure that everything is above board.

Then you should check whether the site is secure. Look for a padlock sign in your browser and take a look at the privacy policy whilst you are at it. When it comes to your personal details, and especially bank or card details, you need to make sure that everything is encrypted and secure. Look for payment methods such as Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Skrill, and NETELLER – all of these are popular and highly reputable e-payment companies and can be trusted with your personal information.

Great game selection

Last but not least, make sure that the game selection and variety is to your liking. There is no good in signing up to a slots site if you don’t like slots, likewise don’t waste your time with a poker based site if you have no idea how to play poker! Look for sites that have a wide range of games of different types so that you can try your hand at all of them and see what works for you! Remember that it is supposed to be fun – if you don’t believe us, why not give it a go for yourself?