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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2359, 1, '2015-12-28 13:18:54', '2015-12-28 13:18:54', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015.</b>\r\n\r\nThe awards were created to recognise the most brilliant contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive living in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "This would be an amazing story to believe. A main thing I picked up in is there wouldn’t be a black and white photo of him if he was found recently? For the photo to be B&W like that one he would have to have been spotted in 1944. Also he would be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definately not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A surrendering or realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. Im sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was our reader <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence at our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro. Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background and the ship is German. The pospective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on: "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a balistic missile sub."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: The Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor, who wrote: "Dear Jason, My Defence Editor assures me there is indeed an Austin Maestro class Russian submarine. It is on secret trials and yet to be shown off to the wider world. This is what makes this scoop even bigger than it first appears. In response to your other points:\r\n– There are islands off Felixstowe, but you normally can’t see them through the drizzle. Also, German ships are allowed to visit Felixstowe (they were only banned under controversial circumstances from 1939 to 1945);\r\n– Our photographer had a very tall ladder in the back of his car, which explains why the perspective of the sub might appear too low;\r\n– As mentioned earlier, this Austin Maestro class is on secret testing, so how would you know what the configuration of its conning tower thingy should be?\r\n– I am amazed to hear the airbus website for defence also snapped the same submarine, so it seems this vessel has been testing in a wider area than we first thought. Interesting;\r\n– I would rather not “get the sack” because how would I then be able to afford my beer? Also, as I am the only one here, who would sack me?\r\n– I can assure you all our sources are checked very closely. If we have had too many pints, I admit that this fact-checking could get a little sketchy.\r\n\r\n"I hope this helps. If you need any more clarification, perhaps a visit to the About Suffolk Gazette page might help?\r\n\r\n"Finally, I am grateful for your support of our esteemed website; we do so much like hearing from our fans."\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news organisations in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one new organisation has been caught out twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>, but more recently ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI internation news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br>\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farming Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over their eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in the print edition, so it couldn\'t excactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire. However, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Nah, Humbug! Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 13:18:54', '2015-12-28 13:18:54', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2360, 1, '2015-12-28 13:22:16', '2015-12-28 13:22:16', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015.</b>\r\n\r\nThe awards were created to recognise the most brilliant contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive living in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "This would be an amazing story to believe. A main thing I picked up in is there wouldn’t be a black and white photo of him if he was found recently? For the photo to be B&W like that one he would have to have been spotted in 1944. Also he would be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definately not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A surrendering or realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. Im sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was our reader <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence at our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro. Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background and the ship is German. The pospective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on: "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a balistic missile sub."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: The Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor, who wrote: "Dear Jason, My Defence Editor assures me there is indeed an Austin Maestro class Russian submarine. It is on secret trials and yet to be shown off to the wider world. This is what makes this scoop even bigger than it first appears. In response to your other points:\r\n– There are islands off Felixstowe, but you normally can’t see them through the drizzle. Also, German ships are allowed to visit Felixstowe (they were only banned under controversial circumstances from 1939 to 1945);\r\n– Our photographer had a very tall ladder in the back of his car, which explains why the perspective of the sub might appear too low;\r\n– As mentioned earlier, this Austin Maestro class is on secret testing, so how would you know what the configuration of its conning tower thingy should be?\r\n– I am amazed to hear the airbus website for defence also snapped the same submarine, so it seems this vessel has been testing in a wider area than we first thought. Interesting;\r\n– I would rather not “get the sack” because how would I then be able to afford my beer? Also, as I am the only one here, who would sack me?\r\n– I can assure you all our sources are checked very closely. If we have had too many pints, I admit that this fact-checking could get a little sketchy.\r\n\r\n"I hope this helps. If you need any more clarification, perhaps a visit to the About Suffolk Gazette page might help?\r\n\r\n"Finally, I am grateful for your support of our esteemed website; we do so much like hearing from our fans."\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news organisations in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one new organisation has been caught out twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>, but more recently ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI internation news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br>\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farming Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t excactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire. However, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 13:22:16', '2015-12-28 13:22:16', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2361, 1, '2015-12-28 13:24:15', '2015-12-28 13:24:15', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015.</b>\r\n\r\nThe awards were created to recognise the most brilliant contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive living in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "This would be an amazing story to believe. A main thing I picked up in is there wouldn’t be a black and white photo of him if he was found recently? For the photo to be B&W like that one he would have to have been spotted in 1944. Also he would be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definately not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A surrendering or realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. Im sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was our reader <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence at our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro. Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background and the ship is German. The pospective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on: "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a balistic missile sub."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: The Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor, who wrote: "Dear Jason, My Defence Editor assures me there is indeed an Austin Maestro class Russian submarine. It is on secret trials and yet to be shown off to the wider world. This is what makes this scoop even bigger than it first appears. In response to your other points:\r\n– There are islands off Felixstowe, but you normally can’t see them through the drizzle. Also, German ships are allowed to visit Felixstowe (they were only banned under controversial circumstances from 1939 to 1945);\r\n– Our photographer had a very tall ladder in the back of his car, which explains why the perspective of the sub might appear too low;\r\n– As mentioned earlier, this Austin Maestro class is on secret testing, so how would you know what the configuration of its conning tower thingy should be?\r\n– I am amazed to hear the airbus website for defence also snapped the same submarine, so it seems this vessel has been testing in a wider area than we first thought. Interesting;\r\n– I would rather not “get the sack” because how would I then be able to afford my beer? Also, as I am the only one here, who would sack me?\r\n– I can assure you all our sources are checked very closely. If we have had too many pints, I admit that this fact-checking could get a little sketchy.\r\n\r\n"I hope this helps. If you need any more clarification, perhaps a visit to the About Suffolk Gazette page might help?"\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news organisations in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one new organisation has been caught out twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>, but more recently ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI internation news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farming Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t excactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire. However, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 13:24:15', '2015-12-28 13:24:15', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2363, 1, '2015-12-28 14:06:43', '2015-12-28 14:06:43', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the sought-after Suffolk Gazette Awards.</b>\r\n\r\nThe awards were launched to recognise the most brilliant contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\nWithout further fanfare, here are this year\'s winners:\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive hiding in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "He should be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definately not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A) surrendering, or B) realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. Im sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: A Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence to our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote to us in quite a strop: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro.\r\n\r\n"Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background (of the photo) and the ship is German. The perspective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on (and on): "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a balistic missile sub."\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed and well researched that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2362"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" alt="editor-response" width="550" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362" /></a></center><center><i>Simple explanation: The Editor, who was not sacked, fires back at Jason</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED!, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other so-called \'proper\' media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news organisations in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one foreign news organisation has been caught out twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>. More recently it ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI internation news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farm Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t excactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake on its website). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire.\r\n\r\nHowever, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Best Pub of The Year Award - The Greyhound</b>\r\n\r\nBy presenting this award to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/suffolk-gazette-moves-corporate-hq/" target="_blank">official corporate headquarters</a>, we\'re secretly hoping the Greyhound in Ipswich finally gets round to placing an advert in the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1412"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>Cheers: Suffolk Gazette\'s Corporate HQ is at the bar in the Greyhound</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:06:43', '2015-12-28 14:06:43', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2364, 1, '2015-12-28 14:11:14', '2015-12-28 14:11:14', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the sought-after Suffolk Gazette Awards.</b>\r\n\r\nThe awards were launched to recognise the most brilliant contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\nWithout further fanfare, here are this year\'s winners:\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive hiding in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "He should be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definately not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A) surrendering, or B) realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. Im sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: A Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence to our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote to us in quite a strop: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro.\r\n\r\n"Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background (of the photo) and the ship is German. The perspective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on (and on): "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a balistic missile sub."\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed and well researched that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2362"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" alt="editor-response" width="550" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362" /></a></center><center><i>Simple explanation: The Editor, who was not sacked, fires back at Jason</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED!, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other so-called \'proper\' media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news organisations in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one foreign news organisation has been caught out twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>. More recently it ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI internation news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farm Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t excactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake on its website). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire.\r\n\r\nHowever, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Best Pub of The Year Award - The Greyhound</b>\r\n\r\nBy presenting this award to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/suffolk-gazette-moves-corporate-hq/" target="_blank">official corporate headquarters</a>, we\'re secretly hoping the Greyhound in Ipswich finally gets round to placing an advert in the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1412"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>Cheers: Suffolk Gazette\'s Corporate HQ</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:11:14', '2015-12-28 14:11:14', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2365, 1, '2015-12-28 14:17:33', '2015-12-28 14:17:33', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the sought-after Suffolk Gazette Awards.</b>\r\n\r\nThe awards were launched to recognise the best contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive hiding in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "He should be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definately not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A) surrendering, or B) realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. Im sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: A Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence to our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote to us in quite a strop: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro.\r\n\r\n"Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background (of the photo) and the ship is German. The perspective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on (and on): "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a balistic missile sub."\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed and well researched that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2362"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" alt="editor-response" width="550" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362" /></a></center><center><i>Simple explanation: The Editor, who was not sacked, fires back at Jason</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED!, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other so-called \'proper\' media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news outlets in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one foreign news organisation has been exposed twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>. More recently it ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI internation news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farm Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t excactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake on its website). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire.\r\n\r\nHowever, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Best Pub of The Year Award - The Greyhound</b>\r\n\r\nBy presenting this award to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/suffolk-gazette-moves-corporate-hq/" target="_blank">official corporate headquarters</a>, we\'re secretly hoping the Greyhound in Ipswich finally gets round to placing an advert in the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1412"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>Cheers: Suffolk Gazette\'s Corporate HQ</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:17:33', '2015-12-28 14:17:33', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2366, 1, '2015-12-28 14:19:15', '2015-12-28 14:19:15', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the sought-after Suffolk Gazette Awards.</b>\r\n\r\nThe awards were launched to recognise the best contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive hiding in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "He should be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definitely not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A) surrendering, or B) realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. I\'m sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: A Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence to our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote to us in quite a strop: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro.\r\n\r\n"Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background (of the photo) and the ship is German. The perspective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on (and on): "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a ballistic missile sub."\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed and well researched that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2362"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" alt="editor-response" width="550" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362" /></a></center><center><i>Simple explanation: The Editor, who was not sacked, fires back at Jason</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED!, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other so-called \'proper\' media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news outlets in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one foreign news organisation has been exposed twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>. More recently it ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI international news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farm Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t exactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake on its website). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire.\r\n\r\nHowever, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Best Pub of The Year Award - The Greyhound</b>\r\n\r\nBy presenting this award to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/suffolk-gazette-moves-corporate-hq/" target="_blank">official corporate headquarters</a>, we\'re secretly hoping the Greyhound in Ipswich finally gets round to placing an advert in the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1412"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>Cheers: Suffolk Gazette\'s Corporate HQ</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:19:15', '2015-12-28 14:19:15', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2367, 1, '2015-12-28 14:22:45', '2015-12-28 14:22:45', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the sought-after Suffolk Gazette Awards.</b>\r\n\r\nThe sparkling trophies were launched to recognise the best contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive hiding in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "He should be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definitely not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A) surrendering, or B) realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. I\'m sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: A Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence to our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote to us in quite a strop: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro.\r\n\r\n"Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background (of the photo) and the ship is German. The perspective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on (and on): "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a ballistic missile sub."\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed and well researched that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2362"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" alt="editor-response" width="550" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362" /></a></center><center><i>Simple explanation: The Editor, who was not sacked, fires back at Jason</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED!, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other so-called \'proper\' media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news outlets in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one foreign news organisation has been exposed twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>. More recently it ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI international news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farm Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t exactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake on its website). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire.\r\n\r\nHowever, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Best Pub of The Year Award - The Greyhound</b>\r\n\r\nBy presenting this award to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/suffolk-gazette-moves-corporate-hq/" target="_blank">official corporate headquarters</a>, we\'re secretly hoping the Greyhound in Ipswich finally gets round to placing an advert in the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1412"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>Cheers: Suffolk Gazette\'s Corporate HQ</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:22:45', '2015-12-28 14:22:45', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2368, 1, '2015-12-28 14:26:16', '2015-12-28 14:26:16', '<b>World Exclusive\r\nBy Doug Trench\r\nDefence Editor\r\n\r\nA Russian submarine has been spotted lurking off the Suffolk coast as Vladimir Putin continues to provoke the west over troubles in the Ukraine.</b>\r\n\r\nDefence chiefs fear the menacing sub is spying on Felixstowe as the Russian regime attempts to understand what makes a great British holiday resort so popular.\r\n\r\nBritish spymasters believe Putin is envious of Felixstowe\'s international reputation as a summer millionaire\'s playground - and wants to use covert intelligence to help build a copycat resort back home on the Black Sea.\r\n\r\nBut officials warned the submarine has technically "invaded" Britain after entering UK waters uninvited - and added an accidental collision with one of the huge container ships from Felixstowe Port was a very real danger, sparking a major international incident.\r\n\r\nA Ministry of Defence insider told the Suffolk Gazette: "Since we mothballed our fleet of submarine-hunting Nimrod aircraft, Putin has been sending his vessels into our waters in increasing numbers, knowing we can not pick them up.\r\n\r\n"It\'s a dangerous game of chess as he goads us over our opposition to his aggressive expansionist policies in the Ukraine region."\r\n\r\nThe submarine, believed to be a third-generation ballistic-missile-capable Austin Maestro class, was first spotted by visitors sitting in their cars at the Felixtowe Port viewing area.\r\n\r\nThey saw a mysterious periscope appearing from the waves about two miles offshore, rotating backwards and forwards by 45 degress as if surveying the Felixstowe coastline.\r\n\r\nOne tourist, Justin Allen, managed to take this exclusive photograph before the submaring dived and glided silently under the waves again.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-566x377.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="566" height="377" class="aligncenter size-thumb_566x377 wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>The Russian submarine caught spying on Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nMr Allen, 56, from Woodbridge, said: "I was in the car with my elderly mother enjoing a cheese sandwich when I spotted the sub. I couldn\'t believe it - but I luckily managed to take the photo before it disappeared from view.\r\n\r\n"It\'s terrifying to think the Russians are getting so close to us and there\'s seemingly nothing we can do about it. I\'m not surprised Putin wants to understand why Felixstowe is such a popular holiday resort, but I worry that he has positioned a sub in the middle of our very busy shipping lanes."\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette understands that MI5 has now sent undercover agents to the Felixstowe area to begin a counter-espionage operation.\r\n\r\nThey are believed to be staying in one of the high-class caravan parks near the seafront, and splitting up during the day in order to maximise efforts against the Russians.\r\n\r\nOne will spend time at the glorious Mannings amusement park, one of the world\'s leading leisure facilities that rivals Disneyland, while another is stationed on the internationally-renowned crazy golf couse on the promenade, a course which attracts the world\'s best golfers.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, a third agent will patrol the beautiful pier (the bit still open to the public), while the last is said to be holed up in the resort\'s exclusive leisure centre, which is used by Felixstowe residents with beautiful bodies.\r\n\r\n"Putin needs to be put in his place," said an MI5 source hiding behind a newspaper with eye holes cut out. "Felixstowe has worked hard for centuries to earn its reputation as one of the world\'s leading leisure destinations. If the Russians think they can just come and steal our secrets, then they have a another thing coming."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike us on Facebook: <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Buy us a beer (please)!</a>', 'Russian submarine spying on Felixstowe', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1528-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:26:16', '2015-12-28 14:26:16', '', 1528, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/1528-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2369, 1, '2015-12-28 14:27:51', '2015-12-28 14:27:51', '<b>By Foo Tse\r\nEconomics Editor (on secondment from the Peking Times)\r\n\r\nBritain\'s leading newspaper, the Suffolk Gazette has officially completed its £4 million headquarters move to The Greyhound pub in Ipswich.</b>\r\n\r\nMedia mogul and Gazette founder Simon Young confirmed board meetings will take place on a "very regular" basis at the swanky corporate HQ in Henley Road.\r\n\r\nKey facilities at <a href="http://thegreyhoundipswich.co.uk" target="_blank">The Greyhound Ipswich</a> include a regular supply of well-kept Adnams beer, chef Brian\'s tasty steak pies and friendly staff.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>The Greyhound: Suffolk Gazette\'s HQ</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nMr Young said: "The Gazette corporate team needed an HQ with important facilities like beer. This helps the creative process and the production of world-beating news investigations like the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/police-apache-helicopter-blows-up-vicarage/" target="_blank">police Apache helicopter blowing up a vicarag</a>e."\r\n\r\nBoard meetings will be held at The Greyhound at weekends, plus some extraordinary meetings will be called on some midweek evenings, most probably when Ipswich are playing at home.\r\n\r\nThe new line-up of the Suffolk Gazette board was also revealed today by the company\'s corporate communications director, Simon Young.\r\n\r\nHe said finance director Mr S Young had started this week, joining marketing director S Young, HR director S J Young and  Editorial director, er, Simon Young.\r\n\r\nThe Greyhound landlord Dan Lightfoot today welcomed the news.\r\n\r\n"What landlord wouldn\'t want Simon Young as a customer?" he said.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image1-e1439556212209.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image1-225x300.jpg" alt="image" width="225" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1414" /></a></center><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike us on Facebook: <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Buy us a beer (please)!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette moves corporate HQ', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1411-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:27:51', '2015-12-28 14:27:51', '', 1411, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/1411-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2370, 1, '2015-12-28 14:35:00', '2015-12-28 14:35:00', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the sought-after Suffolk Gazette Awards.</b>\n\nThe sparkling trophies were launched to recognise the best contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suffolk-gazette-awards.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2356"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suffolk-gazette-awards.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-awards" width="611" height="464" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2356" /></a></center><center><i>No expense spared: The Suffolk Gazette Awards</center></i><br><br>\n\n\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive hiding in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\n\nTom wrote: "He should be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definitely not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A) surrendering, or B) realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. I\'m sorry but it’s just not probable."\n\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: A Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\n\nBut the hands-down winner was <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence to our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote to us in quite a strop: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro.\n\n"Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background (of the photo) and the ship is German. The perspective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\n\nAnd he went on (and on): "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a ballistic missile sub."\n\nHis comment was so detailed and well researched that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor...\n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2362"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" alt="editor-response" width="550" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362" /></a></center><center><i>Simple explanation: The Editor, who was not sacked, fires back at Jason</center></i><br><br>\n\n\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED!, Netherlands</b>\n\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other so-called \'proper\' media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news outlets in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\n\nBut one foreign news organisation has been exposed twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>. More recently it ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI international news wires.\n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\n\n\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farm Business magazine</b>\n\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\n\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t exactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake on its website). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\n\n\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\n\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire.\n\nHowever, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\n\n\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\n\nYou\'d thihe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\n\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\n\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\n\n\n<b>Best Pub of The Year Award - The Greyhound</b>\n\nBy presenting this award to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/suffolk-gazette-moves-corporate-hq/" target="_blank">official corporate headquarters</a>, we\'re secretly hoping the Greyhound in Ipswich finally gets round to placing an advert in the Suffolk Gazette.\n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1412"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>Cheers: Suffolk Gazette\'s Corporate HQ</center></i><br><br>\n\n\n* * * *\n\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\n\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-autosave-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:35:00', '2015-12-28 14:35:00', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2371, 1, '2015-12-28 14:29:46', '2015-12-28 14:29:46', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the sought-after Suffolk Gazette Awards.</b>\r\n\r\nThe sparkling trophies were launched to recognise the best contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suffolk-gazette-awards.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2356"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suffolk-gazette-awards.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-awards" width="611" height="464" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2356" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette Awards</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive hiding in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "He should be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definitely not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A) surrendering, or B) realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. I\'m sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: A Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence to our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote to us in quite a strop: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro.\r\n\r\n"Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background (of the photo) and the ship is German. The perspective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on (and on): "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a ballistic missile sub."\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed and well researched that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2362"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" alt="editor-response" width="550" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362" /></a></center><center><i>Simple explanation: The Editor, who was not sacked, fires back at Jason</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED!, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other so-called \'proper\' media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news outlets in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one foreign news organisation has been exposed twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>. More recently it ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI international news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farm Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t exactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake on its website). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire.\r\n\r\nHowever, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Best Pub of The Year Award - The Greyhound</b>\r\n\r\nBy presenting this award to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/suffolk-gazette-moves-corporate-hq/" target="_blank">official corporate headquarters</a>, we\'re secretly hoping the Greyhound in Ipswich finally gets round to placing an advert in the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1412"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>Cheers: Suffolk Gazette\'s Corporate HQ</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:29:46', '2015-12-28 14:29:46', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2372, 1, '2015-12-28 14:30:30', '2015-12-28 14:30:30', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the sought-after Suffolk Gazette Awards.</b>\r\n\r\nThe sparkling trophies were launched to recognise the best contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suffolk-gazette-awards.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2356"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suffolk-gazette-awards.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-awards" width="611" height="464" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2356" /></a></center><center><i>No expense spared: The Suffolk Gazette Awards</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive hiding in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "He should be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definitely not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A) surrendering, or B) realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. I\'m sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: A Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence to our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote to us in quite a strop: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro.\r\n\r\n"Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background (of the photo) and the ship is German. The perspective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on (and on): "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a ballistic missile sub."\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed and well researched that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2362"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" alt="editor-response" width="550" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362" /></a></center><center><i>Simple explanation: The Editor, who was not sacked, fires back at Jason</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED!, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other so-called \'proper\' media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news outlets in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one foreign news organisation has been exposed twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>. More recently it ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI international news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farm Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t exactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake on its website). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire.\r\n\r\nHowever, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nThe people of Norfolk could be forgiven for hating the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours!\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Best Pub of The Year Award - The Greyhound</b>\r\n\r\nBy presenting this award to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/suffolk-gazette-moves-corporate-hq/" target="_blank">official corporate headquarters</a>, we\'re secretly hoping the Greyhound in Ipswich finally gets round to placing an advert in the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1412"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>Cheers: Suffolk Gazette\'s Corporate HQ</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:30:30', '2015-12-28 14:30:30', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2373, 1, '2015-12-28 14:35:29', '2015-12-28 14:35:29', '<b>Today we can reveal the winners of the most prestigious awards of 2015 - the sought-after Suffolk Gazette Awards.</b>\r\n\r\nThe sparkling trophies were launched to recognise the best contributions to this newspaper during the course of the year, and also because we never win any of our own.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suffolk-gazette-awards.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2356"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suffolk-gazette-awards.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-awards" width="611" height="464" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2356" /></a></center><center><i>No expense spared: The Suffolk Gazette Awards</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Comment Writer of the Year - Jason</b>\r\nThis was a tough one because so many got confused between fact and fiction. When we revealed a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German WW2 soldier had been found alive hiding in a Suffolk forest</a>, the comment section filled up with people thinking they were alone in exposing the spoof.\r\n\r\nTom wrote: "He should be wearing a Luftwaffe uniform and definitely not a helmet but a flight cap/ headgear. And the possibility that a man could live in a foreign \'enemy\' woodland that long without A) surrendering, or B) realising the war was over is almost certainly improbable. As someone also mentioned it would be on national television with a story so important to history as this. I\'m sorry but it’s just not probable."\r\n\r\nAnd when we reported that a killer Great White Shark was stalking the River Deben, one or two, like reader \'J\', got cross: "This has to be a hoax, and get more evidence than just using a google image."\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1530"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/russian-submarine-e1440492314858.jpg" alt="russian-submarine" width="545" height="363" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530" /></a></center><center><i>Spotted: A Russian submarine off Felixstowe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the hands-down winner was <b>Jason</b>, who took great offence to our brilliant exclusive about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/russian-submarine-felixstowe/" target="_blank">Russians sending a submarine to spy on Felixstowe</a>. He wrote to us in quite a strop: "There is no such type of submarine as an Austin Maestro.\r\n\r\n"Akula class, Borie or Yansen class are all active but you have fabricated this story. It seems odd that there are islands in the background (of the photo) and the ship is German. The perspective on the sub is too low to have been taken two miles away."\r\n\r\nAnd he went on (and on): "None of the Russian active subs have this conning tower configuration, not to mention to enter our waters would be an act of war. Oh, and you have plagiarised your photo which comes from airbus website for defence. So I hope you get the sack because any reverse image software will bring up this photo on many web pages. Best check your sources in the future. Oh and the sub is a u209 of the Columbian and German navies not a ballistic missile sub."\r\n\r\nHis comment was so detailed and well researched that it warranted a reply from the Suffolk Gazette Editor...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2362"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/editor-response-e1451310102632.jpg" alt="editor-response" width="550" height="455" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362" /></a></center><center><i>Simple explanation: The Editor, who was not sacked, fires back at Jason</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Foreign Media Organisation of the Year - POWNED!, Netherlands</b>\r\n\r\nSuffolk Gazette stories routinely get picked up by other so-called \'proper\' media organisations and republished as fact. Rupert Murdoch\'s news outlets in Australia are particular culprits, as is the Down Under version of the Guardian.\r\n\r\nBut one foreign news organisation has been exposed twice. Step forward POWNED!, a Dutch news website which was first caught out by running our story about a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/boy-steals-penguin/" target="_blank">Suffolk boy stealing a penguin from a zoo</a>. More recently it ran our story about the <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/pensioner-locked-in-loo/" target="_blank">old lady getting stuck in a public loo</a> for four days, where she settled down to knit a scarf, a "story" which also made the UPI international news wires.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2351"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/knitting-foreign-e1451305753995.jpg" alt="knitting foreign" width="550" height="484" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2351" /></a></center><center><i>You knits: Suffolk Gazette catches out foreign media</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Gullible Domestic Media Organisation of the Year - Farm Business magazine</b>\r\n\r\nThe old lady in the lav story caught most of the British media out as well, with the Mirror, Daily Express, Age UK (which is old enough to know better) - and even ITV News catching a cold. Hats off to The Sun, which initially believed the story but at least checked its facts first because it rang a local correspondent asking him to track down Gladys Phillips, the elderly toilet victim.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" rel="attachment wp-att-2352"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-express-fail-e1451306312370.png" alt="daily-express-fail" width="500" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2352" /></a></center><center><i>Daily Express: wool pulled over its eyes</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the winner, for publishing a ridiculous story without checking any facts at all, was the prestigious Farm Business magazine. Worse still, it was in its print edition, so it couldn\'t exactly remove it very easily (like the Daily Star did after making the same mistake on its website). The story in question? It was the Suffolk Gazette\'s brilliant <a href="http://Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors" target="_blank">Suffolk man has sex with 450 tractors exclusive</a>...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2353"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/farm-business-e1451306761785.jpg" alt="farm-business" width="300" height="402" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353" /></a></center><center><i>Cereal offender: Farm Business got caught out</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Bah, Humbug! Reader Award - Mick Smith</b>\r\n\r\nWe\'re fine with people getting fed up with us - if everyone loved the Suffolk Gazette, the Editor would be a millionaire.\r\n\r\nHowever, one negative comment on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> particularly tickled our fancy, given that the writer, Mick Smith, took time out from his busy Christmas Eve schedule to send us his good wishes...\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2354"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bah-humbug.jpg" alt="bah-humbug" width="471" height="133" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" /></a></center><center><i>Bah, Humbug!: Festive cheer from Mick</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Most Forgiving People of 2015 Award - Everyone in Norfolk</b>\r\n\r\nYou\'d think the people of Norfolk would hate the Suffolk Gazette - after all, so many stories poke fun at our six-fingered, webbed-feet, terrible football team neighbours.\r\n\r\nBut the county has shown a quite remarkable sense of humour by actually taking the Suffolk Gazette to heart. We have loads of readers from Norfolk, and many of them contribute positively to our vibrant Facebook page community.\r\n\r\nWe salute you, Norfolk. But only today. Normal service will resume shortly.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2358"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/norfolk-nasa-e1451308458872.jpg" alt="norfolk-nasa" width="559" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2358" /></a></center><center><i>Stick it up Uranus: Norfolk\'s NASA probe</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Best Pub of The Year Award - The Greyhound</b>\r\n\r\nBy presenting this award to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/suffolk-gazette-moves-corporate-hq/" target="_blank">official corporate headquarters</a>, we\'re secretly hoping the Greyhound in Ipswich finally gets round to placing an advert in the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1412"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpg" alt="image" width="448" height="261" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1412" /></a></center><center><i>Cheers: Suffolk Gazette\'s Corporate HQ</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Suffolk Gazette Awards 2015', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2348-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-28 14:35:29', '2015-12-28 14:35:29', '', 2348, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2348-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2384, 1, '2015-12-29 12:09:21', '2015-12-29 12:09:21', '<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BmJSrVNKnr0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\r\n\r\nBefore anyone complains, we\'re quite aware that \'Irish jokes\' are a bit old hat. However, you\'ll forgive us for running this classic clip from the legend that is Spike Milligan.\r\n\r\nYou couldn\'t get away with things like the Irish Olympics on TV these days!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'It\'s the Irish Olympics', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'irish-olympics', '', '', '2016-02-03 17:14:23', '2016-02-03 17:14:23', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2384', 0, 'post', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2390, 1, '2015-12-30 10:56:27', '2015-12-30 10:56:27', '<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2392"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" alt="Norfolk Nostradamus" width="600" height="328" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392" /></a></center><br><br>\r\n\r\n<strong>World Exclusive\r\nBy The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Norfolk Nostradamus, Babs Vanga-Spratt, whose prophecies have captivated the world for decades because they always come true, has granted an exclusive sitting with the Suffolk Gazette to predict what lies ahead in 2016.</strong>\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, 87, who got her famous powers after losing her sight when she was a young girl, met with The Editor for 30 minutes at her sparsely-furnished cottage in North Walsham - and made some extraordinary predictions for the next 12 months.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe most sensational claim was that Norwich City would be relegated from the Premier League in May, passing Ipswich Town in the other direction after their promotion via the play-offs.\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, whose second cousin<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/homemade-chutney-recipe/" target="_blank"> Edna Spratt from Dereham</a> is known to Suffolk Gazette readers, went deathly quiet when she said Norwich\'s fall from grace was written in the stars after ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls joined as club chairman this week.\r\n\r\nShe said Suffolk businesses would enjoy a bumper year, with Adnams, the Southwold brewery, recording record sales, while coastal estate agents would continue to profit wildly from rich Londoners snapping up second homes, forcing locals to live in tents.\r\n\r\nPerhaps her most astute prediction was about major weather events, which is not surprising given she lost her sight during a freak tornado that struck North Walsham in 1931, when dirt and grit clogged her eyes and closed them for ever.\r\n\r\nAs the Suffolk Gazette Editor sipped dandelion tea and noted every word, Miss Vanga-Spratt said: "It will get warmer in spring, then get hotter in the summer before cooling down in Autumn and getting chilly in the winter."\r\n\r\nBut one prophecy forced The Editor to choke on his tea - Miss Vanga-Spratt insisted that in June, a Greater Anglia train from Norwich to London, via Ipswich, would run on time.\r\n\r\n"Mark my words," she whispered. "It will be the most momentous feat of modern transportation: the first Greater Anglia train to run without delays, perhaps even to run at all."\r\n\r\n[AdSense-B]\r\n\r\nAt this point The Editor began to think Miss Vanga-Spratt, who bears an uncanny resemblance to internationally-famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Vanga" target="_blank">blind Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga</a>, had lost her marbles. But her last prophecy before she fell asleep, exhausted by calling upon her powers, made him sit up and take notice.\r\n\r\n"The Suffolk Gazette will continue grow its readership massively in 2016," she cooed. "And many of those readers will be delighted to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">buy The Editor a Beer</a>."\r\n\r\nCheers, and Happy New Year!', 'Norfolk Nostradamus predicts 2016 events', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'norfolk-nostradamus', '', '', '2017-12-31 15:17:06', '2017-12-31 15:17:06', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2390', 0, 'post', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2393, 1, '2015-12-30 10:53:51', '2015-12-30 10:53:51', '<b>World Exclusive\r\nBy The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Norfolk Nostradamus, Babs Vanga-Spratt, whose prophecies have captivated the world for decades because they always come true, has granted an exclusive sitting with the Suffolk Gazette to predict what lies ahead in 2016.</b>\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, 87, who got her famous powers after losing her sight when she was a young girl, met with The Editor for 30 minutes at her sparcely-furnished cottage in North Walsham - and made some extraordinary predictions for the next 12 months.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2392"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" alt="Norfolk Nostradamus" width="600" height="328" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392" /></a></center><center><i>Mystic: Babs Vanga-Spratt</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nThe most sensational claim was that Norwich City would be relegated from the Premier League in May, passing Ipswich Town in the other direction after their promotion via the play-offs.\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, whose second cousin<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/homemade-chutney-recipe/" target="_blank"> Edna Spratt from Dereham</a> is known to Suffolk Gazette readers, went deathly quiet when she said Norwich\'s relegation was written in the stars after ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls joined as club chairman this week.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1679"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" alt="Edna Spratt on LinkedIn" width="444" height="302" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1679" /></a></center><center><i>Second cousin: Edna Spratt in her Dereham hovel</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nShe said Suffolk businesses would enjoy a bumper year, with Adnams, the Southwold brewery, recording record sales, while coastal estate agents would continue to profit wildly from rich Londoners snapping up second homes, forcing locals to live in tents.\r\n\r\nPerhaps her most astute prediction was about major weather events, which is not surprising given she lost her sight during a freak tornado that struck North Walsham in 1931, when dirt and grit clogged her eyes and closed them for ever.\r\n\r\nAs the Suffolk Gazette Editor sipped dandelion tea and noted every word, Miss Vanga-Spratt said: "It will get warmer in spring, then get hotter in the summer before cooling down in Autumn and getting chilly in the winter."\r\n\r\nBut one prophecy forced The Editor to choke on his tea - Miss Vanga-Spratt insisted that in June, a Greater Anglia train from Norwich to London, via Ipswich, would run on time.\r\n\r\n"Mark my words," she whispered. "It will be the most momentous feat of modern transportation, the first Greater Anglia train to run without delays, perhaps even to run at all."\r\n\r\nAt this point The Editor began to think Miss Vanga-Spratt had lost her marbles. But her last prophecy before she fell asleep, exhausted by calling upon her powers, made him sit up and take notice.\r\n\r\n"The Suffolk Gazette will grow its readership massively, and many of those readers will <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">buy The Editor a Beer</a>."\r\n\r\nCheers, and Happy New Year! \r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Norfolk Nostradamus predicts 2016 events', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2390-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-30 10:53:51', '2015-12-30 10:53:51', '', 2390, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2390-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2394, 1, '2015-12-30 10:56:27', '2015-12-30 10:56:27', '<b>World Exclusive\r\nBy The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Norfolk Nostradamus, Babs Vanga-Spratt, whose prophecies have captivated the world for decades because they always come true, has granted an exclusive sitting with the Suffolk Gazette to predict what lies ahead in 2016.</b>\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, 87, who got her famous powers after losing her sight when she was a young girl, met with The Editor for 30 minutes at her sparsely-furnished cottage in North Walsham - and made some extraordinary predictions for the next 12 months.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2392"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" alt="Norfolk Nostradamus" width="600" height="328" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392" /></a></center><center><i>Mystic: Babs Vanga-Spratt</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nThe most sensational claim was that Norwich City would be relegated from the Premier League in May, passing Ipswich Town in the other direction after their promotion via the play-offs.\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, whose second cousin<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/homemade-chutney-recipe/" target="_blank"> Edna Spratt from Dereham</a> is known to Suffolk Gazette readers, went deathly quiet when she said Norwich\'s relegation was written in the stars after ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls joined as club chairman this week.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1679"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" alt="Edna Spratt on LinkedIn" width="444" height="302" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1679" /></a></center><center><i>Second cousin: Edna Spratt in her Dereham hovel</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nShe said Suffolk businesses would enjoy a bumper year, with Adnams, the Southwold brewery, recording record sales, while coastal estate agents would continue to profit wildly from rich Londoners snapping up second homes, forcing locals to live in tents.\r\n\r\nPerhaps her most astute prediction was about major weather events, which is not surprising given she lost her sight during a freak tornado that struck North Walsham in 1931, when dirt and grit clogged her eyes and closed them for ever.\r\n\r\nAs the Suffolk Gazette Editor sipped dandelion tea and noted every word, Miss Vanga-Spratt said: "It will get warmer in spring, then get hotter in the summer before cooling down in Autumn and getting chilly in the winter."\r\n\r\nBut one prophecy forced The Editor to choke on his tea - Miss Vanga-Spratt insisted that in June, a Greater Anglia train from Norwich to London, via Ipswich, would run on time.\r\n\r\n"Mark my words," she whispered. "It will be the most momentous feat of modern transportation, the first Greater Anglia train to run without delays, perhaps even to run at all."\r\n\r\n<b>Marbles</b>\r\n\r\nAt this point The Editor began to think Miss Vanga-Spratt had lost her marbles. But her last prophecy before she fell asleep, exhausted by calling upon her powers, made him sit up and take notice.\r\n\r\n"The Suffolk Gazette will grow its readership massively, and many of those readers will <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">buy The Editor a Beer</a>."\r\n\r\nCheers, and Happy New Year! \r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Norfolk Nostradamus predicts 2016 events', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2390-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-30 10:56:27', '2015-12-30 10:56:27', '', 2390, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2390-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2395, 1, '2017-12-31 15:15:58', '2017-12-31 15:15:58', '<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2392"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" alt="Norfolk Nostradamus" width="600" height="328" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392" /></a></center><br><br>\n\n<strong>World Exclusive\nBy The Editor\n\nThe Norfolk Nostradamus, Babs Vanga-Spratt, whose prophecies have captivated the world for decades because they always come true, has granted an exclusive sitting with the Suffolk Gazette to predict what lies ahead in 2016.</strong>\n\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, 87, who got her famous powers after losing her sight when she was a young girl, met with The Editor for 30 minutes at her sparsely-furnished cottage in North Walsham - and made some extraordinary predictions for the next 12 months.\n\nThe most sensational claim was that Norwich City would be relegated from the Premier League in May, passing Ipswich Town in the other direction after their promotion via the play-offs.\n\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, whose second cousin<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/homemade-chutney-recipe/" target="_blank"> Edna Spratt from Dereham</a> is known to Suffolk Gazette readers, went deathly quiet when she said Norwich\'s fall from grace was written in the stars after ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls joined as club chairman this week.\n\nShe said Suffolk businesses would enjoy a bumper year, with Adnams, the Southwold brewery, recording record sales, while coastal estate agents would continue to profit wildly from rich Londoners snapping up second homes, forcing locals to live in tents.\n\nPerhaps her most astute prediction was about major weather events, which is not surprising given she lost her sight during a freak tornado that struck North Walsham in 1931, when dirt and grit clogged her eyes and closed them for ever.\n\nAs the Suffolk Gazette Editor sipped dandelion tea and noted every word, Miss Vanga-Spratt said: "It will get warmer in spring, then get hotter in the summer before cooling down in Autumn and getting chilly in the winter."\n\nBut one prophecy forced The Editor to choke on his tea - Miss Vanga-Spratt insisted that in June, a Greater Anglia train from Norwich to London, via Ipswich, would run on time.\n\n"Mark my words," she whispered. "It will be the most momentous feat of modern transportation: the first Greater Anglia train to run without delays, perhaps even to run at all."\n\n\nAt this point The Editor began to think Miss Vanga-Spratt, who bears an uncanny resemblance to internationally-famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Vanga" target="_blank">blind Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga</a>, had lost her marbles. But her last prophecy before she fell asleep, exhausted by calling upon her powers, made him sit up and take notice.\n\n"The Suffolk Gazette will continue grow its readership massively in 2016," she cooed. "And many of those readers will be delighted to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">buy The Editor a Beer</a>."\n\nCheers, and Happy New Year! \n\n* * * *\n\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\n\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Norfolk Nostradamus predicts 2016 events', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2390-autosave-v1', '', '', '2017-12-31 15:15:58', '2017-12-31 15:15:58', '', 2390, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2390-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2396, 1, '2015-12-30 10:58:15', '2015-12-30 10:58:15', '<b>World Exclusive\r\nBy The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Norfolk Nostradamus, Babs Vanga-Spratt, whose prophecies have captivated the world for decades because they always come true, has granted an exclusive sitting with the Suffolk Gazette to predict what lies ahead in 2016.</b>\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, 87, who got her famous powers after losing her sight when she was a young girl, met with The Editor for 30 minutes at her sparsely-furnished cottage in North Walsham - and made some extraordinary predictions for the next 12 months.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2392"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" alt="Norfolk Nostradamus" width="600" height="328" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392" /></a></center><center><i>Mystic: Babs Vanga-Spratt</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nThe most sensational claim was that Norwich City would be relegated from the Premier League in May, passing Ipswich Town in the other direction after their promotion via the play-offs.\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, whose second cousin<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/homemade-chutney-recipe/" target="_blank"> Edna Spratt from Dereham</a> is known to Suffolk Gazette readers, went deathly quiet when she said Norwich\'s fall from grace was written in the stars after ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls joined as club chairman this week.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1679"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" alt="Edna Spratt on LinkedIn" width="444" height="302" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1679" /></a></center><center><i>Second cousin: Edna Spratt in her Dereham hovel</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nShe said Suffolk businesses would enjoy a bumper year, with Adnams, the Southwold brewery, recording record sales, while coastal estate agents would continue to profit wildly from rich Londoners snapping up second homes, forcing locals to live in tents.\r\n\r\nPerhaps her most astute prediction was about major weather events, which is not surprising given she lost her sight during a freak tornado that struck North Walsham in 1931, when dirt and grit clogged her eyes and closed them for ever.\r\n\r\nAs the Suffolk Gazette Editor sipped dandelion tea and noted every word, Miss Vanga-Spratt said: "It will get warmer in spring, then get hotter in the summer before cooling down in Autumn and getting chilly in the winter."\r\n\r\nBut one prophecy forced The Editor to choke on his tea - Miss Vanga-Spratt insisted that in June, a Greater Anglia train from Norwich to London, via Ipswich, would run on time.\r\n\r\n"Mark my words," she whispered. "It will be the most momentous feat of modern transportation, the first Greater Anglia train to run without delays, perhaps even to run at all."\r\n\r\n<b>Marbles</b>\r\n\r\nAt this point The Editor began to think Miss Vanga-Spratt had lost her marbles. But her last prophecy before she fell asleep, exhausted by calling upon her powers, made him sit up and take notice.\r\n\r\n"The Suffolk Gazette will grow its readership massively, and many of those readers will <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">buy The Editor a Beer</a>."\r\n\r\nCheers, and Happy New Year! \r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Norfolk Nostradamus predicts 2016 events', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2390-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-30 10:58:15', '2015-12-30 10:58:15', '', 2390, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2390-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2397, 1, '2015-12-30 11:02:13', '2015-12-30 11:02:13', '<b>World Exclusive\r\nBy The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Norfolk Nostradamus, Babs Vanga-Spratt, whose prophecies have captivated the world for decades because they always come true, has granted an exclusive sitting with the Suffolk Gazette to predict what lies ahead in 2016.</b>\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, 87, who got her famous powers after losing her sight when she was a young girl, met with The Editor for 30 minutes at her sparsely-furnished cottage in North Walsham - and made some extraordinary predictions for the next 12 months.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2392"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" alt="Norfolk Nostradamus" width="600" height="328" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392" /></a></center><center><i>Mystic: Babs Vanga-Spratt</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nThe most sensational claim was that Norwich City would be relegated from the Premier League in May, passing Ipswich Town in the other direction after their promotion via the play-offs.\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, whose second cousin<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/homemade-chutney-recipe/" target="_blank"> Edna Spratt from Dereham</a> is known to Suffolk Gazette readers, went deathly quiet when she said Norwich\'s fall from grace was written in the stars after ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls joined as club chairman this week.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1679"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" alt="Edna Spratt on LinkedIn" width="444" height="302" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1679" /></a></center><center><i>Second cousin: Edna Spratt in her Dereham hovel</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nShe said Suffolk businesses would enjoy a bumper year, with Adnams, the Southwold brewery, recording record sales, while coastal estate agents would continue to profit wildly from rich Londoners snapping up second homes, forcing locals to live in tents.\r\n\r\nPerhaps her most astute prediction was about major weather events, which is not surprising given she lost her sight during a freak tornado that struck North Walsham in 1931, when dirt and grit clogged her eyes and closed them for ever.\r\n\r\nAs the Suffolk Gazette Editor sipped dandelion tea and noted every word, Miss Vanga-Spratt said: "It will get warmer in spring, then get hotter in the summer before cooling down in Autumn and getting chilly in the winter."\r\n\r\nBut one prophecy forced The Editor to choke on his tea - Miss Vanga-Spratt insisted that in June, a Greater Anglia train from Norwich to London, via Ipswich, would run on time.\r\n\r\n"Mark my words," she whispered. "It will be the most momentous feat of modern transportation: the first Greater Anglia train to run without delays, perhaps even to run at all."\r\n\r\n<b>Marbles</b>\r\n\r\nAt this point The Editor began to think Miss Vanga-Spratt, who bears an uncanny resemblance to internationally-famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Vanga" target="_blank">blind Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga</a>, had lost her marbles. But her last prophecy before she fell asleep, exhausted by calling upon her powers, made him sit up and take notice.\r\n\r\n"The Suffolk Gazette will continue grow its readership massively, and many of those readers will <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">buy The Editor a Beer</a>."\r\n\r\nCheers, and Happy New Year! \r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Norfolk Nostradamus predicts 2016 events', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2390-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-30 11:02:13', '2015-12-30 11:02:13', '', 2390, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2390-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2398, 1, '2015-12-30 11:13:45', '2015-12-30 11:13:45', '<b>World Exclusive\r\nBy The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Norfolk Nostradamus, Babs Vanga-Spratt, whose prophecies have captivated the world for decades because they always come true, has granted an exclusive sitting with the Suffolk Gazette to predict what lies ahead in 2016.</b>\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, 87, who got her famous powers after losing her sight when she was a young girl, met with The Editor for 30 minutes at her sparsely-furnished cottage in North Walsham - and made some extraordinary predictions for the next 12 months.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2392"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" alt="Norfolk Nostradamus" width="600" height="328" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392" /></a></center><center><i>Mystic: Babs Vanga-Spratt</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nThe most sensational claim was that Norwich City would be relegated from the Premier League in May, passing Ipswich Town in the other direction after their promotion via the play-offs.\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, whose second cousin<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/homemade-chutney-recipe/" target="_blank"> Edna Spratt from Dereham</a> is known to Suffolk Gazette readers, went deathly quiet when she said Norwich\'s fall from grace was written in the stars after ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls joined as club chairman this week.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1679"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" alt="Edna Spratt on LinkedIn" width="444" height="302" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1679" /></a></center><center><i>Second cousin: Edna Spratt in her Dereham hovel</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nShe said Suffolk businesses would enjoy a bumper year, with Adnams, the Southwold brewery, recording record sales, while coastal estate agents would continue to profit wildly from rich Londoners snapping up second homes, forcing locals to live in tents.\r\n\r\nPerhaps her most astute prediction was about major weather events, which is not surprising given she lost her sight during a freak tornado that struck North Walsham in 1931, when dirt and grit clogged her eyes and closed them for ever.\r\n\r\nAs the Suffolk Gazette Editor sipped dandelion tea and noted every word, Miss Vanga-Spratt said: "It will get warmer in spring, then get hotter in the summer before cooling down in Autumn and getting chilly in the winter."\r\n\r\nBut one prophecy forced The Editor to choke on his tea - Miss Vanga-Spratt insisted that in June, a Greater Anglia train from Norwich to London, via Ipswich, would run on time.\r\n\r\n"Mark my words," she whispered. "It will be the most momentous feat of modern transportation: the first Greater Anglia train to run without delays, perhaps even to run at all."\r\n\r\n<b>Marbles</b>\r\n\r\nAt this point The Editor began to think Miss Vanga-Spratt, who bears an uncanny resemblance to internationally-famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Vanga" target="_blank">blind Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga</a>, had lost her marbles. But her last prophecy before she fell asleep, exhausted by calling upon her powers, made him sit up and take notice.\r\n\r\n"The Suffolk Gazette will continue grow its readership massively in 2016, and many of those readers will be delighted to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">buy The Editor a Beer</a>."\r\n\r\nCheers, and Happy New Year! \r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Norfolk Nostradamus predicts 2016 events', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2390-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-30 11:13:45', '2015-12-30 11:13:45', '', 2390, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2390-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2399, 1, '2015-12-30 11:31:43', '2015-12-30 11:31:43', '<b>World Exclusive\r\nBy The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Norfolk Nostradamus, Babs Vanga-Spratt, whose prophecies have captivated the world for decades because they always come true, has granted an exclusive sitting with the Suffolk Gazette to predict what lies ahead in 2016.</b>\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, 87, who got her famous powers after losing her sight when she was a young girl, met with The Editor for 30 minutes at her sparsely-furnished cottage in North Walsham - and made some extraordinary predictions for the next 12 months.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2392"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bubba-vanga-spratt-e1451471928332.jpg" alt="Norfolk Nostradamus" width="600" height="328" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392" /></a></center><center><i>Mystic: Babs Vanga-Spratt</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nThe most sensational claim was that Norwich City would be relegated from the Premier League in May, passing Ipswich Town in the other direction after their promotion via the play-offs.\r\n\r\nMiss Vanga-Spratt, whose second cousin<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/homemade-chutney-recipe/" target="_blank"> Edna Spratt from Dereham</a> is known to Suffolk Gazette readers, went deathly quiet when she said Norwich\'s fall from grace was written in the stars after ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls joined as club chairman this week.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-1679"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edna-spratt.jpg" alt="Edna Spratt on LinkedIn" width="444" height="302" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1679" /></a></center><center><i>Second cousin: Edna Spratt in her Dereham hovel</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nShe said Suffolk businesses would enjoy a bumper year, with Adnams, the Southwold brewery, recording record sales, while coastal estate agents would continue to profit wildly from rich Londoners snapping up second homes, forcing locals to live in tents.\r\n\r\nPerhaps her most astute prediction was about major weather events, which is not surprising given she lost her sight during a freak tornado that struck North Walsham in 1931, when dirt and grit clogged her eyes and closed them for ever.\r\n\r\nAs the Suffolk Gazette Editor sipped dandelion tea and noted every word, Miss Vanga-Spratt said: "It will get warmer in spring, then get hotter in the summer before cooling down in Autumn and getting chilly in the winter."\r\n\r\nBut one prophecy forced The Editor to choke on his tea - Miss Vanga-Spratt insisted that in June, a Greater Anglia train from Norwich to London, via Ipswich, would run on time.\r\n\r\n"Mark my words," she whispered. "It will be the most momentous feat of modern transportation: the first Greater Anglia train to run without delays, perhaps even to run at all."\r\n\r\n<b>Marbles</b>\r\n\r\nAt this point The Editor began to think Miss Vanga-Spratt, who bears an uncanny resemblance to internationally-famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Vanga" target="_blank">blind Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga</a>, had lost her marbles. But her last prophecy before she fell asleep, exhausted by calling upon her powers, made him sit up and take notice.\r\n\r\n"The Suffolk Gazette will continue grow its readership massively in 2016," she cooed. "And many of those readers will be delighted to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">buy The Editor a Beer</a>."\r\n\r\nCheers, and Happy New Year! \r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Norfolk Nostradamus predicts 2016 events', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2390-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-30 11:31:43', '2015-12-30 11:31:43', '', 2390, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2390-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2407, 1, '2015-12-31 10:11:18', '2015-12-31 10:11:18', 'We all love Suffolk, but just how much do you know about the county?\r\n\r\nTake the Suffolk Gazette New Year Quiz to find out now. There are 20 questions to test your knowledge.\r\n\r\nPlease remember to share your result on Facebook or Twitter using the buttons below the quiz!\r\n\r\n<center><div class="quizz-container" data-width="100%" data-height="auto" data-quiz="144123"></div>\r\n<script src="//dcc4iyjchzom0.cloudfront.net/widget/loader.js" async></script></center><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'The Suffolk Gazette New Year Quiz', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'suffolk-gazette-new-year-quiz', '', '', '2015-12-31 10:43:25', '2015-12-31 10:43:25', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2407', 0, 'post', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2409, 1, '2015-12-31 10:10:20', '2015-12-31 10:10:20', 'We all love Suffolk, but just how much do you know about the county?\r\n\r\nTake the Suffolk Gazette New Year Quiz to find out now. There are 20 questions to test your knowledge. But please remember, it\'s just for fun!\r\n\r\n<center><div class="quizz-container" data-width="100%" data-height="auto" data-quiz="144123"></div>\r\n<script src="//dcc4iyjchzom0.cloudfront.net/widget/loader.js" async></script></center><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'The Suffolk Gazette New Year Quiz', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2407-revision-v1', '', '', '2015-12-31 10:10:20', '2015-12-31 10:10:20', '', 2407, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2407-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2414, 1, '2016-01-04 08:43:06', '2016-01-04 08:43:06', '<b>By Hugh Dunnett\r\nCrime Correspondent\r\n\r\nPolice are hunting a man who pushed an old lady over at a cashpoint after she asked him to check her balance.</b>\r\n\r\nDot Bannatyre, 77, was trying out her new debit card at a machine in Ipswich town centre for the first time but was struggling with the instructions.\r\n\r\nShe told cops: "I wanted to know if my pension had been paid in because I fancied treating myself to lunch in Mannings.\r\n\r\n"But I had no idea how to do it at a cashpoint, so I asked this young man who was passing by if he could check my balance.\r\n\r\n"Imagine my surprise when he tipped me over gently, saying, \'It\'s not very good, love\'.\r\n\r\n"I was shocked but completely unhurt. A nice young policemen saw me wiping down my stockings and asked if I was all right."\r\n\r\nIpswich police are appealing for witnesses and say they want to speak with a man aged in his early teens, dressed in blue jeans and a Norwich City football shirt.\r\n\r\n"It might sound funny, but Dot was lucky she was not hurt," an officer told the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>\r\n', 'Old lady is victim of \'balance\' prank', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'old-lady-balance-prank', '', '', '2016-01-04 08:43:06', '2016-01-04 08:43:06', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2414', 0, 'post', '', 4); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2422, 1, '2016-01-05 12:53:58', '2016-01-05 12:53:58', '<strong>By Doug Trench, Defence Editor\r\n\r\nWinston Churchill wanted soldiers to dress up as pantomime cows in order to spy on German soldiers if the Nazis invaded Britain, newly-released wartime cabinet papers reveal.</strong>\r\n\r\nHe asked intelligence officers to draw up plans which would allow British soldiers to hide in fields "behind enemy lines" across East Anglia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd one of their recommendations was seized upon by Churchill, who ordered 2,000 panto cow costumes to be made at a clothing factory near Lavenham in Suffolk.\r\n\r\nTeams of two soldiers were trained to stand in fields all along the Suffolk and Norfolk coastal areas, where Germany was expected to launch its land invasion during World War Two.\r\n\r\nThey had to learn to wander about slowly, pretending to eat grass while using binoculars and a camera poking out of the udders.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2429"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" alt="churchill-pantomime-cow" width="621" height="386" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2429" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut the grand project was scrapped after three of the pantomime cow crews were chased and mounted by randy bulls - two near Orford in Suffolk, and one at Hopton, Norfolk.\r\n\r\nThe training also sparked bust-ups between soldiers, with none of them wanting to be the back-end of the cow.\r\n\r\nOne memo in the papers, written by a sergeant major in the Suffolk Regiment, states tersely: "No man wishes his head to be in close proximity to another\'s rear end for a period of hours. Especially in the hot summer months."\r\n\r\nThe farcical <a href="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/local-chemist/">anti-Nazi</a> spy plans were revealed as part of a batch of wartime files released on January 2 by the National Archives.\r\n\r\n[AdSense-B]\r\n\r\nPapers show the difficulties encountered with the training, particularly the problem of sex-mad bulls, forced Churchill to scrap the programme just nine months into the war.\r\n\r\nInstead, local regiments were urged to recruit vicars and elderly ladies to act as spies because invading German forces would never suspect them.\r\n\r\nThe story is the biggest war-related scoop uncovered by the Suffolk Gazette since a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German soldier was found alive and well hiding in a Suffolk forest last year</a>. \r\n\r\nSuffolk historian Colin Farrahar told the Suffolk Gazette: "Using pantomime cows to spy on the Germans sounds farcical now, and the records do not make clear if Mr Churchill was entirely serious with the plan.\r\n\r\n"But serious or not, the costumes were made as directed because I have seen the inventory record from the factory at Lavenham. What is not clear, however, is if any of the soldiers were seriously hurt by the bulls. I have looked through various regimental diaries and found no mention of these incidents - but I suppose they were meant to be top secret."\r\n\r\n<h2><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" onclick="trackOutboundLink(\'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/\'); return false;">Click here to support the Suffolk Gazette Beer Fund!</a>\r\n[olimometer id=1]</h2>\r\n\r\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/">Join our witty Suffolk Gazette Facebook page community.</a></h2>', 'Churchill ordered pantomime cows to spy on Nazis', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'pantomime-cows-nazis', '', '', '2018-01-29 13:33:03', '2018-01-29 13:33:03', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2422', 0, 'post', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2423, 1, '2016-01-05 12:35:52', '2016-01-05 12:35:52', '<b>Exclusive\r\nBy Doug Trench\r\nDefence Editor\r\n\r\nWinston Churchill wanted soldiers to dress up as pantomime cows in order to spy on German soldiers if the Nazis invaded Britain, newly-released wartime cabinet papers reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nHe asked intelligence officers to draw up plans which would allow British soldiers to hide in fields "behind enemey lines" across East Anglia.\r\n\r\nAnd one of their recommendations was seized upon by Churchill, who ordered two thousand panto cow costumes to be made at a clothing factory near Lavenham in Suffolk.\r\n\r\nTeams of two soldiers were trained to stand in fields all along the Suffolk and Norfolk coastal areas, where Germany was expected to launch its land invasion during World War Two.\r\n\r\nThey had to learn to wander about slowly, pretending to eat grass while using binoculars and a camera poking out of the udders.\r\n\r\nBut the grand project was scrapped after three of the pantomime cow crews were chased and mounted by randy bulls.\r\n\r\nThe training also sparked bust-ups between soldiers, with none of them wanting to be the back-end of the cow.\r\n\r\nOne memo in the papers, written by a sergeant major in the Suffolk Regiment, states tersely: "No man wishes his head to be in close proximity to another\'s rear end for a period of hours. Especially in the hot summer months."\r\n\r\nThe farcical spy plans were revealed as part of a batch of wartime files released on January 2 by the National Archives.\r\n\r\nPapers show the difficulties encountered with the training, particularly the problem of sex-mad bulls, forced Churchill to scrap the programme just nine months into the war.\r\n\r\nInstead, local regiments were urged to recruit vicars and elderly ladies to act as spies because invading German forces would never suspect them.\r\n\r\nSuffolk historian Colin Beard told the Suffolk Gazette: "Using pantomime cows to spy on the Germans sounds farcical now, and the records do not make clear if Mr Churchill was entirely serious with the plan.\r\n\r\n"But serious or not, the costumes were made as directed because I have seen the inventory record from the factory at Laveham. What is not clear, however, is if any of the soldiers were seriously hurt by the bulls. I have looked through various regimental diaries and found no mention of these incidents - but I suppose they were meant to be top secret."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Churchill ordered pantomime cows to spy on Nazis', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2422-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-05 12:35:52', '2016-01-05 12:35:52', '', 2422, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2422-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2424, 1, '2016-01-05 12:40:06', '2016-01-05 12:40:06', '<b>Exclusive\r\nBy Doug Trench\r\nDefence Editor\r\n\r\nWinston Churchill wanted soldiers to dress up as pantomime cows in order to spy on German soldiers if the Nazis invaded Britain, newly-released wartime cabinet papers reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nHe asked intelligence officers to draw up plans which would allow British soldiers to hide in fields "behind enemy lines" across East Anglia.\r\n\r\nAnd one of their recommendations was seized upon by Churchill, who ordered two thousand panto cow costumes to be made at a clothing factory near Lavenham in Suffolk.\r\n\r\nTeams of two soldiers were trained to stand in fields all along the Suffolk and Norfolk coastal areas, where Germany was expected to launch its land invasion during World War Two.\r\n\r\nThey had to learn to wander about slowly, pretending to eat grass while using binoculars and a camera poking out of the udders.\r\n\r\nBut the grand project was scrapped after three of the pantomime cow crews were chased and mounted by randy bulls.\r\n\r\nThe training also sparked bust-ups between soldiers, with none of them wanting to be the back-end of the cow.\r\n\r\nOne memo in the papers, written by a sergeant major in the Suffolk Regiment, states tersely: "No man wishes his head to be in close proximity to another\'s rear end for a period of hours. Especially in the hot summer months."\r\n\r\nThe farcical spy plans were revealed as part of a batch of wartime files released on January 2 by the National Archives.\r\n\r\nPapers show the difficulties encountered with the training, particularly the problem of sex-mad bulls, forced Churchill to scrap the programme just nine months into the war.\r\n\r\nInstead, local regiments were urged to recruit vicars and elderly ladies to act as spies because invading German forces would never suspect them.\r\n\r\nSuffolk historian Colin Beard told the Suffolk Gazette: "Using pantomime cows to spy on the Germans sounds farcical now, and the records do not make clear if Mr Churchill was entirely serious with the plan.\r\n\r\n"But serious or not, the costumes were made as directed because I have seen the inventory record from the factory at Lavenham. What is not clear, however, is if any of the soldiers were seriously hurt by the bulls. I have looked through various regimental diaries and found no mention of these incidents - but I suppose they were meant to be top-secret."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Churchill ordered pantomime cows to spy on Nazis', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2422-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-05 12:40:06', '2016-01-05 12:40:06', '', 2422, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2422-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2426, 1, '2016-01-05 12:53:22', '2016-01-05 12:53:22', '<b>Exclusive\r\nBy Doug Trench\r\nDefence Editor\r\n\r\nWinston Churchill wanted soldiers to dress up as pantomime cows in order to spy on German soldiers if the Nazis invaded Britain, newly-released wartime cabinet papers reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nHe asked intelligence officers to draw up plans which would allow British soldiers to hide in fields "behind enemy lines" across East Anglia.\r\n\r\nAnd one of their recommendations was seized upon by Churchill, who ordered two thousand panto cow costumes to be made at a clothing factory near Lavenham in Suffolk.\r\n\r\nTeams of two soldiers were trained to stand in fields all along the Suffolk and Norfolk coastal areas, where Germany was expected to launch its land invasion during World War Two.\r\n\r\nThey had to learn to wander about slowly, pretending to eat grass while using binoculars and a camera poking out of the udders.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2425"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow.jpg" alt="churchill-pantomime-cow" width="619" height="389" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2425" /></a></center><center><i>Steak out: photo in files shows soldier, face redacted, with one of the spy cows</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the grand project was scrapped after three of the pantomime cow crews were chased and mounted by randy bulls.\r\n\r\nThe training also sparked bust-ups between soldiers, with none of them wanting to be the back-end of the cow.\r\n\r\nOne memo in the papers, written by a sergeant major in the Suffolk Regiment, states tersely: "No man wishes his head to be in close proximity to another\'s rear end for a period of hours. Especially in the hot summer months."\r\n\r\nThe farcical spy plans were revealed as part of a batch of wartime files released on January 2 by the National Archives.\r\n\r\nPapers show the difficulties encountered with the training, particularly the problem of sex-mad bulls, forced Churchill to scrap the programme just nine months into the war.\r\n\r\nInstead, local regiments were urged to recruit vicars and elderly ladies to act as spies because invading German forces would never suspect them.\r\n\r\nSuffolk historian Colin Farrahar told the Suffolk Gazette: "Using pantomime cows to spy on the Germans sounds farcical now, and the records do not make clear if Mr Churchill was entirely serious with the plan.\r\n\r\n"But serious or not, the costumes were made as directed because I have seen the inventory record from the factory at Lavenham. What is not clear, however, is if any of the soldiers were seriously hurt by the bulls. I have looked through various regimental diaries and found no mention of these incidents - but I suppose they were meant to be top secret."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Churchill ordered pantomime cows to spy on Nazis', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2422-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-05 12:53:22', '2016-01-05 12:53:22', '', 2422, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2422-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2427, 1, '2018-01-29 13:30:55', '2018-01-29 13:30:55', '<strong>By Doug Trench, Defence Editor\n\nWinston Churchill wanted soldiers to dress up as pantomime cows in order to spy on German soldiers if the Nazis invaded Britain, newly-released wartime cabinet papers reveal.</strong>\n\nHe asked intelligence officers to draw up plans which would allow British soldiers to hide in fields "behind enemy lines" across East Anglia.\n\n\n\nAnd one of their recommendations was seized upon by Churchill, who ordered 2,000 panto cow costumes to be made at a clothing factory near Lavenham in Suffolk.\n\nTeams of two soldiers were trained to stand in fields all along the Suffolk and Norfolk coastal areas, where Germany was expected to launch its land invasion during World War Two.\n\nThey had to learn to wander about slowly, pretending to eat grass while using binoculars and a camera poking out of the udders.\n\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2429"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" alt="churchill-pantomime-cow" width="621" height="386" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2429" /></a>\n\nBut the grand project was scrapped after three of the pantomime cow crews were chased and mounted by randy bulls - two near Orford in Suffolk, and one at Hopton, Norfolk.\n\nThe training also sparked bust-ups between soldiers, with none of them wanting to be the back-end of the cow.\n\nOne memo in the papers, written by a sergeant major in the Suffolk Regiment, states tersely: "No man wishes his head to be in close proximity to another\'s rear end for a period of hours. Especially in the hot summer months."\n\nThe farcical <a href="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/local-chemist/">anti-Nazi</a> spy plans were revealed as part of a batch of wartime files released on January 2 by the National Archives.\n\n[AdSense-B]\n\nPapers show the difficulties encountered with the training, particularly the problem of sex-mad bulls, forced Churchill to scrap the programme just nine months into the war.\n\nInstead, local regiments were urged to recruit vicars and elderly ladies to act as spies because invading German forces would never suspect them.\n\nThe story is the biggest war-related scoop uncovered by the Suffolk Gazette since a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German soldier was found alive and well hiding in a Suffolk forest last year</a>. \n\nSuffolk historian Colin Farrahar told the Suffolk Gazette: "Using pantomime cows to spy on the Germans sounds farcical now, and the records do not make clear if Mr Churchill was entirely serious with the plan.\n\n"But serious or not, the costumes were made as directed because I have seen the inventory record from the factory at Lavenham. What is not clear, however, is if any of the soldiers were seriously hurt by the bulls. I have looked through various regimental diaries and found no mention of these incidents - but I suppose they were meant to be top secret."\n\n<h2><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" onclick="trackOutboundLink(\'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/\'); return false;">Click here to support the Suffolk Gazette Beer Fund!</a>\n[olimometer id=1]</h2>\n\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/">Join our witty Suffolk Gazette Facebook page community.</a></h2>', 'Churchill ordered pantomime cows to spy on Nazis', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2422-autosave-v1', '', '', '2018-01-29 13:30:55', '2018-01-29 13:30:55', '', 2422, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2422-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2428, 1, '2016-01-05 13:08:19', '2016-01-05 13:08:19', '<b>Exclusive\r\nBy Doug Trench\r\nDefence Editor\r\n\r\nWinston Churchill wanted soldiers to dress up as pantomime cows in order to spy on German soldiers if the Nazis invaded Britain, newly-released wartime cabinet papers reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nHe asked intelligence officers to draw up plans which would allow British soldiers to hide in fields "behind enemy lines" across East Anglia.\r\n\r\nAnd one of their recommendations was seized upon by Churchill, who ordered two thousand panto cow costumes to be made at a clothing factory near Lavenham in Suffolk.\r\n\r\nTeams of two soldiers were trained to stand in fields all along the Suffolk and Norfolk coastal areas, where Germany was expected to launch its land invasion during World War Two.\r\n\r\nThey had to learn to wander about slowly, pretending to eat grass while using binoculars and a camera poking out of the udders.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2425"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow.jpg" alt="churchill-pantomime-cow" width="619" height="389" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2425" /></a></center><center><i>Steak out: photo in files shows soldier, face redacted, with one of the spy cows</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the grand project was scrapped after three of the pantomime cow crews were chased and mounted by randy bulls - two near Orford in Suffolk, and one at Hopton, Norfolk.\r\n\r\nThe training also sparked bust-ups between soldiers, with none of them wanting to be the back-end of the cow.\r\n\r\nOne memo in the papers, written by a sergeant major in the Suffolk Regiment, states tersely: "No man wishes his head to be in close proximity to another\'s rear end for a period of hours. Especially in the hot summer months."\r\n\r\nThe farcical spy plans were revealed as part of a batch of wartime files released on January 2 by the National Archives.\r\n\r\nPapers show the difficulties encountered with the training, particularly the problem of sex-mad bulls, forced Churchill to scrap the programme just nine months into the war.\r\n\r\nInstead, local regiments were urged to recruit vicars and elderly ladies to act as spies because invading German forces would never suspect them.\r\n\r\nSuffolk historian Colin Farrahar told the Suffolk Gazette: "Using pantomime cows to spy on the Germans sounds farcical now, and the records do not make clear if Mr Churchill was entirely serious with the plan.\r\n\r\n"But serious or not, the costumes were made as directed because I have seen the inventory record from the factory at Lavenham. What is not clear, however, is if any of the soldiers were seriously hurt by the bulls. I have looked through various regimental diaries and found no mention of these incidents - but I suppose they were meant to be top secret."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Churchill ordered pantomime cows to spy on Nazis', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2422-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-05 13:08:19', '2016-01-05 13:08:19', '', 2422, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2422-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2430, 1, '2016-01-05 13:35:54', '2016-01-05 13:35:54', '<b>Exclusive\r\nBy Doug Trench\r\nDefence Editor\r\n\r\nWinston Churchill wanted soldiers to dress up as pantomime cows in order to spy on German soldiers if the Nazis invaded Britain, newly-released wartime cabinet papers reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nHe asked intelligence officers to draw up plans which would allow British soldiers to hide in fields "behind enemy lines" across East Anglia.\r\n\r\nAnd one of their recommendations was seized upon by Churchill, who ordered two thousand panto cow costumes to be made at a clothing factory near Lavenham in Suffolk.\r\n\r\nTeams of two soldiers were trained to stand in fields all along the Suffolk and Norfolk coastal areas, where Germany was expected to launch its land invasion during World War Two.\r\n\r\nThey had to learn to wander about slowly, pretending to eat grass while using binoculars and a camera poking out of the udders.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2429"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" alt="churchill-pantomime-cow" width="621" height="386" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2429" /></a></center><center><i>Steak out: photo in files shows soldier, face redacted, with one of the spy cows</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the grand project was scrapped after three of the pantomime cow crews were chased and mounted by randy bulls - two near Orford in Suffolk, and one at Hopton, Norfolk.\r\n\r\nThe training also sparked bust-ups between soldiers, with none of them wanting to be the back-end of the cow.\r\n\r\nOne memo in the papers, written by a sergeant major in the Suffolk Regiment, states tersely: "No man wishes his head to be in close proximity to another\'s rear end for a period of hours. Especially in the hot summer months."\r\n\r\nThe farcical spy plans were revealed as part of a batch of wartime files released on January 2 by the National Archives.\r\n\r\nPapers show the difficulties encountered with the training, particularly the problem of sex-mad bulls, forced Churchill to scrap the programme just nine months into the war.\r\n\r\nInstead, local regiments were urged to recruit vicars and elderly ladies to act as spies because invading German forces would never suspect them.\r\n\r\nSuffolk historian Colin Farrahar told the Suffolk Gazette: "Using pantomime cows to spy on the Germans sounds farcical now, and the records do not make clear if Mr Churchill was entirely serious with the plan.\r\n\r\n"But serious or not, the costumes were made as directed because I have seen the inventory record from the factory at Lavenham. What is not clear, however, is if any of the soldiers were seriously hurt by the bulls. I have looked through various regimental diaries and found no mention of these incidents - but I suppose they were meant to be top secret."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Churchill ordered pantomime cows to spy on Nazis', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2422-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-05 13:35:54', '2016-01-05 13:35:54', '', 2422, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2422-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2431, 1, '2016-01-05 13:46:12', '2016-01-05 13:46:12', '<b>Exclusive\r\nBy Doug Trench\r\nDefence Editor\r\n\r\nWinston Churchill wanted soldiers to dress up as pantomime cows in order to spy on German soldiers if the Nazis invaded Britain, newly-released wartime cabinet papers reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nHe asked intelligence officers to draw up plans which would allow British soldiers to hide in fields "behind enemy lines" across East Anglia.\r\n\r\nAnd one of their recommendations was seized upon by Churchill, who ordered two thousand panto cow costumes to be made at a clothing factory near Lavenham in Suffolk.\r\n\r\nTeams of two soldiers were trained to stand in fields all along the Suffolk and Norfolk coastal areas, where Germany was expected to launch its land invasion during World War Two.\r\n\r\nThey had to learn to wander about slowly, pretending to eat grass while using binoculars and a camera poking out of the udders.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2429"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" alt="churchill-pantomime-cow" width="621" height="386" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2429" /></a></center><center><i>Steak out: photo in files shows soldier, face redacted, with one of the spy cows</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the grand project was scrapped after three of the pantomime cow crews were chased and mounted by randy bulls - two near Orford in Suffolk, and one at Hopton, Norfolk.\r\n\r\nThe training also sparked bust-ups between soldiers, with none of them wanting to be the back-end of the cow.\r\n\r\nOne memo in the papers, written by a sergeant major in the Suffolk Regiment, states tersely: "No man wishes his head to be in close proximity to another\'s rear end for a period of hours. Especially in the hot summer months."\r\n\r\nThe farcical spy plans were revealed as part of a batch of wartime files released on January 2 by the National Archives.\r\n\r\nPapers show the difficulties encountered with the training, particularly the problem of sex-mad bulls, forced Churchill to scrap the programme just nine months into the war.\r\n\r\nInstead, local regiments were urged to recruit vicars and elderly ladies to act as spies because invading German forces would never suspect them.\r\n\r\nThe story is the biggest war-related uncovered by the Suffolk Gazette since a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German soldier was found alive and well hiding in a Suffolk forest last year</a>. \r\n\r\nSuffolk historian Colin Farrahar told the Suffolk Gazette: "Using pantomime cows to spy on the Germans sounds farcical now, and the records do not make clear if Mr Churchill was entirely serious with the plan.\r\n\r\n"But serious or not, the costumes were made as directed because I have seen the inventory record from the factory at Lavenham. What is not clear, however, is if any of the soldiers were seriously hurt by the bulls. I have looked through various regimental diaries and found no mention of these incidents - but I suppose they were meant to be top secret."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Churchill ordered pantomime cows to spy on Nazis', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2422-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-05 13:46:12', '2016-01-05 13:46:12', '', 2422, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2422-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2432, 1, '2016-01-05 16:46:50', '2016-01-05 16:46:50', '<b>Exclusive\r\nBy Doug Trench\r\nDefence Editor\r\n\r\nWinston Churchill wanted soldiers to dress up as pantomime cows in order to spy on German soldiers if the Nazis invaded Britain, newly-released wartime cabinet papers reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nHe asked intelligence officers to draw up plans which would allow British soldiers to hide in fields "behind enemy lines" across East Anglia.\r\n\r\nAnd one of their recommendations was seized upon by Churchill, who ordered two thousand panto cow costumes to be made at a clothing factory near Lavenham in Suffolk.\r\n\r\nTeams of two soldiers were trained to stand in fields all along the Suffolk and Norfolk coastal areas, where Germany was expected to launch its land invasion during World War Two.\r\n\r\nThey had to learn to wander about slowly, pretending to eat grass while using binoculars and a camera poking out of the udders.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2429"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/churchill-pantomime-cow-1.jpg" alt="churchill-pantomime-cow" width="621" height="386" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2429" /></a></center><center><i>Steak out: photo in files shows soldier, face redacted, with one of the spy cows</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nBut the grand project was scrapped after three of the pantomime cow crews were chased and mounted by randy bulls - two near Orford in Suffolk, and one at Hopton, Norfolk.\r\n\r\nThe training also sparked bust-ups between soldiers, with none of them wanting to be the back-end of the cow.\r\n\r\nOne memo in the papers, written by a sergeant major in the Suffolk Regiment, states tersely: "No man wishes his head to be in close proximity to another\'s rear end for a period of hours. Especially in the hot summer months."\r\n\r\nThe farcical spy plans were revealed as part of a batch of wartime files released on January 2 by the National Archives.\r\n\r\nPapers show the difficulties encountered with the training, particularly the problem of sex-mad bulls, forced Churchill to scrap the programme just nine months into the war.\r\n\r\nInstead, local regiments were urged to recruit vicars and elderly ladies to act as spies because invading German forces would never suspect them.\r\n\r\nThe story is the biggest war-related scoop uncovered by the Suffolk Gazette since a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/german-ww2-soldier/" target="_blank">German soldier was found alive and well hiding in a Suffolk forest last year</a>. \r\n\r\nSuffolk historian Colin Farrahar told the Suffolk Gazette: "Using pantomime cows to spy on the Germans sounds farcical now, and the records do not make clear if Mr Churchill was entirely serious with the plan.\r\n\r\n"But serious or not, the costumes were made as directed because I have seen the inventory record from the factory at Lavenham. What is not clear, however, is if any of the soldiers were seriously hurt by the bulls. I have looked through various regimental diaries and found no mention of these incidents - but I suppose they were meant to be top secret."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Churchill ordered pantomime cows to spy on Nazis', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2422-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-05 16:46:50', '2016-01-05 16:46:50', '', 2422, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2422-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2433, 1, '2016-09-28 09:00:27', '2016-09-28 09:00:27', '<b>EXCLUSIVE\r\nBy Rob Banks, Crime Editor\r\n\r\nPolice raced to a village bake-off contest after allegations of flirtation and cheating spilled into violence.</b>\r\n\r\nTempers flared when voluptuous widow Wendy Summerskill, 54, won an award for her moist Victoria sponge just moments after her floury baps got first prize in the bread-making category.\r\n\r\n\r\n<br>\r\nJealous rivals claimed she only won because she had enjoyed a secret fling with the competition judge, Major Rupert Bone three years ago.\r\n\r\nAnd when village postmistress Helena Jones-Smythe saw Mrs Summerskill fluttering her eyelids at Major Bone as he held her cups aloft, she "went mad" and threw one of her cupcakes across Little Brimmer Village Hall.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, according to witnesses, the errant cupcake knocked over tea being drunk by Jane Ford, the fearsome treasurer of the village\'s branch of the Women\'s Institute, spilling it down her new floral dress - and it all kicked off.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bake-off-1-e1475054364218.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bake-off-1-e1475054364218.jpg" alt="Bake off" width="777" height="518" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4784" /></a><i>Cooking up a storm: bake-off turned violent</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nOne observer at the bake-off, which has been held at Little Brimmer each year since the Second World War, told the Suffolk Gazette: "It turned into a free-for-all. Mrs Summerskill took the brunt of it, with her hair being pulled by two ladies screaming that she was \'the village bike\'. Another woman threw her sponge on the floor and there was an unfortunate moment with a cream horn.\r\n\r\n"And when someone shouted that Mrs Summerskill only won the prizes because of her previous romance with Major Bone, her current partner jumped up and punched him.\r\n\r\n"There were around 100 people in the village hall and it threatened to get completely out of hand. It was a real shame because so many ladies, and even some men, had worked jolly hard on their cakes, pastries and breads."\r\n\r\nThe witness, who asked not to be named, said the police were called by a startled group of hikers walking through the village, and the two officers arrived just as things were calming down.\r\n\r\n[AdSense-B]\r\n\r\nA police spokesman confirmed: "We received a call about a disturbance at Little Brimmer Village Hall. There were numerous allegations of assault, but after speaking to all parties they agreed not to press charges."\r\n\r\nVillagers have called a meeting to discuss the melee and calm simmering tensions, and it is believed the bake-off, which happens traditionally on the third Sunday of September, will be organised again - although Major Bone, 62, has agreed to stand down as the judge.\r\n\r\n<div class="fb-like" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" data-layout="standard" data-action="like" data-show-faces="true" data-share="true"></div><br>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support my running costs by clicking here and buying me a beer!</a>\r\n[olimometer id=1]', 'Police race to village bake-off riot', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'bake-off-contest-police', '', '', '2017-02-23 14:16:27', '2017-02-23 14:16:27', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2433', 0, 'post', '', 2); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2435, 1, '2016-01-06 11:26:04', '2016-01-06 11:26:04', '<b>By Rob Banks\r\nCrime Editor\r\n\r\nPolice raced to a village bake-off contest after allegations of flirtation and cheating spilled into violence.</b>\r\n\r\nTempers flared when voluptuous widow Wendy Summerskill won an award for her moist Victoria sponge just moments after her floury baps got first prize in the bread-making category.\r\n\r\nJealous rivals claimed she only won because she had enjoyed a secret fling with the competition judge, Major Rupert Bone three years ago.\r\n\r\nAnd when Helena Jones-Smythe saw Mrs Summerskill fluttering her eyelids at Major Bone as he held her cups aloft, she "went mad" and threw one of her cupcakes across Little Brimmer Village Hall.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, according to witnesses, the cupcake landed in the tea being drunk by Jane Ford, the fearsome treasurer of the village\'s branch of the Women\'s Institute, spilling it down her new floral dress - and it all kicked off.\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:479px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/567157863" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:74.947808% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/567157863?et=F8TmsaqCQ9RqpmhGAKbySg&viewMoreLink=off&sig=z7ICmI_5vJSNAxbEdz2PwVnBr8VELiADdFQ9G46iJbk=" width="479" height="359" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>Cooking up a storm: bake-off turned violent</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nOne observer at the bake-off, which has been held at Little Brimmer each year since the Second World War, told the Suffolk Gazette: "It turned into a free-for-all. Mrs Summerskill took the brunt of it, with her hair being pulled by two ladies screaming that she was \'the village bike\'. Another woman threw her sponge on the floor.\r\n\r\n"And when someone shouted that she only won the prizes because of her previous romance with Major Bone, Mrs Summerskills current partner jumped up and punched him.\r\n\r\n"There were around 100 people in the village hall and it threatened to get completely out of hand. It was a real shame because so many ladies, and even some men, had worked jolly hard on their cakes, pastries and breads."\r\n\r\nThe witness, who asked not to be named, said the police were called by a startled group of hikers walking through the village, and the two officers arrived just as things were calming down.\r\n\r\nA police spokesman confirmed: "We received a call about a disturbance at Little Brimmer Village Hall. There were numerous allegations of assault, but after speaking to all parties they agreed not to press charges."\r\n\r\nVillagers have called a meeting to discuss the melee and calm simmmering tempers, and it is believed the bake-off, which happens traditionally on the first Sunday of the year, will be organised again - although Major Bone has agreed to stand down as the judge.\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Police race to village bake-off riot', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2433-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-06 11:26:04', '2016-01-06 11:26:04', '', 2433, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2433-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2436, 1, '2016-01-06 11:28:14', '2016-01-06 11:28:14', '<b>By Rob Banks\r\nCrime Editor\r\n\r\nPolice raced to a village bake-off contest after allegations of flirtation and cheating spilled into violence.</b>\r\n\r\nTempers flared when voluptuous widow Wendy Summerskill won an award for her moist Victoria sponge just moments after her floury baps got first prize in the bread-making category.\r\n\r\nJealous rivals claimed she only won because she had enjoyed a secret fling with the competition judge, Major Rupert Bone three years ago.\r\n\r\nAnd when Helena Jones-Smythe saw Mrs Summerskill fluttering her eyelids at Major Bone as he held her cups aloft, she "went mad" and threw one of her cupcakes across Little Brimmer Village Hall.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, according to witnesses, the errant cupcake landed in the tea being drunk by Jane Ford, the fearsome treasurer of the village\'s branch of the Women\'s Institute, spilling it down her new floral dress - and it all kicked off.\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:479px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/567157863" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:74.947808% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/567157863?et=F8TmsaqCQ9RqpmhGAKbySg&viewMoreLink=off&sig=z7ICmI_5vJSNAxbEdz2PwVnBr8VELiADdFQ9G46iJbk=" width="479" height="359" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>Cooking up a storm: bake-off turned violent</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nOne observer at the bake-off, which has been held at Little Brimmer each year since the Second World War, told the Suffolk Gazette: "It turned into a free-for-all. Mrs Summerskill took the brunt of it, with her hair being pulled by two ladies screaming that she was \'the village bike\'. Another woman threw her sponge on the floor.\r\n\r\n"And when someone shouted that she only won the prizes because of her previous romance with Major Bone, Mrs Summerskills current partner jumped up and punched him.\r\n\r\n"There were around 100 people in the village hall and it threatened to get completely out of hand. It was a real shame because so many ladies, and even some men, had worked jolly hard on their cakes, pastries and breads."\r\n\r\nThe witness, who asked not to be named, said the police were called by a startled group of hikers walking through the village, and the two officers arrived just as things were calming down.\r\n\r\nA police spokesman confirmed: "We received a call about a disturbance at Little Brimmer Village Hall. There were numerous allegations of assault, but after speaking to all parties they agreed not to press charges."\r\n\r\nVillagers have called a meeting to discuss the melee and calm simmmering tempers, and it is believed the bake-off, which happens traditionally on the first Sunday of the year, will be organised again - although Major Bone has agreed to stand down as the judge.\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Police race to village bake-off riot', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2433-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-06 11:28:14', '2016-01-06 11:28:14', '', 2433, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2433-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2437, 1, '2016-01-06 11:31:59', '2016-01-06 11:31:59', '<b>By Rob Banks\r\nCrime Editor\r\n\r\nPolice raced to a village bake-off contest after allegations of flirtation and cheating spilled into violence.</b>\r\n\r\nTempers flared when voluptuous widow Wendy Summerskill, 54, won an award for her moist Victoria sponge just moments after her floury baps got first prize in the bread-making category.\r\n\r\nJealous rivals claimed she only won because she had enjoyed a secret fling with the competition judge, Major Rupert Bone three years ago.\r\n\r\nAnd when village postmistress Helena Jones-Smythe saw Mrs Summerskill fluttering her eyelids at Major Bone as he held her cups aloft, she "went mad" and threw one of her cupcakes across Little Brimmer Village Hall.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, according to witnesses, the errant cupcake landed in the tea being drunk by Jane Ford, the fearsome treasurer of the village\'s branch of the Women\'s Institute, spilling it down her new floral dress - and it all kicked off.\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:479px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/567157863" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:74.947808% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/567157863?et=F8TmsaqCQ9RqpmhGAKbySg&viewMoreLink=off&sig=z7ICmI_5vJSNAxbEdz2PwVnBr8VELiADdFQ9G46iJbk=" width="479" height="359" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>Cooking up a storm: bake-off turned violent</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nOne observer at the bake-off, which has been held at Little Brimmer each year since the Second World War, told the Suffolk Gazette: "It turned into a free-for-all. Mrs Summerskill took the brunt of it, with her hair being pulled by two ladies screaming that she was \'the village bike\'. Another woman threw her sponge on the floor.\r\n\r\n"And when someone shouted that she only won the prizes because of her previous romance with Major Bone, Mrs Summerskill\'s current partner jumped up and punched him.\r\n\r\n"There were around 100 people in the village hall and it threatened to get completely out of hand. It was a real shame because so many ladies, and even some men, had worked jolly hard on their cakes, pastries and breads."\r\n\r\nThe witness, who asked not to be named, said the police were called by a startled group of hikers walking through the village, and the two officers arrived just as things were calming down.\r\n\r\nA police spokesman confirmed: "We received a call about a disturbance at Little Brimmer Village Hall. There were numerous allegations of assault, but after speaking to all parties they agreed not to press charges."\r\n\r\nVillagers have called a meeting to discuss the melee and calm simmering tensions, and it is believed the bake-off, which happens traditionally on the first Sunday of the year, will be organised again - although Major Bone, 62, has agreed to stand down as the judge.\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Police race to village bake-off riot', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2433-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-06 11:31:59', '2016-01-06 11:31:59', '', 2433, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2433-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2438, 1, '2016-01-06 11:32:27', '2016-01-06 11:32:27', '<b>Exclusive\r\nBy Rob Banks\r\nCrime Editor\r\n\r\nPolice raced to a village bake-off contest after allegations of flirtation and cheating spilled into violence.</b>\r\n\r\nTempers flared when voluptuous widow Wendy Summerskill, 54, won an award for her moist Victoria sponge just moments after her floury baps got first prize in the bread-making category.\r\n\r\nJealous rivals claimed she only won because she had enjoyed a secret fling with the competition judge, Major Rupert Bone three years ago.\r\n\r\nAnd when village postmistress Helena Jones-Smythe saw Mrs Summerskill fluttering her eyelids at Major Bone as he held her cups aloft, she "went mad" and threw one of her cupcakes across Little Brimmer Village Hall.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, according to witnesses, the errant cupcake landed in the tea being drunk by Jane Ford, the fearsome treasurer of the village\'s branch of the Women\'s Institute, spilling it down her new floral dress - and it all kicked off.\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:479px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/567157863" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:74.947808% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/567157863?et=F8TmsaqCQ9RqpmhGAKbySg&viewMoreLink=off&sig=z7ICmI_5vJSNAxbEdz2PwVnBr8VELiADdFQ9G46iJbk=" width="479" height="359" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>Cooking up a storm: bake-off turned violent</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nOne observer at the bake-off, which has been held at Little Brimmer each year since the Second World War, told the Suffolk Gazette: "It turned into a free-for-all. Mrs Summerskill took the brunt of it, with her hair being pulled by two ladies screaming that she was \'the village bike\'. Another woman threw her sponge on the floor.\r\n\r\n"And when someone shouted that she only won the prizes because of her previous romance with Major Bone, Mrs Summerskill\'s current partner jumped up and punched him.\r\n\r\n"There were around 100 people in the village hall and it threatened to get completely out of hand. It was a real shame because so many ladies, and even some men, had worked jolly hard on their cakes, pastries and breads."\r\n\r\nThe witness, who asked not to be named, said the police were called by a startled group of hikers walking through the village, and the two officers arrived just as things were calming down.\r\n\r\nA police spokesman confirmed: "We received a call about a disturbance at Little Brimmer Village Hall. There were numerous allegations of assault, but after speaking to all parties they agreed not to press charges."\r\n\r\nVillagers have called a meeting to discuss the melee and calm simmering tensions, and it is believed the bake-off, which happens traditionally on the first Sunday of the year, will be organised again - although Major Bone, 62, has agreed to stand down as the judge.\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Police race to village bake-off riot', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2433-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-06 11:32:27', '2016-01-06 11:32:27', '', 2433, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2433-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2439, 1, '2016-01-07 13:06:20', '2016-01-07 13:06:20', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nFungus the Bogeyman was inspired by the gruesome characteristics and filthy manners of men from Norfolk, the Suffolk Gazette can reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nThe much-loved children\'s story, which features an ugly creature with a weird-shaped head, big ears and terrible teeth, is now starring in a hit television series.\r\n\r\nBut how the green monster, which farts regularly and dribbles snot, came to be created by British artist Raymond Briggs has remained a mystery... until now.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2440"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" alt="Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk" width="650" height="365" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2440" /></a></center><center><i>Fungus the Bogeyman as he appears on the Sky TV series</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nWe can reveal that Mr Briggs\' 1970s book came about soon after he took a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads and got to see some of the locals close-up.\r\n\r\nA pal claimed: "The men in Norfolk are sort of freakish-looking and they pass wind endlessly. Mr Briggs created Fungus the Bogeyman soon after his trip to Norfolk, and we believe the men he met there were the inspiration.\r\n\r\n"He has never admitted as much, but then again who would want to admit going to Norfolk in the first place?"\r\n\r\nMr Briggs also famously created The Snowman story about a snowman who flies through the air accompanied by pre-pubescent Welsh crooner, Aled Jones. It is not thought the Snowman was based on Norfolk, even though Norfolk men have noses like carrots.\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Fungus the Bogeyman is from Norfolk', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'fungus-the-bogeyman-from-norfolk', '', '', '2016-01-07 13:08:01', '2016-01-07 13:08:01', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2439', 0, 'post', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2441, 1, '2016-01-07 12:57:49', '2016-01-07 12:57:49', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nFungus the Bogeyman was inspired by the gruesome characteristics and filthy manners of men from Norfolk, the Suffolk Gazette can reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nThe much-loved children\'s story, which features an ugly creature with a weird-shaped head, big ears and terrible teeth, is now starring in a hit television series.\r\n\r\nBut how the green monster, which farts regularly and dribbles snot, came to be created by British artist Raymond Briggs has remained a mystery... until now.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2440"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" alt="Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk" width="650" height="365" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2440" /></a></center><center><i>Fungus the Bogeyman as he appears on the Sky TV series</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nWe can reveal that his 1970s book came about after he took a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads and got to see some of the locals close-up.\r\n\r\nA pal claimed: "The men in Norfolk are sort of freakish-looking and they pass wind endlessly. Mr Briggs created Fungus the Bogeyman soon after his trip to Norfolk, and we believe the men in met there were the inspiration.\r\n\r\n"He has never admitted as much, but then again who would want to admit going to Norfolk in the first place?"\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Fungus the Bogeyman is from Norfolk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2439-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-07 12:57:49', '2016-01-07 12:57:49', '', 2439, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2439-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2442, 1, '2016-01-07 13:00:15', '2016-01-07 13:00:15', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nFungus the Bogeyman was inspired by the gruesome characteristics and filthy manners of men from Norfolk, the Suffolk Gazette can reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nThe much-loved children\'s story, which features an ugly creature with a weird-shaped head, big ears and terrible teeth, is now starring in a hit television series.\r\n\r\nBut how the green monster, which farts regularly and dribbles snot, came to be created by British artist Raymond Briggs has remained a mystery... until now.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2440"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" alt="Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk" width="650" height="365" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2440" /></a></center><center><i>Fungus the Bogeyman as he appears on the Sky TV series</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nWe can reveal that Mr Briggs\' 1970s book came about after he took a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads and got to see some of the locals close-up.\r\n\r\nA pal claimed: "The men in Norfolk are sort of freakish-looking and they pass wind endlessly. Mr Briggs created Fungus the Bogeyman soon after his trip to Norfolk, and we believe the men he met there were the inspiration.\r\n\r\n"He has never admitted as much, but then again who would want to admit going to Norfolk in the first place?"\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Fungus the Bogeyman is from Norfolk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2439-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-07 13:00:15', '2016-01-07 13:00:15', '', 2439, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2439-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2443, 1, '2016-01-07 13:04:51', '2016-01-07 13:04:51', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nFungus the Bogeyman was inspired by the gruesome characteristics and filthy manners of men from Norfolk, the Suffolk Gazette can reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nThe much-loved children\'s story, which features an ugly creature with a weird-shaped head, big ears and terrible teeth, is now starring in a hit television series.\r\n\r\nBut how the green monster, which farts regularly and dribbles snot, came to be created by British artist Raymond Briggs has remained a mystery... until now.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2440"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" alt="Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk" width="650" height="365" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2440" /></a></center><center><i>Fungus the Bogeyman as he appears on the Sky TV series</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nWe can reveal that Mr Briggs\' 1970s book came about soon after he took a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads and got to see some of the locals close-up.\r\n\r\nA pal claimed: "The men in Norfolk are sort of freakish-looking and they pass wind endlessly. Mr Briggs created Fungus the Bogeyman soon after his trip to Norfolk, and we believe the men he met there were the inspiration.\r\n\r\n"He has never admitted as much, but then again who would want to admit going to Norfolk in the first place?"\r\n\r\nMr Briggs also famously created The Snowman story about a snowman who flies through the air accompanied by pre-pubescent Welsh crooner Aled Jones.\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Fungus the Bogeyman is from Norfolk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2439-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-07 13:04:51', '2016-01-07 13:04:51', '', 2439, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2439-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2444, 1, '2016-01-07 13:06:20', '2016-01-07 13:06:20', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nFungus the Bogeyman was inspired by the gruesome characteristics and filthy manners of men from Norfolk, the Suffolk Gazette can reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nThe much-loved children\'s story, which features an ugly creature with a weird-shaped head, big ears and terrible teeth, is now starring in a hit television series.\r\n\r\nBut how the green monster, which farts regularly and dribbles snot, came to be created by British artist Raymond Briggs has remained a mystery... until now.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2440"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" alt="Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk" width="650" height="365" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2440" /></a></center><center><i>Fungus the Bogeyman as he appears on the Sky TV series</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nWe can reveal that Mr Briggs\' 1970s book came about soon after he took a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads and got to see some of the locals close-up.\r\n\r\nA pal claimed: "The men in Norfolk are sort of freakish-looking and they pass wind endlessly. Mr Briggs created Fungus the Bogeyman soon after his trip to Norfolk, and we believe the men he met there were the inspiration.\r\n\r\n"He has never admitted as much, but then again who would want to admit going to Norfolk in the first place?"\r\n\r\nMr Briggs also famously created The Snowman story about a snowman who flies through the air accompanied by pre-pubescent Welsh crooner Aled Jones. It is not thought the Snowman was based on Norfolk, even though Norfolk men have noses like carrots.\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Fungus the Bogeyman is from Norfolk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2439-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-07 13:06:20', '2016-01-07 13:06:20', '', 2439, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2439-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2445, 1, '2016-01-07 13:08:01', '2016-01-07 13:08:01', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nFungus the Bogeyman was inspired by the gruesome characteristics and filthy manners of men from Norfolk, the Suffolk Gazette can reveal.</b>\r\n\r\nThe much-loved children\'s story, which features an ugly creature with a weird-shaped head, big ears and terrible teeth, is now starring in a hit television series.\r\n\r\nBut how the green monster, which farts regularly and dribbles snot, came to be created by British artist Raymond Briggs has remained a mystery... until now.\r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2440"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk.jpg" alt="Fungus-The-Bogeyman-norfolk" width="650" height="365" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2440" /></a></center><center><i>Fungus the Bogeyman as he appears on the Sky TV series</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nWe can reveal that Mr Briggs\' 1970s book came about soon after he took a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads and got to see some of the locals close-up.\r\n\r\nA pal claimed: "The men in Norfolk are sort of freakish-looking and they pass wind endlessly. Mr Briggs created Fungus the Bogeyman soon after his trip to Norfolk, and we believe the men he met there were the inspiration.\r\n\r\n"He has never admitted as much, but then again who would want to admit going to Norfolk in the first place?"\r\n\r\nMr Briggs also famously created The Snowman story about a snowman who flies through the air accompanied by pre-pubescent Welsh crooner, Aled Jones. It is not thought the Snowman was based on Norfolk, even though Norfolk men have noses like carrots.\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Fungus the Bogeyman is from Norfolk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2439-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-07 13:08:01', '2016-01-07 13:08:01', '', 2439, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2439-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2446, 1, '2016-01-08 12:53:05', '2016-01-08 12:53:05', '<a href="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/David-Bowie.jpg"><img src="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/David-Bowie.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2447" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>EXCLUSIVE\r\nRock legend David Bowie gave curry house diners a treat with an impromptu performance, the Suffolk Gazette understands.</strong>\r\n\r\nBowie, who is 69 years old today, was enjoying a spicy dish in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, Suffolk on Wednesday when he thought he\'d give other customers a night they\'d never forget.\r\n\r\nAs locals tucked into papadums, curries, bhajis and other Indian delights, the star suddenly stood up to sing The Jean Genie while astonished staff stood open-mouthed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDespite loud pleas for an encore, he then sat down again and resumed his meal as the customers clapped and cheered.\r\n\r\nOne diner, Lorraine Fisher, 34, admitted: "My husband and I couldn\'t believe it. We were enjoying a madras and suddenly David Bowie stood up and started singing.\r\n\r\n"We hadn\'t even noticed he was there before - but he was very good and signed everyone\'s paper napkins before he left."\r\n\r\nIt is believed Mr Bowie was staying in Suffolk during a New Year holiday with his glamorous wife Iman when he decided to visit the <a href="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/motorhome-toilet/">curry house</a>, which has rave reviews on TripAdvisor.\r\n\r\nA pal said: "David enjoys his grub, and he still loves performing, even to smaller audiences than he\'s used to. He has a wicked sense of fun, so this news is not surprising."\r\n\r\n[AdSense-B]\r\n\r\nRestaurant owner Shaz Miah said: "We don\'t like talking about our famous guests, but we are grateful to Mr Bowie for being here and singing so well."\r\n\r\n<em>Editor\'s note: By unfortunate coincidence, this story was originally published a week before news broke of David Bowie\'s death. In an astonishing twist, <a href="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/business/sky-news-suffolk-gazette/">Sky News read out this curry story live on air</a> as part of its breaking news coverage!</em>\r\n\r\n* * * * * *\r\n\r\n<h2><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" onclick="trackOutboundLink(\'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/\'); return false;">Click here to support the Suffolk Gazette Beer Fund!</a>\r\n[olimometer id=1]</h2>', 'David Bowie stars in spice oddity', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'david-bowie-spice-oddity', '', '', '2018-06-09 11:24:58', '2018-06-09 11:24:58', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2446', 0, 'post', '', 9); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2448, 1, '2016-01-08 12:52:51', '2016-01-08 12:52:51', '<b>By Arthur Pint\r\nEntertainment Editor\r\n\r\nRock legend David Bowie gave curry house diners a treat with an impromptu performance, the Suffolk Gazette understands.</b>\r\n\r\nBowie, who is 69 years old today, was enjoying a spicy dish in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, Suffolk on Wednesday when he thought he\'d give other customers a night they\'d never forget.\r\n\r\nAs locals tucked into papadums, curries, bhajis and other Indian delights, the star suddenly stood up to sing The Jean Genie while astonished staff stood open-mouthed.\r\n\r\nDespite louds pleas for an encore, he then sat down again and resumed his meal as the customers clapped and cheered.\r\n\r\nOne diner, Trevor Black, admitted: "My wife and I couldn\'t believe it. We were enjoying a madras and suddenly David Bowie stood up and started singing. We hadn\'t even noticed he was there before - but he was very good and signed everyone\'s paper napkins before he left."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108152380" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:71.212121% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/108152380?et=6y6IMNGcTv98k7JhGvQk-Q&viewMoreLink=off&sig=ltUSn6lFPg8RiRa1ZVg0QCpEH2On5RH6DABqcAcnPtE=&caption=true" width="594" height="423" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>David Bowie performing to a slightly larger audience - Live Aid in 1985</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nIt is believed Mr Bowie was staying in Suffolk during a New Year holiday with his wife, Iman, when he decided to visit the curry house, which has rave reviews on TripAdvisor.\r\n\r\nA pal said: "David enjoys his grub, and he still loves performing, even to smaller audiences than he\'s used to. He has a wicked sense of fun, so this news is not surprising."\r\n\r\nRestaurant owner Shaz Miah said: "We don\'t like talking about our famous guests, but we are grateful to Mr Bowie for being here and singing so well."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'David Bowie stars in spice oddity', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2446-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-08 12:52:51', '2016-01-08 12:52:51', '', 2446, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2446-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2449, 1, '2018-06-09 11:23:57', '2018-06-09 11:23:57', '<a href="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/David-Bowie.jpg"><img src="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/David-Bowie.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2447" /></a>\n\n<strong>EXCLUSIVE\nRock legend David Bowie gave curry house diners a treat with an impromptu performance, the Suffolk Gazette understands.</strong>\n\nBowie, who is 69 years old today, was enjoying a spicy dish in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, Suffolk on Wednesday when he thought he\'d give other customers a night they\'d never forget.\n\nAs locals tucked into papadums, curries, bhajis and other Indian delights, the star suddenly stood up to sing The Jean Genie while astonished staff stood open-mouthed.\n\n\n\nDespite loud pleas for an encore, he then sat down again and resumed his meal as the customers clapped and cheered.\n\nOne diner, Lorraine Fisher, 34, admitted: "My husband and I couldn\'t believe it. We were enjoying a madras and suddenly David Bowie stood up and started singing.\n\n"We hadn\'t even noticed he was there before - but he was very good and signed everyone\'s paper napkins before he left."\n\nIt is believed Mr Bowie was staying in Suffolk during a New Year holiday with his glamorous wife Iman when he decided to visit the <a href="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/motorhome-toilet/">curry house</a>, which has rave reviews on TripAdvisor.\n\nA pal said: "David enjoys his grub, and he still loves performing, even to smaller audiences than he\'s used to. He has a wicked sense of fun, so this news is not surprising."\n\n[AdSense-B]\n\nRestaurant owner Shaz Miah said: "We don\'t like talking about our famous guests, but we are grateful to Mr Bowie for being here and singing so well."\n\n<em>Editor\'s note: By unfortunate coincidence, this story was originally published a week before news broke of David Bowie\'s death.</em>\n\n* * * * * *\n\n<h2><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" onclick="trackOutboundLink(\'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/\'); return false;">Click here to support the Suffolk Gazette Beer Fund!</a>\n[olimometer id=1]</h2>', 'David Bowie stars in spice oddity', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2446-autosave-v1', '', '', '2018-06-09 11:23:57', '2018-06-09 11:23:57', '', 2446, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2446-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2450, 1, '2016-01-08 12:55:00', '2016-01-08 12:55:00', '<b>By Arthur Pint\r\nEntertainment Editor\r\n\r\nRock legend David Bowie gave curry house diners a treat with an impromptu performance, the Suffolk Gazette understands.</b>\r\n\r\nBowie, who is 69 years old today, was enjoying a spicy dish in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, Suffolk on Wednesday when he thought he\'d give other customers a night they\'d never forget.\r\n\r\nAs locals tucked into papadums, curries, bhajis and other Indian delights, the star suddenly stood up to sing The Jean Genie while astonished staff stood open-mouthed.\r\n\r\nDespite louds pleas for an encore, he then sat down again and resumed his meal as the customers clapped and cheered.\r\n\r\nOne diner, Trevor Black, admitted: "My wife and I couldn\'t believe it. We were enjoying a madras and suddenly David Bowie stood up and started singing. We hadn\'t even noticed he was there before - but he was very good and signed everyone\'s paper napkins before he left."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108152380" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:71.212121% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/108152380?et=6y6IMNGcTv98k7JhGvQk-Q&viewMoreLink=off&sig=ltUSn6lFPg8RiRa1ZVg0QCpEH2On5RH6DABqcAcnPtE=&caption=true" width="594" height="423" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>David Bowie performing to a slightly larger audience - Live Aid in 1985</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nIt is believed Mr Bowie was staying in Suffolk during a New Year holiday with his glamorous wife, Iman, when he decided to visit the curry house, which has rave reviews on TripAdvisor.\r\n\r\nA pal said: "David enjoys his grub, and he still loves performing, even to smaller audiences than he\'s used to. He has a wicked sense of fun, so this news is not surprising."\r\n\r\nRestaurant owner Shaz Miah said: "We don\'t like talking about our famous guests, but we are grateful to Mr Bowie for being here and singing so well."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'David Bowie stars in spice oddity', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2446-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-08 12:55:00', '2016-01-08 12:55:00', '', 2446, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2446-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2451, 1, '2016-01-08 12:55:28', '2016-01-08 12:55:28', '<b>By Arthur Pint\r\nEntertainment Editor\r\n\r\nRock legend David Bowie gave curry house diners a treat with an impromptu performance, the Suffolk Gazette understands.</b>\r\n\r\nBowie, who is 69 years old today, was enjoying a spicy dish in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, Suffolk on Wednesday when he thought he\'d give other customers a night they\'d never forget.\r\n\r\nAs locals tucked into papadums, curries, bhajis and other Indian delights, the star suddenly stood up to sing The Jean Genie while astonished staff stood open-mouthed.\r\n\r\nDespite louds pleas for an encore, he then sat down again and resumed his meal as the customers clapped and cheered.\r\n\r\nOne diner, Trevor Black, admitted: "My wife and I couldn\'t believe it. We were enjoying a madras and suddenly David Bowie stood up and started singing. We hadn\'t even noticed he was there before - but he was very good and signed everyone\'s paper napkins before he left."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108152380" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:71.212121% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/108152380?et=6y6IMNGcTv98k7JhGvQk-Q&viewMoreLink=off&sig=ltUSn6lFPg8RiRa1ZVg0QCpEH2On5RH6DABqcAcnPtE=&caption=true" width="594" height="423" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>David Bowie performing to a slightly larger audience - Live Aid in 1985</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nIt is believed Mr Bowie was staying in Suffolk during a New Year holiday with his glamorous wife Iman when he decided to visit the curry house, which has rave reviews on TripAdvisor.\r\n\r\nA pal said: "David enjoys his grub, and he still loves performing, even to smaller audiences than he\'s used to. He has a wicked sense of fun, so this news is not surprising."\r\n\r\nRestaurant owner Shaz Miah said: "We don\'t like talking about our famous guests, but we are grateful to Mr Bowie for being here and singing so well."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'David Bowie stars in spice oddity', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2446-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-08 12:55:28', '2016-01-08 12:55:28', '', 2446, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2446-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2452, 1, '2016-01-08 13:20:18', '2016-01-08 13:20:18', '<b>By Arthur Aspall\r\nEntertainment Editor\r\n\r\nRock legend David Bowie gave curry house diners a treat with an impromptu performance, the Suffolk Gazette understands.</b>\r\n\r\nBowie, who is 69 years old today, was enjoying a spicy dish in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, Suffolk on Wednesday when he thought he\'d give other customers a night they\'d never forget.\r\n\r\nAs locals tucked into papadums, curries, bhajis and other Indian delights, the star suddenly stood up to sing The Jean Genie while astonished staff stood open-mouthed.\r\n\r\nDespite louds pleas for an encore, he then sat down again and resumed his meal as the customers clapped and cheered.\r\n\r\nOne diner, Trevor Black, admitted: "My wife and I couldn\'t believe it. We were enjoying a madras and suddenly David Bowie stood up and started singing. We hadn\'t even noticed he was there before - but he was very good and signed everyone\'s paper napkins before he left."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108152380" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:71.212121% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/108152380?et=6y6IMNGcTv98k7JhGvQk-Q&viewMoreLink=off&sig=ltUSn6lFPg8RiRa1ZVg0QCpEH2On5RH6DABqcAcnPtE=&caption=true" width="594" height="423" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>David Bowie performing to a slightly larger audience - Live Aid in 1985</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nIt is believed Mr Bowie was staying in Suffolk during a New Year holiday with his glamorous wife Iman when he decided to visit the curry house, which has rave reviews on TripAdvisor.\r\n\r\nA pal said: "David enjoys his grub, and he still loves performing, even to smaller audiences than he\'s used to. He has a wicked sense of fun, so this news is not surprising."\r\n\r\nRestaurant owner Shaz Miah said: "We don\'t like talking about our famous guests, but we are grateful to Mr Bowie for being here and singing so well."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'David Bowie stars in spice oddity', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2446-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-08 13:20:18', '2016-01-08 13:20:18', '', 2446, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2446-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2453, 1, '2016-01-08 17:24:22', '2016-01-08 17:24:22', 'Suffolk is full of strange and wonderful stories - you couldn\'t make it up.\r\n\r\nThis site started as a bit of fun in February 2015 but has quickly grown a substantial readership, with our stories regularly exploding across social media.\r\n\r\nWhile most people take us for what we are - spoof and satire - there are always some who think we are serious, and hilarity often ensues in the comments section below each story and on our vibrant Facebook page.\r\n\r\nGot a story for us? <b>Just email your idea to news@suffolkgazette.com</b> and if we like it, we\'ll publish it so long as it is not libelous, racist, sexist, abusive etc - and that it makes sense.\r\n\r\nWant to advertise with us? Please take a look at our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/advertise-in-the-suffolk-gazette/" target="_blank">advertising page - it\'s dead cheap</a> and you get access to a lot of engaged readers!\r\n\r\nWant to just buy us a beer? Then head to the appropriately-named <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Us a Beer page</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Here is our award-winning Suffolk Gazette reporting team:</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Editor/Founder/Chief Mischief Maker: Simon Young (<a href="https://twitter.com/MrSimonYoung" target="_blank">@MrSimonYoung on Twitter</a>)\r\n\r\nCrime Editor: Rob Banks\r\n\r\nCrime Correspondent: Hugh Dunnett\r\n\r\nProperty Correspondent: Ruth Tyler\r\n\r\nFarming Correspondent (intern): Ivor Traktor\r\n\r\nPolitical Correspondent: Polly Ticks\r\n\r\nRailway Correspondent: Casey Jones\r\n\r\nDefence Editor: Doug Trench\r\n\r\nRoyal Correspondent: Tudor Lickspittle\r\n\r\nConsumer Correspondent: Colin Allcabs\r\n\r\nEntertainment Editor: Arthur Aspall\r\n\r\nEconomics Editor (on secondment from the Peking Times): Foo Tse\r\n\r\nGardening Editor: Rose Cutting\r\n\r\nSecurity Correspondent: Ben Twarters\r\n\r\nCricket Correspondent: Jock Strapp\r\n\r\nRacing Editor: Nobby Jockey\r\n\r\nSpecial Correspondent: Richard Head\r\n\r\nFacebook it: <iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>', 'About Suffolk Gazette', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-08 17:24:22', '2016-01-08 17:24:22', '', 2, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2454, 1, '2016-01-11 07:58:37', '2016-01-11 07:58:37', '<I>This story was originally published a week before news broke of David Bowie\'s death today (Monday, January 11). We join his millions of fans in celebrating his life, giving thanks for his music which was appreciated by so many.</I>\r\n\r\n<b>By Arthur Aspall\r\nEntertainment Editor\r\n\r\nRock legend David Bowie gave curry house diners a treat with an impromptu performance, the Suffolk Gazette understands.</b>\r\n\r\nBowie, who is 69 years old today, was enjoying a spicy dish in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, Suffolk on Wednesday when he thought he\'d give other customers a night they\'d never forget.\r\n\r\nAs locals tucked into papadums, curries, bhajis and other Indian delights, the star suddenly stood up to sing The Jean Genie while astonished staff stood open-mouthed.\r\n\r\nDespite louds pleas for an encore, he then sat down again and resumed his meal as the customers clapped and cheered.\r\n\r\nOne diner, Trevor Black, admitted: "My wife and I couldn\'t believe it. We were enjoying a madras and suddenly David Bowie stood up and started singing. We hadn\'t even noticed he was there before - but he was very good and signed everyone\'s paper napkins before he left."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108152380" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:71.212121% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/108152380?et=6y6IMNGcTv98k7JhGvQk-Q&viewMoreLink=off&sig=ltUSn6lFPg8RiRa1ZVg0QCpEH2On5RH6DABqcAcnPtE=&caption=true" width="594" height="423" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>David Bowie performing to a slightly larger audience - Live Aid in 1985</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nIt is believed Mr Bowie was staying in Suffolk during a New Year holiday with his glamorous wife Iman when he decided to visit the curry house, which has rave reviews on TripAdvisor.\r\n\r\nA pal said: "David enjoys his grub, and he still loves performing, even to smaller audiences than he\'s used to. He has a wicked sense of fun, so this news is not surprising."\r\n\r\nRestaurant owner Shaz Miah said: "We don\'t like talking about our famous guests, but we are grateful to Mr Bowie for being here and singing so well."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'David Bowie stars in spice oddity', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2446-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-11 07:58:37', '2016-01-11 07:58:37', '', 2446, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2446-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2455, 1, '2016-01-11 08:07:44', '2016-01-11 08:07:44', '<I>EDITOR\'S NOTE: This story was originally published a week before news broke of David Bowie\'s death today (Monday, January 11). As our readers understand, we are a spoof news site spreading fun coverage of Suffolk life, but new visitors should be reminded of this. We now join David Bowie\'s millions of fans in celebrating his life, giving thanks for his music which was appreciated by so many.</I>\r\n\r\n<b>By Arthur Aspall\r\nEntertainment Editor\r\n\r\nRock legend David Bowie gave curry house diners a treat with an impromptu performance, the Suffolk Gazette understands.</b>\r\n\r\nBowie, who is 69 years old today, was enjoying a spicy dish in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, Suffolk on Wednesday when he thought he\'d give other customers a night they\'d never forget.\r\n\r\nAs locals tucked into papadums, curries, bhajis and other Indian delights, the star suddenly stood up to sing The Jean Genie while astonished staff stood open-mouthed.\r\n\r\nDespite louds pleas for an encore, he then sat down again and resumed his meal as the customers clapped and cheered.\r\n\r\nOne diner, Trevor Black, admitted: "My wife and I couldn\'t believe it. We were enjoying a madras and suddenly David Bowie stood up and started singing. We hadn\'t even noticed he was there before - but he was very good and signed everyone\'s paper napkins before he left."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108152380" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:71.212121% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/108152380?et=6y6IMNGcTv98k7JhGvQk-Q&viewMoreLink=off&sig=ltUSn6lFPg8RiRa1ZVg0QCpEH2On5RH6DABqcAcnPtE=&caption=true" width="594" height="423" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>David Bowie performing to a slightly larger audience - Live Aid in 1985</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nIt is believed Mr Bowie was staying in Suffolk during a New Year holiday with his glamorous wife Iman when he decided to visit the curry house, which has rave reviews on TripAdvisor.\r\n\r\nA pal said: "David enjoys his grub, and he still loves performing, even to smaller audiences than he\'s used to. He has a wicked sense of fun, so this news is not surprising."\r\n\r\nRestaurant owner Shaz Miah said: "We don\'t like talking about our famous guests, but we are grateful to Mr Bowie for being here and singing so well."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'David Bowie stars in spice oddity', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2446-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-11 08:07:44', '2016-01-11 08:07:44', '', 2446, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2446-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2456, 1, '2016-01-11 08:10:23', '2016-01-11 08:10:23', '<I>EDITOR\'S NOTE: This story was originally published a week before news broke of David Bowie\'s death today (Monday, January 11). Clearly we could not have anticipated this, and of course the restaurant incident did not take place.\r\nAs our readers understand, we are a spoof news site spreading fun coverage of Suffolk life, but new visitors should be reminded of this. We now join David Bowie\'s millions of fans in celebrating his life, giving thanks for his music which was appreciated by so many.</I>\r\n\r\n<b>By Arthur Aspall\r\nEntertainment Editor\r\n\r\nRock legend David Bowie gave curry house diners a treat with an impromptu performance, the Suffolk Gazette understands.</b>\r\n\r\nBowie, who is 69 years old today, was enjoying a spicy dish in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, Suffolk on Wednesday when he thought he\'d give other customers a night they\'d never forget.\r\n\r\nAs locals tucked into papadums, curries, bhajis and other Indian delights, the star suddenly stood up to sing The Jean Genie while astonished staff stood open-mouthed.\r\n\r\nDespite louds pleas for an encore, he then sat down again and resumed his meal as the customers clapped and cheered.\r\n\r\nOne diner, Trevor Black, admitted: "My wife and I couldn\'t believe it. We were enjoying a madras and suddenly David Bowie stood up and started singing. We hadn\'t even noticed he was there before - but he was very good and signed everyone\'s paper napkins before he left."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108152380" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:71.212121% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/108152380?et=6y6IMNGcTv98k7JhGvQk-Q&viewMoreLink=off&sig=ltUSn6lFPg8RiRa1ZVg0QCpEH2On5RH6DABqcAcnPtE=&caption=true" width="594" height="423" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>David Bowie performing to a slightly larger audience - Live Aid in 1985</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nIt is believed Mr Bowie was staying in Suffolk during a New Year holiday with his glamorous wife Iman when he decided to visit the curry house, which has rave reviews on TripAdvisor.\r\n\r\nA pal said: "David enjoys his grub, and he still loves performing, even to smaller audiences than he\'s used to. He has a wicked sense of fun, so this news is not surprising."\r\n\r\nRestaurant owner Shaz Miah said: "We don\'t like talking about our famous guests, but we are grateful to Mr Bowie for being here and singing so well."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'David Bowie stars in spice oddity', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2446-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-11 08:10:23', '2016-01-11 08:10:23', '', 2446, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2446-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2457, 1, '2016-01-12 10:31:26', '2016-01-12 10:31:26', '<b>By The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. I very clearly state this is a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\r\n\r\nOf course, some new visitors think it\'s entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\r\n\r\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often po-faced about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report Suffolk Gazette "news" as fact. I\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\n\r\n<br>\r\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\r\n\r\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died, takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie passed, making clear his appearance in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, which does not even exist, was a spoof.\r\n\r\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what is being fed to him in his earpiece by someone in the news gallery.\r\n\r\nI happened to be watching Sky News when this happened, and I nearly choked on my breakfast corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\r\n\r\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time. This is not The Daily Mash or NewsThump, with teams of freelance writers and editors.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. I\'m now regularly seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\r\n\r\nIt\'s all highly entertaining, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'sky-news-suffolk-gazette', '', '', '2016-09-01 17:05:03', '2016-09-01 17:05:03', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2457', 0, 'post', '', 13); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2459, 1, '2016-01-12 10:23:03', '2016-01-12 10:23:03', '<b>By The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. We very clearly state we are a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\r\n\r\nOf course, some new visitors think we\'re being entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\r\n\r\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often up their own backsides about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report our "news" as facts. We\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDXQYko2LFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\r\n\r\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died (about four days), takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie died, making clear it was a spoof.\r\n\r\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what he is being told in his earpiece by someone in the newsroom.\r\n\r\nI happened to be watching Sky News when he said this, and I nearly choked on my corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\r\n\r\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. So often I\'m now seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\r\n\r\nIt\'s all quite remarkable, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2457-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-12 10:23:03', '2016-01-12 10:23:03', '', 2457, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2457-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2460, 1, '2016-01-12 10:30:14', '2016-01-12 10:30:14', '<b>By The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. I very clearly state this is a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\r\n\r\nOf course, some new visitors think it\'s entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\r\n\r\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often up their own backsides about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report Suffolk Gazette "news" as fact. I\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDXQYko2LFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\r\n\r\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died, takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie passed, making clear his appearance in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, which does not even exist, was a spoof.\r\n\r\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what he is being fed to him in his earpiece by someone in the news gallery.\r\n\r\nI happened to be watching Sky News when he said this, and I nearly choked on my corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\r\n\r\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. So often I\'m now seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\r\n\r\nIt\'s all highly entertaining, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2457-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-12 10:30:14', '2016-01-12 10:30:14', '', 2457, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2457-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2461, 1, '2016-01-12 10:42:35', '2016-01-12 10:42:35', '<b>By The Editor\n\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. I very clearly state this is a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\n\nOf course, some new visitors think it\'s entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\n\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often up their own backsides about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report Suffolk Gazette "news" as fact. I\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\n\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\n\n<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDXQYko2LFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\n\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died, takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie passed, making clear his appearance in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, which does not even exist, was a spoof.\n\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what he is being fed to him in his earpiece by someone in the news gallery.\n\nI happened to be watching Sky News when this happened, and I nearly choked on breakfast my corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\n\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time. We\'re \n\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. So often I\'m now seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\n\nIt\'s all highly entertaining, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\n\n* * * *\n\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\n\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2457-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-01-12 10:42:35', '2016-01-12 10:42:35', '', 2457, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2457-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2462, 1, '2016-01-12 10:34:21', '2016-01-12 10:34:21', '<b>By The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. I very clearly state this is a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\r\n\r\nOf course, some new visitors think it\'s entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\r\n\r\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often up their own backsides about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report Suffolk Gazette "news" as fact. I\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDXQYko2LFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\r\n\r\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died, takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie passed, making clear his appearance in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, which does not even exist, was a spoof.\r\n\r\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what he is being fed to him in his earpiece by someone in the news gallery.\r\n\r\nI happened to be watching Sky News when this happened, and I nearly choked on breakfast my corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\r\n\r\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. So often I\'m now seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\r\n\r\nIt\'s all highly entertaining, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2457-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-12 10:34:21', '2016-01-12 10:34:21', '', 2457, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2457-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2463, 1, '2016-01-12 10:43:12', '2016-01-12 10:43:12', '<b>By The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. I very clearly state this is a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\r\n\r\nOf course, some new visitors think it\'s entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\r\n\r\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often up their own backsides about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report Suffolk Gazette "news" as fact. I\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDXQYko2LFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\r\n\r\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died, takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie passed, making clear his appearance in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, which does not even exist, was a spoof.\r\n\r\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what he is being fed to him in his earpiece by someone in the news gallery.\r\n\r\nI happened to be watching Sky News when this happened, and I nearly choked on breakfast my corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\r\n\r\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time. This is not The Daily Mash or NewsThump, with teams of freelance writers and editors.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. So often I\'m now seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\r\n\r\nIt\'s all highly entertaining, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2457-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-12 10:43:12', '2016-01-12 10:43:12', '', 2457, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2457-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2464, 1, '2016-01-12 10:50:29', '2016-01-12 10:50:29', '<b>By The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. I very clearly state this is a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\r\n\r\nOf course, some new visitors think it\'s entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\r\n\r\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often up their own backsides about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report Suffolk Gazette "news" as fact. I\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDXQYko2LFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\r\n\r\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died, takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie passed, making clear his appearance in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, which does not even exist, was a spoof.\r\n\r\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what is being fed to him in his earpiece by someone in the news gallery.\r\n\r\nI happened to be watching Sky News when this happened, and I nearly choked on breakfast my corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\r\n\r\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time. This is not The Daily Mash or NewsThump, with teams of freelance writers and editors.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. So often I\'m now seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\r\n\r\nIt\'s all highly entertaining, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2457-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-12 10:50:29', '2016-01-12 10:50:29', '', 2457, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2457-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2465, 1, '2016-01-12 10:51:11', '2016-01-12 10:51:11', '<b>By The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. I very clearly state this is a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\r\n\r\nOf course, some new visitors think it\'s entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\r\n\r\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often up their own backsides about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report Suffolk Gazette "news" as fact. I\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDXQYko2LFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\r\n\r\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died, takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie passed, making clear his appearance in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, which does not even exist, was a spoof.\r\n\r\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what is being fed to him in his earpiece by someone in the news gallery.\r\n\r\nI happened to be watching Sky News when this happened, and I nearly choked on my breakfast corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\r\n\r\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time. This is not The Daily Mash or NewsThump, with teams of freelance writers and editors.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. So often I\'m now seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\r\n\r\nIt\'s all highly entertaining, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2457-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-12 10:51:11', '2016-01-12 10:51:11', '', 2457, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2457-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2466, 1, '2016-01-12 10:52:13', '2016-01-12 10:52:13', '<b>By The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. I very clearly state this is a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\r\n\r\nOf course, some new visitors think it\'s entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\r\n\r\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often up their own backsides about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report Suffolk Gazette "news" as fact. I\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDXQYko2LFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\r\n\r\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died, takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie passed, making clear his appearance in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, which does not even exist, was a spoof.\r\n\r\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what is being fed to him in his earpiece by someone in the news gallery.\r\n\r\nI happened to be watching Sky News when this happened, and I nearly choked on my breakfast corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\r\n\r\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time. This is not The Daily Mash or NewsThump, with teams of freelance writers and editors.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. I\'m now regularly seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\r\n\r\nIt\'s all highly entertaining, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2457-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-12 10:52:13', '2016-01-12 10:52:13', '', 2457, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2457-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2467, 1, '2016-01-12 11:11:30', '2016-01-12 11:11:30', '<b>By The Editor\r\n\r\nThe Suffolk Gazette does not deliberately go out to deceive the mainstream media. I very clearly state this is a spoof and satire site using a local paper format to write funny stories from Suffolk, and particularly its "friendly" rivalry with Norfolk.</b>\r\n\r\nOf course, some new visitors think it\'s entirely serious and get taken in - that\'s part of the fun for our existing community, which is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette" target="_blank">growing on our Facebook page</a> alarmingly quickly. When those people realise they\'ve been had, they mostly see the funny side, and in many cases become regular readers.\r\n\r\nHowever, a curious and laughable by-product of all this is that the mainstream media, so often po-faced about journalism and how only their voices matter, get sucked in and report Suffolk Gazette "news" as fact. I\'ve told you many times about how national newspapers, magazines, serious websites, and international publications have all fallen victim to the Suffolk Gazette.\r\n\r\nYesterday, it went to a whole new level when star presenter Eamonn Holmes read out an old Suffolk Gazette story as part of the "Breaking News" coverage on Sky News in the hour following revelations about David Bowie\'s death.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDXQYko2LFY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>\r\n\r\nThe passing of a legend is no laughing matter, of course, but Sky News picking up our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/david-bowie-spice-oddity/" target="_blank">Spice Oddity story</a> about Bowie serenading a group of diners in a Suffolk curry house, which was published well before he died, takes the biscuit. Especially as we had added a note to the top of the story after Bowie passed, making clear his appearance in the Taj Maharaja in Bungay, which does not even exist, was a spoof.\r\n\r\nI\'m not poking fun at Eamonn here - he has a very difficult job when a major breaking story occurs like this, and can only repeat what is being fed to him in his earpiece by someone in the news gallery.\r\n\r\nI happened to be watching Sky News when this happened, and I nearly choked on my breakfast corn flakes. Thankfully everyone has seen the funny side, although maybe not Eamonn, who probably wishes painful things on Suffolk Gazette staff.\r\n\r\nBut that means me. Because even though "we" might look like a well-oiled machine (and I don\'t mean well-oiled as in drunk, although I am always asking you to <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Me a Beer</a>) this is just a hobby site, written and maintained by me alone in my spare time. This is not The Daily Mash or NewsThump, with teams of freelance writers and editors.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s what I find so amusing - a hobby blog updated in spare moments to feed my creative desires gets picked up by mainstream media so often, or goes viral on social media, that it is becoming part of our lexicon. I\'m now regularly seeing comments on social media like: "This is like something from the Suffolk Gazette", or "The Suffolk Gazette should follow-up on this".\r\n\r\nIt\'s all highly entertaining, to be honest. I hope you\'re enjoying it as much as me!\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'How Sky News became latest Suffolk Gazette victim', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2457-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-12 11:11:30', '2016-01-12 11:11:30', '', 2457, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2457-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2473, 1, '2016-01-13 15:58:28', '2016-01-13 15:58:28', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nA bell-ringer was sensationally sacked after ringing out the Star Wars theme from his village church just before a service.</b>\r\n\r\nSteven Jacobs, 27, and a pal played the Imperial March from the bell tower at St Gregory\'s Church in Bildeston on Tuesday - but locals failed to see the funny side when the imposing tune rang across the village, and complained to the vicar.\r\n\r\n\r\n<br>\r\nThe Rev Evan Elpuss, although a Star Wars fan himself, was furious because churchgoers were due to arrive at any moment.\r\n\r\nMr Jacobs, who has seen the latest Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, 13 times already, said: "We thought we\'d do it for a laugh before everyone turned up. It sounded awesome - the lunchtime drinkers in the nearby Crown pub said they loved it - but the next thing I know I\'ve been sacked.\r\n\r\n"I\'ve been part of the bell-ringing group at Bildeston for 15 years, and am very upset. The church has gone completely over the top."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/484531447" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:66.666667% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/484531447?et=kElcf5njQvVYRVaLsA6PVA&viewMoreLink=on&sig=qnunDfx_ceVLC9FYQhAoPKI3uNDYSv--oC51zM75cng=" width="594" height="396" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center> Ding dong: Bell-ringers at St Gregory\'s Church in Bildeston</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nThe Imperial March, composed by John Williams, is more associated with the first Star Wars trilogy and is the theme used to accompany Darth Vader and his evil dark side associates.\r\n\r\nMr Jacobs, who works as a carpenter in nearby Hitcham, said that dark side links may have been why the vicar sacked him.\r\n\r\n[AdSense-B]\r\n\r\nBut a source close to the church told the Suffolk Gazette Mr Jacobs had "deliberately distorted events”.\r\n\r\n"We appreciate that Steven is a bit of a joker," he said. "But there comes a point when you have to draw a line.\r\n\r\n"The Darth Vader\'s Imperial March is not an appropriate rallying call for a funeral, and Steven knows it. He might think the family didn\'t notice but believe me they did - we all did. The bells could be heard for miles around."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Church bell-ringer sacked for playing Star Wars theme', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'star-wars-bell-ringer', '', '', '2017-03-29 22:18:38', '2017-03-29 22:18:38', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2473', 0, 'post', '', 13); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2474, 1, '2016-01-13 15:20:42', '2016-01-13 15:20:42', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\nA bell-ringer was sensationally sacked after ringing out the Star Wars theme on his village church bells before a wedding.</b>\r\n\r\nSteven Jacobs, 27, took a pal along to play the Imperial March from St Steven\'s Church in Bildeston - but locals failed to see the funny side when the tune rang across the village from 12.30pm last Saturday, and complained to the vicar.\r\n\r\nThe Rev Evan Elpuss, although a Star Wars fan himself, was furious because wedding guests were due to arrive at any moment, expecting the bridal march, not the Imperial one.\r\n\r\nMr Jacobs, who has seen the latest Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, an incredible 13 times already, said: "I was ringing to the Imperial March tune before our usual Sunday service. I\'d asked a friend to come along and give me a hand and it sounded awesome - but the next thing I know I\'ve been sacked."\r\n\r\nThe unrepentant carpenter, who works in nearby Hitcham, continued: "The church and parish council people have gone completely over the top and have had a sense of humour by-pass.\r\n\r\n"The people who heard it at the nearby Crown pub congratulated me on my performance\'\r\nThe Imperial March, composed by John Williams, is more associated with the first Star Wars trilogy and is the theme used to accompany Darth Vader and his evil dark side associates.\r\nMr Jacobs\' former campanologist colleagues were not available for comment.\r\nBut a source close to the church, who did not wish to be named, accused Mr Jacobs\' of having a “deliberately distorted recollection of events”.\r\n\'We appreciate that Steven is a bit of a joker but there comes a point when you have to draw a line\' said the source. \r\n\'The Darth Vader\'s imperial march is not an appropriate rallying call for a funeral, and Steven knows it. He might think the family didn\'t notice but believe me they did - we all did.\'\r\nWhile it might be unlucky 13 viewings for Mr Jacobs\', he has no plans to shelve his love of everything Star Wars: \'I\'m off to the cinema again tomorrow. And then watching all the originals at home on DVD\'\r\nWhen asked whether he would try and get back in the bell ringing fold Mr Jacobs replied:  \'Do or do not do. There is no try!\'\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', '', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2473-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-13 15:20:42', '2016-01-13 15:20:42', '', 2473, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2473-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2475, 1, '2016-01-13 15:31:55', '2016-01-13 15:31:55', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nA bell-ringer was sensationally sacked after ringing out the Star Wars theme on his village church bells just before a service on Tuesday.</b>\r\n\r\nSteven Jacobs, 27, and a pal played the Imperial March from the bell tower at St Steven\'s Church in Bildeston - but locals failed to see the funny side when the tune rang across the village from 12.30pm, and complained to the vicar.\r\n\r\nThe Rev Evan Elpuss, although a Star Wars fan himself, was furious because wedding guests were due to arrive at any moment, expecting the bridal march, not the Imperial one.\r\n\r\nMr Jacobs, who has seen the latest Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, an incredible 13 times already, said: "We thought we\'d do it for a laugh before the wedding part turned up. It sounded awesome - the boozers in the nearby Crown pub said they loved it - but the next thing I know I\'ve been sacked.\r\n\r\n"I\'ve been part of the bell-ringing group at Bildeston for 15 years, and am very upset. The church has gone completely over the top."\r\n\r\nThe Imperial March, composed by John Williams, is more associated with the first Star Wars trilogy and is the theme used to accompany Darth Vader and his evil dark side associates.\r\n\r\nMr Jacobs, who works as a carpenter in nearby Hitcham, said the dark side association with the song may have been why the vicar sacked him.\r\n\r\nHis former campanologist colleagues were not available for comment, but a source close to the church told the Suffolk Gazette Mr Jacobs had "deliberately distorted events”.\r\n\r\nThe source said: "We appreciate that Steven is a bit of a joker but there comes a point when you have to draw a line.\r\n\r\n"The Darth Vader\'s Imperial March is not an appropriate rallying call for a funeral, and Steven knows it. He might think the family didn\'t notice but believe me they did - we all did."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', '', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2473-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-13 15:31:55', '2016-01-13 15:31:55', '', 2473, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2473-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2477, 1, '2016-01-13 15:57:47', '2016-01-13 15:57:47', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nA bell-ringer was sensationally sacked after ringing out the Star Wars theme on his village church bells just before a service.</b>\r\n\r\nSteven Jacobs, 27, and a pal played the Imperial March from the bell tower at St Gregory\'s Church in Bildeston on Tuesday - but locals failed to see the funny side when the imposing tune rang across the village, and complained to the vicar.\r\n\r\nThe Rev Evan Elpuss, although a Star Wars fan himself, was furious because churchgoers were due to arrive at any moment.\r\n\r\nMr Jacobs, who has seen the latest Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, 13 times already, said: "We thought we\'d do it for a laugh before everyone turned up. It sounded awesome - the lunchtime drinkers in the nearby Crown pub said they loved it - but the next thing I know I\'ve been sacked.\r\n\r\n"I\'ve been part of the bell-ringing group at Bildeston for 15 years, and am very upset. The church has gone completely over the top."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/484531447" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:66.666667% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/484531447?et=kElcf5njQvVYRVaLsA6PVA&viewMoreLink=on&sig=qnunDfx_ceVLC9FYQhAoPKI3uNDYSv--oC51zM75cng=" width="594" height="396" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center> Ding dong: Bell-ringers at St Gregory\'s Church in Bildeston</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nThe Imperial March, composed by John Williams, is more associated with the first Star Wars trilogy and is the theme used to accompany Darth Vader and his evil dark side associates.\r\n\r\nMr Jacobs, who works as a carpenter in nearby Hitcham, said that dark side links may have been why the vicar sacked him.\r\n\r\nBut a source close to the church told the Suffolk Gazette Mr Jacobs had "deliberately distorted events”.\r\n\r\n"We appreciate that Steven is a bit of a joker," he said. "But there comes a point when you have to draw a line.\r\n\r\n"The Darth Vader\'s Imperial March is not an appropriate rallying call for a funeral, and Steven knows it. He might think the family didn\'t notice but believe me they did - we all did. The bells could be heard for miles around."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Church bell-ringer sacked for playing Star Wars theme', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2473-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-13 15:57:47', '2016-01-13 15:57:47', '', 2473, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2473-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2478, 1, '2016-01-13 15:59:37', '2016-01-13 15:59:37', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Staff\r\n\r\nA bell-ringer was sensationally sacked after ringing out the Star Wars theme from his village church just before a service.</b>\r\n\r\nSteven Jacobs, 27, and a pal played the Imperial March from the bell tower at St Gregory\'s Church in Bildeston on Tuesday - but locals failed to see the funny side when the imposing tune rang across the village, and complained to the vicar.\r\n\r\nThe Rev Evan Elpuss, although a Star Wars fan himself, was furious because churchgoers were due to arrive at any moment.\r\n\r\nMr Jacobs, who has seen the latest Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, 13 times already, said: "We thought we\'d do it for a laugh before everyone turned up. It sounded awesome - the lunchtime drinkers in the nearby Crown pub said they loved it - but the next thing I know I\'ve been sacked.\r\n\r\n"I\'ve been part of the bell-ringing group at Bildeston for 15 years, and am very upset. The church has gone completely over the top."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/484531447" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:66.666667% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/484531447?et=kElcf5njQvVYRVaLsA6PVA&viewMoreLink=on&sig=qnunDfx_ceVLC9FYQhAoPKI3uNDYSv--oC51zM75cng=" width="594" height="396" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center> Ding dong: Bell-ringers at St Gregory\'s Church in Bildeston</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\nThe Imperial March, composed by John Williams, is more associated with the first Star Wars trilogy and is the theme used to accompany Darth Vader and his evil dark side associates.\r\n\r\nMr Jacobs, who works as a carpenter in nearby Hitcham, said that dark side links may have been why the vicar sacked him.\r\n\r\nBut a source close to the church told the Suffolk Gazette Mr Jacobs had "deliberately distorted events”.\r\n\r\n"We appreciate that Steven is a bit of a joker," he said. "But there comes a point when you have to draw a line.\r\n\r\n"The Darth Vader\'s Imperial March is not an appropriate rallying call for a funeral, and Steven knows it. He might think the family didn\'t notice but believe me they did - we all did. The bells could be heard for miles around."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Church bell-ringer sacked for playing Star Wars theme', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2473-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-13 15:59:37', '2016-01-13 15:59:37', '', 2473, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2473-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2479, 1, '2016-01-14 16:29:18', '2016-01-14 16:29:18', '<b>OPINION\r\n\r\nA woman who has seemingly shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her backside.</b>\r\n\r\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column titled \'Cyclists are a menace and should be banned from the road\'</a> for the free Metro newspaper.\r\n\r\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a place in the record books.\r\n\r\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\r\n\r\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s actually a safety and comfort feature), and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\r\n\r\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at <a href="https://twitter.com/YvetteCaster" target="_blank">her photos on Twitter</a> (mainly featuring food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\r\n\r\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this? It\'s in the Highway Code. \r\n\r\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\r\n\r\nNo, Yvette. The only toxic fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike. You might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling rant was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'yvette-caster-cycling', '', '', '2016-01-15 09:22:53', '2016-01-15 09:22:53', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2479', 0, 'post', '', 1); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2482, 1, '2016-01-14 16:19:11', '2016-01-14 16:19:11', '<b>By Hills\r\n\r\nA woman who has shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her ample backside.</b>\r\n\r\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - mainly fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column</a> for the world-famous free Metro newspaper.\r\n\r\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a record.\r\n\r\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\r\n\r\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s a safety and comfort feature, love) - and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\r\n\r\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at her photos on Twitter (mainly food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\r\n\r\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this when safe to do so? It\'s in the Highway Code. \r\n\r\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\r\n\r\nNo, no, no, Yvette. The horrific fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end. Maybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike.\r\n\r\nYou might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly<//center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling bashing was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2479-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-14 16:19:11', '2016-01-14 16:19:11', '', 2479, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2479-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2483, 1, '2016-01-14 16:29:18', '2016-01-14 16:29:18', '<b>By Suffolk Gazette Cycling Correspondent\r\n\r\nA woman who has seemingly shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her ample backside.</b>\r\n\r\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - mainly fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column</a> for the free Metro newspaper.\r\n\r\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a place in the record books.\r\n\r\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\r\n\r\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s a safety and comfort feature, love), and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\r\n\r\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at <a href="https://twitter.com/YvetteCaster" target="_blank">her photos on Twitter</a> (mainly featuring food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\r\n\r\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this when safe to do so? It\'s in the Highway Code. \r\n\r\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\r\n\r\nNo, Yvette. The only toxic fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike. You might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly<//center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling rant was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2479-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-14 16:29:18', '2016-01-14 16:29:18', '', 2479, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2479-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2484, 1, '2016-01-14 17:37:30', '2016-01-14 17:37:30', '<b>OPINION\nBy Suffolk Gazette Cycling Correspondent\n\nA woman who has seemingly shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her backside.</b>\n\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column titled \'Cyclists are a menace and should be banned from the road\'</a> for the free Metro newspaper.\n\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a place in the record books.\n\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\n\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s actually a safety and comfort feature), and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\n\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at <a href="https://twitter.com/YvetteCaster" target="_blank">her photos on Twitter</a> (mainly featuring food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\n\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this when safe to do so? It\'s in the Highway Code. \n\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\n\nNo, Yvette. The only toxic fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end.\n\nMaybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike. You might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \n\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly</center></i><br><br>\n\n* * * *\n\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\n\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling rant was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2479-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-01-14 17:37:30', '2016-01-14 17:37:30', '', 2479, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2479-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2485, 1, '2016-01-14 16:32:22', '2016-01-14 16:32:22', '<b>OPINION\r\nBy Suffolk Gazette Cycling Correspondent\r\n\r\nA woman who has seemingly shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her ample backside.</b>\r\n\r\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - mainly fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column</a> for the free Metro newspaper.\r\n\r\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a place in the record books.\r\n\r\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\r\n\r\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s a safety and comfort feature, love), and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\r\n\r\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at <a href="https://twitter.com/YvetteCaster" target="_blank">her photos on Twitter</a> (mainly featuring food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\r\n\r\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this when safe to do so? It\'s in the Highway Code. \r\n\r\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\r\n\r\nNo, Yvette. The only toxic fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike. You might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling rant was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2479-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-14 16:32:22', '2016-01-14 16:32:22', '', 2479, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2479-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2486, 1, '2016-01-14 17:12:26', '2016-01-14 17:12:26', '<b>OPINION\r\nBy Suffolk Gazette Cycling Correspondent\r\n\r\nA woman who has seemingly shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her ample backside.</b>\r\n\r\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column</a> for the free Metro newspaper.\r\n\r\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a place in the record books.\r\n\r\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\r\n\r\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s a safety and comfort feature, love), and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\r\n\r\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at <a href="https://twitter.com/YvetteCaster" target="_blank">her photos on Twitter</a> (mainly featuring food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\r\n\r\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this when safe to do so? It\'s in the Highway Code. \r\n\r\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\r\n\r\nNo, Yvette. The only toxic fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike. You might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling rant was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2479-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-14 17:12:26', '2016-01-14 17:12:26', '', 2479, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2479-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2487, 1, '2016-01-14 17:35:22', '2016-01-14 17:35:22', '<b>OPINION\r\nBy Suffolk Gazette Cycling Correspondent\r\n\r\nA woman who has seemingly shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her backside.</b>\r\n\r\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column</a> for the free Metro newspaper.\r\n\r\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a place in the record books.\r\n\r\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\r\n\r\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s a safety and comfort feature, love), and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\r\n\r\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at <a href="https://twitter.com/YvetteCaster" target="_blank">her photos on Twitter</a> (mainly featuring food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\r\n\r\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this when safe to do so? It\'s in the Highway Code. \r\n\r\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\r\n\r\nNo, Yvette. The only toxic fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike. You might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling rant was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2479-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-14 17:35:22', '2016-01-14 17:35:22', '', 2479, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2479-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2488, 1, '2016-01-14 17:36:17', '2016-01-14 17:36:17', '<b>OPINION\r\nBy Suffolk Gazette Cycling Correspondent\r\n\r\nA woman who has seemingly shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her backside.</b>\r\n\r\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column titled \'Cyclists are a menace and should be banned from the road\'</a> for the free Metro newspaper.\r\n\r\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a place in the record books.\r\n\r\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\r\n\r\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s a safety and comfort feature, love), and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\r\n\r\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at <a href="https://twitter.com/YvetteCaster" target="_blank">her photos on Twitter</a> (mainly featuring food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\r\n\r\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this when safe to do so? It\'s in the Highway Code. \r\n\r\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\r\n\r\nNo, Yvette. The only toxic fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike. You might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling rant was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2479-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-14 17:36:17', '2016-01-14 17:36:17', '', 2479, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2479-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2489, 1, '2016-01-14 17:38:27', '2016-01-14 17:38:27', '<b>OPINION\r\nBy Suffolk Gazette Cycling Correspondent\r\n\r\nA woman who has seemingly shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her backside.</b>\r\n\r\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column titled \'Cyclists are a menace and should be banned from the road\'</a> for the free Metro newspaper.\r\n\r\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a place in the record books.\r\n\r\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\r\n\r\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s actually a safety and comfort feature), and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\r\n\r\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at <a href="https://twitter.com/YvetteCaster" target="_blank">her photos on Twitter</a> (mainly featuring food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\r\n\r\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this? It\'s in the Highway Code. \r\n\r\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\r\n\r\nNo, Yvette. The only toxic fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike. You might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling rant was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2479-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-14 17:38:27', '2016-01-14 17:38:27', '', 2479, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2479-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2492, 1, '2016-01-15 09:22:53', '2016-01-15 09:22:53', '<b>OPINION\r\n\r\nA woman who has seemingly shunned any form of exercise for her entire life has managed to set an endurance world record for talking out of her backside.</b>\r\n\r\nFor someone who claims to be an award-winning journalist, Yvette Caster missed two vital skills of that noble profession - fact-checking and editorial balance - when she launched a cheap and vitriolic attack on cyclists <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/05/cyclists-are-a-menace-and-should-be-banned-from-the-roads-5482050/" target="_blank">in a column titled \'Cyclists are a menace and should be banned from the road\'</a> for the free Metro newspaper.\r\n\r\nHer piece was so full of ill-informed gibberish that a team from Guinness World Records confirmed to the Suffolk Gazette it had secured her a place in the record books.\r\n\r\nMs Caster claimed all cyclists were balding, sweaty MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra) who caused accidents and were a "terrible liability" on the roads.\r\n\r\nFurther, cyclists looked ridiculous in lycra (it\'s actually a safety and comfort feature), and "Exercising on them (bikes) leaves you with a Peter Crouch physique – seriously unenviable".\r\n\r\nQuite how Ms Caster knows exercise when she sees it is beyond me. A look at <a href="https://twitter.com/YvetteCaster" target="_blank">her photos on Twitter</a> (mainly featuring food) suggests she is not exactly up to speed with keeping fit, and a healthy lifestyle is, er, pie in the sky. Perhaps the only speed she is capable of is rushing to the fridge?\r\n\r\nThe piece goes on to claim cyclists are rude and - shock, horror - sometimes even ride side-by-side. Perhaps she is unaware cyclists are perfectly entitled to do this? It\'s in the Highway Code. \r\n\r\nIn a final not-so-hilarious flourish, our lifestyle heroine adds: "Let’s be honest, any claims they may make about saving the environment (smug, smug, smug) are surely negated by the amount of fumes emitted by vehicles queued behind them, desperately trying to overtake safely as they wobble about."\r\n\r\nNo, Yvette. The only toxic fumes are the ones coming out of your own rear end.\r\n\r\nMaybe it\'s time you stopped sitting around writing rubbish all day and got out and did some exercise on a bike. You might enjoy the sensation of doing yourself some good and even getting fit. It will also clear your mind, something that will come in useful because it is so clearly full of crap. \r\n\r\n<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2480"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suffolk-gazette-cycling.jpg" alt="suffolk-gazette-cycling" width="323" height="552" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2480" /></a></center><center><i>The Suffolk Gazette is cyclist friendly</center></i><br><br>\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Cycling rant was lazy journalism by lazy journalist', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2479-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-01-15 09:22:53', '2016-01-15 09:22:53', '', 2479, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/2479-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0); 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (2493, 1, '2016-01-15 10:44:24', '2016-01-15 10:44:24', '<b>A retired Suffolk couple insist their strange obsession with escalators is quite normal.</b>\r\n\r\nVera and Derek Catchpole first met 25 years ago when passing each other on the escalator in Ipswich\'s Debenhams store - and it was love at first sight.\r\n\r\nThey have since married and become hooked on riding moving staircases together in major stores and office blocks.\r\n\r\nDerek, 81, told the Suffolk Gazette: "We\'ve had our ups and downs like any couple, but really this hobby has brought us closer to together. It\'s not silly, but very entertaining and a good way to meet new people."\r\n\r\nA former roofer, it was Derek who first started showing signs of becoming hooked, and an initially sceptic Vera, 79, was soon drawn in.\r\n\r\n"She thought I was mad at first," Derek laughed. "But it\'s something we now do together four days a week, and it beats sitting at home watching Bargain Hunt."\r\n\r\nVera added: "We both get a buzz going up and down escalators. I prefer going up, actually, because it\'s the feeling of the unknown as you step on. It\'s also about being around people."\r\n\r\n<center><div class="getty embed image" style="background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:\'Helvetica Neue\',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:507px;"><div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/157434104" target="_blank" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a></div><div style="overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:66.666667% 0 0 0;width:100%;"><iframe src="//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/157434104?et=LEh0e-r1RV1rqMSTsDNRnw&viewMoreLink=off&sig=A4qwAcXP0Qd1JMtKb2Z7F1gfqm4CCaKjve2Lu0KdP9s=" width="507" height="338" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;"></iframe></div><p style="margin:0;"></p></div></center><center><i>Keep on moving: Derek and Vera Catchpole</center></i><br><br>\r\n \r\nDerek still enjoys the escalators in Debenhams, while Vera is more of a fan of the nearby M&S store.\r\n\r\n"It\'s a pain having to travel out of Woodbridge," Derek explained. "It has lovely little independent shops but it\'s not exactly the spaghetti junction of escalators.\r\n\r\n"We therefore have to travel to the larger stores in and around Ipswich to enjoy ourselves."\r\n\r\nThe happy couple celebrate their silver wedding anniversary in June and the self-confessed adrenaline junkies are in no doubt about how they want to spend it.\r\n \r\nDerek said: "It\'s got to be Angel tube station in London. Who would not want to ride the longest escalator on the tube network? We\'re very excited about it but we\'ll do our best to avoid the rush hour."\r\n \r\nOne place they will not be calling at is London\'s Stratford station. "Yes, I\'ve heard it\'s got the smallest escalator on the Tube. I\'m a bit intrigued to see it, to be honest, but I think we\'ll keep to the big stuff on the special day."\r\n\r\nTheir hobby has taken them all over Britain, trying to be one of the first to try new escalators when stores or shopping malls open up.\r\n\r\n"We\'ve never had any bother, although we once got a puncture on the A14 while heading to Birmingham Airport to ride on a new escalator there," recalled Vera.\r\n\r\nThe couple estimate they have ridden 250,000 miles on escalators over the years - more than the distance to the moon.\r\n\r\n"More people should try it," Derek said. "It can be very moving."\r\n\r\n* * * *\r\n\r\nLike The Suffolk Gazette on Facebook now! <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 21px;" src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuffolkgazette&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;height=21" width="300" height="150" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/">Please support our running costs by clicking here and buying us a beer!</a>', 'Couple\'s love affair escalated quickly', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'escalators', '', '', '2016-01-15 10:44:24', '2016-01-15 10:44:24', '', 0, 'http://www.suffolkgazette.com/?p=2493', 0, 'post', '', 0); 
