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20.10.12
'Sickened' Jimmy Savile lookalike quits role
A JIMMY Savile impersonator is hanging up his shell suit after the scandal surrounding the ex-DJ. David Chase, 50, dressed as Savile to switch on the Christmas lights last year in his home town of Somerton, Somerset.
He also headed its Olympic torch relay as the star.
He said: “It all seems wrong now.”
vicious.sid: Who the hell told him he looks like Jimmy Savile?
jac163: @vicious.sid ..It's just as well he doesn't.
20.10.12
Dougie: I won’t set Zaha free
PREMIER LEAGUE big boys are welcome to take a look at Wilfried Zaha — but Crystal Palace boss Dougie Freedman insists the club are not ready to sell their prized asset just yet. Wonderkid Zaha, 19, is one of the most exciting prospects in the country and is a regular for the England Under-21s.
He has set the Championship on fire this season, blasting Palace up to fourth spot in the table, and his progress has not gone unnoticed from the likes of Arsenal and Tottenham.
Freedman said: “Arsenal are welcome to come watch our players, we have the best youngsters outside of the Premier League, so they won’t be disappointed but Wilfried is on a five-year deal.”
The Scot knows he will not be able to hold onto Zaha forever if he continues to improve at his current rapid rate.
But he reckons, for now, the best thing the Ivory Coast-born forward can do is stay put and learn his trade with the Eagles.
Freedman added: “The day will come when Wilfried is ready to leave us for the Premier League but that is not today.
“With a bit of luck we’ll all get there together and he won’t need to leave. He is a lovely kid who loves coming into training and seeing his friends.
“When he goes off with England U-21s he misses being at the club.
“Nathaniel Clyne started around 120 games for us, he was ready to leave. Wilfried’s on more like 70. There’s no substitute for learning your trade.”
vicious.sid: Please stick to your guns, Dougie. We have had some fantastic players in the last few years and we've sold them almost immediately. Palace can't keep doing that. Stick with us, Wilfried, you're a fantastic player and we need you. To go from rock bottom to fourth in a matter of weeks isn't bad is it? Keep this up and they'll be getting some real men playing real football in the Premier next year! Yes, we may do our usual trick and go straight down again but at least for one season there'll be at least one team that aren't a bunch of nancyboys, falling over if anyone gets within six inches of them. Come on you Palace!!!!!
20.10.12
Nick Griffin banned from Twitter after threatening gay couple
THE Twitter account of BNP leader Nick Griffin has been suspended after he threatened a gay couple. The Far-Right politician caused outrage by tweeting the home address of Michael Black and John Morgan and telling them a "British Justice Team" was coming to get them.
His comments came after the pair won a court case against Christian B&B owners who refused to let them stay there.
The court ruled the couple had suffered unlawful discrimination.
However, Griffin branded them "bullying gay activists" before tweeting their home address to his followers.
He then said the "team" would give them a "bit of drama" and remind them that an Englishman's home is his castle.
The vile tweets caused outrage on the social networking site, with users branding Griffin "despicable", "pathetic and "sick".
vicious.sid: Has he been taking lessons from Cameron and his dopy mob on how to shoot yourself in the foot?
20.10.12
Scottish mum films UFO hovering in the sky above her home
A STUNNED Scottish family believe they saw a UFO hovering in the sky above their home last Saturday. Morag Ritchie, 50, woke up to see strange lights floating in the air over fields behind her cottage in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
Glowing orbs were flickering in the distance on an unidentified object in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The grandmother-of-two was so shocked she woke up her family at 2am to show them.
And her daughter Cara’s fiance Scott Bower, 24, even managed to film the strange sighting.
Morag said: “I woke up in the early hours of Saturday morning and just seemed to be drawn to look out of the window.
“Our house is quite rural so I don’t close my bedroom curtains. I like to have them open.
“I saw these lights and thought they looked very strange.
“I went through and got my daughter’s fiance and he came to have a look. He was shocked. He went outside to film it. There was no noise - just silence.
“There was a sequence of lights flickering and occasionally a light shot out from it.
“I eventually went back to bed and woke up a few hours later and it was still there in the same spot.
“I’ve never seen anything like it before.”
vicious.sid: Thank you for showing me where the sky is, I was a bit confused.
20.10.12
On an economy drive, Chancellor? George Osborne charged £160 after being caught in First Class carriage with a standard train ticket
He is the Chancellor - and today he once again tried to bring in some efficiencies.
But when George Osborne, who is believed to have a personal wealth of £4.6million, sneakily tried to ride in First Class on a standard fare ticket, he finally met his match - a ticket inspector who refused to budge, and made him pay the full £160 upgrade.
The Cheshire MP was seen arguing with train staff, after he refused to move from the First Class carriages on the train from Wilmslow to London.
TV's reporter Rachel Townsend was on the same train, and gave a running commentary on Twitter as the Osborne's aide argued with the ticket inspector.
She said: 'George Osborne got on the train with aides at Wilmslow and went straight to first class.
'Then his aide approached the ticket collector right next to me. He said he is travelling with George and he has a standard ticket but can he remain in first class?
'The guard said no. The aide said Osborne couldn't possibly sit in standard class. The guard replied saying if he wants to stay it's £160.'
She continued: 'The aide said he couldn't pay and he couldn't really sit in standard. The guard refused to budge.
vicious.sid: Pure arrogance. A man totally removed from the real world. This lot have shot themselves in the foot so much they don't have any feet left. He has now had to shoot himself in the shin. Kneecaps next.
20.10.12
Google and Samsung take on the tablets with £229 laptop 'for everyone'
Google hopes a new low cost laptop could tempt buyers away from new tablets from Apple and Microsoft.
The lightweight computer will sell for £229 ($249) and is being made with Samsung.
It was revealed just days before Apple is expected to unveil a low cost version of its iPad tablet, and Microsoft and Amazon begin selling their tablet computers.
Google has launched an aggressive advertising campaign for its new laptop, claiming the £229 machine is 'for everyone'
Unlike a traditional laptop, the Chromebook has no hard drive, instead keeping all of its information on Google's servers.
This means that while most functions can still be used without an internet connection, some are limited.
Google also supplies a virtual Drive for the machine, which users can also access from a desktop Pc and even their mobile phone.
The Google machine's software is based on Google's Chrome web browser.
Like other so-called Chromebooks, this laptop doesn't have a hard drive, instead storing information on Google's internet servers.
vicious.sid: What a crock. You can only work on it if you are in a Wi-Fi area because it's all on their servers. And who has less than 100gb stored on their laptops? If you use more than that you have to pay. When you've stored all your work on their servers, they'll just sieve through it, picking out the information they need at their leisure. Whoever falls for this is an idiot!