Update: Cutty Sark blaze caused by an overheating vacuum cleaner

The devastating Cutty Sark blaze was caused by an overheating vacuum cleaner, according to reports today. Apparently guards failed to notice that the vacuum cleaner was running, and it burst into flames."Lazy guards failed to spot a running vacuum on the Cutty Sark which...

One Mile Wide - Couple thwart hotel chain in buying paradise location

Herm Island is small. One mile wide. A hotel with no televisions or telephones. Its 50 residents become worried when long term leaseholders Adrian and Penny Heyworth decide to sell up and move on. Fears rise...

Island of Sark embraces democracy after 400 years

You cant get any greener*..."Four and a half centuries of feudalism were brought to an end yesterday when the Privy Council approved changes to the laws governing Sark, in the Channel Islands, which will introduce...

Tiny island is a feudal time warp

Sark, Channel Islands — HERE, on an island that might be called Camelot, the winds of democracy have blown in like the waft from a landfill.

Cutty Sark undergoes £25 million makeover

By Ayshea Buksh Work has begun on The Cutty Sark in Greenwich to protect it from the ravages of time. After two years the vessel will be suspended above a futuristic glass bubble allowing people to walk underneath the famous ship.The £25 million Conservation Project ...

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