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Top this for a speeding Ticket!

Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick, east of Edinburgh, were involved in an unusual incident, while checking for speeding motorists on the A1 Great North Road.

One of the officers (who are not named) used a hand-held radar device to check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300mph.

The machine then stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it.

The radar had in fact locked on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet over the North Sea, which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Borders district.

Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff complaint to the RAF Liaison office.

Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style. "Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had automatically locked on to your 'hostile radar equipment' and sent a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, the Sidewinder air-to-ground missiles aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also locked on to the target. Fortunately the Dutch pilot flying the Tornado responded to the missile status alert intelligently and was able to override the automatic protection system before the missile was launched."

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So your designing a huge billboard that's going on public display and your boss says "I want it in English Too!"

do you:

A:- Hire a professional translator.
or
B:- Use a website and copy the text from there.

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7482551.stm

A last drink proved one too many for a 78-year-old Swede who fell asleep while trying to row home - from Denmark.

Reports say the man had been drinking in the Danish town of Helsingor but found he did not have enough money for the ferry home to Sweden.

Instead of waiting until morning, he stole a dinghy and tried to row the 5km (three miles) across the Oresund Strait to Helsingborg, police said.

But he fell asleep half-way and drifted until he was rescued by the coastguard.

Map of Demark and Sweden

The man, who has not been named, was found still asleep in the bottom of the boat, and towed back across the strait - a busy shipping lane - to Denmark.

He was put on the next ferry home after he had sobered up, writes the Danish news service Ritzau.

Police said the owner of the dinghy had decided not to press charges, Reuters reports.

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7483211.stm

Bros could become the latest boy band to reform and go on tour, singer Matt Goss has revealed.

Bros had 11 top 10 hits in the UK as well as three top 20 albums

Goss, together with twin brother Luke, on drums, and bassist Craig Logan, enjoyed huge success in the late 1980s with hits including I Owe You Nothing.

"If we can make the numbers work and the venues work, then we're all up for it," said Goss, now 39.

He was speaking at the film premiere of his twin brother's latest film Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

"Being in a band is like being a politician, you've got to make sure everyone is happy," Goss said.

"But Luke, Craig and definitely myself - we're all up for it."

Bros had 11 hit singles, including When Will I Be Famous? and Cat Among Pigeons, and three top 20 albums in the UK.

"I had the best time," he said.

"I think everyone that went to see Bros gigs had the best time and that's the one reason we all agreed it'd be a good laugh if we did it."

He said he thought the band would still have the support of the original "Brosettes".

"They're still pretty insane," he added.

"They weren't too cool for the room - they knew how to have a good time. That's the way I feel."

Bassist Craig Logan has gone on to be a successful music business executive

Logan, who went on to become managing director of Sony BMG-owned RCA Records, left the band in 1989.

Bros came to an end in 1992.

Matt Goss is still recording music as a solo artist while Luke Goss has acted in a number of stage shows and US films.

PLEASE NO!!!! BROS WERE RUBBISH!

Link: http://seorant.ath.cx/police/ladybird.html

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