Airport workers were given a shock when they discovered an 8 foot snake in a parcel which had been sent through the post. The snake which was an albino reticulated python had been spotted after airport workers had used an X-Ray machine at Stansted Airport on March 23rd. The live snake had been sent through [...]
Government accused of ‘fooling’ low-paid staff out of rise
The Government has been accused by union leaders of ‘fooling’ hundreds of thousands of low-paid council staff out of a promised £250 pay rise. Unison have said that carers, school dinner ladies, cleaners and teaching assistants in Wales, England and Northern Ireland would not be getting the money during this financial year. It was pointed [...]
Man charged following double murder
Police have said that a 42 year old man has been charged with the murders of a 34 year old woman and a 2 year old child. The pair, who have been named locally as Suzanne Jones and her son William, were declared dead at the scene at an address in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, on Friday [...]
Mystery lights reported over Skelmersdale
An interesting report was heard by one of our reporters during the week, normally a report like this would not be taken too seriously, maybe a chat between the other staff members about whether we thought it had a more substantial story to follow up, and this story though was a bit different than others [...]
Ghost spotted in local area
Astonishingly the first recorded confirmed sighting of a ghost was made this week in Acregate, Little Digmoor. Resident Mr Aker told Skemnews.com ‘Our Mickey T saw this shadow moving down the road, it was weird so I shouted for help’ The concerned resident followed the shadow and managed to corner it by the shop. Following [...]
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