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On This Day...
5:23am Saturday 31st May 2008
31st May
1669 - Samuel Pepys gives up writing his diary, as his eyesight was failing.
1851 - Big Ben first starts recording time.
1976 - The Who play the loudest concert in history and gain a place in the Guinness Book of Records, after hitting 120 decibels.
1999 - Cheese rolling is re-established at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire. The event passes off without incident after organisers introduced new regulations. It had been cancelled the previous year
after 27 injuries in 1997.
2000 - Two bin men are swallowed by an apartment block's rubbish chute system in Japan. They are sucked at 60mph through curved pipes 23 inches wide.
2005 - A widow whose husband died of lung cancer loses her landmark court battle against a cigarette giant. The judge rejects her claim that her husband, who smoked 60 cigarettes a day and died of
lung cancer aged 48, was unaware of the risks when he started smoking.
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Drive-by victim family's plea to killers
The family of murdered Ricardo Cox have spoken of their anguish and made an emotional appeal for his killers to turn themselves in.
Police pursue car after bus hit-and-run
A car has slammed in to a bus in North Cheam before heading off pursued by police.
Bungled NHS IT system costs hospital £500,000
The botched NHS IT system, due to arrive two months ago, has cost Kingston Hospital more than £500,000 so far.
Shops caught in 'ridiculous' VAT drop mess
The reduction in VAT has left some small retailers with headache-inducing tasks to adjust prices since it was introduced on Monday.
Epsom anger at Derby 'don't care' comment
A racing commentator has sparked anger among racegoers and Epsom resident after saying people “don’t care” about the Derby.
Warnock hoping for Eagles injury boost
Neil Warnock is hoping to have a selection headache when the Eagles travel to Derby this weekend.
Terry: Dons need a Plan B
Terry Brown admits that AFC Wimbledon must find a ‘Plan B’ if they are to keep their Blue Square South promotion hopes alive.
In this section
- Drive-by victim family's plea to killers
- Car hits bus during police pursuit
- Bungled NHS IT system costs hospital £500,000
- Cops probe Gipsy Hill death
- Shops caught in 'ridiculous' VAT drop mess
- Epsom anger at Derby 'don't care' comment
- Bobby Davro and school kids recording Xmas single
- Menezes inquest drawing towards close
- Woman gets £85,000 crash compensation
- And for Xmas I want...
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