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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Marriage on the cheap

A couple enjoyed a lavish champagne wedding reception for just £51 after the bride bid for the event on eBay.
Colette Palin, 25, and Lee Clark, 34, could not believe their luck when the cut price bid for the reception at the three star Buckatree Hall near Telford, Shrops, was accepted. The hotel put the event up for auction on the website after a last minute cancellation.
Staff laid on a red carpet arrival for the happy couple followed by a champagne reception, a three-course wedding breakfast with wine for 35 guests and an evening buffet for 50 people. The pair were able to start married life without debts from a lavish wedding,

Sunday, October 04, 2009

Nearly half-a-million road accidents a year are caused by women drivers applying make-up behind the wheel, a new survey discloses.
Around one fifth of the female motorists confess they have touched up their mascara on the move ­ equivalent to 3.2 million of Britain's 15 million women drivers. The poll of more than 4,000 drivers by women's motor insurance group Diamond comes a year after the introduction of a new offense of causing death by careless driving, which carries a prison term of up to two years. Previously, careless driving offenses ­ including applying make-up, eating and map-reading ­ were punishable only by a fine.