This document contains headlines and brief snippets of news stories from local newspapers across the United Kingdom in 2013. Some of the headlines include "Texting is a serious business on the Isle of Man", "Sheep are a menace to the people of Surrey", and "IT'S SPITTING! EVERYBODY IN!". The articles highlight unusual, humorous, and bizarre local news events that were reported that year.

1. Local Breaking
News
28 unforgettable things
local newspapers told us
in 2013

2. The unexpected can
always happen in Sheffield

3. Texting is a serious business
on the Isle of Man

4. Yes, this actually happened in
Barnstaple, Devon
The culprit admitted: “I did start using drugs and
drinking. I have seen the error of my ways with that.”

5. The fun never stops
in Newport

6. It’s always best to check

7. Who will solve this
Hertfordshire mystery?

8. Sheep are a menace to
the people of Surrey

9. As well as a curious story, this is
a handy guide to understanding
a tricky homonym

10. This short news item from
South Wales gained cult status

11. This is the same council
responsible for this gem

12. It was kicking off in
Pembrokeshire

13. The odds, considering that there
aren’t many 80th birthday cards
out there, are probably quite low

14. IT’S SPITTING!
EVERYBODY IN!

15. This Women’s Institute branch
gained global notoriety, via
the North Devon Journal
“Members of a North Devon WI were left embarrassed
after a number of them had dressed up as pirates for a
talk by a former sea captain who has been held hostage
by Somali pirates for several weeks.”

16. Those pesky sausage dogs,
always ruining everything

17. This was unquestionably the
political story of the year

18. It’s health and safety
gone mad in Kent

19. Just in case the people of
Wolverhampton weren’t
sure about how weeks work

20. Justice is sweet
in Croydon

21. I think I missed the week at Sunday
School where they explained this bit of
the cruxifiction. From one of the lesser
known gospels perhaps?

22. Scandal hits Macclesfield

23. Is this the reader’s
photo of the year?

24. You can read this
one of two ways

25. News of the outside
world takes a while to
reach West Sussex

26. I ain’t afraid of no goldfish

27. If it isn’t killer fish, it’s this. Times
are tough for local emergency
services in East Grinstead

28. There was no respite from
deadly seagulls in Brighton

29. In fact the battle against the
greedy gulls is hitting the entire
country by the looks of things

30. Whatever next!