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Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A couple were able to fly back in business class from their honeymoon in America by using Air Miles earned from collecting and recycling rubbish. John Till, 31, and his wife, Ann, 24, gathered an estimated 60,000 items in three months as they scoured the streets of Petersfield, Hampshire, for cans and bottles that could be recycled at their local Tesco, which awards points for recycling that can be...
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Down in the Den (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Are handbrakes going out of fashion? I did more driving than average last week because I was on holiday near Petersfield in Hampshire (travelling to various attractions each day) and was surprised how many times I noticed people obviously juggling clutch, brakes and accelerator at traffic lights. You can see their cars edge forward and (more disconcerting, especially if you are behind them) back....
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
The “hangers” are alight. It’s as if Bonfire Night has come a week early to the steep wooded scarps that run between Alton and Petersfield. Hampshire, England - not New Hampshire, New England, mind - on one of the very last days of October, and the autumn colours are proving every inch a match for those of the vaunted American fall.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging companies to assess the risks to their employees from exposure to vibration, after a Hampshire company was fined £10,500 for ignoring the safety of a worker.
