The bridge made famous in the Winnie the Pooh books is up for sale by the auction house Summers Place. The 114-year-old bridge in Ashdown Forestm where the bear and his friends played “pooh sticks”, may sell for as much as £60,000, Summers Place Auctions estimates. Sealed bids are now being accepted for the auction, which will conclude on 6 October.
Woman ‘billed for crying during operation’
A US woman has claimed that she was charged extra because she cried during surgery. The woman shared a photo of the invoice she received after a mole removal procedure. While all other services mentioned were surgical, she noted an $11 charge for “brief emotion”. Writing on Twitter, she quipped that she did not even get a “damn sticker” after the surgery and wondered whether a lollipop is too much to ask for.
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