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Santa Claus was handed a parking ticket by a traffic warden for leaving his sleigh in a pedestrian zone. Mick Worrall, 75, was handing out sweets and teddies to children and collecting donations for a children’s charity when he was hit with a fixed penalty notice. A Worcester City Council spokesperson told The Telegraph the fine was issued for “driving in a pedestrian zone”. However, Worrall refused to take the ticket and told the warden to “post it to the North Pole”.
‘Neighbour from hell’ banned from village until 2037
A “neighbour from hell” who hacked down residents’ memorial trees has been banned from his village until 2037, reported The Independent. Due to an epic row over a boundary line, Adrian Paul Stairs, 59, used a chainsaw to cut down several mature shrubs and trees planted by the residents’ loved-ones who have since died and also threatened his neighbours with a brick. However, Stairs insisted he was the victim and said he felt like he was on a “murder charge”.
Woman finally graduates at 90
A woman who dropped out of college a few semesters short of graduation in the 1950s was finally presented with her bachelor’s degree at the age of 90 at a US university, noted UPI. The Northern Illinois University announced that its graduating class included Joyce DeFauw, 90, of Geneseo, the oldest person to ever graduate from the university. “You can’t put a value on it, in my opinion,” she said. “Just don’t give up. A lot of us get sidetracked or whatever, but go back.”
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