Archive for May 14th, 2010
Pagan police get right to take festivals as holiday
Police officers have been given the right to take days off to dance naked on the solstices, celebrate fertility rituals and burn Yule logs if they profess pagan beliefs.
The Pagan Police Association claimed yesterday that it had been recognised by the Home Office as a “diversity staff support association” — a status also enjoyed by groups representing female, black, gay, Muslim and disabled officers.
The new breed of beekeepers taking up traditional ‘old man’s hobby’ – and saving the British bee
With the incessant buzzing and the threat of a sharp sting, bees are not the easiest of pets.
But record numbers are taking the risk and buying hives anyway – in a bid to save the threatened species.
Beekeeping clubs around the country have reported massive rises in membership in the last year. And experts say the boom is down to a new-found sympathy for bees, so long the enemy of the picnic and children’s summer birthday parties.
Elderly woman used handbag to tackle robbers
