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Just can't get the staff
Thames Valley Police came under fire from anti-knife campaigners for advertising two identical nine-piece sets of chef's knives for £1, which included a large meat cleaver and a carver.
The kitchenware was posted on a site used by police to sell off lost property or items that have been recovered from burglaries.
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary were also criticised for trying to sell a Kitchen Devil carving knife set. A spokesman for the force said: "We have arranged for the item to be withdrawn."
Evening Standard (Ron Rubin)
Pure mental Macbeth
Almost two-thirds of teachers allow children to get away with using slang expressions in tests, a survey has found.
One said the worst example of slang he had ever come across was "Hitler was majorly bad".
The survey, conducted by Teachers TV, showed that even questions on Shakespeare are not immune from slang treatment.
Essay answers included the phrases "Macbeth, he is well wicked" and "Macbeth was pure mental".
Daily Mail (Neil Stone)
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