Each week, Ben Hopkinson looks back at a serious, crazy, and happy news story from the past week.
Serious News
Following the devastating right-wing protests that have been going on up and down the country, the chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses says that following the Covid and competing with online shopping that looting and vandalism is “not a victimless crime”.
Due to riots that have been stemmed from the Southport stabbing last week, shops have been damaged and stolen from.
Martin McTague who is the chairman of the FSB that the “mayhem” is “having a devastating impact” on communities in which the High Streets have already been suffering.
The damage is expected to take months and millions of pounds to clear up.
One damaging example is of an owner of a supermarket and café who had his shopfront targeted by flames, and said “everything is done, my life is done” as he has no financial backing to rebuild and reopen.
Crazy News
On Monday, a new sign has gone up at Whitstable train station with the incorrect spelling.
Commuters were welcomed to Whistable, rather than Whitstable, until a passenger noticed the error.
Southeastern – who run the station – have replaced the sign in quick fashion, as a spokesperson said: “A replacement station sign was fitted at Whitstable yesterday but was removed within five minutes when colleagues spotted the spelling error,” they said. A new correctly spelled sign has been installed today [Tuesday 7th August]”.
Happy News
Across the world, a 56-year-old man has been nicknamed the “Angel of Nanjing” after he saved 469 lives over the past 21 years.
Chen Si patrols the Yangtze River Bridge in the eastern Chinese province, Jiangsu. As he engages in conversations of people lingering or wandering aimlessly on the bridge, he examines their body language to understand their motives.¬¬ As well as pulling people back from the edge, he assists rescuing those who have already jumped into the river below.
Si wears a volunteer’s uniform with the words “cherish life every day” written on it as he patrols the bridge 10 times a day.
It all started in 2000, as he stopped a girl from jumping – he bought water, food and a ticket home because she didn’t have the money.
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