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HEARING PROBLEMS
Convicted stalker and solicitor Andrew Milne made piteous arguments before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal as he urged it to stay action against him.

OLD LAGS
Prison bosses have been asked to squeeze more inmates into overcrowded wings by converting laundry rooms and libraries into cells.

SORRY SITES
The ASA is cracking down on dodgy websites that take thousands of pounds from desperate addicts just to pass them on to genuine rehab clinics.

CRASS LANDINGS
Heathrow Airport appeared to have improved its services for disabled passengers, but now they are slipping again under a new contractor.

LOST CONTACT
The Samaritans’ email service has gone and the in-person option for those in need is being phased out, along with the specialist veterans’ service.

DEGREES OF LATITUDE
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors expelled a renowned listed buildings expert after his academic qualifications were found to be fake.

EASY LOVER
EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is applying for ownership of “.easy” as a top-level domain name – an internet suffix not tied to any specific country.

SUPPLY CHAINS REACTION
Fresh from the pisspoor National Tutoring Programme, education chiefs are trying to enforce a similar model for finding supply teachers.

UNFUNNY MONEY
Many of the comedians who played Leicester Comedy Festival in February have still not been paid for their own ticket sales, and are now unlikely to be.

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Easy money
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Charging points
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