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Model fives
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Week 1
One judge, deliberating late and alone, delayed the famous high profile trial.
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judgedelayedhighprofiletrial
Guards searching nine dockside warehouses finally recovered the six stolen bronze statues.
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guardsrecoveredstolenbronzestatues
The damaged cargo plane landed safely because one pilot ignored panicked controllers.
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pilotlandeddamagedcargoplane
The stolen school piano was returned because a caretaker recognised it in a junk shop.
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caretakerrecognisedstolenschoolpiano
After DNA tests exposed mislabeling, Georgia restaurants now disclose imported shrimp on menus.
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Georgiarestaurantsdiscloseimportedshrimp
Week 2
Two weeping nurses somehow saved the tiny premature twin babies before dawn.
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nursessavedprematuretwinbabies
Brown flood water, rising within ten minutes, ruined the entire ground floor.
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floodruinedentiregroundfloor
Furious unions, calling the terms an insult, rejected all final contract offers.
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unionsrejectedfinalcontractoffers
Overnight parking was allowed on every street until the mayor banned it.
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mayorbannedovernightstreetparking
Volunteers, not the council, reopened the railway line that collapsed in March.
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volunteersreopenedcollapsedrailwayline
Week 3
The last giant sundaes were licked by thirty cheering children after the van broke down.
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childrenlickedlastgiantsundaes
This weekend the Beatles film recreated Abbey Road, actors walking the famous zebra crossing for the cover.
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BeatlesfilmrecreatedAbbeyRoad
Johnny Depp is discussing a return as Captain Jack Sparrow in a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean.
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DeppdiscussingPiratesCaribbeanreturn
At D23, Disney World finally confirmed it is building Villains Land, an area for its baddest characters.
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DisneyWorldconfirmedVillainsLand
LEGO has recreated Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica in bricks, its biggest ever.
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LEGOrecreatedBarcelona'sSagradaFamilia
Week 4
From Wellfleet in November to a Coney Island afternoon eight months later, turtle Pancake rejoins the Atlantic.
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WellfleetturtlePancakerejoinsAtlantic
After four straight weekends on top and two billion dollars of tickets, Tom Holland's Spider-Man now nears Titanic.
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TomHolland'sSpider-MannearsTitanic
In thirty years at an Ohio children's hospital, one surgeon draws ten thousand cartoons on little bandages.
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surgeondrawscartoonsonbandages
Little Skyler, at seven years old, wears fifty sweaters, all at once, for a Guinness world record.
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littleSkylerwearsfiftysweaters
Rex, a wobbly four-month-old kitten who never could walk, gets in the wheelchair Michael Hawley built him from Lego.
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wobblykittengetsLegowheelchair
Week 5
On 27th August, Greece celebrates the feast of its lost-things saint, Phanourios, who is asked for everything from keys to estranged partners to courage.
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Greececelebrateslost-thingssaintPhanourios
After twenty-three years of renting, tenant Jane inherited her retired pharmacist landlord's Melbourne unit.
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tenantinheritedlandlord'sMelbourneunit
After a prank order of pizzas in Wyoming, one pizzeria owner gives the whole lot to the ER.
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pizzeriagivespizzastoER
91-year-old Dale Sanders, known as Grey Beard, finished the Appalachian Trail, the oldest ever to do it.
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91-year-oldSandersfinishedAppalachianTrail
After a call from an Ohio church, a friendly pygmy goat rode to the county fair in the back seat of a police cruiser.
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pygmygoatrodepolicecruiser
Week 6
Pushing the freezer aside with his trunk, a wild elephant raided a small shop near Thailand's Khao Yai park for sweets, eating ten bags in ten minutes.
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elephantraidedshopforsweets
A Seattle dog called Eclipse rode the bus alone to the park, a few stops off, in a red harness, with her own pass on her collar.
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Seattledogrodebusalone
Thin and unwell near Nakanocho Station last October, an apprentice by January, the stray cat nursed by Choshi railway staff was promoted in May to full stationmaster.
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straycatpromotedtostationmaster
Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo opened in 1905, and on 17 August 2026 it welcomed its first porcupette in 121 years, a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine called a coendou.
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Tacoma'sZoowelcomedfirstporcupette
Karl Wenner turned 70 acres of his barley farm near Klamath Falls into a wetland, home now to 140 bird species and twenty thousand ducks.
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Wennerturnedfarmintowetland
Week 7
Weldon Bowen, a Marine veteran who turned a hundred on Saturday in Tyler, received over 4000 birthday cards after the state of Texas requested 100.
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Bowenreceived4000birthdaycards
A soaked collie dragged the scarf back up the riverbank.
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colliedraggedscarfupriverbank
Volunteers freed a stranded dolphin from the shallow marina.
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volunteersfreedstrandeddolphinmarina
The sanctuary tortoise laid eggs behind the greenhouse at dusk.
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tortoiselaideggsbehindgreenhouse
A rescue hen walked into the town library and sat on a radiator.
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henwalkedintotownlibrary
Week 8
Rangers carried the burned koala to the coast vet.
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Rangerscarriedburnedkoalavet
A lost beagle rode the elevator to the fifth-floor dentist.
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beaglerodeelevatortodentist
Fishermen hauled a sunfish onto the pier before the storm.
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Fishermenhauledsunfishontopier
A barn owl nested in the chapel organ over winter.
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owlnestedinchapelorgan
A stubborn goat ate the prize roses before the judging.
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goatateprizerosesjudging
Week 9
A grey seal pup slept on the lifeboat ramp until noon.
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sealpupsleptonramp
A loud parrot escaped from the vet clinic at noon.
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parrotescapedfromvetclinic
A patient pony towed the stranded milk float home.
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ponytowedstrandedmilkfloat
A tired fox cub hid under the market stall.
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foxcubhidunderstall
A mute swan nested beside the canal lock.
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swannestedbesidecanallock
Week 10
A bold pigeon stole the last chip from a bench.
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pigeonstolelastchipbench
A nervous horse refused the first fence at the show.
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horserefusedfirstfenceshow
A stray cat adopted the waiting room goldfish.
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catadoptedwaitingroomgoldfish
Eight ducklings crossed the ring road in a line.
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ducklingscrossedringroadline
A moth the size of a hand landed on the till.
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mothlandedonthetill
Week 11
A rabbit dug under the cricket pavilion overnight.
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rabbitdugundercricketpavilion
A shy student returned the wallet with the cash still inside.
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studentreturnedwalletwithcash
The headteacher cancelled the outdoor assembly because of lightning.
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headteachercancelledoutdoorassemblylightning
A caretaker found the missing trumpet in the lost-property bin.
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caretakerfoundmissingtrumpetbin
The school play continued after the lead lost her voice.
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schoolplaycontinuedleadvoice
Week 12
Pupils planted a hedge along the windy fence.
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Pupilsplantedhedgealongfence
The debating team won the county final on a last point.
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teamwoncountyfinalpoint
A boy in year four read the whole Hobbit aloud.
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boyreadwholeHobbitaloud
A dinner lady saved the last apple crumble for the late bus.
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ladysavedlastapplecrumble
The art class painted the bus shelter overnight.
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classpaintedbusshelterovernight
Week 13
A supply teacher finished the mural the school left.
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teacherfinishedmuralschoolleft
The choir sang in the station at rush hour.
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choirsanginthestation
Prefects walked the lost newcomers to the office.
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Prefectswalkedlostnewcomersoffice
The science club launched a bottle rocket behind the sheds.
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clublaunchedbottlerocketsheds
A girl in year eight soldered the broken robot back.
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girlsolderedbrokenrobotback
Week 14
The football team played in borrowed boots after the theft.
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teamplayedinborrowedboots
Someone returned the stolen bikes to the rack.
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Someonereturnedstolenbikesrack
The reading club filled the silent lunch hall.
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clubfilledsilentlunchhall
A sixth former taught coding after school.
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formertaughtcodingafterschool
The canteen switched to plates after the foam ran out.
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canteenswitchedtoplatesafter
Week 15
Drama students staged Macbeth in the courtyard rain.
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studentsstagedMacbethcourtyardrain
The chess team beat the neighbouring grammar school.
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teambeatneighbouringgrammarschool
The late bus waited while a stray dog sat down.
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buswaitedstraydogsat
Year ten interviewed the last mill worker in town.
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teninterviewedlastmillworker
The school radio broadcast the match from a cupboard.
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radiobroadcastmatchfromcupboard
Week 16
A boy found a calculator in the hedge.
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boyfoundcalculatorinhedge
The mayor opened the repaired footbridge before the school run.
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mayoropenedrepairedfootbridgerun
Tired councillors voted to keep the last public baths.
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councillorsvotedkeeppublicbaths
A postal worker delivered the late birthday card on Christmas Eve.
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workerdeliveredlatebirthdaycard
Smiling firefighters carried the piano out of the flooded front room.
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Firefighterscarriedpianooutroom
Week 17
Neighbours reopened the boarded corner shop on Saturday.
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Neighboursreopenedboardedcornershop
The lifeboat crew brought three walkers off the foggy cliff.
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crewbroughtwalkersoffcliff
A night nurse found the hospital kitten behind a laundry bin.
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nursefoundhospitalkittenbin
The town clock chimed again after four silent years.
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townclockchimedagainafter
A window cleaner rescued the office cat from a ledge.
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cleanerrescuedofficecatledge
Week 18
Bin men stopped the lorry and pushed a stuck tram.
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menstoppedlorrypushedtram
The ferry captain reversed into harbour in the fog.
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captainreversedintoharbourfog
A crossing guard halted the lorry for a pram.
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guardhaltedlorryforpram
Plumbers thawed the frozen standpipe on the estate.
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Plumbersthawedfrozenstandpipeestate
The coastguard towed a dinghy off the sandbar.
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coastguardtoweddinghyoffsandbar
Week 19
The magistrate dismissed the case about the rooster.
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magistratedismissedcaseaboutrooster
Parking wardens ignored the wedding cars for an hour.
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wardensignoredweddingcarshour
The reservoir gates opened after a month of rain.
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reservoirgatesopenedafterrain
A farmer lent his tractor to the flooded village.
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farmerlenttractortovillage
The post office reopened in the back of the pub.
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postofficereopenedinpub
Week 20
Scaffolders paused so the swifts could nest.
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Scaffolderspausedsoswiftsnest
The museum returned a stolen painting to the town.
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museumreturnedstolenpaintingtown
A priest opened the hall to the power-cut street.
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priestopenedhalltostreet
The last coal train ran through at dusk.
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lastcoaltrainranthrough
A surveyor found a Roman floor under the car park.
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surveyorfoundRomanfloorpark
Week 21
Volunteers filled sandbags before the river rose.
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Volunteersfilledsandbagsbeforeriver
The night baker left warm rolls on every doorstep in the frost.
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bakerleftwarmrollsdoorstep
A chef cooked free soup after the match.
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chefcookedfreesoupmatch
The ice-cream van returned to the estate in March.
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vanreturnedtoestateMarch
A butcher saved the Christmas geese from a blackout.
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butchersavedChristmasgeeseblackout
Week 22
The cafe put a bowl out for wet dogs.
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cafeputbowlfordogs
A fishmonger gave the unsold catch to the shelter.
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fishmongergaveunsoldcatchshelter
The bakery ran through the night after the flood.
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bakeryranthroughnightflood
A waitress kept a table for the late couple.
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waitresskepttableforcouple
The market stall sold out of plums by nine.
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marketstallsoldoutplums
Week 23
A boy sold lemonade and gave the takings away.
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boysoldlemonadegavetakings
The greengrocer delivered boxes to the locked-down flats.
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greengrocerdeliveredboxestoflats
A granny bottled the last of the allotment jam.
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grannybottledlastallotmentjam
The chip shop stayed open for the night shift.
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shopstayedopennightshift
A market swapped unsold bread for eggs.
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marketswappedunsoldbreadeggs
Week 24
The school kitchen froze the leftover roast for Monday.
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kitchenfrozeleftoverroastMonday
The food bank ran out of bags, not tins.
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bankranoutbagstins
A girl baked biscuits for the new neighbours.
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girlbakedbiscuitsforneighbours
The pub landlord cooked breakfast for the stranded coach.
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landlordcookedbreakfastforcoach
A street vendor gave unsold mangoes to the shelter.
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vendorgaveunsoldmangoesshelter
Week 25
The last milk float in the county finished its round.
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lastmilkfloatfinishedround
A cyclist towed a stranger to the station.
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cyclisttowedstrangertostation
The night bus waited for the running nurse.
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buswaitedforrunningnurse
A taxi driver returned a passport to the airport.
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driverreturnedpassporttoairport
The snowplough cleared the hill before the school run.
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snowploughclearedhillbeforerun
Week 26
A barge delivered coal to the restored mill.
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bargedeliveredcoaltomill
The last tram of the night carried a brass band.
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tramcarriedbrassbandnight
A calm pilot diverted to pick up a transplant box.
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pilotdivertedpicktransplantbox
Breakdown crews pushed the stalled train to the platform.
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crewspushedstalledtrainplatform
A ferry skipped a stop to beat the ice.
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ferryskippedstopbeatice
Week 27
The replacement bus ran empty except for one dog.
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busranemptyexceptdog
A lorry driver shared his thermos with the queue.
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driversharedthermoswithqueue
The mountain railway reopened after the rockfall.
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railwayreopenedaftertherockfall
A scooter courier delivered the blood pack in time.
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courierdeliveredbloodpacktime
The tunnel closed, so the choir walked through.
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tunnelclosedchoirwalkedthrough
Week 28
A cabbie waited without the meter for the midwife.
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cabbiewaitedwithoutmetermidwife
The harbour master waved the fishing boats in early.
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masterwavedfishingboatsin
A train guard found a toddler in the toilet queue.
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guardfoundtoddlerinqueue
The cable car ran one extra trip for the hikers.
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carranextratriphikers
A mechanic fixed the school minibus on the hard shoulder.
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mechanicfixedschoolminibusshoulder
Week 29
The night train stopped so a deer could cross.
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trainstoppeddeercouldcross
Lightning split the oak behind the pavilion.
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Lightningsplitoakbehindpavilion
Floodwater lifted a car onto the bowling green.
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Floodwaterliftedcarontogreen
A heatwave cracked the school playground in July.
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heatwavecrackedschoolplaygroundJuly
Snow closed the pass, so the post came by ski.
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Snowclosedpasspostski
Week 30
A drought emptied the village pond by August.
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droughtemptiedvillagepondAugust
Hail stripped the hops the week before picking.
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Hailstrippedhopsbeforepicking
A rainbow stopped play at the village cricket.
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rainbowstoppedplayvillagecricket
Frost killed the first blossom on the allotment.
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Frostkilledfirstblossomallotment
The river froze hard enough for a match.
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riverfrozehardenoughmatch
Week 31
Fog grounded the air ambulance for an hour.
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Foggroundedairambulancehour
Scientists tagged a shark off the pier.
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Scientiststaggedsharkoffpier
A student found a new moth in the porch light.
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studentfoundnewmothlight
Astronomers opened the observatory to the town.
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Astronomersopenedobservatorytotown
A gardener grew tomatoes in the old phone box.
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gardenergrewtomatoesinbox
Week 32
The lab returned the lost meteorite to the school.
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labreturnedlostmeteoriteschool
Divers filmed a wreck in the harbour mouth.
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Diversfilmedwreckinharbour
A paleontologist cleaned a tooth in the museum sink.
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paleontologistcleanedtoothmuseumsink
The weather station recorded a new low at dawn.
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stationrecordednewlowdawn
The brass band played on the flooded bandstand.
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bandplayedonfloodedbandstand
Week 33
A mural went up on the boarded cinema overnight.
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muralwentupcinemaovernight
The cinema showed a matinee for the night shift.
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cinemashowedmatineenightshift
A poet read in the launderette on Thursday.
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poetreadinlaunderetteThursday
The orchestra rehearsed in the supermarket aisle.
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orchestrarehearsedinsupermarketaisle
A photographer printed the village on a single roll.
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photographerprintedvillageonroll
Week 34
Street dancers stopped the market for one song.
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dancersstoppedmarketforsong
The local paper printed a blank front page on purpose.
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paperprintedblankfrontpage
A violinist played for the queue at the clinic.
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violinistplayedforqueueclinic
The theatre opened the dress rehearsal to the town.
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theatreopeneddressrehearsaltown
The under twelves won in extra time in the mud.
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twelveswonextratimemud
Week 35
A marathon runner stopped to tie a loose shoe.
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runnerstoppedtielooseshoe
The away fans clapped the losing keeper off.
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fansclappedlosingkeeperoff
A referee restarted play after a passing wedding.
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refereerestartedplayafterwedding
The rowing eight rescued a dog from the weir.
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eightrescueddogfromweir
A substitute scored with his first touch.
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substitutescoredwithfirsttouch
Week 36
The village race waited for a late tractor.
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racewaitedforlatetractor
A climber turned back to walk a stranger down.
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climberturnedwalkstrangerdown
The swimming gala moved to the river after a leak.
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galamovedtoriverleak
A coach lent his medals to the school cabinet.
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coachlentmedalstocabinet
The last over was bowled in torchlight.
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lastoverbowledintorchlight
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