Peter Robins

Local interest | 12 August 2011

A 75-year-old man has been banned from driving for three years after falling off his mobility scooter on the way home from a pub in Elgin. The ban does not cover use of the mobility scooter, which can be driven without a licence. (Press and Journal, Aberdeen)

A boy of nine has returned home from hospital after being impaled on a metal fence spike. He fell on to the fence from a tree in Nauls Mill Park, Coventry. (Coventry Telegraph)

A bundle of sensitive documents belonging to the Welsh Government has been found in a hedge near Eglwyswrw, west Wales. (North Wales Daily Post)

A cow leapt a three-foot fence and landed on a moving car in Leek, Staffordshire. The driver, who escaped with bruises and scratches, was breath-tested after calling 999 to report the incident.

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