POINTLESS CHELTENHAM FACT No 1

I had absolutely no idea that at 45ft from top to bottom, this is the worlds tallest mechanical clock. Shame it resides in a rather bland shopping centre. It deserves a better home don't you think?

DAMAGES.....YOU HAVE TO BE JOKING!

I have no idea how many people saw the story last week, but when I did it made me spit feathers. A man who had tried to kill himself has won £90,000 pounds from the National Health Service. Mr Dexter was rushed to hospital after taking a massive overdose. Once at hospital he had to be given a large dose of something intravenously to counteract the drugs he had taken himself. This left him with a damaged left arm. As a thank you to the staff and hospital concerned for saving his life, he sued them for the above sum. His comments were that it 'was not about the money, it was about the way I was treated'. Okay then matey, having got the reward and made what you think is a valid point, why don't you give it all away to Red Nose Day. Do you think he will..................because I don't. I don't just blame Mr Dexter. I also blame the ambulance chasing personal injury lawyers who no doubt made a nice little sum from the settlement. Litigiousness is something the Americans have raised to an art form, do we really want to walk the same road?