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IN THE NEWS
Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of the vvay the newspapers have covered the transport industry this week.
In the constant tight to keep up sales of their almost-top-shelf lads map, FHM staff are probably squealing with delight that a recent article written as part of Its '2003 Bloke Awards" made it into the nationals. After all, any publicity is good publicity, even if it is for dubious reasons.
''Best Road Stretches For Borniong It!" roared the headline on a piece informing FHM readers that the winning stretch (the A4137 near Hereford) is not only the fourth most hazardous road in the UK, but is also devoid of speed cameras and offers speed demons four-and-aria miles "where you can open her up".
The Times and The Birmingham Post both wailed and gnashed their teeth about the magazine's irresponsible journalism (everyone knows the Cat and Fiddle route in the Peak District is far scarier and more challenging). But not a mention was made of London's central tube line topping the "Worst Train Service" poll — it appears not enough people have experienced the human misery that is Connex South East. 1-'3 1-7 ..-rha twr, mo n the ihre71.0"ftfvo.
The Western Mail beat Fl-iM to a large-chested-womanlashes-motorists story, however. I'm not sure what's going on in the Swansea valley, but apparently it's not the first time a voluptuous woman has been distracting drivers. A council member reliably told the paper that witnesses describe a different woman from the one who was doing this a few years ago. What are these Welsh women drinking? One driver was so shocked by the sight of the brunette flashing her Welsh peaks that "I kept checking my rear view mirror wondering what I had just seen,"
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Presumably it's all to do with that legendary Welsh practice of keeping a welcome in the hillside.