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A three-year-old boy sparked a full-scale police helicopter search after disappearing to take his toy dog for a walk in Fences House, Sunderland, said The Sun. Eric Murray's mother Nicola said, 'He had no idea of the fuss he caused. He just had a big smile after getting a lift home in a police van.' The Sun also reported that a health and safety crackdown by precinct chiefs resulted in the removal of a Postman Pat musical ride costing 30p a go from its position outside a shoe store in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. The Daily Mail featured a father of 15 children who is expecting two more with both his wife and his mistress. Mick Philpott, 49, is unemployed and shares a three-bedroom council house in Allenton, Derby, with his 25-year-old wife, 22-year-old mistress and nine of their children.
A three-year-old boy sparked a full-scale police helicopter search after disappearing to take his toy dog for a walk in Fences House, Sunderland, said The Sun. Eric Murray's mother Nicola said, 'He had no idea of the fuss he caused. He just had a big smile after getting a lift home in a police van.' The Sun also reported that a health and safety crackdown by precinct chiefs resulted in the removal of a Postman Pat musical ride costing 30p a go from its position outside a shoe store in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

The Daily Mail featured a father of 15 children who is expecting two more with both his wife and his mistress. Mick Philpott, 49, is unemployed and shares a three-bedroom council house in Allenton, Derby, with his 25-year-old wife, 22-year-old mistress and nine of their children.

'Shameless Mick', as he is known locally, is vowing to have a vasectomy.

A rare teddy bear made in 1925 was sold at auction for an unprecedented Pounds 25,200, reported The Guardian. The white mohair Steiff bear had been expected to fetch between 3,000 and 5,000.