NEWS IN BRIEF
February 1st 2011 Blogger wanted to create compelling litter-ature Keep Britain Tidy is looking for a talented writer to pen a new feature on its website called ‘The Secret Diary of a Litter Hater’.
The weekly blog would capture seven days of litterspotting by an anonymous writer, able to turn the serious business of litter-watching into humorous and informative reading.
Hopefuls should submit a 200 word example of their writing to press@keepbritaintidy.org Toilet restaurant flushed with success Diners in China are said to be flocking to a new toilet-themed restaurant.
Customers at the Modern Toilet restaurant, in Kunming, Yunnan province, eat on seats converted from toilets.
Urinals hang on the walls as decorations and signature dishes include 'excrement ice cream', 'toilet bowl hot pot' and 'fried poo sticks'.
One customer said they first visited the restaurant thinking it was a toilet but now they dine there regularly.
IN NUMBERS
180. 000: The number of tonnes of snow all weather teams from Mitie cleared from 2,000 client premises in December – this equates to two thirds of an average winter’s work in just one month.
792: The number of cleaners it took to handle the task of cleaning up before and after the recent Superbowl at the cowboys stadium in Dallas.
£10, 000:The cleaning bill faced by Trevelgue Holiday Park in, Porth, Cornwall after tens of thousands of starlings left droppings up to 18cm deep at its site.
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