Daily Dose 04.11

by Chris on April 11, 2007

by Chris | April 11th, 2007

* Half of the Metropolitan Police had at least 3 weeks sick leave last year. Probably the stress of eating all those doughnuts.(EveningStandard)

* Ryanair making £100million a year in check-in fees. They charge £8 to check-in a bag at the airport.(Telegraph)

* Sailor captured by Iranians admits he cried himself to sleep in his cell after the guards taunted him for looking like Mr Bean, also moans they stole his ipod. Obviously its no longer necessary to have a backbone to join the Royal Navy.(DailyMail)

* Government and Land Registry are to undertake the biggest survey of land ownership in Britain since the Domesday Book was written almost a thousand years ago.(TheIndependent)

* Owners of London homes worth £5million saw their properties rise in value by £100,000 a month over the last year. Money goes to money.(SkyNews)

* Electrical explosion under the pavement causes chaos on Oxford Street.(TheSun)

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