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Antisocial lighting...

Working through the next issue of the paper's articles, I spotted this in a press release from Hampshire bobbies about their anonymous, non-emergency reporting telephone line, with the heading "Callers should use the Single Non-Emergency Number, 101, to report the following...":

Hampshire Police - 101 reporting service

What's so bad about street lights then?

(Yes, I'm procrastinating, but then so would you be facing a ridiculous pile of articles which have to be turned into a newspaper by Monday morning, while Paul Oakenfold's about to play a set less than 100 feet away!)

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I believe they mean if a bulb has blown or one has fallen down or something like that, but I can see how your confusion arose.... sorta... ;-)
Written by Pete Williams (MSc Forensic IT) - Sun, 14 Oct 2007
 
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Nahh, s'all an evil plot - the street lights are out to get us, with their evil orangey glow... ;o)
Written by Alex Harries - Sun, 14 Oct 2007
 
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First we hear of KILLER SHEEP going on a rampant rampage across the nation, and now SUSPICIOUS looking street lights ... what's next? 
I always suspected them of something, especially those that don't glow at all, but make a weird mechanical noise evry time I pass them ... hmmmm
Written by Norman Fider - Mon, 15 Oct 2007
 
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its all to do with conserving energy!! we dont want the street lights hogging it all, report them!!
Written by Matthew Blackall - Tue, 16 Oct 2007


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