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THE HEADLINES PODCAST - Episode 12  - May 3 2020

Interesting, quirky and important stories from local newspapers in the UK this week - celebrating local journalism.

In this week’s episode

• An asparagus fortune-teller says May is going to be a good month
• The T-Rexes brightening Bradford's streets during lockdown
• Police use riot shields and a loaf of bread to herd a ‘mental’ swan back home
• Cornwall holiday homes grants 'taking the p*ss' says councillor
• Cerne Abbas Giant gets an unofficial facelift for lockdown
• Customers discovered hiding in pub cupboards during lockdown
• 'Scary' early estimates show coronavirus could lead to 100,000 job losses across the Glasgow region
• A sculptor has spoken out after her huge model of a tiger was mistaken for a real big cat - leading to an armed police response - and a helicopter search
  

And an interview with journalist and PR coach Maxine Gordon, who shares some of her favourite recent stories

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/this-morning-asparagus-fortune-lockdown-4094997?

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18412847.spotted-t-rexs-brightening-bradfords-streets-lockdown/

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/watch-police-use-riot-shields-14193560

https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/18406238.cornwall-holiday-homes-grants-taking-p-ss-says-councillor/

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/cerne-abbas-giant-face-mask-4079973

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/police-close-sheffield-pub-disobeying-lockdown-laws-customers-hiding-cupboards-2555445

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18421781.scary-early-estimates-show-coronavirus-cause-100-000-job-losses-across-glasgow-region/

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sevenoaks/news/sculptor-speaks-out-after-life-size-tiger-model-sparked-armed-police-hunt-226627/