Some key news stories from 2008. There are 20 pages of news from this year, all written in poetic form. Stories include the following;
Oil crisis, chaos at heathrow airport chaos, stonehenge vandals, the dambusters anniversary, the burma crisis, a chinese earthquake, dustbin madness in the UK, the banking crisis, the Eurostar breakdown, the credit crunch, a religious teddy bear, the Russian crisis, various political satire, top tips for saving money, a Chinese moon mission, share prices collapse, terror in mumbai, the new American President.
Some are serious, some just plain funny, some tell about life, others politics or money.
Here are a couple of small samples
Oil
There's lots of trouble and toil, connected with oil,
and prices are rising very fast.
This natural resource, steering stock markets off course,
how long will oil actually last?
Motorists have had enough, of this black sticky stuff,
it's so expensive running a car.
I have to break the bank, whenever I fill-up my tank,
and it'll go up more, but how far?
CCTV
CCTV, is monitoring you and me,
but does it actually cut crime?
On the screen, can the face be seen,
or is it a complete waste of time.
Solving just three percent, money well spent,
or has it just been thrown down the drain?
Four million cameras in operation, a voyeur nation,
maybe we should all move to