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TODAY IN SHAP
Conditions
4°C
Feels like
-16°C
Wind: 54 mph
(gusting "biblical")


Outlook: Wind, then
more wind.

SHEEP-O-METER™
1,402
sheep currently
visible from the
village green

(up 3 on yesterday)

⚠ M6 WATCH ⚠
DAYS SINCE LAST
ACCIDENT ON THE M6

0
▲ DELAYS ▲

Current incident:
jack-knifed lorry near Tebay

(southbound, naturally)

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SHAP · · Updated when the editor's hands thaw
WIND BLOWS, AGAIN
EXCLUSIVE · By Stormy Weathers, Shap Meteorologist

Residents of Shap awoke this morning to the shocking news that it was, once again, both cold and windy, in a development that has stunned absolutely no one.

"I stepped outside and my face went," said local man Derek Pickthall, 61, who has lived in Shap his entire life and has never once been warm. "Then a wheelie bin overtook me on the high street. It were doing a fair lick."

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning, a red warning, and a small handwritten note that simply reads "sorry." Meteorologists confirmed the wind is expected to continue until further notice, or roughly the heat death of the universe, whichever comes first.

» Read full forecast (it's wind)


VILLAGE GREEN "STILL THERE", CONFIRMS COUNCIL

Shap Parish Council has moved to reassure residents that the village green remains in its usual location, following a tense weekend in which several people thought they saw it move. "It were just the grass blowing flat," a council spokesman clarified. "The green has not gone anywhere. Unlike the gazebo, which is believed to be somewhere over Penrith."


LOCAL CAT BRIEFLY OUTDOORS

In a heartwarming tale of bravery, Mittens, a tabby belonging to the Hartleys of Moss End, ventured outside for a full eleven seconds on Tuesday before reconsidering her entire life and returning indoors. Neighbours described the scene as "the most that's happened here since the Spar got a new fridge."


 LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF
» Toilet reopens — 50p a go
   Public loo open after ~20 years. New turnstile. Bring coins.

» Spar fridge still humming
   Community "cautiously optimistic" as appliance keeps humming.

» Accident on the M6, again
   Tailbacks to the horizon. Matrix sign reads "OF COURSE THERE IS."

» Pothole "coming along nicely"
   Now pond-sized. Council "thinking of naming it."

» Man waves at neighbour; town divided
   Was it a normal wave? Brian says yes. Keith waved back.

» Pigeon returns
   The one pigeon spotted again. Looked "fed up, same as the rest of us."

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No  1%
Other 1%

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(411 by the wind)

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THIS DAY IN SHAP
1971: Wind.
1988: Wind.
2003: Bit of sun (4 min).
2010: Wind returns.
Today: See above.

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