by Isle of Thanet Gazunder Showbiz Editor Hans NeesenbumpsadazieStars of the hit TV series Strictly Come Dancing are flocking to Thanet for practice sessions, according to BBC insiders.
'The island has ideal facilities for celebrities and professional dancers alike,' a Strictly producer told the Gazunder. 'Where else could they practice their steps just by walking down the street?'
Performers such as EastEnders' Letitia Dean and Kent's own Kelly Brook have apparently praised islanders for providing plenty of pavement obstacles such as crushed White Lightning cans, chewing gum and barkers' nests, all of which have to be carefully avoided on the average trip to the shops.
'It's true,' confirmed a BBC spokesman. 'Many of the dancers on Strictly have been training in Thanet.' And he added: 'Where else could you nip out for 20 Rothmans and end up doing a perfect cha-cha-cha?'
Bruce Forsyth is 103.
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Presumably they train on weekdays and avod Thanet at weekends when they compete ?
Here is a report from Ipswich Evening Star:
Probe after piece of plane hits house
29 October 2007 | 17:46
The plane debris
AIR accident experts were today continuing to investigate why a piece of a passenger plane fell out of the sky and hit a house in Suffolk.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), part of the Department for Transport, has said its report will be made public but it could be some months yet before its finding are complete.
Investigators have examined the aircraft - one of more than 1,200 making regular flights over the county each day - and been carrying out tests and interviews to try and find out why the fuselage piece came off the plane as it flew from Helsinki to Stansted Airport.
The AAIB said its aim was to improve aviation safety by determining the causes of such air accidents and to make safety recommendations intended to prevent recurrence - not to apportion blame or liability.
The incident happened on June 17 when a 2.5ft by 1.5ft piece of debris broke away from a Blue 1 aircraft, part of Scandinavian Airlines, and struck the home of Sheena Fisher in Stratford St Andrew.
It dropped from a height of around 20,000ft and caused damage to roof tiles and guttering.
Just a few hours before the piece of fuselage fell, a church fete had taken place a short distance away from where it landed.
Mrs Fisher said she was in the kitchen at the time and heard a loud thud.
After walking through the house, checking cupboards and doors on the way, she went to the front door to find one of her neighbours standing there holding the piece of plane. They had seen it spiralling down from the sky although there was no sign of the plane.
The jet landed 15 minutes later at Stansted.
The captain of the flight was aware something may have dropped from the plane while he flew over Felixstowe and reported it as soon as he landed. Air traffic control was then informed.
A spokesman for the air transport section of the Department of Transport said the report was still not complete and it was not yet known how long it would take.
“Because of the seriousness of the incident, it is likely to take some time as it will require a thorough investigation. Each inquiry is different and depends on the particular circumstances,” he said.
Aviation experts say the incident was rare and should not cause undue worry about the safety of air travel
Lesson: Don't dance under flight paths.
Comment: Funny that if something falls off a plane there is independent inquiry. yet if a backup generator on a hospital fails and cuts power to life support and a child patient dies there is no independent mandatory inquiry.
That Health and Safety at Work Act needs amending to extend its defined Reportable Incidents.
We already know that Steve Ladyman does not care. He helped give seven million pounds of public money to a backup genny manufacturer but does not fell they should be investigated when their product f-cks up and someone dies as a result.
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