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Commuter Pays £6,000 A Year To Sit Next To Mop & Bucket On Packed Train

A City of London worker spends more than £6,000 a year on season tickets to sit in the broom cupboard of a packed train. He sits next to a mop and bucket because there are usually no seats available during his daily commute between London and Ipswich. The Daily Mail reports: The City of London worker often struggles to find a seat on his return journey from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich, Suffolk, a journey he has made for the past 17 years.

Residents Fight Pro-Migrant Supporters In Calais

Scuffles broke out at a pro-migrant rally in Calais, France, with one resident brandishing a rifle and pointing it at the marchers. Russia Today reports: The footage, filmed Saturday, features a French family and their neighbors trying to prevent the not-so-peaceful demonstration from marching through the street that they live on. The conflict escalated quickly as two men started insulting the protesters who “didn’t like” that, photojournalist Frederik Sadones told RT. The protesters returned the insults and started throwing things at the men, bicycle tires among them.

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