How April Fools Day Hit the News Stands around the World
As predicted there were some big news stories which were actually April Fools Day
Concorde to Hit the Skies again
This news story is covered on the BBC Website , when “France’s Museum of Air and Space has revealed that its announcement that Concorde was to return to the skies for a two-hour flight in June”.
Visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7975877.stm for details
I also think that the “Baby Chicks do Basic Arithmetic” is also an April Fools Hoax
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7975260.stm
Yahoo had the following news story on their front page
Snail showers on the way
The sunny weather is due to come to an end today as downpours of snails sucked up by freak winds in France fall across parts of Britain. ยป Where?
Which was also a hoax !
In Ireland, the Irish Times has a story that “Electronic tagging for exiles of ‘high net worth’ proposed“, so that people who are tax exiles would be tagged (including people like U2). have a read of this story at http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0401/1224243795000.html?via=mr
One of the best ones in Ireland was thanks to bookmaker, Paddy Power.
Ireland vs Wales Rugby game to be replayed – Details of how to return your winnings
http://blog.paddypower.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/31/wales-v-ireland-to-be-replayed/
Add a comment if you have seen any other news stories … Happy Aprils Fools Day!
