Eurofile: BAROMETER highs and lows of the week

The Independent - London | January 11, 2003| | Copyright

TV licence letter of the week

Germany's TV licence agency has apologised after demanding payment from an eighth century saint. Officials sent letters to Frau Walburga St asking for a monthly payment of EUR16.50. Father Karl Terhorst wrote back explaining that St Walburga (right) was born in 710 in England, and was an abbess and missionary who was canonised in 880.

Tractor of the week

A Belgian farmer has been fined for speeding on a motorway on his tractor. Marc Veys received a pounds 35 penalty for driving at more than 60mph on the ring road at The Hague in Holland. He is appealing, as he ...

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