LA 140: Pathetic Miscreants Living a Soulless Existence

The most trusted name in local news: Local Anaesthetic is a podcast exploring strange and funny local stories from across the UK (and occasionally the world...) including listener submitted contributions.

Listeners can submit stories via Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or e-mail: [email protected]

Stories this week include:

• MP triumphs over local dog to win marginal seat.


• Hospital praises contractor for cutting costs of confidential waste disposal.


• Aggressive beggars ruining area for upstanding casual drinkers.


• Visiting celebrity coerced into promoting under threat tourist attraction.

Also revealed: We invade Instagram (we're @lapodcast in case you're interested)...