Story 1: A, E, G
Story 2: I, B, D
Story 3: H, F, C
Tapescript:
Part 1
Radio journalist: Now we are going to hear from a man in Dundee who got home from a shopping trip and found that his street had been renamed. Welcome to the programme, Mr Ewen.
Fred Ewen: Thanks.
Radio journalist: Tell us what happened.
Fred Ewen: Well. I went out shopping, as usual, on Wednesday morning at about 1 o’clock.
Radio journalist: And you live in Linfield Street, don’t you?
Fred Ewen: That’s right, but the nameplate for the street was damaged by vandals a few months ago.
Radio journalist: So, the Council decided to replace it …
Fred Ewen: Yes, and that’s where things went wrong. Parallel to Linfield Street is another street called Happyhillock Walk and it looks just the same. When I got back from the shops, that’s the name I found at the end of my street.
Radio journalist: That must have been confusing.
Fred Ewen: Yes, … even I wasn’t sure where I was for a moment or two. Anyway, I called the Council straight away …
Radio journalist: … and what did they say?
Fred Ewen: At first they thought I was joking, but I told them I wasn’t and that changing the nameplate could lead to serious consequences.
Radio journalist: Right …
Fred Ewen: … for example if there is a fire or one of the residents needs emergency medical attention.
Radio journalist: So what are they going to do?
Fred Ewen: They have promised to get a new nameplate made right away.
Radio journalist: Well, that’s an extraordinary story. Thanks, Mr Ewen.
Part 2.
Radio journalist: Another news story comes from Switzerland. A boa constrictor has been returned to a man who left it on a bus. Police said the 34-year-old man had been carrying a number of bags and hadn’t noticed the snake escape from one of them. Other passengers later discovered the three-foot snake curled up behind a seat. Veterinary authorities called in to capture the boa constrictor said it was not dangerous. Police said that after media reports about the capture, three other people also came forward claiming to have lost the snake.
Part 3.
Radio journalist: And now another strange story about a sleepy burglar. Earlier I spoke to Sergeant Kathy Daly from Hampshire Police, and this is what she told me.
Sergeant Daly: We are holding a 27-year-old man for questioning in connection with a burglary in the village of Old Basing.
Radio journalist: What had he stolen?
Sergeant Daly: Oh, the usual things: cash, credit cards, a mobile phone … and the family car, a BMW.
Radio journalist: And how did you find him?
Sergeant Daly: This was the funny thing! We found him in the driveway of a nearby house, asleep in the car. The house owner called us to report it.
Radio journalist: But this wasn’t the first rest he took.
Sergeant Daly: No, earlier he had driven off quickly, after police woke him in a quiet country road.
Radio journalist: Clearly, a man who needs his sleep!
Sergeant Daly: Yes, and I wish all burglars were the same. It would make our job so much easier!
Radio journalist: And that’s all the news for today.