The heroes of local news who made our lives a little better in 2019

Thanks for watching my video.
If you like my videos, please subscribe to the channel to receive the latest videos
Videos can use content-based copyright law contains reasonable use Fair Use (https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/).
For any copyright, please send me a message.  The New Years Honours have been awarded and as always they went to household names in showbiz, politics and the arts.  But while the likes of Olivia Newton-John no doubt deserve to be recognised, we can’t help but feel one group of people have been overlooked.  Angry People in Local newspapers (APILN) might have a reputation for being, well, angry, but we know that deep down they just really care about their local community.  And at a time when the county has never been so divided, shouldn’t this be celebrated?  From fighting potholes and parking spaces to the all important missed bin collections, the marginalised class of ‘angry’ locals prove no issue is too small to escape the ire of the British public.  And if they’re not busy taking on their local authority they can usually be found doing something special to make their hometown proud.  Here are the best local news stories featured on the APILN blog in 2019 (because there’s nothing like a shared sense of outrage to bring a nation together…)  Pothole opens ‘portal to hell’    Grant Parker, from York, thought ‘hell had opened up’ when he hit a pothole deep enough to stand inside it.  Naturally he did just that, posing for what is arguably one of the most iconic photos of the year.  Pictures show the driver inside the hole with his head and shoulders popping out of the top.  Thanks to his valiant efforts York City Council patched up the hole, which they said was caused by a sewer collapse.  School boy’s drawing helps police  A 10-year-old school boy proved you’re never too young to fight crime after he helped a police investigation with a humble drawing.  Ryan Cook was praised by police after he drew a picture of a stranger trying to get through the gates of his school in Leamington.  He was asked to illustrate what he witnessed and did not disappoint, drawing a bald man without a beard wearing a jacket, pants and shoses (shoes).  This allowed officers to identify the man as an official visitor,  and Ryan was awarded with a certificate and a day out with the local police force.  Man frazzled to find world’s biggest frazzle   They say miracles only happen once in a lifetime and Sean Stewart’s came early when he found a ginormous Frazzle in his packet of crisps.  His find may have set a record for the world’s biggest Frazzle, which was three times the length of the average snack.  Instead of enjoying it all to himself the 22-year-old did what millennials do best and shared it with the internet.  He took Twitter to announce his delight and posted a picture with the caption: ‘Check the size a this frazzle man. Am frazzled looking at it.’  It racked up  over 7,000 likes and prompted a debate at just how a crisp that s