Jesus Sculptures, Crashed Boats and Rare Soup...

Three more journalism articles written in our News Journalism lecture today...

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An unfortunate traffic accident resulted in 5 supercars being written off today by a 30-foot long boat sliding off a truck.
The incident occurred in Springbourne, Bournemouth, at around 8:30am today, causing huge traffic congestion tailing as far back as Charminster. There are no reported injuries as of yet, with the truck driver escaping without any harm at all.
As the man’s truck swerved around a bend, the boat – on the way to a scrap yard – became detached from the truck transporting it, before sliding off the back of the vehicle and causing damage to five dream cars at local showroom Hughes Luxury Cars. Due to the value of the cars, including a Ferrari, Lamborghini, and an Aston Martin, they cannot be cleared from the crash site until all damages are assessed. The truck driver may face charges for transporting a dangerous load, with a total of 8 cars being damaged by the boat en-tow.

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A can of Campbell’s tomato soup managed to fetch £10,000 today at Lloyd’s Auction House, Bournemouth.
The can, a first-place prize for an air race in 1934 by then-sponsors Campbell’s, had been set a reserve price of £5,000. However, due to a high volume of interest, bidding soon reached the £10,000 before the hammer went down for this record sale in a local Bournemouth auction house.
The can was won by the winner who managed to fly from London, England to Sydney, Australia the fastest in a bi-plane. Although the can cannot be traced back to its origin, nor can the winner of the race, the extremely rare prized possession has been in the hands of two private collectors for as far back as its existence has been recorded.

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A sand sculpture of Jesus was last night demolished after a group of young males threw missiles at the hand-crafted object in Weymouth, Dorset.
The sculpture, created by the Dibben family, was on sale at a charity stand for Julia’s House Children’s Hospice in Weymouth Beach, Dorset. A spokesperson from Dorset Police has said the force is currently assessing CCTV footage from midnight last night in effort to trace down the criminals. Although there is no physical criminal damage and no clear intent as of yet, the males in question may be charged for affray. The gang of 18-21-year-olds were seen on camera throwing bottles and stones at the sculpture late last night, but with no witnesses on the scene it is proving hard for the force to track down the culprits.