Tile falls from Worthing shop

9:00am Monday 16th August 2010 in News

Firefighters have cordoned off a section of a street after a tile fell from a shop roof.

The tile fell from the roof of the Phones4U mobile phone shop in Montague Street, Worthing at around 5.30pm last night.

Firefighters from Worthing have cordoned off a small section around the shop to protect passersby.

Comments(16)

Human Machine says...
9:35am Mon 16 Aug 10

Next up: man eats bowl of cereal for breakfast. Honestly, Argus, is this what passes for news these days?

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PrestigeLyon says...
9:50am Mon 16 Aug 10

I saw a dog fall over on Lancing Green yesterday.

Can I be a journalist?

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Tammy Flugh says...
10:29am Mon 16 Aug 10

Tiles4U.
Security-word neck-lack. I'm sure that the words are chosen to fit the story by something similar to Google-ads.

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Everest says...
10:31am Mon 16 Aug 10

Tammy Flugh wrote:
Tiles4U. Security-word neck-lack. I'm sure that the words are chosen to fit the story by something similar to Google-ads.
You could be right.

SW - safe-also

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freddo says...
10:35am Mon 16 Aug 10

I'll bet a cat did it!

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Baron of Sussex says...
10:42am Mon 16 Aug 10

I suspect this article will be a front runner for the Paul Foot journalism award - for the use of astounding investigative skills.

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PeteBrighton says...
10:56am Mon 16 Aug 10

I saw a seagull mercilesly atack a bag containing remnants from a take-away meal on the street yesterday. For almost 20 minutes the gigantic bird pecked and thrashed at the cold contents of the flimsy plastic container, ignoring potential threats from local feline pets, (cats), finally extracting pieces of kebab, a Turkish delicacy, which it then secured in its beak before looking upwards and flying off to the safety of a nearby house roof where it eagerly ate its newly acquired repast.

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falhawk says...
11:23am Mon 16 Aug 10

I saw a pair of underpants fall off of a washing line last Monday. Is it too late to hold the front page?

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acoustic says...
11:39am Mon 16 Aug 10

A tile fell off my house in 1987. Is there a connection Argus? Is it newsworthy?

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Wiggsy says...
12:55pm Mon 16 Aug 10

9 comments and no one has trotted out the usual 'advert alert' at the mention of a business' name in an article!!!

Excellent story though, hopefully there will be follow up to this when the missing tile is replaced (and the roofing contractor can get a mention/free advert)

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dawind says...
12:58pm Mon 16 Aug 10

Ye Gods
Is it safe to go out yet ?

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ade1200 says...
3:27pm Mon 16 Aug 10

Whoever said Worthing was dull?

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MikeyA says...
5:38pm Mon 16 Aug 10

"The sky is falling!" Chicken Licken

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KarenT says...
1:37am Tue 17 Aug 10

****, why didn't they at least get some pictures to accompany this story? I suppose the scene of this apocalypse will just have to be left to our imaginations. I'm more interested in the kebab-eating gull story actually. Lamb or chicken???

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KarenT says...
1:44am Tue 17 Aug 10

Ha! Upon re-reading this story I think the most amusing thing about it is that it is such a non-friggin'-story that they felt compelled to mention TWICE how 'firefighters cordoned off a section of the street'... in a story that is only three sentences long! :D

Oh the pain! I'm sure Argus journalists do this on purpose to get people carping about it, just as we are now! I mean, they CAN'T be serious... right???

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danielccc says...
11:13am Wed 18 Aug 10

I have re-written this story for you:

Terror came to the streets of Worthing yesterday as passersby faced a potentially deadly airborne assault.

Fire-fighters were forced to establish cordons in Montague Street as debris rained down from the roof of the town’s Phones4U shop.

The incident began at 5.30pm when at least one tile plummeted from the roof, forcing fire-fighters into action.

Police were unable to confirm whether any suspects were currently being sought in connection to this incident, mainly because I didn’t call them.

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