Yarn bombing craze to hit Corsham - This is Wiltshire
25 May 2012, 10:28 am
"Yarn bombing or Yarnstorming, is a type of street art or graffiti which involves colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn over all sorts of objects such as lampposts, benches and even trees," said Diana Hatton, Visual Arts Co-ordinator at Pound Arts.

Jobsworths ban Jubilee bunting: Council insists lampposts must be 'stress tested' to hold paper flags as part of health and safety - Daily Mail
24 May 2012, 2:54 pm
Killjoy council chiefs have banned Jubilee bunting from town centre lamp posts - over health and safety fears. Traders in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, planned to hang several hundred feet of flags along the High Street to mark the event next weekend.

On Eve of Egyptian Vote, Crime Wave Is the Main Topic - New York Times
24 May 2012, 6:04 am
And in Sharqiya, a rural province in the Nile Delta, villagers have taken the law into their own hands, mutilating and burning the bodies of accused thugs and hanging them from lampposts. On the eve of the vote to choose Egypt’s first ...

Wear It! Oswego campaign in full swing during Safe Boating Week - Syracuse Post-Standard
23 May 2012, 1:51 pm
The campaign worked closely with Oswego's Traffic Department to identify available lampposts and to install the banners in time for the warmer weather. “These banners prominently feature the Wear It! Oswego logo and are another way to reinforce the ...

No leads in desperate search for missing college student, 22, after she disappeared cycling home - Daily Mail
23 May 2012, 12:03 pm
A reward of $20,000 has been offered for information of her whereabouts while family and friends handed out hundreds of fliers and stapled posters to lampposts. Dozens of volunteers have combed the four-mile route that Miss Shunick would have taken on ...

Rainbow of Genesis misused for gay pride - Olympian
23 May 2012, 1:55 am
What’s with the rainbow? In San Francisco, rainbow flags are ubiquitous. They hang from apartment windows, even from lampposts along Market Street. Seattle recently welcomed President Barack Obama with gay flags. Now Newsweek magazine has ...

Artist arrested while hanging ‘I ♥ NY’ bags from streetlights, charged with ‘planting bombs’ - YAHOO!
21 May 2012, 1:24 pm
An artist who installed illuminated plastic shopping bags emblazoned with the "I  ♥ NY" logo on lampposts in Brooklyn was arrested over the weekend, charged with "planting false bombs" and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation. Takeshi Miyakawa ...

How a Series of Misunderstandings Landed a Celebrated Artist in Lockup for ‘Planting Fake Bombs’ - Nymag.com
20 May 2012, 6:55 pm
Brooklyn–based designer Takeshi Miyakawa is facing 30 days in Rikers for a psych evaluation after his Design Week art project — creating glowing “I ♥ NY” shopping bags powered by batteries and hanging them from trees and lampposts in Brooklyn and ...

Joe at the Hart of Manchester City celebrations - Shropshire Star
15 May 2012, 4:56 am
Fans climbed lampposts and jostled for position on roof tops and walls to glimpse a sight of the players. Tevez has also expressed his regret after he was pictured with a sign which read ‘RIP Fergie’ during City’s celebratory title-winning parade in Manchester.

Porac to install solar-powered lamps - Sun Star
13 May 2012, 9:30 am
Have something to report? Tell us in text, photos or videos. Muli said the energy-saving lampposts will be installed in main avenues and roads from Barangay Sta. Cruz all the way up to Barangay Manibaug. “These lampposts will be installed in strategic ...