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Dec 2 2008 by Our Correspondent, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THE traffic policeman pulled over a car on Manchester Road at Linthwaite and said to the driver, “Excuse me sir, but do you know you’re driving without a rear light?”

The driver jumped out and ran to the rear of his car and let out a whimpering groan. He seemed so genuinely distressed that the policeman took a sympathetic view.

“Don’t take it so hard, sir. It’s not a serious offence.”

“Isn't it?” said the driver. “Where’s my caravan gone?”