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17:20 UK time, Wednesday, 3 January 2007

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Every village likes to think it has its own identity, and now the people of South Milford in North Yorkshire can lay claim to more highway clutter than anywhere else.

The village, near Selby, has 45 road signs in the space of about half a mile (0.8km). That's a new record, says the RAC, although it's hard to detect a congratulatory note in its announcement.

"It is really quite astonishing that so many signs can be found over one half-mile stretch of road," said RAC spokesman Edmund King.

Astonishing, perhaps... but ripe for a spot of punning, eh? The rules, for all New Year new-comers, are astonishingly simple: think up a punning headline for the story. Here is a selection of the best:

Sign of the Times was the most popular (and well sign-posted?) entry, with too many authors to name. Less obvious was Multiplication signs from Jake Perks and Rob Falconer.

Gareth Jones of the Isle of Anglesey was clever with his offering, Techno Notice. Tony Doyle also got bonus points for avoiding the word everyone pounced on - he thought up Too-much Information Highway.

Colin Nelson, with Signs Friction, and Will Parkhouse, with Blinded by signs, operated along similar lines. Runner-up, for thinking well outside the box (junction) was Kip, for Perhaps they should watch Sign Felled.

But the clear winner was Eyesore the sign by Catriona Smith. Put her name up in lights. But not anywhere near South Milford.

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