This week’s best neighbours:

In Australia, good Samaritan Jerry Karpluk woke up and ran outside in the middle of the night to fight a fire on a neighbouring property with a garden hose, saving a family of three… while starkers. “Unfortunately I sleep naked, so I’ve bolted out…  I was just able to grab a hand towel,” Mr Karpluk said.

Continuing with the theme of house fires, Canadian Lisa Condly is helping neighbour John Booker after his home was destroyed in a blaze. She’s so far obtained for him a generator, a bed, clothes and a wood stove, and is on her way to getting enough lumber to rebuild his home. Nice!

Neighbours in Gaza and Sderot are keeping each other informed with what’s happening on each side of the border via text messages and email. That’s friendly.

This week’s worst neighbours:

A Canadian man has been charged with bludgeoning to death his 81-year-old neighbour. Not very neighbourly at all.

Uganda isn’t about to win any awards either, frankly, with all the killing and invading and so on.

And to top it all off, Holly Valance (AKA Flick  Scully) has been slandering that fine Australian establishment, and her former employer, TV soap Neighbours. ”It’s not great these days… I actually watched it recently and thought it was rubbish.” Holly… this isn’t a new development.

Got a great neighbour (or even better, a dodgy one) you’d like to acknowledge? Leave a comment and let us know!

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