Carol Vorderman: Countdown legend counts her blessings amid noise disturbance near home

express.co.uk:

Carol Vorderman was woken up by people letting off fireworks near her house last night.The Countdown legend immediately assumed that it was a romantic gesture ahead of Valentine’s Day, and then realised how lucky she was that it was something “much worse”.Carol wrote online, in view of her 456,400 followers: “I was woken last night by someone letting off fireworks right outside my house.“I live near a landmark in Bristol,” she explained.“I lay still and thought well it's some lad showing off to his girlfriend and good for him, I like people being happy, it's nearly Valentine's.“And then I thought…”“Then I thought of the people who'd lived in my old house over the years, for whom sounds like that would have meant much worse, including.