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Not the sort of place you’d imagine an evil genius would rent a flat above the local Co-op and breed #NinjaMonkeys… but you’d be wrong!

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Imagine the scene...

Glorious sun once again warms a quiet, secluded village in Leicestershire, not far from the home of Stilton cheese and pork pies, where nothing much happens. Horses and tractors compete on the road through the village and everyone knows everyone, partly because they’re all related!

Not the sort of place you’d imagine an evil genius would rent a flat above the local Co-op and breed #NinjaMonkeys… but you’d be wrong!

At least according to

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  1. Claire Lowery says:
    29th March 2013 at 8:15 pm

    Love this!! We did something similar at Eastfield Academy (primary school) in Northampton- have a look at #eastfieldegg where a ‘faberge’ egg went missing. Year 6 created twitter accounts, websites using google sites for 4 imaginary characters who were all suspects. The whole school right from Nursery got involved… eastfieldegg.eastfieldblogs.net
    Would love to know what you think!!!

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