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Madeleine McCann: speculation, claims and the Algarve crime scene

 

Maddie Watch: a look at reporting on Madeleine McCann, the child who vanished in 2007.

Daily Express (front page): “MADDY – Why I think our daughter is still alive and in … (read more)

Posted: 16th, February 2016 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (6)

Cancel your subscription to Harper’s magazine and receive this desperate letter

When Adrienne LaFrance cancelled her subscription to Harper’s magazine she received a letter – a begging letter. Read it and weep (with annotations by Adrienne):

 

 

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Posted: 15th, February 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, The Consumer | Comment

Manchester United: Depay wears lover’s face on his jacket

Manchester United winger Memphis Depay celebrated his love for Lori Harvey by airbrushing an image of her face the back of a bespoke bomber jacket.

Not creepy. Not creepy at all:

 

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Posted: 15th, February 2016 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Manchester United balls: Van Gall on monthly rolling contract as Jose joins for ‘free’

 

Manchester United are to sign Jose Mourinho before February is out. So says the Sun. But hold on a moment. Reading on the Sun says United “could” sign Jose. They could also … (read more)

Posted: 15th, February 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Madeleine McCann: Stephen Fry swoops in, Sun delivers a no-news ‘exclusive’

 

Maddie Watch: a look at reporting on Madeleine McCann, the child who vanished in 2007.

The Sun (front page): “McCann Exclusive”

What news is worthy of a front-page exclusive?

The headline declares: “Kate: … (read more)

Posted: 15th, February 2016 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comments (2)

Biased football: Vardy dives, Arsenal cheated, Leicester robbed

Arsenal beat Leicester city 2-1 in today’s top-of-the-table Premier League clash. Leicester went ahead thanks to a Jamie Vardy penalty. Should the penalty have been given? Let’s see what the experts … (read more)

Posted: 14th, February 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Transfer balls: Manchester United and Arsenal in Aubameyang clickbait drama

Transfer balls:  The Mail says Manchester United are to spend £70m summer on Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. After that United will move to recruit Robert Lewandowski, Neymar and Gareth Bale.

All this … (read more)

Posted: 14th, February 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Manchester United lose a match that Sunderland didn’t win

 

All newspapers agree that Sunderland never beat Manchester United yesterday.

Sunderland never did fashion two goals to United’s one in a Premier League win that gives them hope of avoiding relegation. The papers all … (read more)

Posted: 14th, February 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

David Beckham and Victoria return from hiding

By now you’ll be wondering how David Beckham and Victoria Beckham are getting on since he stopped playing for Manchester United and she left the Spice Girls. Well, he’s been diligently loyal … (read more)

Posted: 14th, February 2016 | In: Celebrities | Comments (3)

Police handcuff man handcuffed in a sex game

 

Dustin G. Taylor, 21, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was unable to located the key that would release the handcuffs a lover had tied to his wrists during a sex game. He … (read more)

Posted: 14th, February 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Victoria Beckham is a shop window dummy: photo proof

 

Victoria Beckham IS a shop window dummy? The Daily Mail asks the questions that matter. … (read more)

Posted: 13th, February 2016 | In: Celebrities, Tabloids | Comment

Transfer balls: Ozil ‘demands’ to leave Arsenal

The Metro says Mesut Ozil is ‘demanding’ to leave Arsenal.

 

 

Wow! In the build up to Arsenal’s big Champions League match against Barcelona, Ozil demands to leave. Really? Sean Kearns writes:
Arsenal were confident of … (read more)

Posted: 13th, February 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Train station poster alerts commuters to vomit inducing Valentine’s Day

 

 

Spotter: @HuffPostUKCom … (read more)

Posted: 13th, February 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Adam Johnson’s a ‘pervert’ – just like Daily Star and Sun readers

 

“Pervert” Premier League “ace” Adam Johnson has been sacked by Sunderland after he pleaded guilty to sex offences with a 15-year-old girl. Johnson who earns £60,000-a-week (Mirror) and £50,000-a-week (Mail) is … (read more)

Posted: 12th, February 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Mourinho earns more at Manchester United than Pep does at Manchester City, or is it less?

 

How much does Jose Mourinho earn as manager of Manchester United? The former Chelsea boss has not signed for United, but the Press is full of news that the deal … (read more)

Posted: 12th, February 2016 | In: Back pages, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Manchester United balls: Van Gaal stays, Mourinho works for free, thank god for Leicester City

No sooner have we read the details of Jose Mourinho’s contract to manage Manchester Untied  – £15m a year for three years (Mirror); £300m on players (Star) – than the … (read more)

Posted: 12th, February 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Manchester United hire Mourinho to get Bale, Neymar, Muller, Pogba and sell Mata

 

Jose Mourinho’s PR department is working overtime to convince everyone and anyone that he is the next Manchester United manager. Why Manchester United would want a divisive, man rejected twice by … (read more)

Posted: 11th, February 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

BBC TV Caption special: Secret of the universe revealed

…but first the weather in your area… … (read more)

Posted: 11th, February 2016 | In: TV & Radio | Comment

Adam Johnson is guilty but Stacey Johnson is the one on trial

“PERVERT England Star: I groomed Girl, 15,” runs the Daily Star’s front-page headline. The England star is Adam Johnson, who plays for Sunderland in the Premier League.

The facts come thick … (read more)

Posted: 11th, February 2016 | In: Back pages, Reviews, Sports, Tabloids | Comment (1)

The Top 5 comments ‘Overheard In Waitrose’

 

On Facebook people are sharing things Overheard In Waitrose. And it’s great. Here are five crackers:

“I can’t find anything here, we should have really gone to Selfridges” – Overheard in Waitrose Marylebone

Two people having … (read more)

Posted: 10th, February 2016 | In: Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment

Driver blames failed breath test on beer-battered fish

To Adams County, Wisconsin, where 76-year-old John H. Przybyla says his failed breath test is down to the beer-battered fish he’d eaten.

The judge thought it was Przybyla who was battered.

He’s been found guilty of drink … (read more)

Posted: 10th, February 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)

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