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Penny Lancaster: ‘I wear my period on my wrist’

Big news of those of you wearing Kabbala-style red bracelets. Mrs Rod Stewart, Penny Lancaster, revealed on ITV’s Loose Women that she wears a red ‘bracelet’ to signal to anyone it’s her … (read more)

Posted: 5th, February 2016 | In: Celebrities | Comments (2)

Kerry Katona give Natasha Hamilton a divorce lawyer as a wedding gift

 

Kerry Katona, formerly Kerry McPadding, is in the news. The Star reports that the once leading face of supermarket own-brand ketchup is giving Natasha Hamilton a wedding gift. Kerry’s giving away “her divorce lawyer’s … (read more)

Posted: 5th, February 2016 | In: Celebrities, Tabloids | Comment

Transfer balls: Neymar to jail or Manchester United

Transfer balls: The Sun has news that Neymar is “in the frame” to join Manchester United. Why would the Brazilian leave mighty Barcelona to join underwhelming United? Let’s read on…
Neymar … (read more)

Posted: 5th, February 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Will non-creative professionals work for free? Watch the video and find out

Will non-creatives work for free? Toronto advertising agency Zulu Alpha Kilo asks a variety of business people if they will work like a creative does. The responses are short and ripe.

 

 

Spotter: … (read more)

Posted: 5th, February 2016 | In: Money | Comment

Republicans count on evangelical Christians and other dinosaurs

Amazing news in the Washington Spectator. Lou Dubose writes:
Make them talk about evolution: Why won’t a single Republican presidential candidate admit that Darwin’s right

They don’t believe in science, and pander … (read more)

Posted: 4th, February 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Bad science links smoking ban to heart attacks in passive smokers

Survey of the day comes to us via the Telegraph, which has great news for non-smokers:
Smoking ban sees 40 per cent cut in heart attacks in UK since 2007 law … (read more)

Posted: 4th, February 2016 | In: Broadsheets, Reviews | Comment

Kettle Chips: the reason they taste like plastic

Is this why newer sort of crisps are so firm? All newspaper tells us:
Kettle Chips are being recalled amid fears packs might contain pieces of plastic that look similar to … (read more)

Posted: 4th, February 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

We answer the Daily Mail question: ‘Who will speak for England?’

Today’s Daily Mail leads with a question: ‘Who Will Speak for England?’

 

 

The question writer turns to history to see if figures from the past can answer the burning question.
Today the Mail … (read more)

Posted: 4th, February 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, Tabloids | Comment

Caption fail of the day: the ‘penis is’ becomes a ‘penis’

To Australia, where the TV subtitle writer is illustrating the importance of remembering to press the space bar…

 

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Posted: 4th, February 2016 | In: TV & Radio | Comment

Pep Guardiola manages Manchester United in his spare time

Son good is Pep Guardiola that he’s already helping Manchester United win matches – and he’s not even their manager. He doesn’t join Manchester City til the summer. But according … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, February 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Lord Lucan is dead: death certificate granted

28th November 1963: John Richard Bingham, Earl of Lucan, and Veronica Duncan after their marriage. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Getty Images)

 

8 December 1934 – Richard John Bingham … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, February 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Transfer balls: Pep signs for Man City but is 90% Chelsea

On February 1, Manchester City manager Manuel Pelligrini told the Press he’d know for ages that Pep Guardiola was replacing him next summer.  That news came as shock to Chelsea fans who … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, February 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Manchester City, Sports | Comment

Hamas captures a wooden Israeli tank

Hamas has “captured and rebuilt an Israeli tank”. Hamas showcased the weapon at the funerals for seven members killed when a weapons’ smuggling tunnel they were digging in Gaza collapsed.

 

 

The spokesman … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, February 2016 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)

Woman stole groceries because she’d shat her pants

Anorak used to work at a magazine which ran the competition: “Write a sentence ending with the words ‘in my pants’.”

Had Paula Jay Ernst, 51, entered, she would have said: “I took reusable … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, February 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Mr Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop arrested again

Jeff

Evergreen State College police says Mr Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop, 34, assaulted one of their number. Mr Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop has been charged with first-degree assault (two counts), third-degree assault, … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, February 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Transfer balls: Aubameyang in Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal clickbait boost

Gabon and Borussia Drotmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has not signed for any Premier League club. Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke was asked about his star player leaving. He replied:
“If an offer comes, then … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, February 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Liverpool, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Transfer balls: Niasse seduces Chelsea fans in his new Everton kit

Transfer balls salutes the Daily Telegraph, which declares: “Everton close in on Niasse.” That’s Oumar Niasse, the Senegal international who has now joined Everton in a £13.5m move from Lokomotiv Moscow.

What’s odd … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, February 2016 | In: Back pages, Broadsheets, Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Woman pulled over police officer for speeding (video)

Anyone ever given a fine for going a few miles an hours over the speed limit – 33 in an 30 one etc.- should get a kick out of the … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, February 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

A picture of Donald Trump with his daughter Ivanka perched atop two concrete parrots having sex

Photo of the day: “A picture of Donald Trump, with his daughter Ivanka, perched atop two concrete parrots having sex.”

 

A picture of Donald Trump, with his daughter Ivanka, perched atop … (read more)

Posted: 1st, February 2016 | In: Politicians | Comment (1)

28 prisoners escape after women dressed in dominatrix gear for mass orgy handcuff guards

Inside the Nova Mutum public jail, near Cuiaba, central Brazil, three female visitors are dressed in saucy knickers and dominatrix gear. They promise male prison guards a night they will never forget. … (read more)

Posted: 1st, February 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

The greatest news story of 2016 involves train, man, chips and seagulls

This might be the greatest news story of 2016:

 

Spotter: @Mikey_Nicholson

  … (read more)

Posted: 1st, February 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

Daily Telegraph illustrates an advertorial on Venice with a photo of The Venetian hotel, Las Vegas

 

The Daily Telegraph has illustrated an advertorial on Venice with a photo of The Venetian hotel, Las Vegas.
Spotter: Lucy Fisher

… (read more)

Posted: 1st, February 2016 | In: Broadsheets, Reviews | Comment

Policeman’s shopping stolen while he chased Asda shoplifter

PC Graham Thomas is leaving Asda in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, when he spots security guards talking with a suspected shoplifter. Suddenly, the man runs off. The guards give chase. Officer Thomas joins … (read more)

Posted: 1st, February 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

John Terry is NOT leaving Chelsea

The news moves quickly – too quickly for the dead tree press. This morning, the Times leads with “Chelsea snub Terry hid for new contract”. News is that John Terry, … (read more)

Posted: 1st, February 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Sports | Comment

John Terry leaving Chelsea is one less reason to hate the Blues

John Terry, 35, says he’s leaving Chelsea this summer.  The club haven’t offered their skipper a new contract.

So he’s leaving the club he’s played for since age 14. He takes with … (read more)

Posted: 31st, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Sports | Comment

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