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Manchester United v The Sun II: paper at club at odds of Van Gaal resignation

The Sun says Manchester untied manager Louis Van Gaal offered to resign but the Man United board ordered him to stay.

But Manchester United says the Sun’s scoop is balls. On the BBC … (read more)

Posted: 26th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Police blotter: squirrel behaving mysteriously hit by investigating police car

Spotter: Karolina Waclawiak … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

CND activist draws Mercedes logo on dead whale

 

Spotter: Amooze Bouche … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Samantha Cameron and the ‘oink oink noises’ at school

You have undoubtedly head the scurrilous  claim that David Cameron once put his member in a dead pig’s mouth (a claim made without a scintilla of evidence to support it). Well, in … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: Politicians, Tabloids | Comment

Aldi: ‘Our ham contains 110% pork’

 

This packet of Aldi British ham contains an impressive “110% pork”. That stuffs got more pig in it than pregnant sow.

Della Farzads says: “I checked the label because I don’t eat … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: The Consumer | Comment

Victor Valdes says goodbye to Manchester United in comical fashion

Goodbye, Manchester United, says goalkeeper Victor Valdes. It’s been hard… What’s that?

 

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Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Police threaten Yorkshireman with jail for having sex without their say so

Heard the one about the Yorkshire man ordered to tell police if he’s planning to have sex 24 hours later? He’s been in court accused of rape. Last year he was found not guilty. … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Manchester United: Van Gaal on the brink, Giggs gets the job, Mourinho promises the title

Following defeat to Southampton, Louis Van Gaal has let it be know that he’s “very disappointed” he is unable “to reach the expectations of the fans”. The Daily Mail (“GET Rid of … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Cardiff asylum seekers gets free fashion, food and beds like Jews in Nazi Germany

Asylum seekers staying at Lynx House in Cardiff have been handed free wristbands. The residence, operated by Clearsprings Ready Homes, wanted asylum seekers to wear these wristbands at all times “or … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

Man has sex with 450 tractors, says Hugh Dunnit

When police found Ralph Bishop, 53, he had his trousers around his ankles and was “interfering” with a tractor parked in a field outside Saxmundham, Suffolk. Well so says the … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Ice Cube on Oscars race row: ‘like crying about not having enough icing on your cake’

Ice Cube has few words on the complaint about a lack of black nominees at this year’s Oscars. His film, Straight Outta Compton, wasn’t nominated. Does he care?

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Posted: 24th, January 2016 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Did Chelsea player Diego Costa ‘cheat’ Arsenal at the Emirates?

Arsenal lost 0-1 at the Emirates to Chelsea, who even without Jose Mourinho cannot lose to the Gunners. The game went Chelsea’s way when Arsenal’s beanpole defender Per Mertesacker was … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2016 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Sports | Comments (2)

Good news: woman finds traces of real chicken parts in her KFC

To Wellingborough, U.K., where amidst the fat, cardboard, grease and batter, Cassandra Perkins, 22, has found something exciting and newsworthy in her KFC dinner

“It looked disgusting and pink, I didn’t want to touch … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment

Jose Mourinho writes to Manchester United: ‘I love you… I can change’

Jose Mourinho has written a “six-page love letter to United”, says the Independent.

Sadly, we don’t get to see any extracts from the former Chelsea manager’s love letter. We just get told how … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, manchester united, Sports | Comment

The most insane wind turbine photo of all time

 

Wind turbines reduce the amount of CO2 being released to the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels. Well, that’s the idea. And then you see this picture from Sweden.
The rotor blades of a … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2016 | In: Reviews, Technology | Comment

Sarah Palin in Yosemite Sam

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Posted: 24th, January 2016 | In: Politicians | Comment

Free speech: police prevent more violence at Ami Ayalon talk to King’s College Israel group

What do we make the news that an Israeli students’ event at King’s College University, London, was attacked? The event held by students from the KCL and LSE Israeli societies was disrupted … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

Chelsea top target is target Allegri (unless Pep Guardiola is)

Who is the top target for the Chelsea job? The papers haven’t a clue:

The Sun (Jan 22): “Chelsea have made Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri, 48, their top target to take over as manager … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Arsenal legend picks Mourinho over Wenger and four Manchester United players in Dream Team

Much is being made of former Arenal captain Patrick Vieira ‘s selection of Jose Mourinho to manage his dream XI. Arenal manager Arsène Wenger, who brought the player to English football, is … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Manchester City, Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Koeman jokes about managing Chelsea and the tabloids take it as fact

Transfer balls: The Mirror leads with news that Southampton FC manager Ronald Koeman “wants Guus Hiddink to recommend him for the Chelsea job”. Readers are told: “Ronald Koeman has revealed … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Sports | Comment (1)

Man arrested for saving dogs in house fire

To Florida, where the Brevard County Fire Rescue crew are responding to calls of a fire at Wendell Joyner’s home. They arrive to find 58-year-old racing inside the burning home to save his … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Man dies shaking crumbs from tablecloth

Accidental death of the day takes us Saint-Marcel, Italy, where a man is doing the housework.

The 47-year-old man has eaten breakfast with his wife and two children. He starts to tidy up, taking the tablecloth … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Car thief sat on police officers lap in ‘stolen’ patrol car

To Tacoma, Washington, where police say David Boulet tried to steal a police patrol car and ended up sitting on an officer’s lap.

Police first spotted Boulet driving by a motel. … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Watch what happens when a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 2009 Chevy Malibu collide head-on

Cars have gotten a lot safer. In this 2009 video by The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 2009 Chevy Malibu collide head-on. The … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, January 2016 | In: Technology | Comment

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