Seven-year-old Christian Hickey opened his front door to see who had rang the bell. After a “short” exchange a man fired three shots. One hit Christian. Two his hit Jayne Hickey, his … (read more)

Transfer Balls: a look at football reporting in the news. The Mail and Mirror say Spurs are … (read more)

Students at the University of Texas at Austin upset at new rules to allow more guns on campus are “strapping gigantic swinging dildos to our backpacks”.

It’s for … (read more)

 Appetite reports on a study from the University of Innsbruck, Austria. It says people who prefer black coffee and other bitter foods are more likely to exhibit personality traits like “Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and … (read more)

Lou Reed wasn’t everyone’s best pal. A new biography by Howard Sounes labels Reed a racist, a sexist and a wife-beater. Reed was a man “with so little personal charm he would … (read more)

The Manchester Evening News reports:
Manchester United transfer news: Muller hints at ‘tempting’ MUFC move
What … (read more)

New Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce wanted to be the England manager. He still wants the job. In the Sun, Allardyce shares with readers why he failed to get the nod in 2005.
“I wanted to … (read more)

Daily Mirror: “Who is Jurgen Klopp’s wife Ulla Sandrock? All … (read more)

To Philadelphia, where emergency responders from the Upper Darby Wash and – get this – Lube Station are helping Christopher Bolger, 25, remove his finger from his car’s petrol tank. He says … (read more)

Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has been turned into a mould for all Britishers to pour their prejudices into.

Remona Aly, The Guardian: “Nadiya Hussain has won so much … (read more)

Klopp Watch: Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has been speaking to German newspaper Bild:
“There is no doubt, this is a huge challenge, for me and my coaching team. We knew that full well … (read more)

The Sun says Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood has a few games to save his job. If he goes Villa will turn to Brendan Rodgers, recently … (read more)

Israel: a round-up of news on trouble in Israel in the papers. Every death tops the news cycle. The Western media feasts of the names … (read more)

Thing you do not expect to be sold by a stranger on your doorstep No. 34b: meat.

In Dripping Springs, Texas, police have alerted locals to the presence of an aggressive door-to-door meat salesman.

In … (read more)

To Florida,where Katherine Gaydos has some dust in her eye. A neighbour with a leaf blower has jetted something sharp into her peeper. She asks a pal to run inside her home and … (read more)

The Squatty Potty is a $28 footstool that slides under your toilet. You use it by squatting on the toilet. This, we are assured, is the best way to take … (read more)

Joe Bernstein, Mail, 27 September:
Jurgen Klopp would demand the end of … (read more)

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is just like Rafa Benitez, the Buddha of Anfield who led the Reds to Champions’ League glory. Well so say all the papers.

The Telegraph:
The similarities between Benitez’s appointment and … (read more)