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  • Donald Trump will commentate on David Haye’s return to boxing

    Donald Trump will commentate on David Haye’s return to boxing

    If you too did a double-take on the headline, then don’t worry, because we all did Donald Trump and his equally problematic son Donald Trump Jr will be commentating on Saturday when boxing legends David Haye and Evander Holyfield return to the ring. “I love great fighters and great fights,” the former US president said. […]

    4 years ago

  • UK’s Covid traffic light system ‘to be scrapped by October 1st’

    UK’s Covid traffic light system ‘to be scrapped by October 1st’

    Bye-bye traffic lights and hello free travel! The UK’s Covid traffic light system for overseas travel could be scrapped by next month, according to a travel industry insider. The PC Agency’s CEO, Paul Charles, tweeted on Tuesday: “The traffic light system is expected to be scrapped by 1st Oct – at last. Airlines and some […]

    4 years ago

  • Taliban hides female students behind curtain as Afghan universities return

    Taliban hides female students behind curtain as Afghan universities return

    Taliban have said they are committed to upholding the rights of women Students in the now Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are being separated by gender, with curtains diving classrooms in two. Pictures emerged on Monday showing a large curtain between male and female students, with women wearing completely covering veils and the men dressed in traditional Afghan […]

    4 years ago

  • Americans can’t comprehend the British concept of ‘going to the pub’

    Americans can’t comprehend the British concept of ‘going to the pub’

    Going to the pub is very much part of British culture An American Reddit user has been left stunned after finding out what “going down the pub” means to us here in the UK. Going to the boozer is a time-old tradition in Old Blighty, and almost all of life’s problems can be cured with […]

    4 years ago

  • An essential survival guide to starting university in a Covid world

    An essential survival guide to starting university in a Covid world

    Brought to you in partnership with the Department for Education University is fun, but organised fun is better, right!? University is such an exciting time – especially this year with the easing of restrictions meaning a more normal university experience. But regardless of whether you are moving away or commuting to uni from home, your […]

    4 years ago

  • Joe Rogan is sick of people mocking him for taking horse medicine

    Joe Rogan is sick of people mocking him for taking horse medicine

    Rogan is raging Joe Rogan has had enough of people mocking him for fighting his Covid infection with Ivermectin, a drug used to treat horses but also humans on occasion. On Tuesday’s episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, comedian Tom Segura greeted Rogan by saying: “Well, well well, if it isn’t old ‘Horse Worm Rogan’.” […]

    4 years ago

  • Paddy McGuinness confirms Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere will return

    Paddy McGuinness confirms Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere will return

    After over a decade, could this show make a return? TV legend Paddy McGuinness has spoken out about rumours of Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere returning to our screens, Last month, comedian Peter Kay let slip that the duo has two hour-long episodes ready to stream. Naturally, fans lost their minds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIzvpq98C5A At the […]

    4 years ago

  • Woman wins £180,000 after boss wouldn’t let her leave early to pick up daughter

    Woman wins £180,000 after boss wouldn’t let her leave early to pick up daughter

    Alice Thompson only wanted to finish an hour early A female estate agent has won a sex discrimination claim against her employer after she wasn’t allowed to leave work early to collect her newborn from the nursery. Alice Thompson, from Weybridge, Surrey, fell pregnant in 2018 while working as a full-time sales manager at Manors, […]

    4 years ago

  • Tiger King star Erik Cowie has died aged 53

    Tiger King star Erik Cowie has died aged 53

    There is nothing suspicious about the death, sources have claimed Erik Cowie, who was a zookeeper on the hit Netflix show Tiger King, was found dead in a residence in New York City on Friday evening, according to reports. As he usually resides in Oklahoma, the reasoning for Cowie being in NYC has not yet […]

    4 years ago

  • Largest Confederate monument in US set to be removed this week

    Largest Confederate monument in US set to be removed this week

    There are 2,100 confederate statues still standing in the US The largest remaining confederate statue in the US is being torn down on Wednesday after standing in Richmond, Virginia, for more than 130 years. Though the statue’s future is currently uncertain, a crew is set to remove the 12-ton statue of American Confederate general Robert E. […]

    4 years ago

  • Only Fools and Horses episodes flagged as racist by Britbox

    Only Fools and Horses episodes flagged as racist by Britbox

    One of many shows now carrying the label. Several episodes of Only Fools and Horses have been branded with a racism warning on streaming service BritBox. Having initially added the classic show to its service in honour of its 40th anniversary, the owners of Britbox ITV and the BBC have now put warnings on numerous […]

    4 years ago

  • Man sentenced to 5 years jail for spreading Covid in Vietnam

    Man sentenced to 5 years jail for spreading Covid in Vietnam

    Le Van Tri lied on a health declaration form and eight people were infected – one of whom died A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years hard time for ignoring Covid rules and spreading the virus. Le Van Tri was found guilty of “transmitting dangerous infectious diseases” to eight people, one of whom […]

    4 years ago

  • One of the world’s most wanted paedophiles arrested after 14 years on the run

    One of the world’s most wanted paedophiles arrested after 14 years on the run

    A fourteen-year manhunt comes to an end One of the world’s most wanted paedophiles has been captured after a 14-year manhunt that ended in Malaysia. Alladin Lanim was tracked down in Sarawak, a “sleepy up-country town” where he was preying on local children. The 40-year-old became one of the most sought-after predators in the world […]

    4 years ago

  • Millions of vegetables thrown away as labour shortages hit farms

    Millions of vegetables thrown away as labour shortages hit farms

    Cauliflower and broccoli seem to be the worst hit Vegetable growers in Scotland are having to throw away millions of cauliflower and broccoli heads due to a shortage of farmworkers and lorry drivers, according to reports. The East of Scotland Growers (ESG) group, a farmers co-operative in Fife, has estimated that it has scrapped 3.5m […]

    4 years ago

  • Body modifier who ‘inserted snowflake into woman’ admits to removing female genitals

    Body modifier who ‘inserted snowflake into woman’ admits to removing female genitals

    Brendan Leigh Russell has denied the charges An Australian body modifier who admitted removing parts of a woman’s genitals has denied manslaughter and female genital mutilation. Brendan Leigh Russell is facing trial over the death of a woman under whose skin he allegedly implanted a plastic snowflake. The woman, who died of blood poisoning shortly […]

    4 years ago

  • Married At First Sight contestant ‘ruins marriage’ instantly with comment to bridesmaid

    Married At First Sight contestant ‘ruins marriage’ instantly with comment to bridesmaid

    Harmless comment? Or foreshadowing? A would-be groom on Married At First Sight UK (MAFSUK) may be in the dog house already as he comments “wow” to a bridesmaid moments before he is due to get married. 💀 #MAFSUK pic.twitter.com/oXry6O28u6 — E4 (@E4Tweets) September 6, 2021 Adam, 26, from Doncaster, drew national attention on Monday night […]

    4 years ago

  • Budget rail service will offer £15 tickets from London to Edinburgh

    Budget rail service will offer £15 tickets from London to Edinburgh

    Train journeys could become a more standard mode of travelling across the UK A budget rail service will offer fares from London to Edinburgh for less than £15, with return tickets priced at around £29.80 from next month. Lumo trains will call at Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth, compared with London North Eastern Railway’s four stops, […]

    4 years ago

  • People could face £255 tax rise as PM set to unveil overhaul of social care sector

    People could face £255 tax rise as PM set to unveil overhaul of social care sector

    Johnson to hike up National Insurance prices, despite saying he wouldn’t Boris Johnson is set to address the “catastrophic costs” for social care users in England with reform proposals later today that will hit young people and low-income earners hard. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTeqQ4sKXOq/ The Prime Minister is expected to breach election promises and raise National Insurance (NI) […]

    4 years ago

  • Farmers could be forced to kill and burn nearly 100,000 pigs due to a post-Brexit

    Farmers could be forced to kill and burn nearly 100,000 pigs due to a post-Brexit

    The meat will be wasted Farmers could be forced to kill and destroy the remains of nearly 100,000 pigs due to a post-Brexit shortage of butchers. Industry officials suggest slaughterhouses are dramatically understaffed, so much so that there is a backlog of 85,000 pigs awaiting slaughter around the UK. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTeihJtKRQt/?utm_medium=copy_link Dr Zoe Davies, chief executive […]

    4 years ago

  • Aquaman faces boycott threats as fans demand Amber Heard is removed from movie

    Aquaman faces boycott threats as fans demand Amber Heard is removed from movie

    Aquaman fans are threatening to boycott the film unless Amber Heard is removed from it Almost two million people have signed a petition calling for Amber Heard to be removed from Aquaman 2 following the fallout of her court case with ex-husband Johnny Depp. The petition, ‘Remove Amber Heard from Aquaman 2’ has been signed […]

    4 years ago

  • Housekeeper paid £1.41 an hour and made to sleep in cellar wins payout

    Housekeeper paid £1.41 an hour and made to sleep in cellar wins payout

    The housekeeper was living in the cellar A housekeeper who was forced to sleep on an armchair in a cellar and paid as little as £1.41 an hour has been awarded £50,000 after she took her boss to court. Julie Miles, 69, was forced to work 60 hour weeks at the Great Western Hotel in […]

    4 years ago

  • Doctor divides opinion after claiming we should never sleep naked

    Doctor divides opinion after claiming we should never sleep naked

    A full hazmat suit will now be worn in bed! A doctor has divided opinion after stating people should not sleep naked because they could be spraying faecal matter across beds and unsuspecting partners while asleep. Anthony Youn MD, a ‘holistic plastic surgeon’ based in Detroit, explained his reasonings on TikTok, writing: “The average person […]

    4 years ago

  • Jeremy Clarkson’s farm is being targeted by swingers

    Jeremy Clarkson’s farm is being targeted by swingers

    Old Mcdonald had a farm, and on that farm, he had…swingers? Jeremy Clarkson’s farm, where he films the series by the same name, is reportedly being used to host secret swinging sex parties. Though nothing has been officially confirmed, sources from the swinging community have been speaking out about their farm frolics. According to The […]

    4 years ago

  • Paul Pogba posts tribute to Juventus player Bryan Dodien after his death

    Paul Pogba posts tribute to Juventus player Bryan Dodien after his death

    Pogba took to Twitter to pay tribute to the teenager Manchester United’s Paul Pogba has paid tribute to a Juventus youth player who sadly passed away on Saturday. Bryan Dodien was diagnosed with cancer at just age twelve, but after treatment was able to return to the football pitch in 2019. However, on Saturday, it […]

    4 years ago

  • Guinea vs Morocco World Cup qualifier postponed after military coup

    Guinea vs Morocco World Cup qualifier postponed after military coup

    The President of Guinea has been detained A World Cup qualifier between Morocco and Guinea was postponed on Sunday following a coup d’etat in the West African country, with the visiting side also being forced to evacuate the capital of Conakry. Morocco goalkeeper Anas Zniti, who was with the team in Conakry, has told ESPN […]

    4 years ago

  • Young footballer dies after ‘suffering cardiac arrest’ during match

    Young footballer dies after ‘suffering cardiac arrest’ during match

    His team have released a statement confirming the news A youth footballer playing for West Bridgford Colts FC has died from a suspected cardiac arrest that occurred during a match on Tuesday night. Dylan Rich collapsed during his team’s match against Boston United on Tuesday night, with the match being brought to a halt so […]

    4 years ago

  • Weather reporter’s dog walks on screen during live broadcast

    Weather reporter’s dog walks on screen during live broadcast

    The weather has never been more interesting A weather reporter in Canada had to battle for the attention of his viewers when his dog appeared on the screen after wondering in front of his home green screen. Global News Meteorologist Anthony Farnell was updating Canadians on the weather and the incoming danger of Hurricane Ida […]

    4 years ago

  • talkRADIO caller says people who refuse the Covid vaccine should be sent to prison

    talkRADIO caller says people who refuse the Covid vaccine should be sent to prison

    Jean is sending you all to prison, so watch out A talkRADIO phone-in guest has suggested everyone who refuses the Covid vaccine should be sent to prison. An understandable, if slightly reductive impulse. Jean from Suffolk said “some people have to be protected from themselves.” Jean in Suffolk says people who refuse the Covid vaccine […]

    4 years ago

  • ‘Little blast of summer’ to bring highs of 28°C

    ‘Little blast of summer’ to bring highs of 28°C

    Summer is not over yet If you are one of those people sitting at home wondering where the sun is, then don’t worry, because thanks to climate change you’re probably going to get a few days of sunny skies and blistering heat by Tuesday. As per the Metro, weather forecaster Alex Burkill said: “It does […]

    4 years ago

  • “I’ve been cancelled,” says Jeremy Kyle before his new national radio show

    “I’ve been cancelled,” says Jeremy Kyle before his new national radio show

    Jeremy Kyle gets cancelled and gets a radio show- can someone cancel me, please? ‘Cancelled’ celebrities have a habit of crawling back into the spotlight, which is yet more proof that cancel culture is largely a myth. The latest ‘cancelled’ celeb is Jeremy Kyle, who has spoken out for the first time since his show […]

    4 years ago

  • Missing divers presumed dead after exploring shipwreck in Cornwall

    Missing divers presumed dead after exploring shipwreck in Cornwall

    The cause of death is yet to be revealed Two divers are missing and presumed dead after they didn’t return from their exploration of a sunken shipwreck off the coast of Cornwall. Despite the deployment of a substantial search operation to locate the divers, they were not located nor were bodies uncovered near Whitsand Bay. […]

    4 years ago

  • British man rescued after getting lost in jungle for three days

    British man rescued after getting lost in jungle for three days

    Barry displayed some unreal survival skills A British man was found in Thailand by local residents after going missing for three days in the mountains. Barry Weller had gone missing on Tuesday but was then found emerging from the jungle in the northeast of Thailand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7fI7JV2u8 Weller walked out of the forest with scratches on […]

    4 years ago

  • Anti-trans protesters wearing suffragette colours boo Nicola Sturgeon

    Anti-trans protesters wearing suffragette colours boo Nicola Sturgeon

    Terfs are preaching to the choir, again Anti-trans protesters booed Nicola Sturgeon, the only female leader of a UK nation, for the SNP’s willingness to reform the gender recognition act (GRA) which would give more self-autonomy to trans people. The protesters gathered outside Holyrood ahead of Sturgeon’s questions of the new term on September 2. […]

    4 years ago

  • Second Afghan child dies after eating toxic mushrooms in Poland

    Second Afghan child dies after eating toxic mushrooms in Poland

    Authorities have pushed back on the idea of negligence A second child of an Afghan family who had been evacuated from Kabul to Poland has died after eating soup containing the death cap mushroom. Unaware of their dangerous properties, the family gathered them from a forest outside their quarantine centre. Though the properties of the […]

    4 years ago

  • Andrew Neil reportedly ready to quit GB News

    Andrew Neil reportedly ready to quit GB News

    The captain is set to abandon a sinking ship Just three months after he launched ‘anti-woke’ media outlet GB News, founder Andrew Neil is expected to leave his freshly birthed right-wing channel. Neil is reportedly having difficulty with the channel’s board and senior management, so much so that his return to the channel on Monday […]

    4 years ago

  • Pizza could be a better breakfast than sugary cereal, says expert

    Pizza could be a better breakfast than sugary cereal, says expert

    But for the record- Pineapple still doesn’t go on pizza If you’ve ever awoken from a thirteen-hour sleep, your head fuzzy, your body questionably dressed and your pocket full of shot vouchers and chewing gum, then you’ve also undoubtedly picked up leftover pizza and scanned it in shame. But guess what- apparently Pizza is a […]

    4 years ago

  • Gun-maker sued in Sandy Hook shooting wants school records of murdered children

    Gun-maker sued in Sandy Hook shooting wants school records of murdered children

    The lawyer of the five families called Remington’s subpoenas an irrelevant invasion of privacy. Lawyers for Remington Arms, the now-bankrupt gun-maker being sued by families of those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, have subpoenaed five slain students’ academic, attendance, and disciplinary records. In response, the attorneys for the families of the five students and […]

    4 years ago

  • Rick and Morty reveals live-action Christopher Lloyd promo

    Rick and Morty reveals live-action Christopher Lloyd promo

    Rick and Morty just got human faces. Rick and Morty have launched a never before seen trailer of its live-action version featuring none other than Back to the Future’s Christopher Lloyd. C-132 #rickandmorty pic.twitter.com/oq54C9C5TW — adult swim (@adultswim) September 3, 2021 A short clip released on Twitter on September 3 shows Lloyd take up the […]

    4 years ago

  • Tickets for Ronaldo’s Old Trafford return are selling for up to £2,500 each

    Tickets for Ronaldo’s Old Trafford return are selling for up to £2,500 each

    Football fans are been advised to avoid tickets from third-party sellers In a desperate attempt to witness Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Manchester United next weekend, fans are shelling out huge sums for tickets to the historic event. United is set to face Newcastle on their home turf at 3pm Saturday. Congratulations @Cristiano on becoming the […]

    5 years ago

  • USA Gymnastics agrees to $425 million settlement for sexual abuse survivors

    USA Gymnastics agrees to $425 million settlement for sexual abuse survivors

    Doctor Larry Nassar abused more than 300 girls and young women USA Gymnastics has agreed to a $425 million settlement for survivors of sexual abuse by doctor Larry Nassar. During the 18-years Nassar was the US women’s national gymnastics doctor, he abused more than 300 girls and young women. In 2018, Nassar was sentenced to […]

    5 years ago

  • British ex-soldier arrested by Taliban while trying to evacuate 400 Afghans

    British ex-soldier arrested by Taliban while trying to evacuate 400 Afghans

    Ben Slater will now attempt to get his staff visas A former British soldier has been arrested by the Taliban after attempting to help 400 Afghans flee Kabul. Ben Slater runs a chain of non-governmental organizations (NGO) in Afghanistan and had been attempting to evacuate his staff over a land border after failing to secure […]

    5 years ago

  • UK faces Diet Coke shortage due to Brexit

    UK faces Diet Coke shortage due to Brexit

    Diet Coke is the latest staple to be double-teamed by the supply chain crushers – Covid and Brexit. The issue has affected supermarkets, restaurants, pubs, and other retailers that stock fizzy drinks. The global manufacturer said it was facing a shortage of ‘aluminium cans’ due to a lack of lorry drivers, rather than Diet Coke […]

    5 years ago

  • Afghan refugees will have £39.63 a week to live on in the UK

    Afghan refugees will have £39.63 a week to live on in the UK

    Could you live on that amount? Afghan refugees will have just £39.63 to live on per week while in the UK. The money is intended to cover food, clothing, toiletries, and other essentials. Though housing will be free, options will include council houses other would-be tenants have rejected. Most refugees will not be able to […]

    5 years ago

  • Sarah Storey wins 17th gold to become Britain’s most successful Paralympian

    Sarah Storey wins 17th gold to become Britain’s most successful Paralympian

    History made. Iconic Sarah Storey had made history with a 17th paralympic gold medal, making her the most decorated paralympian in British history. On Tuesday Storey acquired her 16th gold medal in the C5 time trial at Tokyo, equaling the record held by Mike Kenny and igniting interest in whether she would ride her way […]

    5 years ago

  • Christmas movie channel launching this month will air festive films 24/7

    Christmas movie channel launching this month will air festive films 24/7

    Christmas is here, in September? If you thought supermarkets stocking Christmas goodies during September was bad, then you might want to avert your eyes for this story. UK viewers will now have the pleasure of a channel dedicated completely to Christmas movies, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, all the way into January […]

    5 years ago

  • Scotland urged to expand four-day working week on same pay trials

    Scotland urged to expand four-day working week on same pay trials

    Non-office workers should be included, says Thinktank Scotland has been urged to expand its four-day working week trials to account for non-office workers. The Scottish National Party has pledged a £10 million fund for businesses trialing a shorter working week, which would involve no loss of pay for its workers. But this scheme does currently not […]

    5 years ago

  • Guy quits $100,000 a year job to work for Logan Paul and then gets rejected

    Guy quits $100,000 a year job to work for Logan Paul and then gets rejected

    Could Logan Paul have handled it better? Logan Paul might have delivered his biggest blow yet, by crushing the dreams of a young man who hoped to work for him. Austin Wallace, a 22-year-old from Ohio, allegedly quit his $100,000 per year job in the hopes of working with the YouTube star turned boxer. But […]

    5 years ago

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