Stinging nettles across the country started wilting, turning black and literally losing their sting in early September. A dog walker in Surrey was the first to notice the phenomenon: ‘I thought thank f@$k for that. [read...]
London shipping clerk Darren Ross was celebrating today when his assertion that the helicopter he could hear was ‘definitely a Chinook’ turned out to be correct. According to colleagues, the chopper fan had previously got it wrong on 17 occasions, [read...]
A London man briefly toyed with the idea of making an idle observation about the furore currently enveloping the Labour Party about anti-Semitism, it has emerged. [read...]
The penal system in the US could soon be ‘cast back into the dark ages’ unless action is taken to tackle the growing threat of resistance to execution, experts have said.
In a preliminary report from the US Government, [read...]
‘It was a sub-editor’s mistake,’ said a spokesman for the paper. ‘He forgot that it’s normal for us to use Fahrenheit’s nice big numbers when the weather’s hot ‘n’ sizzly. And only use the silly metric system when it gets a bit brrr.’ [read...]
