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NHS to be rebranded as ‘Britain’s Got Illness’

they'll make you laugh, they'll make you cryHealth Minister Andrew Lansley has confirmed that the latest NHS reforms will require patients seeking treatment to be seen by a panel of three healthcare professionals, ‘sitting behind a desk with their hands on a buzzer with a light-up x attached’.

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Posted: Jun 14th, 2011
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‘No’ camp pulls Becky, 21, from Croydon

Opponents of the alternative voting system gained a vital boost yesterday as an aspiring model-cum-nursery-nurse became the first recorded person in the country to be won over to the first-past-the-post method by their advertising.

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Posted: Apr 30th, 2011
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Kebab shop moves into ‘vajazzle sponsorship’

extras available on the side ‘We’d often wondered how to crack the elusive 17-25 male-pissed-out-of-head-and-needing-a-calorie-boost-after-some-late-night-action market segment.’

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Posted: Mar 28th, 2011
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Cameron to end ‘postcode lottery’ of postcodes

best postcodes now available for everyoneThe coalition government has pledged to end the ‘postcode lottery’ of postcode allocation by allowing communities to choose their own postcodes. ‘No longer will people be disadvantaged, or their house prices affected, by the state imposing an alpha-numeric suffix that shows where they live,’ said the Prime Minister yesterday. ‘Why should anyone be denied access to a Mayfair address, just because they happen to live in Peckham?’

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Posted: Mar 25th, 2011
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Ex-Blur bassist Alex James to sort out Libya

Former Blur bass player, Alex James, has confirmed that the UN has asked him to take a lead role in searching for a ‘just, peaceful and ultimately cool’ solution to the crisis engulfing Libya.

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Posted: Mar 20th, 2011
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