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Deskpilot has cleared the board once again and is a justified WOTM. Eppursimuouve has come up a credible second and I've pitched up an incredible third. Lots of good work, subs, headlines etc here as usual.


Also as usual the full list of links are below the leaderboard, as is this month's well-earned cartoon of the month and the full list of tickers.





Front Page, News in Brief and Features


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Granger



Jack the Quipper



James_Doc





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McDabble




Modelmaker




Newsbiscuit Editorial Team



PaulD






StevB






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Sully




Sydalg



tacitus





thatwasbeast



Throngsman











Titus





Tonymc





Wrenfoe












Headlines


Adrian Bamforth        


Prison admits escaped convict asked for packed lunch

US moves to make defence meetings an 0898 number


apepper          


Astonishment as bunch of idiots turn out to be incompetent

Fire service spends 80% of budget parking at Heathrow


bigbadbob     


Texans not concerned by rising prices of avocados

US Govt has a tantrump

Water company renowned for leaks, to be bailed out

Woolly Mammoth to be recreated using DNA from Guy Martin’s sideburns


currymuncher            


Tesla rebranded the "Peoples Car" in an attempt to revive sales


Deskpilot       


Baker sacked for putting her hair in a bun

Birmingham council chamber 'full of rats'

Brazil sets out a new road to net zero

Charles feigns illness to avoid trip to Birmingham

Cheese eating, surrender monkey FREELOADERS

Excited dress maker is frilled to bits

Expert historian is a past master

Government announces compulsory sterilisation for the jobless

Government restores political interference to the NHS

I wasn't expecting the AA man - he gave me a start

Incompetent abseiler hits rock bottom

Inquiry into losing Eurovision entry starts early this year

JD Vance proves himself as Trump's number two

Lazy Twix thief didn't lift a finger

Liz Truss denies she is advising Trump

Lost man who ate tortoises for 95 days expected to make slow recovery

Noise abatement officer makes whistle-stop tour

Nothing says 'I forgot' like petrol station flowers

Origami disaster - events still unfolding

Overworked fireman burn out

Secret plan to save Thames Water is leaked

Solong captain injured in court after collision with dock

Top Republicans worried that they used naff emojis

US partial ceasefire: Ukraine stops shooting, Russia doesn't

Yorkshire iron age hoard turns out to be fly-tipping


Docholiday    


Struggling Door Bell company asks staff to push harder


dominic_mcg 


Part time assassin has time to kill

Tesla spinning in his grave... and generating electricity


eppursimuove            


Future White House summits to be chaired by Jerry Springer


Granger           


Don v Volod: Spot the Dictator

Musk looking for more money to burn


hmjolly            


Andrew Tate two-thirds semen

Trump insists he’d have got Greenland a full solar eclipse

Trump third term to save world from JD Vance


ian searle       


Alexander Armstrong denies being 'out of touch', in an interview with his 'Sous Chef'

Donatella steps down as Versace director to spend more time with the other Mutant Ninja Turtles

Please remember to put your mother forward an hour on Sunday Morning

Trump and Vance win all the awards at 'The Gits

Trump claims he should have won all the Oscars

US objects as Canada places tariffs on mass shootings


Jim Skinz         


Boris Johnson marks fifth anniversary of Covid with cheese and wine party

I'm officially not fishy, says Sturgeon


Joe      


Chappel Roan is not a town in Yorkshire, Dad

Etch A Sketch company to undergo 'shake up'

Navy Submariners under a lot of pressure


Lockjaw          


Bankrupted rag merchant's life is in tatters

Misogynists cut Mothers' Day to 23 hours


mcdabble      


Bookies open betting on how long before most Americans get it

Disinformation to be Replaced by Datinformation

Everyone believes Rayner when she says working class don't want handouts

New version of children's song goes viral: 'The wheels on the bus are falling off...'

'Occupy Greenland' cry goes up in EU

Putin call was wrong number, says Trump

Putin: I will accept the cease-fire deal if I can have a magic pony

Treasury release "Fudget"

Trump declares himself the winner of the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Trump rethinks wall plan as CIA says Mexicans have ladders

Unstable stone on wall isn't coping


Modelmaker  


Bed-blocker Pope to be discharged from hospital

Europe’s first Mars Rover to be built by Toyota in Bourneville factory

M1 closed after lorry carrying shedloads of sheds, sheds load of sheds

Yanks argue whether their chicken or egg shortage came first


MrQ    


Chicken on a bike pure poultry in motion

Long jumper breaks world record with 3 metre sleeves

Man who can't find his glasses suspects Russian involvement

Man with fear of bats will never play cricket again

Russia keen on 'big piece' deal

Shock headline doesn't feature Trump

Tennis to start operating on a first come first serve basis

The Bog Standard wins toilet newspaper of the year


rogerg 


City of culture now awash with yoghurt

Thames Water to be liquidated

Weaver says decades at the loom have warped him


ron caweleyoni          


JFK assassination: Trump blames Biden

Musk spotted in gents' outfitters looking at nice Herringbone 2 piece suit


Rowly 


Putin Threatens that new attacks could be in the pipeline


SteveB 


Dead sea cow recognised hippoposthumously

Guest who had after dinner drinks spilled on him 'deported'

Kindly little old lady in hallway might be Canadian Chief of Defence

Referees taking out unprecedented number of yellow cards on World Book Day

Russian spies in Great Yarmouth? - Norfolk enchants


stewartbarclay           


Donald Trump has entered the chat... bomb emoji, smiley face emoji


The Squire      


Stena Immaculate becoming increasingly less representative of its name


Titus   


Heathrow had to close because of no power to the duty-free shops

Just-Stop-Oil succeeds, by re-defining 'victory'

'Zelenskyy spilled my pint' claims Putin


tonymc            


New Regulator for carpet and Flooring Industry announced: Offcuts

Reform UK MPs announce their planned Jackson 5 tribute act now on hold

Starmer reveals President Zelensky insisted, Big hug but No tongues

Trump promises Greenlanders their own Reservations and cheap liquor

Trump's speech writer forced to quit as he's starting big school

UK Goats would vote for a Nanny State

UK Growth: We need to export but not to foreigners says Tory Shadow Chancellor

VE day, 80 years of peace if you don't count Korea, Falklands, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ireland






Deskpilot has continued beating all in sight, with Front Pages, NiBs a mere 21 headlines, a feature and a hat tip to boot. In line with the Wren rule (Deskpilot will be sick of that rule) that says you can't win WOTM two months on the bounce this month's virtual mug goes eppursimuove, who has just beaten Nicka and Tonymc by a small margin. Well done all round. As usual the full list of links are listed below the leaderboard, which precedes the announcement of the Cartoon of the month, which itself precedes the full list of headlines this month.







Front Page, News in Brief and Features


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Chipchase



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Dominic_mcg



eppursimuove












ian searle



James_Doc



jeremynh






Jim Skinz





McDabble




Modelmaker



Nicka











PaulD



Sarah Tipper



StevB






Stewartbarclay





Sully



tacitus




Throngsman





Titus






Tonymc








Will



Wrenfoe











Cartoon of the month goes to Lockjaw for The Madness of 'king Donnie


Headlines


bigbadbob    

 

Busy bakery makes a good turnover

Ice hockey breaks out during US-Canada fight

Peppa’s Mummy Pig to have baby, Daddy Pig to have vasectomy

Sri Lankan power outage blamed on black crispy monkey


billclay  

          

Secret Service Agent thinks they might take a punch for the President, definitely not a bullet

USA now a first world problem


Deskpilot       


Actually, we do have free speech, you wanker

Average age of Young Conservatives is 58

Catering for cannibals? Try finger food

Confused primary school teacher 'all at sixes and sevens'

Health benefits of low fat milk 'skimmed over'

Highways expert admits wiggly road markings are 'unparalleled'

Hopeless weatherman hasn't got the foggiest

New low as Trump claims Ukraine caused Covid

No shot in the arm from AstraZeneca

Philatelist returns to his old stamping ground

Physicists resolve ice/water conflict with two state solution

Poorly performing butcher gets the chop

Pope springs eternal?

Rachel Reeves proposes new Defence Levy - definitely not a tax

Retiring arsonist passes the torch

Santander leaving the UK to get away from Ant & Dec

Singing groundsman is pitch perfect

Surrey Council charging visitors ten quid to view the Godstone sinkhole

Time travelling villain detained in the nick of time

Trump to make millions selling his own earwax

Trump won't accept birth in Gaza as proof of citizenship


Docholiday    


Corrupt Marionette gets off when lawyer pulls a few strings

Pilot searches for lost data in the cloud


FlashArry    

    

Opponents of Trump form 'Axis of Sanity'


Granger       

    

Heaven takes Flack

Spies tell lies - shock revelation!

Trump assassins rethink after hearing Vance

We were lucky to get nil, says Welsh captain


hokeyloci      

 

Westminster pub stops giving out free pint every time Labour scores own goal


hughdwink     


NASA Research: Earth wobbling significantly on axis. US obesity epidemic to blame

Trump affirms that all his cabinet nominees have reached puberty

Trump blames bird flu on birds and flu


ian searle    

   

The number of people taking trains this year has risen... British Transport Police are livid!

Trump confirms no tariffs on Vodka or Caviar


Jack the Quipper     

  

Silent Jamiroquai album outsells all previous albums put together


james_doc    

 

Eurasian Lynx found to smell better than Lynx Africa


jeremynh  

      

Bookie crushed by huge pile of betting slips had the odds stacked against him

Horse with colic now in stable condition


jim Skinz  

       

Amazon's first 007 movie to be called On Her Majesty's Secret Safe Place

NHS launches AI medical service: ChatGP


MADJEZ           


BBC apologises for persisting with calling Russell Brand a comedian


mcdabble   

   

Liberal America Cancelled

Man arrested for stalking AI generated virtual pop singer

Man unsure if he should be in Imposter Syndrome workshop

Property developer sees great opportunity in Gaza

Sinkhole repair cost to come from levelling-up funds

UK cuts aid to Ukraine to afford more aid for Ukraine

UK politicians want to re-join EU 'Coz they have nukes'

We've got several great concessions, says Trump ... to give Putin

micca Felon talks to war criminal


Mick Turate    


Picts to be re-introduced into Scotland in latest rewilding project


Modelmaker  


Brothers deny assaulting police boots with their heads at airport

Faint praise for outright winner of passing out competition

Fat Club founder dies from malnutrition

Gromit 'devastated' as Feathers McGraw wins best actor BAFTA in Vengeance Most Fowl

Starmer told "get more views on your YouTube channel by getting Larry the Cat to do stuff on it"

SW London news: Survey reveals that people born in Barnes tend to leave doors open

Wes Streeting says Tory's artificial testicle replacement scheme was shambolic


MrQ   

 

Couple unhappy after cowboy builders convert loft into a saloon

Fat athletes to compete at the Ozempics

Increasing tension between Bomb Squad and Bomb Disposal Squad

Local man hailed for driving a taxi

Man condemned for throwing tennis balls for guide dogs

Man's cold goes viral

Rubbish crisis as bin men insist on working from home

Stricter criteria for weight loss jab to include actually being overweight

Swiss Army still working on a gun

Tourist flabbergasted at how many Londoners drive tractors

Trump burps but quickly pardons himself

Zebras warned crossings will be scrapped if they don't start using them


Oshaughnessy  

         

Sir Jim Ratcliffe sells off Man United goalposts and replaces them with jumpers


rogerg 


Cheese prices rising across the board


ron caweleyoni  

        

Amazon replace 007's Aston Martin with a Mercedes Sprinter Van

Starmer rehearses conversation with Trump by talking to a hand

Tonight on The Donald Trump Show my guest is……


sinnick      

      

Trump keeps election promise to stop all wars, by bombing Somalia. Huh?


Sketchly        

  

Tool thefts on the rise. In other news, Prime Minister goes missing


SteveB 


Magalomaniacs

'We welcome change' say Bishops preaching from same book for 400 years

Word of the year 2025 is 'Brejoin'


stewartbarclay      

     

Barclays Bank: 'That money was just resting in our account'


Titus   


70 yo murderer 'Will serve 21 yrs in prison'. Doctors impressed by skill of prison medical staff

MAGA: Make All Gaza American

Social media site to charge extra for free speech

Starmer willing to send troops to Ukraine. Even British ones


tonymc 

           

Admiral, Air Chief Marshall and General Princess Anne unlikely to be deployed to Ukraine says Starmer

Conservatives complain Starmer deliberately distracting Kemi with his latest package

JD Vance questions Elon Musk's recently discovered Florida Birth Certificate

New records show Jeremy Corbyn involved in JFK shooting says Daily Mail


will      


New White House glory hole fitted for Starmer's arrival






Deskpilot has started 2025 where he left 2024 off - at the top of the leaderboard. Nicka is pushing hard, but Deskpilot's 29 headlines is a tough act to beat if that was all he produced, but add in 5 front pages and 11 News in Brief...


All in all a good start to the New Year. As usual the Cartoon of the month and the full list of headlines are posted under the leaderboard and links to the month's subs.






Front Page, News in Brief and Features


billclay









Chipchase



ChrisF




Deskpilot


















Dominic_mcg



eppursimuove








FlashArry




ian searle





Jack the Quipper



James_Doc



jeremynh




Jim Skinz




McDabble





Midfield Diamond




Nicka



















Sully




Sydalg





tacitus




Throngsman







Titus




Tonymc



Wrenfoe












Cartoon of the month goes to Lockjaw for An online purchase error in France


Headlines


Adrian Bamforth      

  

Alan Bates told his knighthood is in the post


apepper       

   

Inventor of ultra-velcro said it was "hard to pull off"

Teenage boys rush to Scotland after lynx released


benvoleo        


Nigel Farage to have his arms firmly stapled to his sides


bigbadbob   

  

Dual Carriageway to be built around the town of Coronary

Rules change for online porn leads to surge in fake IDs


billclay        

    

Farage distances himself from Robinson, but still admires Yaxley-Lennon

In deference to Trump, Judge gives poorly constructed sentence

JFK Assassination files recovered from Trump’s bathroom

The old “I’m innocent as I drive a gold Land Rover defence” may not be enough this time


ChrisF 


Nick Clegg contract has Meta untimely end


Deskpilot      

 

Agnostic vicar didn't have a prayer

Air parts manufacturer finds business is really taking off

Americans still think burglarizing is a word

Australian tailor is making great strides

Bogus chiropractor was just pulling my leg

Busy manx cat worked his tail off

Clumsy puppeteer drops a clanger

Criminal who represented himself doesn't do himself justice

Custard pies - do they strike you as funny?

Elon Musk arranges Keir Starmer's Xecution

Embalmer shows off extensive body of work

Evans leaves Strictly - no Wynne, no fee

Facebook unfriends Nick Clegg

Fish enthusiast makes scale models

Government hails massive increase in UK snow production

Harry gets his day in the sun

If you dress up as a lettuce, is it cosplay?

Indecisive balloonist leaves things up in the air

Knight in shining armour offers iron-clad guarantee

Liz Truss adamant that the economy crashed into her

Nervous chemist won't brave the elements

Plans for new Christopher Robin book pooh-poohed

Pretty chiropractor is turning heads

Roman baths expert accused of being a hypocaust denier

Trump absolutely rules out buying the Isle of Wight

Trump fails to stop war in Ukraine in one day

Trump pardons Elon Musk, just in case

Trump says climate activists will be burnt at the stake

Trump's hair unprepared for air crash briefing


Dick Everyman           


Mount Rushmore not big enough for Trump’s head

Trump proposes Palestinians relocate to Greenland


Docholiday    


Alcoholic boxer on the ropes

Local Church seeks Organ Donor

Man on the road to recovery gets run over


dominic_mcg 


Reeves backs 3rd Heathrow runway. Mortimer not convinced


eppursimuove     

       

Los Angeles fire alert status upgraded to “Whoa, dude”

Luke Littler - If I win, I’ll stop cutting my own hair

Space between Trump’s ears renamed Gulf of America


Granger    

       

Ukraine shud of surrendered - GO F@£K yourself, Fat Orange


hughdwink    

 

Musk Proposes Apartheid

Trump blames nighttime Washington air crash on nighttime

Trump to seize Stonehenge


ian searle    

   

Police say they believe the star of a one man play was acting alone


Jack the Quipper    

   

Americans still think burglarizing is a word

David Lynch dies at 78 - Autopsy to last 3 seasons

Trump Makes America Gross Again


jim Skinz     

    

Supermodels call for third runway at London Fashion Week

Wealthy white South African male might be a bit racist shock

Winner of Locomotive Driver Of The Year says he's well chuffed


Lockjaw       

   

Tragically, beached whale is all washed up


lostandflounder         


Car-parts manufacturer set for bumper year


mcdabble      


Barnsley remote worker forced to come into office, shocked to find its in Singapore


mcdabble      


Biden fears trumped-up charges

Greenland offers to sell Denmark

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to have a 'very strong word' with smuggling gangs

LA residents regret using Tinder

Labour worried they may lose the grooming vote

Mancunians celebrate coming first in the police speeding figures

Melania releases range of kiss-proof hats

Porn to Bishop too

Putin implies he will only talk peace to cowards

Reeves asks faith groups to pray for the UK economy

UK commits to spending 5% of GDP on sarcasm over next four years


Midfield Diamond     


US finally gets irony as Trump opposes fact hunts


Modelmaker  


Congress revolts as Trump slaps 25% tariffs on their cocaine suppliers

Crematorium schedule disrupted by late MP’s hearse

Elon Musk buys Arsenal to piss Keir Starmer off

New year warning over Chinese air fryers

Recently discovered Unity Mitford diaries confirm Hitler had only one ball

Tory press more excited than at the height of Tulip Mania in 1637


MrQ    


Bradford double check it's not April 1st after being awarded City of Culture

Breaking: All strawberries to be unseeded at this year's Wimbledon

Distance runner looks really small

Evangelical Church boom sees prophets go through the roof

Gardener put on gardening leave feels a bit hard done by

Government not afraid to make roofless cuts to housing costs

Israel sneaking in a few strikes before last orders

Just Stop Oil pull off slick protest

Labour hope Artificial Intelligence can replace Actual Incompetence

Man barges his way in to waterfront conference

Man loses bargaining chip to seagull

Record number of Royal Mail staff suffering post traumatic stress

Study shows people that drink more coffee buy more coffee

Sweeping sanctions leave Russian broom industry in tatters

TikTok ban just second hand news

Trump and Musk prove two wrong 'uns do make an extreme right

Truss sends cease and desist lettuce to Starmer


rogerg


Nicola Sturgeon finally achieves independence


sinnick      

      

Chagos - with or without the "g" ?

US celebrates Martin Luther King Day by electing misogynist, racist, climate-denying felon as POTUS


Spa99ers     

   

Lake containing high levels of sewage to be renamed Musk Water


Titus   


Edinburgh charges storm Eowyn £5 for visiting the city

Govt. calls for inquiry into gangs of foreign billionaires grooming UK politicians

HMS Agincourt renamed HMS Hastings to please the Normans

Peter Mandelson apologises for saying what he REALLY thinks of Donald Trump

Report of Tory party membership numbers described as a conservative estimate

Russel Brand denies intention of applying for job as a bishop




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