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A short but busy month, with Deskpilot leading the pack again, checking every box from Front Page through to hat tips. Big thanks to everyone who pitched subs, headlines and cartoons, whether you made the cut or not.


As usual, the cartoon of the month follows the leader board and full list of links to the published subs, then that is followed by the list of headlines that were published in February.



Front Page, News in Brief and Features


Adrian Bamforth



apepper



billclay









Chipchase




Chrisf



Danny Soz



Deskpilot














fles



Gerontius



Jeremynh










Lockjaw



McDabble



Modelmaker



Newsbiscuit Editorial Team





Oshaughnessy








robfalconer



rogt






Scribbles




Sinnick



Sir Lupus


Sketchly



SteveB



Sully





Throngsman















Titus



Walter Eagle



Wrenfoe









Cartoons


Cartoons supplied this month by: Deskpilot, Lockjaw, Modelmaker, sdferris5 and Sketchly


Cartoon of the month goes to Lockjaw with Greenland responds in kind to Trump's hospital ship


Headlines


Adrian Bamforth    

    

Madonna to replace Margate rollercoaster as UK's oldest ride

Mar-a-Lago introduces 'only one assassin allowed inside at any one time' policy

Wrong date on Epstein death certificate; someone didn't get the memo


bigbadbob     


Greek lovers looking forward to St Valentines Day moussaka

Met Police call Andrew for interview, put Emily Maitlis on standby

Mystery Stone Age writing revealed to say 'Two pints please, Milky'


BillClay   

         

FIFA dusts off it's 'Bomb Iran' Trophy

Starmer grateful Ratcliffe has colonised the news cycle

Trump accepts Dementia Awareness Award 3 times in one day


dannydodger 


Nasa aims to debunk moon landing conspiracies by not landing on the moon


Deskpilot      

 

Andrew continues on his mission to destroy the monarchy

Andrew dislodged

Andrew strenuously denies being arrested

Andrew unable to watch Line of Duty or Succession

Andrew's emails: massage deleted

Charles throws Andrew under the carriage

Did you fritter away pancake day?

Frog toxin made Navalny croak?

Government fixes GP services with more paperwork

Keir Starmer gives up for Lent

Knife incident at private school: pupil arrested after using the wrong one for fish

Morgan McSweeney takes responsibility for the Birmingham bin strike

Rank amateurs beaten by rank outsiders

Repairing Commons: MPs to use Bibbi Stockholm instead

Royal Lodge: Police continue the search for Andrew's conscience

Rumours grow that Keir Starmer is about to shift himself

Sainsbury's cancel Peter Mandelson's Nectar card

Trump to release best bits of Epstein files after his dementia diagnosis


dominic_mcg

 

Jersey approves assisted dying for cardigan wearers

Lord Mandelson now known as Peter Mountbatten Windsor


ian searle    

   

Crufts refusing entry to Wetherspoon's customers without muzzles could be illegal

Disgruntled workers in Poisonous Gas factory say atmosphere was toxic

Disney warns of hit from flagging foreign visits, apparently it’s not such a small world

Donaldson reveals new character for third Gruffalo book, Mandelson denies ever meeting him

Ocado fails to deliver

Sweeney Todd accepts responsibility for Nellie Lovett's pies


jeremynh      

  

Andrew appointed patron of the National Mistrust


jim skinz 

        

'McSweeney, get your trousers on - you're nicked'

Movie world in shock after British actor isn't linked to James Bond role

World in shock as Trump pays tribute to deceased non-white person


Lockjaw  

        

You're gone, McSweeney


mcdabble    

  

Keir Starmer now 11th in line for news headlines

Palestine Action protestors to be subjected to 'Trial by Ordeal'

Pensioners struggling with student loan repayments

Starmer to be replaced by AI mashup of Polanski and Farage

Trump hits Supreme Court with huge tariffs

Westminster OAPs' club about to be scammed by overpriced building quote


mick turate    


Andrew's new Royal residence to be the Tower of London

BAFTA states that Tourette's incident was a f***ing disgrace

Elon Musk buys the Epstein Files and renames them the X-files


John Virgone


Starmer apologises for Epstein managing the Beatles


Modelmaker  


BBC: "none of our paedophiles named in the Epstein files"

BBC: 'We're proud that none of our paedophiles were mentioned in the Epstein files'

Defra tells farmers in the West Country they ought to have planted fish

Jeffrey Epstein was Margaret Thatcher's secret love child

Mandelson stripped of his peerage, but ordered to keep underpants on

Where morality takes second place to the cost of cleaning


rowly  


Green Party boasts that they will now be able to fix Government leaks


sinnick      

      

Trump still wondering why he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize


Sir Lupus   

     

Crown Prosecution Service gets literal


sketchly     

     

Breaking News! Epstein still alive and living with Elvis on the moon!

ICE agents can't take the heat

Magician invites Starmer to pick a card, dies waiting

NasCar driver fed up being asked what those lines are all about

Starmer asks his advisor for advice on sacking his advisor

Starmer: 'I'm a victim, too, you know...'


sydalg 


I'll make you king of Greenland, Trump tells Andrew


Titus   


Britain calls for creation of a wooden medal for 4th place

Calls for woman to be appointed 'Minister of Tokenism'

Great opening ceremony, but Downhill from now on

Reform to Mandelson 'Your membership application must be lost in the post'

Starmer vows to keep fighting - to retain his leadership

Study finds teenage amphibians are obsessed with frogs' porn

'Surviving Stabbing' to be new school achievement

Trump accused of talking hyperbolics

Trump tells Supreme Court 'They weren't tariffs - they were Special Economic Operations'


tonymc          

  

Andrew to join Reform as Women's Rights spokesmen

Andy's £30 rub down wrong , 360m on Buckingham Palace, fine

Is Curling the new Cage Fighting ?

Jenrick hoping to build on Rwanda success with Reform

No proof Thatcher had a Tramp Stamp say Tory HQ

Ofwat promise price increases will pay dividends

Palatine Action , UK Gov await Tel Aviv's orders

Records show Charles was close friends with Jimmy Savile

Sir Lindsay : it's unfortunate media found out I am a grass


writingbsl     

  

Floods minister 'out of her depth'






SteveB has had a storming month, clearing the pack. Deskpilot has come a creditable second, contributing amongst other things 23 of the 104 headlines published this past month. Stewartbarclay comes a very respectable third.





Front Page, News in Brief and Features


apepper




Beau-Jolly




billclay



Chipchase



Chrisf









Deskpilot






eppursimuove











fles



jeremynh




Lockjaw



mcdabble



Midfield Diamond



Modelmaker





Nathanadler



NickB



PaulD



Robowurzel




scribbles



Sir Lupus



Sketchly



SteveB
















Stewartbarclay














tacitus







Throngsman





Titus






Wrenfoe









Cartoon of the month goes to Modelmaker for Elon Musk takes a more responsible attitude to riots


Headlines


Adrian Bamforth            


Banksy now just going through the alphabet

Malice in Sunderland

Russian prisoners in western jails say 'I'm fine thanks'


apepper         

    

GCHQ close to decoding rules for cycling Keirin

'I take my job as an MP seriously,' wins joke of the Fringe

Some Sunderland rioters "weren't local" - they weren't wearing t-shirts


Beau-Jolly    

     

Team GB Medal haul to slow as "sitting down" sports finish


bigbadbob         


Fencing contractor found guilty of malicious posts

Starmer congratulated on successful PM tenure, by Salad growers


Deskpilot          

 

Anne Widdicombe complains about lack of inappropriate behaviour on Strictly

Baker fired for sponging off his colleagues

Critically injured fork lift driver moved to palletive care

Everyone avoids picky bits at eczema sufferers buffet

Farmer upgrades his combine harvester to Winnows 11

Frankenstein actor who can't stop talking about himself is an Igormaniac

Govt confirms funding for BTec in managing uncertainty

Labour offers more & better train strikes than the Tories

Lush looter doesn't come out smelling of roses

Man who ate screws & fixings was bolting his food

New dog breeder is looking for pointers

Puppeteer offers to explain string theory

Putin plans next round of journalist arrests

Search for 'Google's illegal online monopoly' yields no results

Shamima Beglum

Starmer haunted by images of Margaret Thatcher on his toast

Student who wants to do camping degree aims to get a place in clearing

Ted Baker runs out of dough

Threatened taxi drivers close ranks

Toilet cleaner gets time off in loo

Tommy Robinson 'doubtful' for Strictly

Top uni accepts students with 25m back stroke certificate

Winter fuel payment: OAPs to riot in protest


Dick Everyman  


New Walrus burger gets seal of approval


docholiday       

 

Biden didn't realize it was him that was being swapped


dominic_mcg    


Police tasked with arresting Katie Price have no idea what she looks like

Spanish lingerie company launches Basque Separatist range

Team GB wins Paralympic Gold in Crawling Off Trains event


eppursimuove   


Midlands Water - I’ll see your shit and raise you cyanide


Granger        

     

All over? It is now for Sven

Olympic commentator breaks record for saying 'UNBELIEVABLE!'


ian searle       

   

Copywriter accused of plagiarism


jim Skinz      

      

Apple thief asks for 25 offences to be taken into concideration

Oasis fans blocked by a plunderwall when buying tickets

Statisticians to star in new soap Correlation Street


mcdabble  

        

Brazil conducts Xorcism

Builder who lost his plans of the stairs told to retrace his steps

English riot season now well underway

Home Secretary approaches sex dungeon operators about housing excess prisoners

Israel and Hamas, in a rare show of unity, agree to continue hostilities

Israel will know if Iran is about to attack, say spy chiefs who didn't predict Oct 7th

Liz Truss says her freedom of speech is restricted because nobody listens to her

Prisons plan to increase capacity by releasing the largest inmates first

Russia threatens to declare war on Ukraine

Scotsman arrested after man stabbed in the Trossachs

Staff stuck in lift at NASA to be freed by February at the latest

Starmer congratulated on successful PM tenure, by Salad growers

Starmer pledges to transform steel industry into no-steel industry

Trump unsure which excuse to use for getting two black men mixed, racism or dementia

Welsh govt introduces new recycling bin for unused recycling bins


Midfield Diamond   

       

Olympic gender row settled after bloke in pub says he would


Modelmaker   

  

Drinking to be banned in pubs

Man has keyhole surgery after Surgeon lost key to operating theatre

Man with emphysema says he has limited aspirations these days

Pensioners asked to 'Eke Out to Help Out' as they lose Winter Fuel Allowance

Police vehicle suppliers may have links to riot organisers

Rioters who trashed library will get the book thrown at them


robowurzel       


No signs of green shoots on Conservative party stump


rogerg  


Oasis: Definitely Money


Scribbles   

         

Farage now earns over £1m a year: NatWest offers to re-open his bank account

Walsall sodium cyanide spill: boaters advised not to touch canal with a barge pole


sinnick 


Home Secretary to deport rioters to Rwanda

Police arrest hiking Chemist for exposing himself to the elements


Sketchly         

    

‘The UK is too dangerous for me and my family’ says Harry as he lands in Colombia

AI generated Elon Musk easily identifiable by its ability to grow facial hair

Dentist resigns after years of looking down in the mouth

Founder of Viagra company celebrated as its longest standing member

Outrage as the foil begins to peel from Olympic medals

Paris experiences spread of COVID variant which presents as a rash, named 'Olympox'

Seine swimmer comes in last with a lump in his throat

Truss arrested for punching Priest after he began Mass with ‘Lettuce pray’

Zelenskyy in talks with Boeing about providing Russia’s new fighter jets


SteveB 


Assorted chocolates thief comes up smelling of Roses

BBC News to arrange prisoner swap with Top of the Pops

Defecating dressage horse awarded bonus points for superbly executed 'Radcliffe'

Due to fish sex changes, waterway renamed River Exe-Wye

English tourist resort attracts more visitors with rioting mini breaks

Flasher at checkout receives 'unexpected item in debagging area' message

Mouthy smoker has no filter

Online networks used to organise riots classified 'antisocial media'

Prosperous vampire hit a rich vein

Rogue horse is 'neigher-do-well'


stewartbarclay  


Allsopp not concerned about her kids' location location location

Blue moon turns red in another party defection


The Squire  

       

Tom Daley retires from diving. Ronaldo applies for British passport


Titus     


Badgers & TB - 'Not a simple, black-and-white issue'

FBI - the only people unable to find a motive for shooting Trump

Militant feminist campaign group refuses to publish a manifesto

Russia engages in Special Military Retreat

Stranded astronauts due to have 8 months board & lodging deducted from their salary

Sunak asks Farage for a loan 'to tide him over'

Terminal patients forced to stay alive as hospices close


Walter Eagle     


Chelsea to sign Jenas on a free contract

Huw Edwards and Jermaine Jenas to host joint podcast: How To Be A Huw Jenas

Mmmm-pox, the TASTIEST pox!!



Deskpilot continues his winning streak and as he forfeited the crown last month thanks to the Wren rule he can rightfully step up on the top podium this month. I have a sneaking feeling Deskpilot is going to sweep the awards in the New Year WOTY competition. SteveB has had a good month chasing Deskpilot and I had a bit of a pitch earlier on in the month.


As usual all the links are below for the FPs, NiBs and Features plus this month cartoon of the month and the full list of headlines.




Front Page, News in Brief and Features


apepper





Chrisf




clarehogan




Deskpilot










eppursimuove











Ian Searle



jeremynh








Lockjaw



mcdabble



Midfield Diamond



Modelmaker






Nathanadler






Nice Admin Lady



NickB




Oxbridge



PaulD



Robowurzel


Sarah Tipper



Sinnick



Sir Lupus



SteveB











Stewartbarclay










Sully





Sydalg




Throngsman











Titus





Wrenfoe










Cartoon of the month goes to Dominic_mcg for Venn diagram


Headlines


Adrian Bamforth    

        

BBC to launch Leniently Come Dancing

Former president is sadly missed


apepper      

       

Secretive zookeeper asked about keeping animals gives cagey answer

Trump leaves hospital, hair still undergoing treatment


Ashbery         

    

CrowdStrike advises GPs to ring at 8 AM to book an appointment


benvoleo     

      

Ed Davey auditions for I’m A Celeb going really well


bigbadbob 

        

Banned Olympic horse dancer was only following Strictly guidelines

England fan eating German sausage fears the wurst

Man suspected of meat theft faces grilling


billclay 


US Supreme Court grants head of Biden Crime Family immunity from prosecution


Deskpilot  

         

Alec Baldwin discharged

Bibby Stockholm to house dissenting Labour MPs

Bristol police call in warm case squad

Carpetright closes due to cash crisis and other underlaying problems

Cheshire supergrass enters Widnes protection programme

Cute medal winners get more TV coverage than mingers

Doorstep campaigning leaves Tories with massive laundry bill

Ed Davey feels that he has missed out on Glastonbury

Fears for COVID after it contracts Joe Biden

Hypochondriac comedian has a funny turn

Kane in Spain goes mainly down the drain

Keir remains Corbyn neutral

Keir Starmer's dad showed him how to build a cabinet

Penny dropped

Pig farmer fed up of grunt work

Reports of spiking incident at jousting competition

St Swithin predicts no England footie win for the next 40 years

Suella Braverman admits that she has experimented with Reform

Tory constituencies to bear the brunt of new house building

Trump claims 2024 election will be stolen from him

Unkempt incontinent let himself go

Unseated Tory MPs to retrain as PE teachers


docholiday        


Post Office report all their computers are running fine


dominic_mcg    


Biden congratulates J D Wetherspoon on Vice President nomination

Dinosaur remains found on Isle of Wight could be up to 5 years old

Man looking forward to Gavin and Stacey special doesn't get out much

Rees Mogg to sell his Laudanum Tinctures to the NHS

They're comin' home! They're comin' home! Wait...what...?

Triathletes who complain about pollution are full of crap, say IOC

Trump: It won't be the first time I've beaten a black woman


eppursimuove   


Raducanu fans say they understand problem of stiff wrists

Rees-Mogg regrets letting the servants vote


Granger


Polymath arrested on suspicion of counting parrots

Skin on Southgate's teeth holding out


ian searle   

       

Muddy magician accused of dirty tricks

To drop one candidate may be regarded as a misfortune; to drop three looks like carelessness

Tory HQ, "We're gonna need a bigger vote!"


Jack the Quipper   

         

Unelected Tory MPs to be dumped in rivers


jeremynh    

       

"No more Mr Nice Guy!" says Trump

Russia wins early gold in Olympics Sabotage event


jim Skinz    

        

Carpetright has rug pulled from under it

Huw've been shamed

Trump shooter “posed an ear and present danger”


Joanne Starkie  


Disney staff on strike over Mickey Mouse wages


Lockjaw 


BDSM dungeon gets 5 stars from Trussed Advisor

King, Queen, and Lords enjoy special cosplay session


mcdabble    

      

Biden Goes Viral

Biden 'I will continue my bid for re-electrician'

Child diagnosed as not ADHD and not Autistic

Duvet Makers Call For Blanket Ban

Early release prisoners refuse to leave due to housing shortage

Escaped horses claim they just wanted to visit Princess Anne in hospital

Modern-day slavery bill to be watered down after lobbying by student loan company

Presidential race now maturity vs age

Rioters in Chinese takeaway accused of won ton destruction

Runner to cross that line when he comes to it

UK set to reject 'slapping therapy' on July 4th

Why were the shoes so important? To cover his cloven hooves


Mick Turate       


Cats protest under-representation at polling stations

Y2K24


miggi   


Tom Throws his Tugendhat Into The Ring


Modelmaker     


Bangkok vicar declines more tea

Culture secretary: Only Fools and Horses repeats should begin with Trigger warnings

Ex-Tory MPs missed talking rubbish so much, they've set up consultancy companies

Huw Edwards makes unexpected return to BBC News

Prisoners left in corridors whilst waiting for cells to become available

Tory leadership race to become Olympic sport


robowurzel   

    

Scottish bog gets world heritage status - but I'd give it 10 minutes


rogerg  


Trump now bulletproof


Rowly   


Farage MP's to be sent to Reform School

FBI determines that the Teleprompter was actually the assasin's target

Signs of anguish at no 10. Teethmarks found on furniture

Sunak attends the last Supper at no 10


Scribbles            


Chancellor's statement about hole in public finances: ‘We’re going to need a bigger plug’

Eewww! Edwards: BBC Nonce at Ten.

Train spotters picked a bad week for their Paris trip.


sinnick 


Olympics opening ceremony was in Seine


Sir Lupus          

 

UK prepares to be disappointed by Labour government for a change


Sketchly             


Biden fell before he was pushed

Biden to spend his last day asking everyone to sign his shirt

Bishop forced to resign due to Cloisterphobia

Panic in the Whitehouse as Biden won’t “Wake up” after IT outage

Trump kisses dead man’s helmet


SteveB 

Chris Grayling's first week at CrowdStrike going supremely well

Complaints soar in Isle of Man against ITV drama 'Douglas is Cancelled'

lepidopterists aflutter on hearing of a 200 metre butterfly in France

Reform vetting missed woman

Uruguayan football team wins gold in the diving


stewartbarclay  


Rishi: 'I'm so normal... that's a normal thing to say, right?'


Titus     


Snack-thieving seagulls rate seaside resorts on ChipAdvisor

Starmergddon for Tories

Swiss defence full of holes

World's oldest cave painting discovered - fortunately, the artist had dated it - 51,200 BC


will       


Katie Price wanted for first time in ages

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