Newsbiscuit Writer of the Month August 2025
- Throngsman
- 23 hours ago
- 7 min read
Another month and another cmprehensive win by Deskpilot, scoring exactly twice as many points as the nearest challenger (in this case, me!). Wren and Eppy have made great strides as well.
Thanks to everyone contributing and making this site so worthwhile. As usual the links to the FPs. NiBs and Features are below the leaderboard., followed by the cartoon of the month, followed as ever by the full list of headlines.
Front Page, News in Brief and Features
billclay
Chipchase
Deskpilot
dominic_mcg
eppursimuove
Hokeyloki
ian searle
Filthy Rich
james_doc
jeremynh
Jim Skinz
Joe
Lockjaw
McDabble
Council covers potholes with paintings of tarmac
Midfield Diamond
Modelmaker
Newsbiscuit
scribbles
sdferris5
SteveB
stewartbarclay
Sully
Throngsman
Titus
Wrenfoe
Cartoon of the month goes to Lockjaw with William and Kate will move to the eight-bedroom Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park,
Headlines
Adrian Bamforth
Conspiracy theory web site ramps up security
MasterChef presenters to be processed on 'one in one out' basis
Palestine unrecognisable
ashbery
Basal cell carcinoma thanks healthcare workers for removing it from Gordon Ramsay
bigbadbob
BBC to renew Met Office links, Tomasz Schafernacker to get new seaweed
Fruit growers say struggling jam industry should be preserved
Sex pest cricket captain accused of ball tampering
Trump nervous ahead of “tricky” third date with Putin
Deskpilot
Ailing garden centre has deep rooted problems
Ailing sofa maker has deep seated problems
Beachcomber gets shingles
Boomerang maker experiencing diminishing returns
Cash strapped universities forced to consider British students
Egg farmer poached staff from competitor
Farage stops short of promising to run trains on time
Frisbee team accused of throwing a game
Gaza experiencing a Special Nutritional Operation, not a famine, says Netanyahu
Girl scouts' cake wins brownie points
Illegal musicians thought to be working in concert
Inexperienced burrito maker gets a bad wrap
Lame duck flies from Alaska to Washington
Lotus slams on the brakes
Mortgage rate falls from Absurdly High back to Extremely High
Mr Benn dons angel costume
Posh supermarket cafe shrugs off coffee price rise - 'our customers can afford it'
Prosthetic firm to stop sales of arms to Israel
Putin agrees to give surrender a chance. Not his, obviously
Reform calls for caps on school children
Researching your grandkids? Try our 2nd generation software
Trump nominated for Nobel Piss Prize
Trump's ceasefire plan bombs
Trump's favourite movie? Chicken run
Weight loss jabs make fat profits
Worldle to finally recognise Palestine
dominic_mcg
Bisto denies using stock photos on packaging
Easyjet passengers to pay more for sober, fully-clothed pilots
Harry and Meghan sign new Netflix deal. £6.99 for 12 months
Meghan on who said 'I love you' first, admits it was Uncle Andrew
Putin says Alaska summit 'very useful' as he prepares to invade Alaska
dumbingdown
Trump and Putin meet in Alaska to start a new cold war
Rupert Lowe reports Air France flight to Heathrow as alien invasion
Granger
Zoo with just one dog found to be Shih Tzu
hokeyloki
Students for Forestry degree told to apply through clearing
ian searle
Police to arrest all male TV and Radio presenters from the last 50 years, "Just in case"
Prince Andrew biography a real stomach turner
jim Skinz
Cadbury says plan to shorten popular bar is Flake news
joe
5/1 on Government increasing gambling tax
Attempted foreign assassin disappointingly white
Have you been mis-sold compensation potential?
Interest continues to rise in Food Banks
Lips locked over loch leak
Strictly line dancing controversy
The best exotic immigrant hotel now streaming
kman3609
Government plan to change 999 to a new 17 digit number, promises to half ambulance waiting times
Heatwave forces restaurant closure, as chef unable to stand the heat
Israel defends deadly strike on children’s Pillow fort.
Scientists find a 5-minute run can extend your life, if you're running from knife wielding robbers
Trump sues Magic Mirror, after it claimed Abraham Lincoln was the best President
mcdabble
All eyes on Trump. Again. He loves that. Nothing will happen. Again
Govt announces competition to create new, inclusive English flag
Labour accuse Reform of not delivering on asylum plans
Putin thanks Trump for another 'creative and entertaining' deadline
Risk of throwing the whole chaotic asylum system into chaos
Starmer to replace all No10 staff with potatoes
Successful meeting in Alaska unlikely if Trump present, says analysts
Thought For The Day lost in The Moral Maze
Trump appoints Dianne Abbott as Commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics
US criminals queueing up to join National Guard
US officials accuse Europe of supporting a European country
mick turate
Organised crime group downgraded to shambolic by Offblag
Modelmaker
AI headline generators to check spelling on 'Trump's Dumbass Deal for Ukraine'
Politician claims meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs were never written in stone
Recognition of Palestine state, even less clear than what Brexit meant
Records reveal Dodge City, Kansas was put together by cowboy builders
Relief as violent, anti-asylum nutjobs now appear to be flagging
The Orwell Society sues Reform UK Council over breach of Ministry of Truth copyright
White House orders more chairs to seat growing list of European leaders
MrQ
Asylum hotel offers penthouse with stunning view of riots
Chalk and Cheese authorities set to hold talks over differences
Getting out of bed strongly linked to having a crap day
Water shortage crisis deepens
ron caweleyoni
Putin invites Zelensky to 1 to 1 meeting in Alaska hotel conference room, on the 8th floor
Supermarkets blame carrot shortage on 70 + year old drivers panic buying!
rowly
Highway Code states that we should give way to the Right at roundabouts
santosh
Trump and Putin had productive meeting talking about Taylor Swif
sinnick
Kimi Badenoch suggests migrants should be sent to Danish zoos
Remaining Masterchef episodes to feature just a still photograph of a set of saucepans
SteveB
Kamala's security detail removed to help protect Trump's security detail from Trump
Retired thief can't take it any more
stewartbarclay
Trump to cut crime in Washington DC by leaving it
sully
Germany feeling ‘much less embarrassed’ about Nazism thanks to America
Throngsman
Trump to host next season of Deal or No Deal
Titus
BBC decides to just tell it like it is, and simply re-names its TV series 'NastyChef'
Titus
Corbyn's new 'Invisible Party' still has fewer members than Reform has MPs
'If protesters try to paint slogans high on walls, steps will be taken'
Starmer leads Europe's Coalition of the Reluctant
tonymc
Badenoch pledges more Oil & Gas, and to call in Nat. Guard
Cooper to order critics of Israel to wear a badge
IDF not an army , IDF not an army , look into my eyes not around the eyes
IDF: we dont target kids ,we just got lucky
Reform and Taliban both reject Human Rights Convention
Reform insists food delivered by illegals tastes different
Tel Aviv confident UK now under Israeli control
will
Farage announces engagement to Zia Yusuf