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Workers tarmac road around protesting woman sat in mobility chair

To Solihull, where Wesley Woolery is observing a protest. “I just couldn’t believe this lady remained there, considering the heat coming off that tarmac, I saw was what happening and thought it was … (read more)

Posted: 20th, July 2016 | In: Strange But True | Comment

World’s saddest polar bear lives in world’s best aquarium

Animals right activists say the “polar bear” living at the Grandview aquarium at the Grandview shopping centre in the Chinese city of Guangzhou is the “saddest polar bear in the world”. … (read more)

Posted: 20th, July 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Transfer balls: Smoking Paul Pogba’s lost weekend in Manchester United

The Daily Pogba: an at-a-glance look at news of Juventus and Franc footballer Paul Pogba, wanted by Manchester United.

The Daily Star says Manchester United have bid £85m for Pogba. It’s not … (read more)

Posted: 20th, July 2016 | In: Back pages, Broadsheets, manchester united, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Brexit: Mishcon De Reya and Theresa May kicks democracy into the long grass

More than three weeks ago, the British electorate voted to Leave the European Union. But Article 50, that part in the Lisbon Treaty dealing with Brexit, has not been invoked. Article 50 gives Britain a … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

Transfer Balls: Chelsea snubbed, Manchester United linked and Joao Mario’s vanishing ink

Trasnfer balls spots the Sun’s report on “Chelsea transfer target Joao Mario”.

On Jul 14, it was disappointing news for the Blues. Mario “snubs Blues to seal Inter Milan move” stated the … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, manchester united, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Transfer balls: John Stones, Everton, Manchester City and Neymar’s sister

Footballers are always hinting at things. Long gone are the plain-speaking days when they’d tell you to ‘f*ck off”. Nowadays it’s all subtlety and codes. From Everton to Manchester City … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2016 | In: Back pages, Manchester City, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Brexit balls: nationalists stole my brie

Brexit Balls aplenty in the Guardian, where Rachel Cooke is remembering past holidays in those halcyon days of the 1970s, when Europe was still called ‘The Continent’:

In France she eats … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2016 | In: Broadsheets, Reviews | Comment

Transfer ball: Arsenal €50m for Higuain plus Olivier Giroud and a Kiss Kiss

The Guardian says it’s “bad news” for Arsenal fans. Arsène Wenger wants to buy Gonzalo Higuaín for £50m. Drat! With bad news like that, fans of Wigan Athletic, QPR and more must be … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Manchester United sweat as Pogba waits for Real Madrid

More top-notch reporting on overrated France and Juventus footballer Paul Pogba, currently valued at £100m.

The Manchester Evening News spins no news into the news that Paul Pogba’s agent “has not set a … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports | Comment

Dutchman jailed for insulting King Willem-Alexander

To Holland, where a Dutchman has been locked up for 30 days for insulting King Willem-Alexander. Did he mention the ears? The chin? That gap-year incident with the chicken? No. The … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Hebdo, Jews, Paris and Nice – the evolution of a death cult

What a sad and twisted little story on the BBC. In “Attack on Nice brings danger to France closer to home”, Hugh Schofield follows up the story of how Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel murdered … (read more)

Posted: 17th, July 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

UN and ISIS repeating a cowardly and barbaric war in France

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel murdered 84 people when he drove a lorry into crowds marking Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France. The massacre was “cowardly and barbaric”. We know this because … (read more)

Posted: 16th, July 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | Comment (1)

Starbucks offers a fat-free degree for transgender student

To America, where Maximo Cortez has been working part-time in Starbucks in Houston, Texas “on and off over the last eight years, first while in school and now to save up some … (read more)

Posted: 16th, July 2016 | In: Money, Reviews | Comment

Fail: CNN illustrates Nice horror with advert for tyres

So how did CNN illustrate the story of the Islamist maniac who murdered scores of people on Bastille Day in Nice, France? With an advert for Falken tires [sic] that … (read more)

Posted: 16th, July 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews, The Consumer | Comment

Transfer balls: Kante to Chelsea, Vardy verbally agrees to join Arsenal and remain at Leicester

And so begins the break-up of the Leicester City team that one with Premier League. The Telegraph says Chelsea have agreed to sign Leicester midfielder N’Golo Kante, 25, at the weekend for £29m. Kante, we … (read more)

Posted: 15th, July 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Chelsea, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Transfer Balls: Paul Pogba makes Manchester United his last choice

Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba, 23, says Manchester United “are his first family”. The BBC says this “confirms” the player’s interest in joining the club.

The BBC’s story is rooted in a … (read more)

Posted: 15th, July 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

What rich fools will rid Liverpool of Mario Balotelli?

Liverpool are panicked by the sight of Mario Balotelli returning from his season-long loan at AC Milan.

Balotelli joined Liverpool for £16million on a three-year, £125,000-a-week deal from AC Milan in … (read more)

Posted: 14th, July 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, Sports | Comment (1)

Eagle tries to carry off boy

To Australia, where a wedge-tailed eagle is wowing the crowds at the Alice Springs Desert Park. Witnesses says the bird swopped for a young onlooker and tried to make off with him “like a … (read more)

Posted: 13th, July 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

All the facts on Graziano Pelle’s move to Shandong Luneng

How much is Italian footballer Graziano Pelle earning at Shandong Luneng, the Chinese club that just bought him from Southampton?

The Times says the 31-year-old* is on £120,000-a-week.

The Mirror: “Graziano Pelle offered £125,000 a … (read more)

Posted: 12th, July 2016 | In: Back pages, Money, Sports | Comment

Transfer balls: Paul Pogba will reluctantly join Manchester United unless Real Madrid cough up

The Daily Pogba: is the France player heading to Manchester United for £100m? News is that Juventus, his current club, are to offer the player a pay rise. Stick with Juve … (read more)

Posted: 12th, July 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment (1)

Black flight is on because the moralising Left have moved to Tuscany

The Guardian’s Hugh Muir talks of “black flight”. The teaser explains the phrase: “Black flight: how England’s suburbs are changing colour.”
What is remarkable in our national story is the extent … (read more)

Posted: 12th, July 2016 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

Arsenal balls: Wenger and Henry declare war in the Sky

Arsenal are under “threat”. In an “exclusive”, the Mail’s Charles Sale thunders beneath the headline “THIERRY THREAT” that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has delivered an “extraordinary ultimatum”. He has “ruled” that Henry must … (read more)

Posted: 12th, July 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Brexit therapy: How to mend Broken Britain

Good news. Leave voters can be cured of mental disorders through therapy, wonder of the age and booming business sector to boot.

Ewan Cameron, “a psychologist who provides assessment and treatment … (read more)

Posted: 12th, July 2016 | In: Key Posts, Politicians, Reviews | Comment

Paul Gascoigne is not dead – papers continue to humilate him

Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has triggered “fears”. The Sun shows a picture of Gazza and says, “There were new fears for Paul Gascoigne last night after he accidentally exposed … (read more)

Posted: 11th, July 2016 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Reviews, Tabloids | Comment

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