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Clickbait Watch: how to BAFFLE an Arsenal fan

Writing clickbait for football fans is hard graft. All those budding hacks who dream of talking truth to power are reduced to spinning for clicks at sister newspapers the Daily Express, … (read more)

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Posted: 16th, November 2018 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Chelsea, Key Posts, Liverpool, manchester united, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

39 years later Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide

Justice delayed is not justice denied. In Cambodia, former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea, 92, and Khieu Samphan, 87, have been handed life sentences for their roles in the murder … (read more)

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Posted: 16th, November 2018 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Transfer Balls: Spurs and Arsenal in for Bailly as Manchester United get a new defence

Transfer Balls: José Mourinho will change Manchester United’s defence early next year. From “When we win it’s all down to me; when we lose it was everyone else”, the new … (read more)

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Posted: 16th, November 2018 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Chelsea, Liverpool, manchester united, Sports, Spurs | Comment

BBC sign language expert nails Brexit

Are you keeping up with Brexit? Nothing’s been signed. No deal has been done. The UK remains in the EU. Millions of words have been written on the matter. But … (read more)

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Posted: 16th, November 2018 | In: Politicians, TV & Radio | Comment

Fulham balls: Wenger ‘snub’ but Ranieri was the ‘obvious’ choice

Fulham only appointed Claudio Ranieri as their new manager because former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger “snubbed” them. So says the Daily Mirror: “Arsene Wenger turned down sensational return to management … (read more)

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Posted: 15th, November 2018 | In: Back pages, Sports | Comment

Cheating wife guilty of trying to shoot, poison and drown terminally ill husband

Hayley Weatherall, 32, wanted to kill her terminally ill husband, Ray Weatherall, to be with his best friend with whom she’d been having an affair. Today a jury at Maidstone Crown … (read more)

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Posted: 15th, November 2018 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Boys on bicycles fight with town crier fo his tricorn hat

In yer face, all you fear-mongers with your dystopian stories of youths lost to drugs, iPhones and sexting. In Gloucester a town crier hurled his bell at boys getting some … (read more)

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Posted: 15th, November 2018 | In: News, Strange But True | Comment

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia plans to swiftly execute all the guilty men

Justice moves fast in Saudi Arabia. By the time you’ve read this, chances are the five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi … (read more)

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Posted: 15th, November 2018 | In: News | Comment

Queen eats bananas like a princess

A young Prince Edward is potty trained

What do you want: Brexit, Brexit, Brexit and Brexit or “Her Majesty’s bizarre way of eating bananas”? ‘Nanas it is. … (read more)

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Posted: 15th, November 2018 | In: Key Posts, News, Royal Family, Tabloids | Comment

Freshly divorced texan blows up her wedding dress

Kimberly Santleben-Stiteler celebrated her divorce by detonating her wedding dress. Santleben-Stiteler, from near San Antonio, Texas, laced her gown with 20 pounds of Tannerite, stood pretty well back and shot … (read more)

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Posted: 14th, November 2018 | In: Key Posts, News, Strange But True | Comment

Transfer Balls: Manchester United want Milan’s Milan and Liverpool dog deep for Dembélé

Transfer Balls: So desperate is Alexis Sanchez to leave Manchester United that he’s going to demand a reduction in his £500,000-a-week wage to make him more affordable to, well, anyone … (read more)

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Posted: 14th, November 2018 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports, Spurs | Comment

James Bulger: tabloids bring up the body to attack Robert Thompson and stir Blair’s mob

The 1993 killing of James Bulger continues to occupy minds in the tabloids. Bulger, 2, was killed by children, ten-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. The latter has been in … (read more)

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Posted: 14th, November 2018 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Police get 6 more months to find Madeleine McCann

“YOU’VE 6 More Months to find Maddie.” You. (Me?!) Yes, you. You might qualify for the huge reward the News of The World posted for information leading to the return … (read more)

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Posted: 14th, November 2018 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, News, Tabloids | Comment

UFOs spotted over Ireland: little green men sought

Ireland’s reputation as a haven for little green men has reached far into the cosmos. UFOS have been spotted over the Emerald Isle. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) is investigating … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, November 2018 | In: Key Posts, News, Strange But True, Technology | Comment

The diamond ring made entirely of diamond

How big is your diamond ring? Well, it depends on the size of your finger? Sothebys is overseeing the sale of a wholly diamond ring created by Apple design guru Jony Ive … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, November 2018 | In: Key Posts, News, The Consumer | Comment

Newspaper says Spike Lee not Stan Lee is dead

Stan Lee, fabled comic book storyteller, is not dead. Well, he’s not if you get your news from this paper, which declares: “Spike Lee Dies at 95.” A grinning Stan … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, November 2018 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, News, Strange But True | Comment

Manchester United balls: Mourinho sacked (again), Pochettino waits, Spurs nowhere

Manchester United will sack Jose Mourinho if the club fails to achieve Champions League qualification this season. So says the BBC. And so says the Sun. The paper offers no fact … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, November 2018 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Asia Bibi: Boris Johnson seizes the opportunity to do the right thing

Is there room in the country for the right sort of asylum seeker? The Daily Mail, a paper whose existence gave rise to thousands of Twitter accounts that use it to define everything … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, November 2018 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Stan Lee reads Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven

‘The only advice anybody can give is, if you wanna be a writer, keep writing. And read all you can, read everything” – Stan Lee (December 28, 1922 – November … (read more)

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Posted: 12th, November 2018 | In: Books, Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment

Transfer balls: Gareth Bale to Arsenal and ex Gooner becomes a Prophet

Clickbait Balls: a look at newspapers tricking readers . Today, as ever, it’s the Daily Express, which thunders: “Arsenal news: Gareth Bale transfer EXCLUSIVE, Unai Emery revelation, Wolves team news.”

It’s … (read more)

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Posted: 12th, November 2018 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Key Posts, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Arsenal Balls: Daily Express feasts on Danny Welbeck’s pain

The ghouls have been out fo Arsenal striker Danny Welbck. Last night, Arsenal manger Unai Emery told media that Welbeck had surgery on his badly injured ankle on Friday – … (read more)

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Posted: 12th, November 2018 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Key Posts, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Manchester City balls: Raheem Sterling takes journalism to the dogs

Manchester City attacker Raheem Sterling has a dog. The Daily Mirror presents this as news. Having priced the player’s home, the Mirror then delivers one of the most asinine lines … (read more)

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Posted: 11th, November 2018 | In: Back pages, Manchester City, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Cardiff City: Sol Bmba has blue skin

Did Cardiff City’s Sol Bamba take his shirt off after hitting the deciding goal in his side’s 2-1 win over Brighton? Unless the new Brighton kit is made of human … (read more)

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Posted: 11th, November 2018 | In: Sports | Comment