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The Pool shuts; freelancers still owed money

The Pool website has shut. As many as 24 staff are facing redundancy. The site, fronted by BBC Radio 6 presenter Lauren Laverne and former Cosmopolitan and Red editor Sam … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, February 2019 | In: News | Comment

A look around Roald Dahl’s Dylan Thomas-themed writing shed

In 1982 Roald Dahl, showed us inside his writing shed at his home in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England. The shed was relocated to the Roald Dahl Museum. The desk – a … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, February 2019 | In: Books, Celebrities, Key Posts, News | Comment

Prince Philip: look who Freaky Phil could have killed

The Sun has an “exclusive” on Prince’s Philip’s car accident in which one woman travelling in the other vehicle sustained a broken wrist. It’s an exclusive based on the opinions … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, February 2019 | In: Key Posts, News, Royal Family, Tabloids | Comment

Ariana Grande: new Japanese tattoo spells ‘Japanese barbecue finger’

Into the ever popular realm of crap tattoos steps elfin singer Ariana Grande who invested in a new hand tattoo written in Japanese kanji characters to mark her new single 7 … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, February 2019 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment

Don’t make Fiona Onasanya a victim of our prejudice

Labour MP Fiona Onasanya is one of the rarest breed: a politician actually jailed for lying (what – rather rather than getting a peerage? – ed). Onsanya claimed she wasn’t … (read more)

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Posted: 31st, January 2019 | In: Key Posts, News, Politicians | Comment

Transfer balls: Newcastle sign Almiron from, er, Arsenal

‘I am so happy to sign for Arsenal United’

Transfer Balls looks at dire football reporting. So news that Miguel Almiron has joined Newcastle United is interesting. On October 7 … (read more)

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Posted: 31st, January 2019 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

State refuses compensation for two innocent men who served 24 years prison

Hard cheese Sam Hallam, who was convicted of murder, and Victor Nealon, who was found guilty of attempted rape. Bother men had those convictions quashed in 2012 and 2013 respectively. … (read more)

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Posted: 31st, January 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Italy dips into recession; UK out-performs EU; BBC ignores figures

Something is missing from the BBC’s report on the Italian economy slipping into recession. In the final quarter of 2018, the Italian economy shrank by 0.2%. That followed a … (read more)

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Posted: 31st, January 2019 | In: Key Posts, Money, News | Comment

Arsenal Transfer Balls: Christopher Nkunku in balance; Yannick Carrasco and Ivan Perisic want to come

Arsenal won’t be parading Ivan Perisic and Yannick Carrasco before their next match. The BBC says any deals to take one of them to the club this transfer window is … (read more)

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Posted: 31st, January 2019 | In: News | Comment

Writer turns sleep apnea mask into an Alien Facehugger

Who says you can’t have fun with sleep apnea? Not Jared Grey, who fashioned his Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) mask into an Alien life-size foam Facehugger. And here’s how he did it, telling us:

I’ve … (read more)

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Posted: 31st, January 2019 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment

Arsenal Transfer Balls: Nkunku in; Perisic stalemate; Carrasco waits

Arsenal are still in the chase for PSG’s Christopher Nkunku. Having signed Denis Surez on a loan deal with an option to buy at the season’s end, the Gunners seem … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2019 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment

Manchester United transfers: Felix in; Martial signs; Fellaini gone

Farewell, Marouane Fellaini, who has left Manchester Untied for Shandong Luneng on a three-year contract in a deal worth around £8million a year. We only pity whoever’s sat on the … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2019 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Arsenal sign Denis Suarez

Arsenal have signed Denis Suarez from Barcelona. The Spaniard will play for Arsenal until the end of the season. Before he decamped for London, Suarez signed a one-year extension on … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2019 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment

Brexit: May the appeaser becomes ‘Our Theresa’ in the tabloids

‘SHE’ who must be obeyed

Any idea what the tabloids made of yesterday’s vote in which MPs despatched the PM to Brussels to ask the EU to renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2019 | In: Key Posts, News, Politicians, Tabloids | Comment

Casey Hathaway: 3-year-old lost in woods was raided by a bear

Casey Hathaway has a story to tell. The three-year-old was lost for three days in the freezing cold woods of Craven County, North Carolina. Found by police, Casey told them … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2019 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Arsenal Transfer Round-Up: Gueye, Nkunku, Peresic, Tielemans and Peresic all in; Elneny out

Arsenal like Everton’s Idrissa Gueye. So do Manchester City. The Senegal player can either join the current champions and play in the Champions League for loadsa money, or aim to … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2019 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment

Gemma Collins is bigger than The Beatles – two or four of them?

Ice-skating Essex postcode Gemma Collins bursts onto the Daily Star’s cover and declares: “I’m Bigger Than the Beatles.” And what does the TV celebrity mean by “bigger”. Gemma – “whose … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2019 | In: Celebrities, Tabloids | Comment

Thailand fires water canon to clear Bangkok smog; London learns

You know you’re in Bangkok, Thailand, because you can see the air moving. But worry not. The Thais are defeating the smoggy pea-soupers with water cannon.

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Posted: 30th, January 2019 | In: Key Posts, News, Strange But True, Technology | Comment

Talking Balls: Spurs title win would better Leicester City’s 2016 effort

Line of the day comes from former Liverpool and Leicester City player Stan Collymore now working as a Daily Mirror columnist. The job of a columnist is to foment debate. … (read more)

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Posted: 29th, January 2019 | In: Back pages, Sports, Spurs, Tabloids | Comment

Transfer balls: Denis Suarez in; Perisic agrees Manchester United but wants Arsenal

Arsenal fans have had a few weeks to find out who Denis Suarez is and what he does. And now the Barcelona substitute is on his way to the club. … (read more)

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Posted: 29th, January 2019 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

It cost Arsenal £17m to get shot of Arsene Wenger

It took more than placards and hashtags to defenestrate Arsene Wenger from Arsenal. Sky says it took £17.1m. Not that he got the lot. The Times says the £17m was … (read more)

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Posted: 29th, January 2019 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Money, Sports | Comment

Morrisons offer: 20p for a paper bag or 15p for a more environmentally friendly plastic bag?

Bag. 2012.3045.04. McDonald’s: Toy Story 2.

Morrisons is offering its customers the chance to buy a reusable paper bag. Prince: 20p. The supermarket chain is also offering a reusable plastic carrier … (read more)

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Posted: 28th, January 2019 | In: Key Posts, News, The Consumer | Comment