Pub where Hugh Grant famously ‘bugged a bugger’ has gone on the market for a bargain-basement £100,000
Journalist-turned-publican Paul McMullan caught in sting by actor at Dover hostelry exposing phone hacking
Devon town declares itself ‘city state’ in opposition to Brexit
A plucky town in Devon has made a stand against Brexit. Remainers in Totnes have declared their town an “independent city state.” They have even gone as far as making passports and writing an oath of allegiance to the EU. However, they admit that it is a bit of fun and don’t expect Totnes to be annexing itself from the rest of the UK, for real, any time soon. Dominic Raab has one less problem on his list to potentially...
Asda apologises to woman after FOUR supermarket’s pregnancy tests returned ‘false positive’ results
The supermarket giant ruled out issuing a recall
Flashbacks to ‘93: So I Married An Axe Murderer
It seems that every comedian with a movie or two under their belt turns pretty quickly to the romantic comedy, and with good reason. The rom-com is a fascinating genre, at once rigid in its long established rules and structure, yet infinitely malleable in the genre hybridisations that can be created within it. Mike Myers’ attempt at this most mainstream of genres, So I Married an Axe Murderer, its title might suggest, falls on the darker end of the spectrum....
Retired teacher who sexually abused young girls more than 25 years ago spared jail
David Wesley, 66, abused four girls between 1977 and 1992
Jeremy Hunt mixes up Chinese & Japanese describing own wife on China trade trip
Jeremy Hunt recently promoted to Foreign Secretary and in China a bid to establish new trade connections managed to get the nationality of his wife wrong in a botched bid to ingratiate himself with his hosts. Hunt, Britain’s top diplomat now managed to mix up regional rivals Japan and China, as well as mistake his wife’s nationality, boasting “my wife is Japanese.” He hastily corrected himself, telling his counterpart, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi: “my wife is Chinese. That’s a...
Top places to stay in Caribbean
The Caribbean attracts millions of visitors to spend a few weeks in the sunshine. Whether you want to dance in the streets during Carnival or simply book one of the barbados homes for rent along the beach for a few days, you’ll find it here. Keep reading and discover the best places to take a vacation in the Caribbean and where to stay for the ultimate vacationing experience. Beachside Rentals in Barbados Barbados rates as one of the Caribbean’s most...
Streetlights have forced animals & plants to change their eating habits, scientists discovered
While night-time lighting is good for parasitoid wasps, who find food far more easily, aphid populations are decimated by them as they are so much more visible.
Heart-warming images of farmer children launching themselves off the top of a buffalo
Photographer Tamlikho Tam snapped these fun images of children playing on a BUFFALO in the Indonesian farmlands