Society

80s free school launched
A RETRO fanatic has set up a free school providing a traditional 1980s education.

If you need me I'll be in the pub, Charles tells Queen
PRINCE Charles has instructed his mother that he intends to wait out his days as heir to the throne in the pub.

Cynics released from Olympic dungeons
BRITAIN'S 500,000 cynics have been released from temporary incarceration below the Olympic stadium.

Benefits allocated using game show-style challenges
BENEFIT assessments have been replaced by TV game show-inspired challenges including 'Dole or No Dole'.

Britain hails return of normal telly
AFTER weeks of Olympics, Britons are celebrating the end of disruption to the television schedules.

Lunchtime pints key to economic recovery
DRINKING at least three pints of beer at lunchtime could put Britain's economy back on track, it has been claimed.

Britain to honour its heroin addicts
THE contribution of drug addicts to British society is to be honoured at the first National Junkie Day.

McDonalds relaunched as moody teen hangout
FAST food giant McDonalds is re-branding its restaurants as foodless leisure spaces for bored, hostile teenagers.