Society

The incredible story of how I rescued my backpacker friend from Stoke

WHEN backpacker Nikki Hollis went missing in Stoke-on-Trent, friend Tom Logan knew he had to save her. Here is the moving story of how he finally brought her home.

The social media patriot's guide to coping when it's not an immigrant

DISAPPOINTED? Staked your X followers on Monday’s attack being Islamic terrorism? Arrest of a 53-year-old white man make this unlikely? Don’t let it get in the way of your racism.

Breaking your neck catching a cheese, and other charitable efforts that don't withstand a cost-benefit analysis

ARE you doing something for charity? Does the effort and cost involved comfortably outweigh any money you might raise? Does that make you a cretin?

A proper altar jilting, and other events you'd secretly love to see in real life

HIGH drama in other people’s lives is the best kind of drama, and nothing could be more delectable than to see these terrible, life-ruining, incredibly entertaining events in the flesh.

No one knows if' 'you look well' means 'good' or 'fat'

NOBODY knows whether saying ‘you look well’ means the recipient is very attractive or a bit chubby, it has emerged.

Gen Z worker on mental health break after getting text that ended in full stop

AN office worker is taking time off work with stress after receiving a message from an older colleague that concluded with a full stop.

'My wife is not a racist; she just incites racial hatred as a hobby'

YOU know what it’s like, with the women. Raising children’s a full-time job but they need something to keep their little hands busy. For my wife it was inciting racial hatred.

We ask you: how are you avoiding revising for your GCSEs?

THE GCSE examinations are taking place, and around Britain tens of thousands are doing everything possible not to revise for them. What’s your avoidance strategy?

Seven laughably incorrect things gammons think about Magna Carta

A COPY of Magna Carta has turned out to be a genuine duplicate from 1300. But all the media interest won’t stop patriotic Brits believing strange things about it. Things like this…