Society

Councils urged to collect disease-ridden bags of shit once a week

COUNCILS across England are to be offered incentives to collect rat-filled bags of putrefying meat and devastating viruses more often than once a fortnight.

iPhone be naughty, say sleepyheads

MILLIONS of iPhone users were totally told off by their boss after their favourite toy in the whole world forgot to get them up for work.

Mother forced to choose favourite child to join her on Eurostar

BRUTAL Eurostar commandants last night forced a mother-of-two to make an agonising choice between her offspring.

British media urged to do the decent thing with a revolver

BRITAIN'S media has been urged to go into its study with an old service revolver after the Daily Telegraph had to trick Vince Cable into revealing Lib Dems and Tories don't get on very well.

People to be killed by tank commanders listening to Steps

THE lifting of the ban on openly gay US troops will mean people being killed by tank commanders who are listening to upbeat euro pop, experts have warned.

Are we supposed to be doing something about all this snow? asks government

MINISTERS are to launch a consultation on whether they are supposed to be clearing away all this snow that seems to be everywhere.

Ireland urged to join the 19th Century

A LANDMARK EU court ruling could propel Ireland headlong into the middle of the 19th century.

Post office could close unless elderly man moves away from counter

A POST office could be forced to close unless 83-year-old Roy Hobbs accepts that he doesn't have the correct documents to renew his car tax.  

Students threaten to re-animate the Levellers

STUDENT activists have warned politicians that they are prepared to unleash 90s crusty-rock favourites The Levellers in their battle against reality.

Ainsworth a 'world class LSD fiend'

FORMER defence secretary Bob Ainsworth was today accused of backing the legalisation of drugs so that he can feed his insatiable desire for psychedelic freak-outs.