The signs she used have reportedly been demonstrated in a series of videos on TikTok. A man has been arrested for the abduction of a missing girl after she used hand signals she learned on TikTok to alert people that she needed help. According to police in Kentucky, the 16-year-old girl, who has not been […]

4 years ago

“I’m absolutely devastated by what took place last night.” Travis Scott has said that he is “absolutely devastated” after at least eight people died and hundreds more were injured in a crowd surge during his performance at the Astroworld festival in Houston, Texas. During his set, at the festival which he runs, some of the […]

4 years ago

The second day of the festival has been cancelled. At least eight people have died and several more have been injured after a crowd crush during Travis Scott’s set at the Astroworld Festival in Texas. According to officials, some of the sold-out crowd of 50,000 is thought to have surged forward to the front of […]

4 years ago

These dark evenings are grim aren’t they? Every year it surprises us. Every year we have to comment on it. “Oh isn’t it getting dark early.” But it is, and it’s shocking every year. So as you put/throw away your Halloween costume, and try to resist the temptation to stick a bit of Michael Buble […]

4 years ago

The cryptocurrency had hit a high of $2,861. A digital currency based off of the hugely popular Netflix show, Squid Game, has scammed investors of millions after its creators cashed out. The currency, called SQUID, is trading at 0.003$ but had surged to a price of $2,856 as recently as Monday (November 1), according to […]

4 years ago

Welcome back for another quiz. We have questions on general knowledge, sport and everything in between.  Look, you don’t want to hear anymore, so just do the quiz.

4 years ago

He has pleaded not guilty to the murder charges. TikTok star Ali Nasse Abulaban has pleaded not guilty to shooting and killing his estranged wife and a man she was with. The incident took place at an East Village apartment in California on Thursday, 21 October. Abulaban was reportedly arrested and charged for killing his […]

4 years ago

Alec Baldwin was said to be “hysterical and absolutely inconsolable for hours” after the incident. Joel Souza, the film director who was injured by actor Alec Baldwin during the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, has recalled the incident, describing how it happened. In an affidavit released on Sunday (October 24), Souza described how Baldwin […]

4 years ago

500 soldiers and 22 helicopters were involved in the operation. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, Colombia’s most wanted drug lord and leader of the country’s largest criminal gang, has been captured. Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was captured after a huge operation by the army, air force and police on Saturday, with the news of his capture […]

4 years ago

Mother of god, it’s another pub quiz. Sometimes these intros are going to be short and sweet, because if you’ve not got anything worth saying don’t say anything at all. So on that note, quiz away. While you’re here, why not try some of our other great quizzes: QUIZ: Can you name all the countries […]

4 years ago

“Audiences around the world need let to Netflix know that there is a real interest.” One of the directors of the David Fincher-produced Netflix series Mindhunter has called on fans to “make enough noise” in order for the show to return for a third season. The hit show, which follows two detectives in the early […]

4 years ago

The UK politician died after being stabbed multiple times. Police are treating the killing of UK Conservative MP David Amess as a terrorist incident and have said there is a potential link to Islamist extremism. The investigation into the death of Amess on Friday (15 October) is being led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command […]

4 years ago

The name’s quiz. JOE Friday Pub quiz. Well done, you made it through another week. Give yourself a pat on the back. And it looks like you’ve decided to reward yourself by taking 10 minutes out of your day to take part in another JOE Friday Pub Quiz. Good choice. A strong movie theme to […]

4 years ago

The five-minute video portrays the moment that Williams learned about the death of John Belushi. Fans are calling for a biopic to be made of Robin Williams’ life after a clip of actor Jamie Costa playing the comedian went viral. Costa’s portrayal of Williams is uncanny and it isn’t the first time he’s shown his […]

4 years ago

Scotland Yard has said that its review of the case has concluded. The UK Metropolitan Police has dropped its investigation into Prince Andrew in relation to accusations made by Virginia Giuffre. Officers from the Met decided to drop the investigation into the claims made by Giuffre after reviewing several documents, according to the Sunday Times. […]

4 years ago

Well this is an honour. Welcome one and all to a new era in the history of the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. Yes, after almost two years in the role, Reuben has decided to pass on his crown and I have been given the honour of looking after this fine quizzing institution full-time. I’ll be […]

4 years ago

Tommy Shelby’s final rodeo could be just a matter of months away… The creator of Peaky Blinders has revealed when he thinks we can expect to see the show’s sixth – and final – series hit our screens. The sixth season of the hit BBC drama will be the last one for the show – […]

4 years ago

The demand to watch the show is putting pressure on South Korean broadband providers. It’s the latest Netflix show that everyone seems to be talking about – and if you’ve managed to avoid Squid Game chatter then you’ve probably not been on the Internet in the past fortnight. Since debuting in mid-September, the dystopian Korean […]

4 years ago

Gabriel Salazar had more than two million followers on TikTok. Texas police have claimed that teenage TikTok star Gabriel Salazar, who was involved in a recent car crash that killed him and three other passengers, was transporting undocumented migrants. The crash – which took place in the early hours of Sunday, 26 September – is […]

4 years ago

The show has proved a hit with audiences and critics alike. Since it launched in mid-September, Squid Game has become one of the success stories of the year. It currently sits at number one in the list of most-watched titles on Netflix, globally, and has a 100% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The dystopian […]

4 years ago

“Who are we looking for? I am here.” Authorities in Turkey were left stunned when a man turned up at a search party to find himself, thinking he was helping the group search for someone else. According to local media organisation NTV, 50-year-old Beyhan Mutlu had been drinking with friends in the rural neighbourhood of […]

4 years ago

Bond’s behaviour “wouldn’t fly today”, says No Time to Die helmer Cary Fukunaga. Cary Fukunaga, the director of new Bond film No Time To Die has labelled the character a rapist, criticising some of the scenes from previous movies. One scene in particular from the franchise’s history came under criticism from the director. Speaking to […]

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The policy has been extended across the company following a “successful trial period”. A company in the north west of England has adopted a four-day working week across the business to give its employees a “better work/life balance.” Greater Manchester-based company Belmont Packaging has adopted the new approach, along with its sister company Boxed-Up Packaging, […]

4 years ago

DCI John Luther is back. Netflix has confirmed that Idris Elba will be starring as John Luther once more in a brand new feature film featuring Andy Serkis and Cynthia Erivo. “Idris Elba will reprise his iconic role — joined by Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis — in a new feature film written by series […]

4 years ago

The TikTokers hope to crash the site. Pro-choice TikTokers and Reddit users have begun a campaign to fight against Texas’ extreme new abortion law by flooding a website encouraging people to report violators of the law with false reports, Shrek memes and porn. The law, that came into force on Friday, makes it illegal for […]

4 years ago

He was one of the show’s original cast members. Gogglebox UK has announced that one of its stars, Andy Michael, has sadly passed away at the age of just 61 following a short illness. Michael had been a mainstay of the hugely popular show, appearing in its very first episode back in 2013. In a […]

4 years ago

The comedian passed away on Wednesday at the age of 58. The world of comedy and entertainment has been rocked by the devastating news that Sean Lock has died of cancer. Over his career, he produced a whole host of legendary moments, often alongside Jimmy Carr and Jon Richardson on the popular Channel 4 panel […]

5 years ago

“We’ve seen the dire consequences of taking too long to act in other countries.” New Zealand is due to go back in lockdown on Tuesday after a person in Auckland tested positive for Covid-19. It is assumed that the case will be the more contagious Delta variant, although the government is waiting on the genetic […]

5 years ago

Thousands have been trying to flee the country on flights out of Kabul. A shocking new photo from the evacuation of Kabul shows how nearly 650 Afghans were crammed on one US Air Force plane out of the city. The image shows hundreds of passengers crammed into the huge cargo jet. It is thought that […]

5 years ago

The Taliban has taken full control of Kabul, with thousands fleeing for their safety. A prominent Afghan filmmaker has recorded her dramatic escape from the Afghan capital of Kabul, begging for help and saying that the militant group were “coming to kill us.” In an Instagram post on Sunday, Sahraa Karimi asked people to “pray […]

5 years ago

Hello again. God I love the Olympics. I was worried all of the Covid concerns before the games and the lack of fans during the games would make it difficult to get as invested as I usually am in them. But it’s been brilliant. Taekwondo. Rugby Sevens. Diving. Dressage. It’s just all been great. Nothing […]

5 years ago

He announced the news in a post on Twitter. UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating at home until he gets the results of a PCR test. In a video posted on Twitter he said that he had felt “a bit groggy” the night before so took a lateral […]

5 years ago

I’m suffering some major football fatigue… After a Premier League season that seemed to never end, we were straight into Euro 2020, which I think we can all agree was an incredible tournament. But it’s exhausting isn’t it? After Sunday night my emotions were drained. Four weeks of stress, joy, torment, nerves. And football everywhere. […]

5 years ago

Yet again, The Simpsons seems to have predicted the future. Along with everything that went on across the weekend, you may have missed the fact that Richard Branson went into space. On Sunday, July 11, the Virgin founder flew up to the edge of space on his Virgin Galactic flight in the plane’s first fully […]

5 years ago

The next instalment of the franchise is set to be released later this year So as we say goodbye to Euro 2020, attention will quickly turn to the new Premier League season beginning in August. A new season always brings with it one thing as well – a new FIFA video game. EA Sports dropped […]

5 years ago

It is still 93% effective against serious illness and hospitalisation. A study in Israel has found the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine is less effective at halting the spread of the Delta variant than previous strains of Covid-19. Data collected over the last month has suggested that the vaccine is 64% effective at preventing infection among those who […]

5 years ago

Struggling to compute this one. Shrek is the gift that keeps on giving. 20 years after its release, fans are still discovering hidden jokes and easter eggs that had previously gone unnoticed in this cinematic masterpiece. These hidden and disguised treats are usually funny jokes, throwaway lines, pop culture references or adult humour that the […]

5 years ago

She caused a crash during the first stage of the race by holding up a sign in front of the riders. A woman has been arrested in connection with one of the worst crashes in the history of the Tour de France is in custody. The crash took place in the Landerneau, a small town […]

5 years ago

Two years later and we’re still talking about that ending… George R.R. Martin has said that the ending he is planning for the books will be different to the one that fans were treated to in the HBO series. In an interview with WTTW Chicago, the author of the Song of Ice and Fire novels […]

5 years ago

Hello there. Another week, another quiz. But a different quiz master. And may I begin by saying what a privilege it is to take on this prestigious task for a week. This weekend was also meant to be Glastonbury, but Covid got in the way of that a long time ago (boo). So one of […]

5 years ago

The cybersecurity entrepreneur was found dead in his prison cell on Wednesday night. An Instagram account belonging to John McAfee, the cybersecurity and antivirus tycoon who was found dead in his Spanish prison cell on Wednesday, has been deleted after it posted a mysterious and cryptic image of the letter Q. The post went up […]

5 years ago

The pandemic strikes again. The chat show involving the cast of Mrs Brown’s Boys has been cancelled this year because of the pandemic. The talk show is hosted by Mrs Brown, the comedic creation of Brendan O’Carroll, and has ran on the BBC and RTÉ every spring since 2017 However, this year BBC bosses have […]

5 years ago

He’s the gift that keeps on giving. You can keep your Piers Morgans and Andrew Neils. Don’t talk to me about Phil and Holly. We care about one man and one man only in the world of UK TV. Richard Madeley. Amongst the positives from Piers Morgan’s departure from Good Morning Britain is the fact […]

5 years ago

He’s been tweeting again. Dominic Cummings has leaked messages between himself and Boris Johnson, including one in which the Prime Minister calls Health Secretary Matt Hancock “totally fucking hopeless”. Johnson’s former top adviser leaked WhatsApp messages on Twitter apparently from the UK Prime Minister, which included the expletive-laden attack on the health secretary. In the […]

5 years ago

He was just 32. Jack Black has paid tribute to his School of Rock co-star Kevin Clark, who passed away at the age of just 32, describing him as a “beautiful soul.” Clark played drummer Freddy Jones in the classic 2003 comedy, but tragically died on Wednesday after he was hit by a motorist whilst […]

5 years ago

Put those reunion plans on hold everyone. Liam Gallagher has yet again made it very clear what he thinks of his brother, just in case any of us were in any doubt. After Noel shared a post on social media asking fans for questions they wanted answering, Liam couldn’t resist launching a jibe at his […]

5 years ago

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been cast in the upcoming Warner Bros. movie DC League of Super-Pets, taking on the role of Krypto the Super-Dog

5 years ago

Animal Rebellion are stopping McDonald’s from delivering to its 1,300 UK restaurants by staging blockades at four of their distribution centres

5 years ago

Not like Joe Rogan to stir the pot… Joe Rogan has yet again found himself at the centre of controversy after attacking so-called “woke” culture and suggesting that we may soon get to the point where “straight white men” won’t be allowed to talk. While speaking with the comedian Joe List on his podcast, the […]

5 years ago

Violence shows no sign of letting up between the two territories. Israel’s defence minister has said that the country will not stop its military operation in Gaza until there is “complete quiet”. The comments come as airstrikes and rocket fire continued throughout Wednesday in the worst violence the region has seen since 2014. The death […]

5 years ago