James Dawson

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Deputy Editor of JOE.co.uk

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  • Heinz have combined mayonnaise and ketchup to create… Mayochup

    Heinz have combined mayonnaise and ketchup to create… Mayochup

    The condiment has been released in the USA. Condiments, it seems every day their powers grow stronger. Through salt and vinegar, mustard, ketchup, salad cream, mayonnaise, BBQ, pepper sauce, hot sauce, sriracha – we have reached where we are today, each of us swimming in sauce, unable to eat any meal without it; our minds […]

    8 years ago

  • WATCH: Guy travels 300 miles so he can headbang to a Slayer song in the path of Hurricane Florence

    WATCH: Guy travels 300 miles so he can headbang to a Slayer song in the path of Hurricane Florence

    No surrender to the storms Lane Pittman, the topless US-flag waver who went viral after headbanging against Hurricane Matthew, has returned to take on Hurricane Florence. This time around Pittman travelled to Mrtyle Beach, South Carolina, which along with areas in North Carolina and Virginia, is currently being battered by Hurricane Florence. Winds have reached up to 85mph, […]

    8 years ago

  • An episode of Telletubbies was so dark and creepy it was banned from TV

    An episode of Telletubbies was so dark and creepy it was banned from TV

    It’s one of the oddest things you’ll see all day. As a big fan of Joy Division and as somebody who grew up around the same time as Telletubbies was first being aired, one of my favourite things on the internet is the online video of the children’s TV show in black and white, set […]

    8 years ago

  • Jamie Oliver ‘tackles and pins burglar to ground’ outside his house

    Jamie Oliver ‘tackles and pins burglar to ground’ outside his house

    The 43-year-old reportedly held the man down until the police arrived. Jamie Oliver has been hailed a hero by his neighbours after taking on a burglar who attempted to rob his house last week. The professional chef chased the burglar down the street and pinned him to the ground after catching him attempting to break into his […]

    8 years ago

  • Players win £100,000 on The Chase and break record for highest win on daytime TV

    Players win £100,000 on The Chase and break record for highest win on daytime TV

    A big moment for afternoon telly. Players on The Chase won a combined total of £100,000 today – the highest amount ever won on a daytime TV show. Diane, Luca, Tim and Gayna were each handed £25,000 after beating Chaser Anne ‘The Governess’ Hegerty and taking 21 steps on the board. Anne ran out of time with […]

    8 years ago

  • QUIZ: Can you name the cereal after we pixelated the label?

    QUIZ: Can you name the cereal after we pixelated the label?

    More than 10 is a good score. Breakfast, we are so often told, is the most important meal of the day. The one that should set a precedent for your day ahead, put that spring in your step and just get you really fucking hyped for existence. But, the question now is how well you […]

    8 years ago

  • Shooter classic Modern Warfare 2 is getting released on Xbox One this week

    Shooter classic Modern Warfare 2 is getting released on Xbox One this week

    One of the GOAT of all time first-person shooters is available to play again. Good news for anybody still hanging on to their Xbox 360 games, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now backwards compatible on the Xbox One and it’s available to buy this week. Originally released in 2009 Modern Warfare 2 was one of the most […]

    8 years ago

  • Ed Sheeran “confirms” he has secretly married his childhood sweetheart Cherry Seaborn

    Ed Sheeran “confirms” he has secretly married his childhood sweetheart Cherry Seaborn

    Congrats Ed. It appears that Ed Sheeran has secretly got married to his fiancée Cherry Seaborn, at least judging by his response to questioning during a recent interview. The 27-year-old musician blushed and pointed at his ‘wedding ring’ after being asked when he planned to wed Seaborn whilst being interviewed by Access. Ed was asked: “What […]

    8 years ago

  • Gordon Ramsay sued by restaurant following Kitchen Nightmares vomit scene

    Gordon Ramsay sued by restaurant following Kitchen Nightmares vomit scene

    The scene shows him throwing up into a bin. Gordon Ramsey’s not a man known for mincing his words, so you can imagine he had an expletive-filled reaction to the news he is being sued by a US restaurant over an “unflattering video”. The video was taken from his Kitchen Nightmares TV programme and shows the chef […]

    8 years ago

  • QUIZ: We show you a cheese picture you have to tell us what type it is

    QUIZ: We show you a cheese picture you have to tell us what type it is

    It’s time for you so-called “cheese lovers” to prove how much you actually love cheese I don’t know about you, but it sure does feel like a lot of people are publicly loving cheese recently. Maybe it was a thing before 2018 and social media has just accentuated it, but either way, you can’t move […]

    8 years ago

  • Homer Simpson as a real human being is 100% pure nightmare fuel

    Homer Simpson as a real human being is 100% pure nightmare fuel

    An artist has created the most harrowing depiction of Homer Simpson you will ever see Everybody loves The Simpsons, over two decades on from the first episode being aired it remains the go-to reference for anybody who grew up with it. More than just a TV show, thanks to online communities and shit posting groups, steamed […]

    8 years ago

  • You can now get paid to eat an unlimited amount of cheese

    You can now get paid to eat an unlimited amount of cheese

    Can it really brie? Remember all those career advice meetings you had in school? The ones you bumbled through and didn’t know what to say, as the man opposite you – tie loose, beads of sweat on his forehead, a look of resignation in his eyes that told you this definitely wasn’t the job he […]

    8 years ago

  • The Nun ad has been pulled by YouTube for being too scary

    The Nun ad has been pulled by YouTube for being too scary

    The Nun ad violates YouTube’s “shocking content policy”. YouTube has removed an ad for the new move in the Conjuring franchise, The Nun, after it attracted criticism online. The pre-roll adverts for the film mimicked YouTube’s “skip ad” button, with a warning to viewers to turn down their volume – which according to Polygon, was then followed by “a grotesque […]

    8 years ago

  • Westminster barrier car crash is being treated as “suspected terror attack”

    Westminster barrier car crash is being treated as “suspected terror attack”

    The suspect from the Westminster attack is being held in police custody. The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that they are treating an incident that saw a driver plough through cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into a barrier outside the Houses of Parliament as terror-related. Two people were injured this morning when it is suspected a man in his late 20s […]

    8 years ago

  • Police swarm Westminster and man arrested after car crashes into Houses of Parliament barriers

    Police swarm Westminster and man arrested after car crashes into Houses of Parliament barriers

    The incident occurred at 7.37am this morning. A man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament and injured a number of pedestrians. The incident happened at 7.37am, prompting armed police to swarm the areas. Ambulances and firefighters are also attending the scene. Streets around Millbank, Parliament Square and […]

    8 years ago

  • Hatred of loud eating and heavy breathing is actually a psychological condition

    Hatred of loud eating and heavy breathing is actually a psychological condition

    Science has a name for just about everything. It turns out that there is a name for being annoyed by someone loudly eating, tapping their fingers, or breathing heavily. It has been diagnosed as a psychological condition named misophonia. Taking a deep dive into this, researchers at Newcastle University scanned the brains of 42 people – 20 […]

    8 years ago

  • Crocs has announced it is closing its remaining factories

    Crocs has announced it is closing its remaining factories

    Sad news for Crocs fans around the world. After having been at the vanguard of fashion for over a decade, Crocs has announced it will close its remaining production factories in Mexico and Italy. Its chief financial officer will also leave the company next year and 132 of its 530 stores will close as the company […]

    8 years ago

  • Zac Efron’s dreadlocks journey continues, and not for the better

    Zac Efron’s dreadlocks journey continues, and not for the better

    He looks like he wouldn’t be out of place in a drum circle in Glastonbury. Former High School Musical actor Zac Efron has posted a photo on his Instagram that shows he has braided the dreadlocks he began sporting last month. His emergence as a white guy with dreadlocks came on Instagram in early July and lead […]

    8 years ago

  • Parents are paying for their kids to have Fortnite tutors

    Parents are paying for their kids to have Fortnite tutors

    It’s important that children are taught the essential things in life As Fortnite continues to reign supreme, it has emerged that some parents in America are paying for their children to be tutored to avoid being embarrassed by their friends. The Wall Street Journal ran a feature in which it interviewed parents and their kids about the […]

    8 years ago

  • UK will not oppose death penalty for British ISIS suspects

    UK will not oppose death penalty for British ISIS suspects

    UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has made it clear Britain will not block the death penalty for the ISIS “Beatles”. The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has come under fire after dropping Britain’s blanket opposition to the death penalty in order to allow two British-born ISIS fighters to be sent to the United States. For years it has […]

    8 years ago

  • Minister resigns after bombarding two women with “daddy” text messages

    Minister resigns after bombarding two women with “daddy” text messages

    “I’m thinking maybe we need a flat for Daddy’s girls.” British Conservative Party MP Andrew Griffiths has been forced to resign after messages sent to a 28-year-old constituent and her friend were revealed by the Sunday Mirror. The married small business minister – who became a father in April – sent 2,000 texts to two barmaids over […]

    8 years ago

  • UK MP blocks proposal to make ‘upskirting’ a specific criminal offence

    UK MP blocks proposal to make ‘upskirting’ a specific criminal offence

    “Shame”, “Shame”, “Shame” An attempt in the UK parliament to make upskirting a specific criminal offence was blocked by a Tory MP this afternoon, as shouts of “shame” rang out in the House of Commons. The Voyeurism (Offences) Bill was stopped when Christchurch MP Sir Christopher Chope objected to a second reading. The private member’s bill, […]

    8 years ago

  • Actor Leslie Grantham, who played Dirty Den in Eastenders, has died aged 71

    Actor Leslie Grantham, who played Dirty Den in Eastenders, has died aged 71

    EastEnders actor Leslie Grantham has died aged 71, it has been confirmed. The actor appeared in EastEnders from 1985 to 1989, playing the popular character ‘Dirty Den’ in the soap, before later returning to the show in 2003. Earlier this week it was announced that Grantham had returned to the UK from Bulgaria, where he had […]

    8 years ago

  • Sixty firefighters battle blaze at high-rise tower block in south London

    Sixty firefighters battle blaze at high-rise tower block in south London

    Emergency services were called to the scene of the incident around 4am. Around 60 firefighters were called to a blaze in south London in the early hours of the morning after a fire broke out at a 20-storey tower block. The fire is one year to the day since the tragic Grenfell fire which claimed […]

    8 years ago

  • Robert De Niro shouts “f*ck Trump” live on TV at the Tony Awards

    Robert De Niro shouts “f*ck Trump” live on TV at the Tony Awards

    Although it was censored by most broadcasters, not all of them managed to stop it from being aired Robert De Niro laid into US President Donald Trump during the live television broadcast of the Tony Awards ceremony last night – shouting ‘fuck Trump’ to rapturous applause. The 74-year-old actor was appearing at New York’s Radio City Music Hall to […]

    8 years ago

  • Louis Walsh has officially quit The X Factor

    Louis Walsh has officially quit The X Factor

    The Kiltimagh-native is saying goodbye after more than a decade. Louis Walsh has announced that he is quitting The X Factor after 13 years. The Mayo man first appeared in the first series in 2004 and confirmed in a statement that he was “ready to leave.” Walsh said: “I’ve had a fantastic 13 years on The X […]

    8 years ago

  • Heinz Salad Cream to be renamed after 104-years of production

    Heinz Salad Cream to be renamed after 104-years of production

    Your cupboard/fridge will never be the same again… While it might be a lesser man’s mayonnaise, Heinz Salad Cream is going to be given a chance to take the condiment spotlight as it undergoes a #rebrand later this year. Despite having been in production for 104 years it has fallen out of favour with the […]

    8 years ago

  • Morgan Freeman releases second response to claims of sexual harassment against him

    Morgan Freeman releases second response to claims of sexual harassment against him

    He has clarified his first apology. Morgan Freeman has released a second statement after a number of women came forward to accuse him of inappropriate behaviour and harassment on Thursday. A total of 16 people were interviewed about allegations against the actor. Some claimed Freeman harassed them, while others said that they witnessed inappropriate behaviour. In […]

    8 years ago