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  • Prince Andrew’s military titles and royal patronages returned to the Queen

    Prince Andrew’s military titles and royal patronages returned to the Queen

    The Duke of York stripped of titles as court case against him proceeds. Prince Andrew has had his military affiliations, and royal patronages revoked amidst the ongoing sexual assault case against him from Virginia Giuffre. In a statement released to the Royal Family’s Twitter account on Thursday, it was announced that Prince Andrew would be […]

    4 years ago

  • Prince Andrew fails to get Virginia Giuffre sex assault lawsuit dismissed

    Prince Andrew fails to get Virginia Giuffre sex assault lawsuit dismissed

    Giuffre is suing Andrew for alleged abuse when she was 17. Judge Lewis Kaplan has ruled that Virginia Giuffre’s sex assault lawsuit against Prince Andrew will not be dismissed on the grounds of a previous settlement made between Giuffre and the late Jeffrey Epstein. Through a 2009 document made public last Monday, it was revealed that […]

    4 years ago

  • JOE’s Big Pub Quiz of the Year: 2021

    JOE’s Big Pub Quiz of the Year: 2021

    Already sweating at the thought of what The Simpsons predict for 2022. Let’s be honest, 2021 has been a complete s**t show. From Covid to government corruption, the climate to hate crimes, the year hasn’t been all sunshine and daisies. Question is, how much do you remember from 2021? Why don’t we find out! Here […]

    4 years ago

  • These are the most-complained about moments on TV in 2021

    These are the most-complained about moments on TV in 2021

    How many do you remember? UK broadcast TV watchdog Ofcom has released its most complained-about moments of 2021. While the list is eerily predictable, it does paint a pretty dire picture of the year as a whole. Unlike the regular breed of Karens, Ofcom Karens are sometimes justified in their complaints – as evidenced by […]

    4 years ago

  • Two cases of new Omicron variant of Covid-19 detected in UK

    Two cases of new Omicron variant of Covid-19 detected in UK

    The two cases are said to be linked. Two cases of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in the UK, its Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed on Saturday. Javid revealed that the two individuals are now self-isolating and that there will be targeted testing in Chelmsford and Nottingham, the areas where the […]

    4 years ago

  • Liverpool bomb declared a terrorist attack as police confirm fourth arrest

    Liverpool bomb declared a terrorist attack as police confirm fourth arrest

    The motivation for the attack has not yet been uncovered. The explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Remembrance Sunday has been declared a terrorist attack amid confirmation from Greater Manchester Police that a fourth arrest has been made. A press conference on Monday morning confirmed that the situation that left one man dead and another […]

    4 years ago

  • Musk sells billions of dollars of Tesla stock after Twitter poll

    Musk sells billions of dollars of Tesla stock after Twitter poll

    Musk took to Twitter to decide the fate of his Tesla stock – or did he? Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who also happens to be the richest man in the world, has sold nearly $5bn in Tesla stock but still holds more than 116 million shares. On Tuesday and Wednesday (November 9, 10), Musk’s trust […]

    4 years ago

  • Squid Game creator reveals alternate ending to season one Netflix show almost had

    Squid Game creator reveals alternate ending to season one Netflix show almost had

    Season two is on its way, but season one could have ended differently! While it has already been announced that Netflix’s most-watched original, Squid Game, is getting a second season, news broke Wednesday that the first season could have ended much differently. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the show’s creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, talked about the character […]

    4 years ago

  • Portugal has made it illegal for your boss to text you after work hours

    Portugal has made it illegal for your boss to text you after work hours

    The Portuguese, a great bunch of lads… We’ve all been there – chilling with friends, a drink in one hand as your phone buzzes in the other. You look down to see it’s your boss, with a question that could probably have waited until Monday. Well, not for the residents of Portugal. They can party […]

    4 years ago

  • Vin Diesel walked Paul Walker’s daughter down the aisle

    Vin Diesel walked Paul Walker’s daughter down the aisle

    We’re not crying; you’re crying! Paul Walker’s daughter Meadow, 22, has tied the knot with actor Louis Thornton-Allan on Wednesday, and she was walked down the aisle with none other than Vin Diesel. Meadow confirmed the heartwarming news on Instagram, captioning a black and white video of highlights with “We’re married!!!!” The happy couple had […]

    4 years ago

  • Danny DeVito is the fifth hottest man on the planet, according to a new poll

    Danny DeVito is the fifth hottest man on the planet, according to a new poll

    It’s about damn time. A poll on Reddit has ranked the top 20 hottest male celebrities in the world. Though there are some obvious choices on there, Danny DeVito has ranked at number five above the likes of Tom Hardy, Chris Evans and Hugh Jackman. The 76-year-old actor may not be the typical depiction of […]

    4 years ago

  • Alec Baldwin was told prop gun was safe before fatal shooting

    Alec Baldwin was told prop gun was safe before fatal shooting

    The gun was one of three set up by the film’s armorer. Neither Alec Baldwin nor the assistant who handed him the gun knew it was loaded before the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set on Thursday, court records show. A document obtained through a search warrant indicates that the […]

    4 years ago

  • Weird ‘blacked out’ island on Google Maps sparks wild conspiracy theories

    Weird ‘blacked out’ island on Google Maps sparks wild conspiracy theories

    Anyone up for a trip? Conspiracy theories are raging online once again after people spotted an island on Google Maps that appears to have been completely blacked out. Holes in conspiracy theories are as common as the theories themselves, and this mysterious island is no different. The below image suggests that the elusive peninsula is […]

    4 years ago

  • People born in April are officially the sexiest, study finds

    People born in April are officially the sexiest, study finds

    Some people have all the luck… Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, “Damn, I am sexy”? Do you sometimes feel the reason you get zero Tinder matches is because your beauty might be intimidating? Well, if so – you might be born in April. People born in April have officially been named […]

    4 years ago

  • France to ban plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables from January 2022

    France to ban plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables from January 2022

    Will Ireland follow suit? France intends to ban single-use plastics on fruit and vegetables from January 2022 in the hopes of slowing down environmental collapse and addressing the catastrophic effect such materials. 30 fruits and vegetables will be subject to a change in their packaging following the new rules that come into effect on 1 […]

    4 years ago

  • You can now get paid almost €6,000 to watch every episode of The Simpsons

    You can now get paid almost €6,000 to watch every episode of The Simpsons

    Brb, quitting our jobs. In a bid to predict the future, a UK-based casino is looking to hire someone for £5,000 – €5,899 – to watch every single episode of The Simpsons from start to finish. The “Simpsons Series Analyst” position is being marketed by Platincasino.co.uk with the hopes of tracking major events in the […]

    4 years ago

  • Glorious scenes as hero dog breaks Guinness world record

    Glorious scenes as hero dog breaks Guinness world record

    What an absolute legend. A Golden Retriever has made it into the Guinness World Record books for storing the most tennis balls in his mouth. New York-based Finley broke a record held for 17 years to earn his space in the book alongside Blossom; the tallest cow in the world, and Merlin; the cat with […]

    4 years ago

  • No Time To Die sparks calls to ban movie villains with disfigurements

    No Time To Die sparks calls to ban movie villains with disfigurements

    If villains rely on facial disfigurements, then maybe they aren’t good villains? First off, you can read our No Time to Die review here, in which comparisons to The Dark Knight Rises abound. Secondly, campaigners have called for an end to disfigurement being used as a villain’s identity in films, citing that it stirs up […]

    4 years ago

  • Squid Game is on track to become Netflix’s most popular show ever

    Squid Game is on track to become Netflix’s most popular show ever

    Have you watched it yet? In just four days since its initial release, the Korean thriller Squid Game has secured itself a number one spot as the platform’s most popular show and is very much on track to become the most popular Netflix show ever. Squid Game, which documents a group of people risking their […]

    4 years ago

  • BBC reporter Phil McCann responds after going viral

    BBC reporter Phil McCann responds after going viral

    He has become an international phenomenon. The link between a journalist’s name and the story he was covering had everyone in hysterics this Saturday and now the reporter himself has responded. On Saturday morning, BBC journalist Phil McCann was reporting at a petrol station on the current fuel crisis in the UK. When viewers realised […]

    4 years ago

  • BBC reporter covering petrol shortage called Phil McCann

    BBC reporter covering petrol shortage called Phil McCann

    Phil McCann has become an icon in just a morning. The HGV driver crisis currently sweeping Britain has led to the BBC sending journalist Phil McCann to cover the news on the ground and the joke has not been lost on social media. His name clearly sounds like ‘Fill my can’ and social media users […]

    4 years ago

  • SpaceX to launch first all-civilian crew into orbit

    SpaceX to launch first all-civilian crew into orbit

    SpaceX is going where no tourist has been before. The first all-civilian crew is set to launch into space on Wednesday aboard a SpaceX rocketship. Jared Isaacman, the CEO and founder of e-commerce platform Shift4 Payments, and three other space newbies are set to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Reuters reports. SpaceX completed a […]

    4 years ago

  • Rick and Morty reveals live-action Christopher Lloyd promo

    Rick and Morty reveals live-action Christopher Lloyd promo

    Rick and Morty just got human faces. Adult Swim has released a never-before-seen promo showing a live-action version of Rick and Morty featuring none other than Back to the Future’s Christopher Lloyd. A short clip released on Twitter on 3 September shows Lloyd take up the Sanchez mantle alongside his grandson Morty, portrayed here by […]

    4 years ago

  • Joe Rogan tests positive for Covid-19 after telling listeners not to get vaccine

    Joe Rogan tests positive for Covid-19 after telling listeners not to get vaccine

    Rogan gets Covid, then fights it off with a chemical cocktail. Joe Rogan has been hyper-critical of the Covid-19 vaccine, but in a not-so-shocking turn of events, he’s now caught the virus. The podcaster and internet personality announced his diagnosis via an Instagram video on Wednesday and told his followers he had used a mix […]

    4 years ago

  • Student on holiday in Afghanistan because it’s dangerous says he’s been rescued

    Student on holiday in Afghanistan because it’s dangerous says he’s been rescued

    The internet has branded the 21-year-old rescued from Afghanistan as ‘Lord Miles Routledge’. 21-year-old student Miles Routledge hit headlines yesterday when he admitted he is holidaying in Afganistan “because it was dangerous”. When the Taliban took Kabul and the country’s government fled, the UK student said he felt abandoned and accepted his fate. However, amongst […]

    5 years ago

  • Eminem’s 19-year-old child comes out as non-binary

    Eminem’s 19-year-old child comes out as non-binary

    Eminem’s kid comes out, and fans are loving it! Rap legend Eminem’s child has come out as non-binary in a viral TikTok, where they asked fans to ‘call me Stevie (they/she/he)’. Eminem, real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III, adopted Stevie in 2005 after briefly reconciling with Stevie’s mother Kim Scott, 46. @st0nedc0wforever growing and changing […]

    5 years ago

  • Major climate change ‘inevitable and irreversible’ – harrowing UN report warns

    Major climate change ‘inevitable and irreversible’ – harrowing UN report warns

    “This is a code red for humanity. The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable.” Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ‘unprecedented’ ways in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, according to the UN’s latest report by leading climate scientists. The report, released on Monday, has announced that human factors […]

    5 years ago

  • 18-year-old TikTok star Timbo the Redneck dies after stunt goes wrong

    18-year-old TikTok star Timbo the Redneck dies after stunt goes wrong

    The TikTok star passed away in a trucking accident. TikTok star Timothy Isaiah Hall, better known as Timbo the Redneck, has passed away aged just 18. The teenager died earlier this week, the cause is believed to be a stunt gone wrong. Timbo the Redneck had millions of TikTok views and a loyal gaggle of […]

    5 years ago

  • Love Island hit with 5,000 Ofcom complaints over Teddy backlash

    Love Island hit with 5,000 Ofcom complaints over Teddy backlash

    In all its divine controversy, Love Island has hit the headlines once again after 5,000 Ofcom complaints. The Casa Amor twist is always central to the show’s viewings, with most drama occurring after the cast comes back together in the normal villa. Reports say Teddy was depicted as a villain to partner Faye, who was […]

    5 years ago

  • Spanish town offering free houses and jobs to entice people to move there

    Spanish town offering free houses and jobs to entice people to move there

    Fancy relocating to the sunny Spanish countryside? Have you ever wanted to run away to another country to start a new life? Well, now you can! Griegos, a small town in the northeast of Spain, is offering free houses and jobs to encourage people to move there. With only 132 residents currently living there, there […]

    5 years ago

  • Anti-lockdown protesters in England demand end to lockdown on day lockdown ends

    Anti-lockdown protesters in England demand end to lockdown on day lockdown ends

    A protest against Lockdown on ‘Freedom Day’… Thousands of protesters gathered outside Parliament in London this morning to protest for an end to lockdown, despite restrictions in England being lifted today, a day that has been widely anointed as ‘Freedom Day’. https://twitter.com/WinstonCProject/status/1417070551160561666 https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1417093439720669189 Signs reading ‘leave our DNA alone’, ‘unity is freedom’ and ‘it’s […]

    5 years ago

  • Brits head to packed nightclubs at midnight on ‘Freedom Day’

    Brits head to packed nightclubs at midnight on ‘Freedom Day’

    Clubs return, but common sense departs. With ‘Freedom Day’ now upon the British people, some might think that the public, in all their unrivalled common sense, would trudge slowly through the coming weeks. But unsurprisingly thousands flocked to nightclubs for when the clock struck twelve. With cases soaring, experts criticising the government’s decisions, and the […]

    5 years ago

  • Loki season 2 has been confirmed by Disney

    Loki season 2 has been confirmed by Disney

    The God of Mischief will be returning for season two. The market for TV is undeniably oversaturated, and yet, Marvel has done a tremendous job at introducing original and unique takes on typical television tropes. Their third instalment Loki, which followed the life of the Trickster god after his branch from the original timeline, has […]

    5 years ago

  • Clip of Hancock saying Covid adviser should resign after affair goes viral

    Clip of Hancock saying Covid adviser should resign after affair goes viral

    An alleged affair by Hancock was reported on Friday morning. After The Sun reported on the alleged affair of Matt Hancock, the world has criticised his seemingly blatant disregard for the rules and called out his hypocrisy. A video has now resurfaced from May last year when Hancock slammed a Covid adviser for his affair. […]

    5 years ago

  • There’s a new horror film called Karen and it looks as bad as it sounds

    There’s a new horror film called Karen and it looks as bad as it sounds

    Can I speak to a manager, please? Anyone who has ever worked in retail will undoubtedly have horrors beyond recognition that still haunt them in their dreams. No, I am not talking about long days or sweaty manual labour, but the aberration that has come to be known as a ‘Karen’. This is not a […]

    5 years ago

  • Telegraph columnist sacked after racist Meghan Markle tweet

    Telegraph columnist sacked after racist Meghan Markle tweet

    Journalist Julie Burchill was sacked for a tweet about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s baby daughter. Journalist Julie Burchill, who has bought you classic headlines like, ‘The sexist left has never liked a right-wing woman’ has been axed from UK newspaper The Telegraph following an overtly racist tweet. Having tweeted a name suggestion about Meghan […]

    5 years ago

  • Going to the pub while off work sick is not a sackable offence, UK judge rules

    Going to the pub while off work sick is not a sackable offence, UK judge rules

    It’s a fine balance. We have all been there, rolling over in the morning and thinking how you would rather be enjoying the sun in a beer garden somewhere than going to work. For most of us, the angel wins, and the devil remains silent, but the same cannot be said for 66-year-old Colin Kane. […]

    5 years ago

  • US and Australia use ‘crime app’ to arrest hundreds across 18 different countries

    US and Australia use ‘crime app’ to arrest hundreds across 18 different countries

    Operation Ironside might sound like a Transformers spin-off but it was actually a pretty impressive initiative. American and Australian authorities have hacked a ‘crime app’ with encrypted messages that led to the arrest of hundreds of organised crime members. Across 18 countries, officials were able to hack encrypted messages and carry out Operation Ironside. Operation […]

    5 years ago

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