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PINNED TWEET: It’s a cat. That panther you saw, that wolf, that yeti, that ghost, that strange light in the sky. Cat. It’s always a cat.
Don’t coming running to me when your Evri parcel gets delayed because it’s held up by a faulty lock gate.
Letter: Tax payer should not foot the bill for fixing Britain's crumbling canals
This reader says the sinkhole in Whitchurch should mean an end to restoring the Shropshire Canal.
www.whitchurchherald.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Don’t coming running to me when your Evri parcel gets delayed because it’s held up by a faulty lock gate.
Has anyone found my letter detailing unusual fantasies? I think I left it on a bus in Oxford.
From dinosaur costumes to rubber ducks: Bizarre items left on Oxford buses in 2025
Oxford Bus Company has revealed a list of unusual items that were left on Oxford busses in 2025.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Has anyone found my letter detailing unusual fantasies? I think I left it on a bus in Oxford.
Cat.
'Jessica is convinced she captured a large black panther. Mum and dad agree that it was extremely large - but we're not as convinced as Jessica is'
Little girl uses Christmas present to capture 'big cat' in Cornwall
'Jessica is convinced she captured a large black panther. Mum and dad agree that it was extremely large - but we're not as convinced as Jessica is'
www.cornwalllive.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Cat.
RIP FLAT ROF PUBE U R IN HEVEN WITH DA ANGLES N PRICNESS DI N ALL THE PEEPLE WHO GOT DONE IN THEIR
Beloved Essex pub locals call a 'second home' to shut for good
It will be closing on January 4
www.essexlive.news
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
RIP FLAT ROF PUBE U R IN HEVEN WITH DA ANGLES N PRICNESS DI N ALL THE PEEPLE WHO GOT DONE IN THEIR
Former French minister loses the government-provided chauffeur he’s had for the two decades since he left office, complains that he’s “forgotten how to drive”.
« …mais ma voiture! »
« …mais ma voiture! »
«Je n’ai pas conduit depuis 25 ans, comment je fais alors ?» : la sortie lunaire de Daniel Vaillant sur la fin des avantages des anciens ministres hérisse les internautes
D’anciens Premiers ministres et ministres de l’Intérieur n’ont plus droit à leurs chauffeurs et protections policières depuis le 1er janvier. Ministre de l’Intérieur sous Lionel Jospin entre 2000 et 2...
laminute.info
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Former French minister loses the government-provided chauffeur he’s had for the two decades since he left office, complains that he’s “forgotten how to drive”.
« …mais ma voiture! »
« …mais ma voiture! »
As opposed to the suave and sophisticated crimes being committed in nearby Chippenham.
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
As opposed to the suave and sophisticated crimes being committed in nearby Chippenham.
That time during Covid when Daniel O’Donnell cheered a nation by rocking up at elderly folk’s houses and crapping in their window box. What a guy.
WATCH: Daniel O'Donnell treats Donegal care home residents to surprise mini-concert
Residents at Falcarragh Community Hospital lined up at the hospital's windows to watch Daniel O'Donnell perform a mini-concert from the hospital grounds.
www.irishcentral.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
That time during Covid when Daniel O’Donnell cheered a nation by rocking up at elderly folk’s houses and crapping in their window box. What a guy.
HOT: Stealing £30 million from a bank
NOT: Getting on the wrong side of Parking Bastard™️
NOT: Getting on the wrong side of Parking Bastard™️
Gang behind £30,000,000 bank heist paid the parking charge on their getaway car
The man is seen casually feeding coins into a parking meter, dropping them in one by one with almost comical patience.
metro.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 11:39 AM
HOT: Stealing £30 million from a bank
NOT: Getting on the wrong side of Parking Bastard™️
NOT: Getting on the wrong side of Parking Bastard™️
If you immediately thought “It MUST be something more than that”, you’d be 100% correct. Non-paywalled link in comments.
January 2, 2026 at 11:34 AM
If you immediately thought “It MUST be something more than that”, you’d be 100% correct. Non-paywalled link in comments.
No mention as to whether His Worship The Mayor dropped “Do you know who I am?”
Mayor leaves new Ammanford McDonalds hungry after ‘ridiculous’ service
The Mayor of Cwmaman left Ammanford McDonalds hungry after experiencing "ridiculous service"
www.southwalesguardian.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 AM
No mention as to whether His Worship The Mayor dropped “Do you know who I am?”
They’re marking them down in Tesco already, Annie.
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 AM
They’re marking them down in Tesco already, Annie.
Your first reminder of 2026 that taxi drivers are the angriest of any social group.
Drivers say MOT retest delays over Christmas are ‘losing them trade’
One driver said he attended the council’s MOT centre two days before Christmas and can't take a retest until January 5.
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Your first reminder of 2026 that taxi drivers are the angriest of any social group.
Christmas was RUINED, plus a Vows Never To Return (except possibly to spend the compo voucher) KLAXON.
Pensioners left without Christmas dinner after Sainsbury’s failed to deliver shopping
An elderly couple were left without their Christmas shopping after a supermarket failed to deliver it, despite being placed two months in advance.
www.kentonline.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Christmas was RUINED, plus a Vows Never To Return (except possibly to spend the compo voucher) KLAXON.
Birmingham duped for the second year in a row. That’s a thoroughly deserved collective OH MATE.
Hundreds gather in Birmingham for New Year's fireworks display that didn't exist
AI adverts are believed to have duped people into attending a non-existent New Year's Eve celebration.
metro.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Birmingham duped for the second year in a row. That’s a thoroughly deserved collective OH MATE.
Thoughts and prayers to this gentleman who was forced to watch terrestrial television over Christmas.
'Disgusted' with Openreach after family left without Wi-fi over Christmas
A family say they are ‘disgusted’ with Openreach after spending Christmas without Wi-Fi.
www.dailyecho.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Thoughts and prayers to this gentleman who was forced to watch terrestrial television over Christmas.
Regret to report that those pencil-necked desk jockeys at the council are at it again, dealing with a resident known to Town Hall as “Oh god, here he comes again”.
'I've spent 18 years fighting council over £2k they cost me in burglary'
Anthony Burton has been trying to get Hackney Council to admit negligence over CCTV failures on his estate the night a burglar broke into his family home in 2007
www.mylondon.news
January 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Regret to report that those pencil-necked desk jockeys at the council are at it again, dealing with a resident known to Town Hall as “Oh god, here he comes again”.
Read with awe - AWE, I tell you - as a fortune teller is right for the first time ever.
Fortune Teller in Pattaya Got Arrested for Stealing Phone
Fortune Teller in Pattaya Got Arrested for Stealing a Teenager’s Phone, After Predicting She Would Lose Something Valuable on New Year’s Day.
www.khaosodenglish.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Read with awe - AWE, I tell you - as a fortune teller is right for the first time ever.
You can’t park there mate.
‘It was a very lucky escape!’ Ambulance gets stuck on beach as tide comes in
An ambulance became stranded on a beach - sparking fears it would be submerged by the incoming tide.
www.kentonline.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
You can’t park there mate.
Spoiler: Not actually an arse, Satanic or otherwise.
Visitors flock to Welsh mountainside to gaze in wonder at the 'Devil's Bumhole'
A 300-foot-wide mysterious mountain hole has been dubbed the 'Devil's bumhole' by mystified locals.
metro.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Spoiler: Not actually an arse, Satanic or otherwise.
You can’t change the weather” says Caroline. So consider this a request for Keith to pen some lines about chemtrails.
December 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
You can’t change the weather” says Caroline. So consider this a request for Keith to pen some lines about chemtrails.
Happy tenth anniversary to photographer Joel Goodman’s classic image which by rights should be hanging in the Louvre.
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Happy tenth anniversary to photographer Joel Goodman’s classic image which by rights should be hanging in the Louvre.
Regret to report that there has been an outbreak of Torvill and Dean poetry.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Regret to report that there has been an outbreak of Torvill and Dean poetry.
We’re in Vows Never To Return territory folks!
Exhausted passengers arrive home after luxury cruise liner runs aground
About 80 passengers on the Coral Adventurer are flown home after the cruise ship ran aground on a reef off Papua New Guinea.
www.abc.net.au
December 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We’re in Vows Never To Return territory folks!
It’s an accident waiting to happen or something.
‘My home has become a shortcut for the whole village - I don’t feel safe anymore’
A Leeds pensioner said he was “left feeling anxious and unsafe” after a public footpath was created through his private driveway - turning his quiet home into a thoroughfare for dog walkers, schoolchi...
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It’s an accident waiting to happen or something.