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Job Hugging: Seven Signs You’re Deeply Loyal To Your Employer Rather Than Simply Terrified Of The Job Market

Welcome to this month’s Wellbeing Matters bulletin, which has moved from weekly to monthly and will, from the next quarter, appear ‘as and when’. This edition looks at…

By Tom Ashworth · 2 November 2026
Politics

Chancellor rules out ruling things out, then declines to rule that out

The Chancellor confirmed on Thursday that nothing is being ruled out, a position Treasury officials described as firm, in the sense that…

Tom Ashworth · 2 November 2026
Food and Drink

‘I Was Told There Would Be Soup’: Carved Pumpkin On Doorstep Gives First Interview Since Halloween

It is 1 November, and on a doorstep in a quiet cul-de-sac, a carved pumpkin is slowly becoming a different shape. Its…

James Whitford · 1 November 2026
Health & Beauty

Cryptozoologists Mount Halloween Expedition After Reported Sighting Of NHS Dentist Accepting New Patients

Eleven cryptozoologists left a lay-by outside Rotherham at dusk on Thursday, armed with a laminated map, two torches and a thermos of…

Sarah Kelsey · 31 October 2026
Automotive

Grommet Motors Thrilled To Announce Physical Button Has Risen From The Dead Just In Time For Halloween

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grommet Motors is delighted, and frankly a little shaken, to announce that the physical button, long believed buried under…

James Whitford · 31 October 2026
Cyber Security

Entire workforce reports genuine pay rise email to IT as phishing attempt, citing ‘obviously too good to be true’

Whitcombe Dunmore Ltd, a mid-sized firm with 1,140 employees and a communal fridge nobody has cleaned since March, has concluded its Cyber…

Tom Ashworth · 30 October 2026
Animals

Cat who has supervised home worker by sitting on her keyboard for five years says office mandate has ‘completely wrecked my workflow’

Pauline, an eleven-year-old tabby, has provided continuous on-site oversight of one employee since March 2020. She has not taken a sick day,…

Tom Ashworth · 30 October 2026
Science

Proton Spent 16 Years Going Round In Circles At Nearly The Speed Of Light, Says Shutdown Is ‘First Time Anyone’s Asked If I’m Okay’

The Large Hadron Collider has finished its latest run and is entering a shutdown of several years for its High-Luminosity upgrade. We…

Sarah Kelsey · 29 October 2026
Environment

Company Delighted To Announce It Will No Longer Be Announcing Anything About The Environment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, EMBARGOED UNTIL NOBODY IS LOOKING Mildly Ambitious Solutions Ltd, the Reading-based provider of workflow consultancy and mid-range office furniture…

Tom Ashworth · 28 October 2026
Business

Brindlecombe & Moist Holdings Announces Staff Will Be Assessed For Six Months Before Being Assessed For Another Six Months, ‘In The Spirit Of Employment Rights Reform’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brindlecombe & Moist Holdings (BMH), the Rotherham-based provider of workplace compliance solutions to organisations that are themselves providers of…

Tom Ashworth · 26 October 2026
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  • Job Hugging: Seven Signs You’re Deeply Loyal To Your Employer Rather Than Simply Terrified Of The Job Market
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  • Cryptozoologists Mount Halloween Expedition After Reported Sighting Of NHS Dentist Accepting New Patients
  • Grommet Motors Thrilled To Announce Physical Button Has Risen From The Dead Just In Time For Halloween
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