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Manchester firm’s entire cybersecurity budget spent on posters reminding staff not to click suspicious links British seagulls demand union recognition after 18-month dispute over chip access rights Man Who Spent £800 on Smart Home Devices Now Spends 3 Hours Weekly Rebooting Router Gamer who spent £400 on replica Master Sword admits he just uses it to point at the TV when arguing with VAR decisions Britain’s rewilded beavers formally request relocation to Scotland after accidentally visiting Slough
Cyber Security

Manchester firm’s entire cybersecurity budget spent on posters reminding staff not to click suspicious links

27 March 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

A Manchester-based financial services company has confirmed that its complete annual cybersecurity budget of £8,400 was allocated to producing laminated posters asking employees to “think before you click”, despite suffering…

Animals

British seagulls demand union recognition after 18-month dispute over chip access rights

27 March 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

The National Union of Coastal Gulls has formally requested recognition from the Trades Union Congress following an eighteen-month dispute over what it terms “systematic denial of access to chips, ice…

Technology

Man Who Spent £800 on Smart Home Devices Now Spends 3 Hours Weekly Rebooting Router

26 March 2026 Sarah Kelsey No Comments

A Bristol man who invested eight hundred pounds in smart home technology to save time now dedicates between two and four hours each week to turning his router off and…

Gaming

Gamer who spent £400 on replica Master Sword admits he just uses it to point at the TV when arguing with VAR decisions

26 March 2026 James Whitford No Comments

A Nottingham man who purchased a screen-accurate replica of Link’s Master Sword from The Legend of Zelda has confirmed that its primary function is now serving as a pointing device…

Environment

Britain’s rewilded beavers formally request relocation to Scotland after accidentally visiting Slough

26 March 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

A colony of Eurasian beavers released into the River Thames watershed as part of Natural England’s rewilding initiative has submitted formal relocation paperwork citing ‘irreconcilable aesthetic differences’ with their designated…

Science

British Scientists Confirm Nation’s Hedgehogs Now Too Anxious to Hibernate Properly Due to Doorbell Cameras

26 March 2026 Sarah Kelsey No Comments

A three-year study by the University of Bristol has concluded that Britain’s hedgehog population is experiencing widespread sleep disruption caused by the nation’s 6.8 million video doorbells. The research, which…

Gaming

Sony announces PlayStation 6 will be backwards compatible with your childhood sense of wonder

26 March 2026 James Whitford No Comments

Sony has confirmed that its next generation console, the PlayStation 6, will feature full backwards compatibility with that feeling you had when you first turned on a PS1 and watched…

Environment

Man Who Leaves Engine Running on School Run Excited to Finally Do His Bit by Switching to Bamboo Toilet Paper

25 March 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

A father of two who idles his 2.3-tonne Range Rover Sport outside the school gates for approximately forty minutes each weekday has confirmed that he is now making a genuine…

Environment

Nation’s SUV drivers promise to offset carbon footprint by feeling quite guilty about it

25 March 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

Britain’s ever-growing fleet of SUV owners have collectively pledged to counterbalance their vehicles’ environmental impact through a rigorous programme of intermittent remorse and the occasional sigh when starting the engine.…

Environment

Nation’s recycling bins to be replaced with ‘aspiration repositories’ where plastic goes to feel valued

25 March 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced that all household recycling bins across England will be renamed ‘aspiration repositories’ as part of a comprehensive programme to ensure…

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Manchester firm’s entire cybersecurity budget spent on posters reminding staff not to click suspicious links

27 March 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments
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British seagulls demand union recognition after 18-month dispute over chip access rights

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Man Who Spent £800 on Smart Home Devices Now Spends 3 Hours Weekly Rebooting Router

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Gamer who spent £400 on replica Master Sword admits he just uses it to point at the TV when arguing with VAR decisions

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