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Ransomware Gang Issues Customer Notice Over UK Payment Ban: ‘We Appreciate Your Continued Non-Payment’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SERVICE UPDATE FOR ALL VALUED VICTIMS Lovely Little Encryptions Ltd today wrote to its client base, which did not ask to be its client base,…

By Tom Ashworth · 2 October 2026
Animals

OPINION: I Spent Five Years Holding This Household Together From the Sofa, and Now They Want Me to Welcome Hybrid Working

I have been in this role for five years, and in that time nobody has once asked for my input on anything.…

Tom Ashworth · 2 October 2026
Science

Nine Ways To Look Casual While Waiting For A Stockholm Phone Call That Is Not Coming: A Guide For Britain’s Overlooked Scientists

The Nobel announcements begin next week, starting with Physiology or Medicine. Somewhere in Britain, a professor has already ironed a shirt. Here…

Sarah Kelsey · 1 October 2026
Environment

Firm So Committed To Sustainability It Has Stopped Mentioning It Entirely

Trundlewick Group, a mid-sized firm with roughly 900 employees and a car park internally described as ‘adequate’, confirmed on Tuesday that its…

Tom Ashworth · 30 September 2026
Technology

Landline switch-off: Nine things you’ll need to replace, including the hallway table, the tiny pencil on a string, and the one person who still rings you

The UK’s old analogue phone network is being retired, with households moving over to internet-based calling by January 2027. The handset will…

Sarah Kelsey · 30 September 2026
Space

UK Space Agency Folded Into Government Department, Insists It Still Has Plenty of Space

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The UK Space Agency is delighted to announce that it has been absorbed into the Department for Science, Innovation…

Sarah Kelsey · 29 September 2026
Technology

PRESS RELEASE: New Digital ID Can Confirm You Are Definitely You In Seconds, Provided You Upload A Photo Of Yourself Holding A Photo Of Yourself

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Cabinet Office Communications Team. We are delighted to announce the next phase of the national digital ID programme. It…

Sarah Kelsey · 29 September 2026
Technology

Man Who Spent £1,200 on Smart Home Devices Now Owns Most Complicated Light Switch in Surrey

A Guildford man has successfully transformed his three-bedroom semi into a technological fortress where turning on the hallway light requires two apps,…

Sarah Kelsey · 27 September 2026
Food and Drink

Man who ordered ‘artisan sourdough’ at Wetherspoons finally released from hospital

A Nottingham man has been discharged from Queen’s Medical Centre after spending three weeks recovering from what doctors are describing as “severe…

James Whitford · 27 September 2026
Cyber Security

IT Security Chief Spends Fifth Consecutive Hour Explaining Why ‘Password123!’ Isn’t Actually Fine

Martin Fletcher has been sitting in Meeting Room 3B since half past nine this morning, attempting to convey to the accounts payable…

Tom Ashworth · 25 September 2026
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