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Starmer announces new ministerial post of Secretary of State for Saying It’s All The Last Lot’s Fault Waitrose confirms new ‘Essential’ range will still cost more than your actual essentials Man Who Spent £2,400 on Smart Home Devices Still Has to Get Up to Turn Bedroom Light Off IT department celebrates three-year anniversary of meaning to implement that two-factor authentication thing Urban fox completes rigorous ISO 27001 certification to legally access neighbourhood wheelie bins
Politics

Starmer announces new ministerial post of Secretary of State for Saying It’s All The Last Lot’s Fault

4 May 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

The Prime Minister has confirmed the creation of a dedicated Cabinet-level position responsible for attributing all current difficulties to the previous administration, with the role expected to carry a salary…

Food and Drink

Waitrose confirms new ‘Essential’ range will still cost more than your actual essentials

3 May 2026 James Whitford No Comments

Waitrose has unveiled its reimagined Essential range this week, promising to deliver affordable basics to families across the UK, provided those families consider £4.50 for a tin of chickpeas a…

Technology

Man Who Spent £2,400 on Smart Home Devices Still Has to Get Up to Turn Bedroom Light Off

3 May 2026 Sarah Kelsey No Comments

A Bristol man who has invested £2,400 in smart home technology over the past eighteen months continues to physically walk to his bedroom light switch every evening, it has emerged.…

Cyber Security

IT department celebrates three-year anniversary of meaning to implement that two-factor authentication thing

1 May 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

The IT department at Midlands-based logistics firm Hargreaves Distribution marked a significant milestone this week, observing three full years since the team first agreed that two-factor authentication was probably something…

Animals

Urban fox completes rigorous ISO 27001 certification to legally access neighbourhood wheelie bins

1 May 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

A fox operating in the Wandsworth area has become the first member of its species to achieve full ISO 27001 accreditation, bringing its bin access operations into line with international…

Politics

Sunak announces he’s finally ready to return as PM now all the difficult bits are over

27 April 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he is prepared to re-enter frontline politics following his observation, made from a sun lounger in Santa Monica, that Britain appears to have…

Cyber Security

IT department confirms they’ve been ignoring critical security update email for six months because ‘it looked a bit phishy’

24 April 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

The IT department at Middlesbrough-based logistics firm Hartwell Distribution has spent half a year diligently deleting emails about a critical server vulnerability, having collectively decided that the warnings from their…

Animals

Edinburgh Zoo penguins demand hybrid working after discovering three years of unnecessary commuting to enclosure

24 April 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

A colony of king penguins at Edinburgh Zoo has formally requested hybrid working arrangements after realising they have been waddling to their enclosure five days a week despite most visitors…

Science

Scientists Confirm British Weather Now Officially ‘Taking the Piss’

23 April 2026 Sarah Kelsey No Comments

The Met Office has published a paper concluding that UK weather patterns have moved beyond statistical anomaly into what researchers are calling “deliberate antagonism”. The study, five years in the…

Environment

UK’s last remaining hedgerow confirmed to be ‘under review’ for housing development

22 April 2026 Tom Ashworth No Comments

The United Kingdom’s final surviving hedgerow, a modest stretch of hawthorn and blackthorn measuring approximately fourteen metres in length, has been officially classified as ‘under review’ by North Wessex District…

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