Underwriters in Lloyds of London are having their shirts extracted after a slew of succesful claims against 'apology' insurance policies.
For years public figures have taken out insurance against the ignominy of having to apologise in public, with...
A small article in a Bavarian farming journal has caused an international outcry after it was misrepresented in the New York Times yesterday.
Following legislation passed by the European Commission, farmers around Munich are switching from machine...
In a mixup worthy of a Seb Coe cross-dressing party, Oliver Pistorius has been entered into the 400m Hurdles instead of his chosen event, the 400m.
This is a huge setback for team South Africa. Whilst Pistorius has recorded a sub 45 second time in...
Bobbis bank have downgraded Odd-Grip bonds to 'skinner', Ocadi options to 'weeping' and Yyll Group smellies to 'peturbed' in another oily rut on the markets today.
Xavier Casini commented - "Ocadi is a tall banker who shops at John Lewis, Super G...
Scientists have made some surprisingly long term predictions about Adele's unborn son Dylan including the first car he will drive, his first fight and which glamour models he will date.
Using a technique known as DNA 'embalmoscopy', scientists pre...
Baroness Warsi, 'bent' Conservative Party Chairperson, was to be run over by a train near Harrow-in-the-Hill, under the instruction of her lawyers - a newspaper claimed today.
The Warsi defence team had been left reeling after the latest curry cor...
The government is set to scrap up to 10,000 wind turbines in favour of 2,000,000 exercise bikes to meet the countries future energy needs.
Harking back to the workhouse, benefits will be scrapped and all able bodied scroungers will be encouraged...
Lord Coe is to sell his home in central London complete with 400m running track and cross country course for a record £300 million - according to Fox & Bride property magazine today.
Coe is said to be devastated that the hosepipe ban means he...
A man spotted wielding scaffolding poles, lumps of concrete and car doors is the surprise selection for Team GB this summer.
Renton Frewshire was apprehended by police in Hackney last summer after turning over their car and spinning it around. How...
If you don't feel like doing anything today, you are not alone - even if you don't wish to 'hang loose' like global megastar Bruno Mars.
However, if you are determined to do nothing and can afford to, you are subsequently unlikely to start catchin...
The Prime Minister David Cameron is said to have left Buckingham Palace this weekend looking like Beatrice, after it was disclosed that the next in line might not be human.
The Queen is rumoured to be redrafting centuries old succession laws that...
Formula 1 commentators have been warned they face the death penalty this Sunday if the Chinese Grand Prix is not exciting.
Travel documents have been requisitioned from TV crews already in Shanghai, leading other crews to cancel their trip and rel...
Moolah.web is set to continue their slow crucifixion of the poor with a mortgage product aimed specifically at "The desperate and gullible."
Director Jacob Pretzelwitz was typically frank about the application process. "If they let us through the...
According to Porter economic theory companies can compete in two ways - price leadership or product differentiation. Unlike Primark where you can buy a suit for £29, fund managers are traditionally coy about disclosing all their charges, lest the cus...
A poll by 'YouBruv' has indicated that most teachers strike just for a few days 'breathing space' away from their academies. One teacher felt he was like 'the man in The Scream'.
Supply teacher is now one of the most dangerous occupation in the UK...
A white terrorist has been disabled by the police near the Thames meaning he may never be able to swim again without supervision.
Trenton Oldfield was spotted bobbing in the water near Hammersmith Bridge armed with diet coke and mento torpedo and...
Documents leaked to The Herald newspaper this weekend have laid bare the morass of thinking at Holyrood that passes for policy these days.
Alex Salmond has personally endorsed a scheme that would reverse the electricity grid back to wind turbines...
Nathaniel Prescott, previously known as John has put his old brain up for auction with a reserve price of between 4 - 6 million Euros according to Burnhams Auction house in Mayfair.
Director, David Spinks believes it will be of special interest to...