Russia has urged Ken Barlow BA (Hons) and North Korea to show restraint after Pyongyang said it was entering a "state of war" with the long-standing fictional character from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
The belligerent declaration comes a...
As the eurozone debt crisis deepens by the day, speculation continues to mount that Ireland, with its spiralling debt mountain, will default on its creditors and will ultimately leave the eurozone and instead become the fifth member of Boyzone.
Th...
The BBC has released a picture of EastEnders' Ian Beale looking a little worse for wear on the streets of Walford following his nightmarish transformation into a Victoria sponge cake.
The café owner heartthrob disappeared from Albert Square last m...
X-Factor warbler Jahmene Douglas has been appointed as Secretary of State for Defence by Prime Minister David Cameron in a surprise Christmas cabinet reshuffle.
Mr Douglas is thought to have impressed the Prime Minister at the annual Downing Stree...
A sinister plot by fellow contestants to eat Rosemary Shrager in the I'm A Celebrity jungle studio was foiled at the last minute last night by television personality Phillip Schofield.
Viewers and Ms Shrager were left unaware of the menacing plot...
After months of speculation the identity of the next governor of the Bank of England has been revealed as Olly Murs.
George Osborne stunned the city by announcing that Olly Murs, the runner-up in the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, will repl...
Local tramp and wino Solomon McGeachy today paid a surprise visit to British personnel stationed at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.
Arriving in secret and in the middle of the night, Solomon flew into the country on a morale boosting visit.
The be...
The Prince of Wales has landed his latest film role.
The 64-year-old HRH is set to play Chachi Windsor, the younger cousin of Fonzie, in the forthcoming Happy Days movie.
He is said to have wowed studio bosses with his portrayal of Charlie Carb...
A radical fart emissions offsetting scheme was launched yesterday in central London by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Education Minister Michael Gove.
The prevention of fart fouling trading scheme or PFFTS was introduced to reduce fart emiss...
A campaign launches today to posthumously strip warped paedo Jimmy Savile of his name - and members of the public are urged to take part.
The founders of the campaign believe that Savile should not be remembered as Jimmy Savile. They are instead c...
Lord Sugar has unveiled Amstrad's latest flagship smartphone, The Schmoozer, at a launch party in London.
The phone's innovative features include:
. Integral bottle opener
. State of the art 2-way CB radio
. Bobble remover
. Make-up or shavi...
The Dalai Lama today declared Ken Barlow BA (Hons) an immortal being during a guided tour of Granada studios in Manchester.
Ken was given the good news whilst filming a particularly difficult scene in The Rovers Return Inn in which he had to ask f...
Noel Edmonds' beard, Bertie, was sensationally arrested today on suspicion of inappropriate use of Just For Men.
Bertie and Edmonds were recording an edition of 'Deal or No Deal' when armed police swooped on the studios. Bertie was then taken to S...
A street in Doncaster has been evacuated following reports of a man, named locally as Barry Bazooka, boring people to death.
It is understood that Bazooka has recently returned from a two-week vacation in Florida and has been telling anyone and ev...
A man's hastily discarded lunch has become the latest star exhibit at the wacky Tate Modern art gallery.
'The physical impossibility of half-eaten pork pie in Tesco crisp bag' soon began to attract crowds after Dave Stench had to answer a call of...
As Britain rocked last night to a spectacular super show for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee viewers were unaware of growing tensions backstage.
It is understood that Sir Cliff Richard and Sir Elton John nearly came to blows over who would duet with s...
Tributes were pouring in last night following unexpected events in the world of Wee Jimmy Krankie.
According to reports, it is understood that eight-year-old Wee Jimmy was mistaken for a sausage roll and then eaten by guitar legend Eric Clapton at...
Madonna is rumoured to be in talks to play the late Sir Jimmy Savile in the most hotly anticipated biopic of the year, 'Eurgh, Eurgh!'.
According to an insider the Material Girl, a lifelong admirer of Savile, is so keen to land the role she is wo...