Thursday 23 October 2014

The News. Good. Bad. Ugly?

I said recently on a blog post about the news, that I rarely watch a or read the news.
It's all too depressing.
But since I wrote and uploaded that blog post, I seem to have been reading the news, quite a lot.

Here are a few news stories that caught my attention today, for good, bad, and ugly? reasons - in no particular order.

George Osborne promises crackdown on offshore tax avoidance by firms including facebook and Google.
Read more in Private Eye here.

Reverend Howard Curtis, 71, charged over claims he stripped and spanked female worshippers.
Read more in the Croydon Advertiser here.

Grooming shortcuts women do, but won't admit to. According to the 'news' women are cheating when it comes to proper grooming doing scandalous things such as, only shaving half their legs; from ankle to knee, washing their fringes and not all of their hair, disguising stray eyebrows with foundations when time is short...
You can always rely on the Daily Mail to tell it how it is. Read more here.

Wife discovers husband of 17 years married another woman in £17,000 ceremony, after seeing photos of them kissing on facebook.
Read more about Yvonne Gibney, Maurice Gibney, and his new wife Suzanne Prudhoe in the Liverpool Echo here.

Oscar Pistorius is reportedly crying himself to sleep at night. Read more in the Times Live here.

American Slave, Dominic Adesanya jumps fence at White House, makes it on to the lawn, before being stopped by secret service dogs. Read more in the Huffington Post here.

Harry Roberts, 78, who murdered three police officers in London in 1966 is to be released from prison within days, despite judge saying he should never be set free. Read more from the BBC here.

Sara X Mills gets 26 millions hits in just one week on her YouTube video of her boobs dancing to Mozart. Read more in the Metro here.

Coleen Rooney has had ten holidays in one year. Read more in the Daily Mail here.

Homer Simpson responsible for obesity. It's all the beer and donuts. Read more in the Daily Mail here.

NHS needs extra £8 billion to cope with obesity, elderly, and cost of new drugs. Read more in the Telegraph here.

NHS cuts of £3 million, result in 89p meals, as chef wins culinary award. Read more in the Edinburgh News here.

Alvin Stardust is dead, aged 72. The singer was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. Read more in the Independent here.

Family forced to live in their car for 3 months. Deborah Talbot, her partner Gly, her daughter Rachel, and their cats, dog, and cockatiel lived in car after their house was repossessed. Read more in the Mirror here.

No official cat for Westminster mice problem. Looks like politicians will have buy some cheese and mousetraps - another excuse to abuse their expenses. Read more in the Telegraph here.

Aldi selling affordable organic food. Read more in the Grocer here.

Tuna with 'unicorn' horn caught by fisherman. See the video from AP News on YouTube here.

The Sun is unhappy. Storms on the solar surface. Read more in the Huffington Post here.

Tesco profits plummet. Tesco profits down 92%. Read more in the Guardian here.

I usually add photos to my blog posts, which are always owned by me, or Mr.R. Having rambled on for far longer than I intended, my eyes are now aching and as I don't own any photos relating to the 'news' stories I've mentioned I would usually do a quick doodle of them, but my poor eyes deserve a much needed rest.
So you have been saved from my bad art. ;) You are most welcome, dear reader. :)

I'm not sure why I've started reading more news over the last few days. Maybe subconsciously I'm hoping to find some good or funny news? It would make a pleasant change from the usual, that's for sure.
Have you seen or read any good, or funny news lately?

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