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Things which are not at all like a Winter Olympics slalom course: This potholed road in Watford.
Potholes turning road into 'Winter Olympics slalom course'
A Watford resident has hit out at the state of potholes in The Gossamers, likening his road to a Winter Olympic Slalom course.
www.watfordobserver.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Things which are not at all like a Winter Olympics slalom course: This potholed road in Watford.
Has anyone seen my clockwork cucumber? I might have left it out for a jumble sale.
Shopper's quest to reunite sex toy with owner after finding it in donated bag
A jumble sale attendee is on a mission to reunite a sex toy with its owner after he discovered it inside a donated bag.
www.burytimes.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Has anyone seen my clockwork cucumber? I might have left it out for a jumble sale.
Feast your eyes upon a driver who has had a fine overturned.
Furious driver hit with £270 TfL fine while car 'was parked outside flat'
David Hoar, who works as a London bus driver, claims TfL got his journey mixed up with another for which he did pay the £15 charge
www.mylondon.news
February 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Feast your eyes upon a driver who has had a fine overturned.
“Golden success on snow”.
Huw hopes golden success on snow can inspire youngsters
Huw hopes golden success on snow can inspire youngsters
Bolton’s newest Olympic champion Huw Nightingale is living on top of the world - and he believes the rest of British winter sport can be, too.
dlvr.it
February 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“Golden success on snow”.
In today’s episode of “the Daily Telegraph has lost its mind”, the Daily Telegraph has lost its mind.
February 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
In today’s episode of “the Daily Telegraph has lost its mind”, the Daily Telegraph has lost its mind.
Caroline has written a poem about “Man’s best friend”, which is apparently a dog. WRONG.
A man’s best friend is his duck
Your duck will bring you good luck
It sometimes eats bread and goes for a float
And it’s ten times better than getting a goat
A man’s best friend is his duck.
A man’s best friend is his duck
Your duck will bring you good luck
It sometimes eats bread and goes for a float
And it’s ten times better than getting a goat
A man’s best friend is his duck.
February 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Caroline has written a poem about “Man’s best friend”, which is apparently a dog. WRONG.
A man’s best friend is his duck
Your duck will bring you good luck
It sometimes eats bread and goes for a float
And it’s ten times better than getting a goat
A man’s best friend is his duck.
A man’s best friend is his duck
Your duck will bring you good luck
It sometimes eats bread and goes for a float
And it’s ten times better than getting a goat
A man’s best friend is his duck.
He was blue and blue all over.
February 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
He was blue and blue all over.
Elected officials: When you tell the press that potholes are “so big you could lose a small child inside them”, it’s no good unless you bring a small child along for reference.
Plea to fix potholes in Kilkenny so big 'that a small child could be lost in them'
Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere said that huge number of rural roads across Carlow and Kilkenny have been destroyed due to torrential rainfall and flooding caused by Storm Chandra
www.kilkennypeople.ie
February 16, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Elected officials: When you tell the press that potholes are “so big you could lose a small child inside them”, it’s no good unless you bring a small child along for reference.
On the bright side, it’ll stop the traffic jams on the ring road.
610,680 killed if Russians drop largest nuclear bomb in Oxford
An estimated 610,680 could be killed if the Russians were to drop the largest nuclear bomb from the USSR
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
On the bright side, it’ll stop the traffic jams on the ring road.
Former pub landlord Phil Mitchell, 61, points to where he was injured by a malfunctioning ticket barrier at Walford East Underground station. Transport for London denies responsibility.
February 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Former pub landlord Phil Mitchell, 61, points to where he was injured by a malfunctioning ticket barrier at Walford East Underground station. Transport for London denies responsibility.
Wait wait wait - Johnny Nice Painter out off of The Fast Show is a town crier now? That’s a black day for everyone.
www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/ne...
www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/ne...
February 15, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Wait wait wait - Johnny Nice Painter out off of The Fast Show is a town crier now? That’s a black day for everyone.
www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/ne...
www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/ne...
Someone, somewhere, has effed things right up.
'I've been hit with £20,000 in fines from a car I sold five years ago'
Craig Pedder, 38, sold the vehicle in 2021 but then received a mountain of letters demanding payment for crossings of the Mersey Gateway toll bridge
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Someone, somewhere, has effed things right up.
You can’t park there mate.
Amazon delivery van 'stuck on The Broomway after following GPS'
HM Coastguard Southend says the van driver had been trying to get to Foulness Island.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
You can’t park there mate.
Meanwhile in Germany, it is also pothole season, and those pencil-necked desk jockeys at the Rathaus have done nichts, again.
Greifswalderin ärgert sich über Kraterlandschaft auf dem Weg zu ihrer Garage: „Das ist gefährlich“
Für die 88-jährige Charlotte Fritzsche birgt der Weg zu ihrer Garage seit Jahrzehnten erhebliche Gefahren. Wann die Schlaglöcher und Erdhügel vollständig ausgebessert werden, ist allerdings offen. Ers...
www.ostsee-zeitung.de
February 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Meanwhile in Germany, it is also pothole season, and those pencil-necked desk jockeys at the Rathaus have done nichts, again.
Someone post that John Peel pic, I can’t be bothered.
February 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Someone post that John Peel pic, I can’t be bothered.
All 12 signs: You may read a horoscope.
February 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
All 12 signs: You may read a horoscope.
Nice things, also poo.
"My poo bus has been told it lowers the tone - but kids love it" - BBC News
Knaresborough glazier's poo-themed minibus has become a local celebrity - but is sometimes divisive.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Nice things, also poo.
Seagull Head Dad from yesterday’s football has turned up in the press, and THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR US.
“Dad. Must you?”
“Dad. Must you?”
February 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Seagull Head Dad from yesterday’s football has turned up in the press, and THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR US.
“Dad. Must you?”
“Dad. Must you?”
We don’t do Journalist Does A Normal Thing stories, and because this is behind a paywall, we will never know if he survived.
My trip to Ipswich's most dangerous roundabout - does it live up to its title?
After St Matthew's Street roundabout was revealed as the most dangerous roundabout in Ipswich, we took a trip to it to see if it was as bad as stats…
www.ipswichstar.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:04 AM
We don’t do Journalist Does A Normal Thing stories, and because this is behind a paywall, we will never know if he survived.
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At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
SPOILER: The Leeds United training ground and the massive prison are the same thing.
Life in village home to Leeds United training ground and massive prison
Locals have spoken of the 'nightmare' of 'soccer moms' and prisoners' families setting off fireworks
www.leeds-live.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
SPOILER: The Leeds United training ground and the massive prison are the same thing.
To be fair, this is every Friday and Saturday night in Brighton.
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 AM
To be fair, this is every Friday and Saturday night in Brighton.