This week David Miliband has come under fire from a small number of MPs for ‘undermining’ Gordon Brown’s leadership, and preparing to try for the spot himself. After suffering a heavy blow in the Glasgow East by-election, things aren’t looking good for the PM. We take a look at what things might be like, if the [...]

A thief who stole a chain from a 16-year-old boy in south-east London then checked his reflection in the lens of a CCTV camera, police have said. Officers said the suspect snatched the chain and a bracelet from the 16-year-old in Bromley, and threatened to stab him when he attempted to retrieve the jewellery. In a set [...]

Downing Street has launched an online version of prime minister’s questions on Youtube. Gordon Brown has pledged to respond to questions submitted by users on Downing Street’s Youtube page. The forum is to be a ‘regular event’, in which he will offer answers on questions such as globalisation, climate change, housing, jobs and social services. The first deadline [...]

This week’s hated word arrived with the news that a government ‘think-tank’ has recommended the abolition of six-week school holidays for children. Think-tank n. Dictionary definition A group or an institution organized for intensive research and solving of problems, especially in the areas of technology, social or political strategy, or armament. Report2 definition A group or institution with an [...]

Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty have posted a bizarre video of themselves titled ‘winemouse’ on Youtube. In the two-minute clip, the pair can be seen playing with newborn mice. Winehouse makes a plea to her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil not to divorce her - through a mouse. Winehouse’s spokesman confirmed that the video was genuine but made no [...]

Mature content The past couple of weeks haven’t been good for Gordon Brown. First he took lashing in the local elections, then his party claimed to want him gone, and now two former Labour figures have released ‘memoirs’ exposing a few Downing Street secrets. Needless to say, Gordy’s pissed.

According to recently released top-secret documents from the 1950s, the threat of a nuclear attack on the UK caused diplomatic concern over the supply of tea. Government officials in charge of food supplies in such times said the tea situation would be “very serious” after a nuclear war. “It would be wrong to consider that even 1oz [...]

Following a ‘hammering’ in local elections for the Labour party, Boris Johnson has been elected Mayor of London. We take a look at what things might be like, if the politicos had access to IM.

A stunt driver has crashed an iconic Aston Martin into Italy’s Lake Garda during filming of 007’s latest movie Quantum of Solace. The driver was delivering the Aston Martin DBS to the film scene in heavy rain when he lost control on a narrow curve. The driver was rescued and taken to hospital with minor injuries. Italian TV [...]

Police in the Australian city of Brisbane were left stranded and embarrassed after a handcuffed suspect drove off in their patrol car. Read the full story at the BBC News website: Handcuffed man steals police car.

A chicken, Darth Vader, a brick, a giant hand, a taco, a rhino, St George, a wookie, a camel and 35,000 other runners - it’s the London marathon! The month of April lived up to its showery reputation yesterday, but that wasn’t going to stop the runners of the 28th annual London marathon and the 26.2 [...]

Ofcom has cleared BBC One’s Catherine Tate Christmas special of being offensive after 42 complaints were made by viewers. Typical sketches featuring the foul-mouthed character of an elderly woman upset some viewers. Scenes including a family from Northern Ireland exchanging balaclavas and knuckledusters as Christmas gifts were further accused of stereotyping. Ofcom however, ruled that it “did not [...]