Back Injury Scuppers Bono’s £50 Million Manchester City Transfer
Only days after undergoing emergency surgery for a back injury U2 singer Bono was hit with the news that his proposed move to Manchester City has been scrapped. A posting on the band’s website today confirmed negotiations with the big-spending Premier League club had been “put on hold”. “Bono has left hospital today to begin [...]
Traveller Brawl Enters Twentieth Month
Scenes like this have continued non-stop for over a year-and-a-half. A riot involving up to 3000 Travellers lasting over a year and a half has left a small town terrified and bereft of hope. Petrol bombs, cudgels, rocks, hurleys, shovels, baseball bats, hatchets, iron bars, and even swords have been used in an ongoing disturbance [...]
Head Of Iceland’s Kaupthing Bank To Be Sacrificed To Volcano
A TV crew scouts for the best angle ahead of Saturday’s big event. Hreidar Mar Sigurdsson, former Chief Executive of Kaupthing Bank – who was arrested on Wednesday on charges of embezzlement, falsifying documents and stock and bond trading violations – will be thrown into the gaping maw of the erupting Eyjafjamibob volcano if found [...]
EU To Sacrifice A PIG In Mooted ‘Bad Country’ Plan
The big bad wolf Jean-Claude Trichet In a shock move the European Central Bank (ECB) has announced plans for a ‘bad country’ approach as a solution to current euro-zone wos. It has not yet been decided which of the PIGS will be sent to economic Coventry for the foreseeable future but insiders suggest it has [...]
