Britain's Got Talent, Rolf Harris - Topical Stand-Up [Video]

Every week at The Monday Night News Show in London SomeNews.co.uk goes live. Below is a short video from this week's show. In it we look at the latest scandal to hit Britain's Got Talent, well, according to the newspapers it's a scandal. Rolf Harris also gets a mention. Have...

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Woman's Sleep-Eating Ruins Diet

There's a little story that nearly passed me by, the story of a woman who's been getting up to all sorted in the middle of the night. She suffers from parasomnia. par·a·som·ni·a n. Any of several disorders that frequently interfere with sleep. With a definition like that...

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McDonald's Burgers Last Forever?

I'm a firm believer in the maxim "you are what you eat". That's why I'm cheap, greasy and I'll play havoc with your colon. But some news stories make me stop and think about what we're putting inside our bodies. A man in America has kept a burger he purchased from McDonald's...

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Woman Walks In On Tiger In The Toilet

We've all been to the toilet and had a surprise before. Maybe you dropped your phone down the loo. Maybe you forgot there was beetroot in the salad you had the day before. Maybe it was the day you found out what a glory hole was. But none of those match the shock a woman...

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Luis Suarez Bite, Toddlers - Topical Stand-Up [Video]

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Topless Barbers

A topless barber shop has become a hit in Australia, offering customers to have their haircut done by a barely-clothed female hairdresser. Tut. I disapprove. I disapprove because this reduces women down to mere objects for men to be pleased by. I disapprove because it potentially...

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Sloth News

In sloth news: A video showing a sloth cuddling up with a cat has proved popular on YouTube. While the two animals get up close and personal the music of Jason Mraz plays and many people have commented about how cute the clip is. Here, have a look at the video... Cute...

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Agonise Podcast: Sperm Donor Love

In the Agonise podcast Mr Steve N Allen and Ria Lina look at letters sent into newspapers' problem pages and give a more honest answer than any agony aunt could. This episode features a letter from a woman who is starting to have feelings for her sperm donor. Her cup overfloweth. To...

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The No Incest App

Just when you thought all of the good apps had been invented, comes ones that you'll wonder, "How did we ever live without it?" There's an app you can get that stops you having incest. Before you worry that this invention will force The Jeremy Kyle Show to cut down to one...

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Why You're Wrong About Thatcher

Good news. I agree with you about the late Margaret Thatcher. I don't even need to know what you think before I can say I agree with you. And this is not just some swift placation to get you to stop talking, although that technique has proven invaluable this week. I know...

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Music Is As Good As Sex

Here's the "science in inverted commas" story of the day: Canadian researchers have found that listening to music can be as enjoyable as sex. It can. And I should know, I do a lot of it. I used to do it mainly in the car, but these days it's online. Don't worry, it's not...

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Vorderman, Britain's Got Talent & Mums - Topical Stand-Up [Video]

Every week at The Monday Night News Show in London SomeNews.co.uk goes live. Below is a video from this week's show, covering topics like the Carol Vorderman's broke nose, or is it a nose job, the standards of Britain's Got Talent and stay at home mums. Have a look... Watch...

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It's Not The Motion Of The Ocean...

I recently became aware of the low-brow nature of the news coverage on the site lately. Recent articles have been about bras, zombie hamsters and fat airline passengers. There's nothing wrong with a little levity, but this site is a news source of record, a serious and in-depth...

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Bras Are No Good For You

New research from French scientist Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon says that bras are useless. Now there's a man who's never made a slingshot. Prof . Rouillon has been studying breasts of 330 women, aged 18 to 35, over the past 15 years, and has achieved much, like keeping the...

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Cardboard Cops

Police in Bangalore are trying a new way to reduce traffic offences - using cardboard cops to scare drivers into believing the long arm of the law is watching them. Bangalore police commissioner said, "Drivers in Indian cities violate traffic rules when there are no cops around...

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The Real Zombie Hamster

I don't want to scare anyone but... Boo! Oh, sorry, I mean I do want to scare people, as you should be scared. That's why I'm bringing you this news. Zombies are real! A creature, died, was buried, and then came back from the dead! Arrrggghhh! The following is based...

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[Radio Minipodcast] 5th Apr 2013 - Inventions & Parking

I covered another radio show, and if you missed it (or even if you didn't) here are some of the bits from it. It was broadcast on Friday 5th of April 2013. In the minipodcast we talk about the best inventions ever and George Osborne parking. To find more radio show minipodcasts...

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Meals On Wheels

Mumbai has a new restaurant called "The Moving Cart". Basically, it's a restaurant in a double-decker bus. We have something similar over here in London, it's called "the nightbuses". If you get one one of those there's always someone eating some smelly food. And it's odd,...

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Podcast 47 - North Korea, Armstrong & Immigration

It's the SomeNews Podcast, episode 47. In this podcast: North Korea (starts 01:24) Armstrong v Pistorius (starts 05:42) UK Immigration (starts 08:21) More Bans (starts 11:14) More Options   Subscribe on iTunes Download the mp3 or ogg Download from the back-up...

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[Radio Minipodcast] 4th Apr 2013 - Childhood Risks & Hairloss

I covered another radio show, and if you missed it (or even if you didn't) here are some of the bits from it. It was broadcast on Thursday 4th of April 2013. In the minipodcast we talk about the risks you took as a child, new research into hairloss and the fame (or infamy)...

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The Queen Costs Us More

"The standard of living in the UK is dropping because wages aren't keeping up with the rate of inflation." You may have heard people say that, but good news, I've found that it's not always true. The Queen has received a £5 million boost in annual funds. That should help...

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Woman Attends Her Own Funeral

There's a story in the news of Zeng Jia, a Chinese student, who spent her savings buying her own coffin and organising her own wake so that she could attend while she was still alive. Seems like a waste of money but whatever, it's her funeral. She had an elaborate service...

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[Radio Minipodcast] 3rd Apr 2013 - Working Class v Middle Class & Phones

I covered another radio show, and if you missed it (or even if you didn't) here are some of the bits from it. It was broadcast on Wednesday 3rd of April 2013. In the minipodcast we talk about the new class structure in British society and the 40th anniversary of the mobile...

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