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Writer's pictureThrongsman

Newsbiscuit Writer of the Month August 2024



SteveB has had a storming month, clearing the pack. Deskpilot has come a creditable second, contributing amongst other things 23 of the 104 headlines published this past month. Stewartbarclay comes a very respectable third.





Front Page, News in Brief and Features


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Cartoon of the month goes to Modelmaker for Elon Musk takes a more responsible attitude to riots


Headlines


Adrian Bamforth            


Banksy now just going through the alphabet

Malice in Sunderland

Russian prisoners in western jails say 'I'm fine thanks'


apepper         

    

GCHQ close to decoding rules for cycling Keirin

'I take my job as an MP seriously,' wins joke of the Fringe

Some Sunderland rioters "weren't local" - they weren't wearing t-shirts


Beau-Jolly    

     

Team GB Medal haul to slow as "sitting down" sports finish


bigbadbob         


Fencing contractor found guilty of malicious posts

Starmer congratulated on successful PM tenure, by Salad growers


Deskpilot          

 

Anne Widdicombe complains about lack of inappropriate behaviour on Strictly

Baker fired for sponging off his colleagues

Critically injured fork lift driver moved to palletive care

Everyone avoids picky bits at eczema sufferers buffet

Farmer upgrades his combine harvester to Winnows 11

Frankenstein actor who can't stop talking about himself is an Igormaniac

Govt confirms funding for BTec in managing uncertainty

Labour offers more & better train strikes than the Tories

Lush looter doesn't come out smelling of roses

Man who ate screws & fixings was bolting his food

New dog breeder is looking for pointers

Puppeteer offers to explain string theory

Putin plans next round of journalist arrests

Search for 'Google's illegal online monopoly' yields no results

Shamima Beglum

Starmer haunted by images of Margaret Thatcher on his toast

Student who wants to do camping degree aims to get a place in clearing

Ted Baker runs out of dough

Threatened taxi drivers close ranks

Toilet cleaner gets time off in loo

Tommy Robinson 'doubtful' for Strictly

Top uni accepts students with 25m back stroke certificate

Winter fuel payment: OAPs to riot in protest


Dick Everyman  


New Walrus burger gets seal of approval


docholiday       

 

Biden didn't realize it was him that was being swapped


dominic_mcg    


Police tasked with arresting Katie Price have no idea what she looks like

Spanish lingerie company launches Basque Separatist range

Team GB wins Paralympic Gold in Crawling Off Trains event


eppursimuove   


Midlands Water - I’ll see your shit and raise you cyanide


Granger        

     

All over? It is now for Sven

Olympic commentator breaks record for saying 'UNBELIEVABLE!'


ian searle       

   

Copywriter accused of plagiarism


jim Skinz      

      

Apple thief asks for 25 offences to be taken into concideration

Oasis fans blocked by a plunderwall when buying tickets

Statisticians to star in new soap Correlation Street


mcdabble  

        

Brazil conducts Xorcism

Builder who lost his plans of the stairs told to retrace his steps

English riot season now well underway

Home Secretary approaches sex dungeon operators about housing excess prisoners

Israel and Hamas, in a rare show of unity, agree to continue hostilities

Israel will know if Iran is about to attack, say spy chiefs who didn't predict Oct 7th

Liz Truss says her freedom of speech is restricted because nobody listens to her

Prisons plan to increase capacity by releasing the largest inmates first

Russia threatens to declare war on Ukraine

Scotsman arrested after man stabbed in the Trossachs

Staff stuck in lift at NASA to be freed by February at the latest

Starmer congratulated on successful PM tenure, by Salad growers

Starmer pledges to transform steel industry into no-steel industry

Trump unsure which excuse to use for getting two black men mixed, racism or dementia

Welsh govt introduces new recycling bin for unused recycling bins


Midfield Diamond   

       

Olympic gender row settled after bloke in pub says he would


Modelmaker   

  

Drinking to be banned in pubs

Man has keyhole surgery after Surgeon lost key to operating theatre

Man with emphysema says he has limited aspirations these days

Pensioners asked to 'Eke Out to Help Out' as they lose Winter Fuel Allowance

Police vehicle suppliers may have links to riot organisers

Rioters who trashed library will get the book thrown at them


robowurzel       


No signs of green shoots on Conservative party stump


rogerg  


Oasis: Definitely Money


Scribbles   

         

Farage now earns over £1m a year: NatWest offers to re-open his bank account

Walsall sodium cyanide spill: boaters advised not to touch canal with a barge pole


sinnick 


Home Secretary to deport rioters to Rwanda

Police arrest hiking Chemist for exposing himself to the elements


Sketchly         

    

‘The UK is too dangerous for me and my family’ says Harry as he lands in Colombia

AI generated Elon Musk easily identifiable by its ability to grow facial hair

Dentist resigns after years of looking down in the mouth

Founder of Viagra company celebrated as its longest standing member

Outrage as the foil begins to peel from Olympic medals

Paris experiences spread of COVID variant which presents as a rash, named 'Olympox'

Seine swimmer comes in last with a lump in his throat

Truss arrested for punching Priest after he began Mass with ‘Lettuce pray’

Zelenskyy in talks with Boeing about providing Russia’s new fighter jets


SteveB 


Assorted chocolates thief comes up smelling of Roses

BBC News to arrange prisoner swap with Top of the Pops

Defecating dressage horse awarded bonus points for superbly executed 'Radcliffe'

Due to fish sex changes, waterway renamed River Exe-Wye

English tourist resort attracts more visitors with rioting mini breaks

Flasher at checkout receives 'unexpected item in debagging area' message

Mouthy smoker has no filter

Online networks used to organise riots classified 'antisocial media'

Prosperous vampire hit a rich vein

Rogue horse is 'neigher-do-well'


stewartbarclay  


Allsopp not concerned about her kids' location location location

Blue moon turns red in another party defection


The Squire  

       

Tom Daley retires from diving. Ronaldo applies for British passport


Titus     


Badgers & TB - 'Not a simple, black-and-white issue'

FBI - the only people unable to find a motive for shooting Trump

Militant feminist campaign group refuses to publish a manifesto

Russia engages in Special Military Retreat

Stranded astronauts due to have 8 months board & lodging deducted from their salary

Sunak asks Farage for a loan 'to tide him over'

Terminal patients forced to stay alive as hospices close


Walter Eagle     


Chelsea to sign Jenas on a free contract

Huw Edwards and Jermaine Jenas to host joint podcast: How To Be A Huw Jenas

Mmmm-pox, the TASTIEST pox!!

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