If you’re a fan of heading to your local pub for a drink or two, then this might just be your dream job. The Hungry Horse chain (which owns more than 200 pubs in Britain) wants to pay a beer lover £500 simply to spend time in one of their pubs. What’s the job? The […]

He’s one of comedy’s most revered characters. A source of endless memorable mutterings. And now you can carry Alan Partridge around in your pocket thanks to a handy app. ‘Partridge In Your Pocket‘ brings together the fictional Norfolk disc-jockey’s best quotes and phrases, and allows users to play them at the touch of a screen. […]

Christmas is a time for celebration and this year beauty fans have really got something to celebrate. Cosmetics giant MAC has launched its first ever advent calendar – and its brimming with firm favourites. Inside the calendar – dubbed ‘Shiny Pretty Things’ – is a mixture of 24 mini and full size MAC products that […]

An engraved portrait of the Prince of Wales, who turns 70 on November 14, will feature on a series of souvenir £5 coins, with his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, featuring on the reverse side of the coin. The £5 coin can be purchased from the Royal Mint with prices ranging from £13 for a brilliant uncirculated […]

by TOM COTTERILL tom.cotterill@thenews.co.uk Campaigners have accused bureaucrats at Whitehall of continuing to bury their hands in the sand and refusing to heed cries to do more to tackle veteran suicide rates. For the past few months, Johnston Press has been calling on the Ministry of Defence to up its game and do more for […]

You’ll never have to feel self-conscious again with so-called ‘flatulence jeans’, sold by a company named Shreddies. According to the company, the trousers have been designed to eliminate a fart’s smell, using activated carbon. Shreddies sell a range of men and women’s flatulence clothing, including underwear and pyjamas. What are flatulence jeans? The organisation’s website […]

by Roseanne Edwards Halloween may not be as bright this year because of a shortage of large pumpkins. The dearth of decent-sized traditional varieties is due to this year’s drought, according to farmer Nigel Morris of the Bodicote Farm Shop in Oxfordshire. “Our display isn’t half as big as normal because the pumpkins just haven’t […]

Reporting by Laura Hill The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they are expecting their first child. And the baby will get a plum spot in the line to the throne; here’s how the new baby will change the Royal line. Where will the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s baby sit in line to […]

by Nancy Frostick He’s a Premier League footballer, England international and World Cup hero – but could Harry Maguire be the new face of the £50 note? Thousands of football fans have backed a petition to put the Leicester City defender on the note, when it is redesigned by the Bank of England. At the […]