Newly released national archive records reveal that giant panda Chia-Chia refused to share Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Concorde flight to the United States in 1981. The Panda was due to travel to Washington from London to mate with US based giant Panda, Ching-Ching, and it was suggested she traveled with Margaret Thatcher who was making

Until this week, Osmium – an extremely hard derivative of Platinum, was thought to be the most dense substance known to man, but now scientists at The East Herringthorpe Institute Of Science And Technology have discovered a post-Christmas wheelie bin in Whiston with a density one and a half times that of the bluish-White metal

The Christmas ordeal moved into the second phase for hundreds of thousands of families this morning as they upped sticks and dragged their sorry asses from one set of in laws to the next. In an annual ritual which was playing out across the country, the migration got under way soon after breakfast and is

A Rotherham man has spoken of his distress this morning, after his wife’s Christmas card, handed over just a few days ago, led to profound disappointment. The card read ‘may all your dreams come true’, but  52 year-old  Colin  Butcher says  he wasn’t dreaming of socks, a Terry’s chocolate orange or some novelty boxer shorts

A health conscious Barnsley family have vowed to boycott the traditional Christmas lunch this year after making a shocking discovery about the source of the vegetables that go on their plate. The  Postlethwaite  Family from Wombwell had always assumed that their sprouts and carrots were created from the same artificial chemical processes that deliver all

Stupid people, amnesiacs and folk who have reached adulthood without any previous experience of Christmas,  are being warned that the roads will be busier than normal today. All major news agencies are focussing on a bombshell revelation from the AA that this isn’t a normal Friday, it being two days before Christmas, and a lot

Rotherham Borough Councils plan to revamp the towns refuse collection service has come under attack from wealthy residents. The plans, which are still in the consultative phase include extra recycling responsibilities for householders and a 25% reduction in the size of the general waste bin. But residents in upmarket Wickersley say that while the plans

Model makers at the Disney resort in Florida faced criticism and ridicule last night after the new robot of President Trump in The Hall of Presidents failed to live up to expectations. Many U.S commentators pointed to the fact that the robot looks more like beaten Democratic rival Hillary Clinton or actor John Voight than

For weeks, a Bramley man has been telling everyone who’d listen that he’d already done his Christmas shopping, but now he’s had his confidence knocked and been forced to think again. “I thought I’d get it done early this year” 46-year-old Tom Davies told the Bugle “I usually get my daughter to buy Mrs D’s

News that Tour De France winning cyclist, Chris Froome, inadvertently over-dosed on asthma medication during a race earlier this year, threw light on an interesting conundrum – why are so many of the worlds best cyclists asthma sufferers?