Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole last night insisted that the 21 year-old intern at the centre of an alleged air rifle incident at the club’s training ground had exaggerated the incident in order to win a penalty in a practice match. Tom Cowan, a Loughborough sports science student on a year’s internship at the [...]
The entire nation was cheering raucously last night, after the company that runs the residential arm of British Gas revealed record profits of £742 million – just months after energy bills went up. Around eight million British Gas customers were hit with a price hike on December 10, lifting an average customer’s dual-fuel bill from [...]
Opinion from The Oracle Speaks by Jon Brigden Like the rest of you, I’m looking forward to the end of the working week. Yes, it’s only Thursday, and that Friday evening pint/cup of Horlicks/crack pipe (delete as applicable) still seems a long way away, but there’s one reason which stands head and shoulders above all [...]
After more than 50 years, fast food retailer Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has launched a new slogan: ‘Does the job if you’ve had a few pints’. The slogan has already replaced the famous ‘Finger Lickin’ Good’ strapline in the US, and will be coming to the UK in the coming months. The decision to replace [...]
The Oracle Speaks Presents HOW TO DO EVERYTHING 15. How to get an invite to the Royal Wedding Make your own invitation, using crayons, felt tips and a sheet of lined A4 paper. Pretend to be Elton John by putting on a funny wig and glasses, and show up at Buckingham Palace, claiming not to [...]
