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Dangerous potholes 'an accident waiting to happen' on A259 Newhaven Liberal Democrat Councillors are calling on East Sussex Highways to urgently work towards repairing the worst affected roads in and through…

Superhero Landing KLAXON

07.03.2026 20:35 — 👍 50    🔁 1    💬 7    📌 0
South London Press

STREATHAM:
SPANISH SPEAKING PARROT ON THE LOOSE

South London Press STREATHAM: SPANISH SPEAKING PARROT ON THE LOOSE

Answers to the name El Squawko.

07.03.2026 18:27 — 👍 79    🔁 16    💬 5    📌 1
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A Lancashire McDonald's employee asked me a question and I'm lovin' it I was left gobsmacked by the incident

We don’t do “journalist does normal thing” stories, but we can’t believe that people were paid to write, edit, picture edit, publish and promote this.

07.03.2026 18:19 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0

You can’t moor there mate.

07.03.2026 16:23 — 👍 46    🔁 7    💬 4    📌 0

Not at all.

07.03.2026 16:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Estate residents issue election message amid regeneration fears One Ladywood resident recently said her neighbours were regularly having "nightmares" over the regeneration proposals

OHMIGERD SHERK!

07.03.2026 15:33 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Ad board outside a vet in Norwich: 
£5.00
TORTOISE WORMING
EVENT
SAT 12th JULY 1.30 - 3.30pm

Ad board outside a vet in Norwich: £5.00 TORTOISE WORMING EVENT SAT 12th JULY 1.30 - 3.30pm

“Sir, what you have here is a crusty meat pie”
“Yeah, but five quid’s a bargain”

07.03.2026 13:49 — 👍 25    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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Woman 'in limbo' over £100 Leicester city centre camping table fine Heather Rawling says the threat of a criminal conviction has been hanging over her for nine months.

Passing limbo dancer: “Piece of piss”

07.03.2026 13:41 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Dundee Weekend Telegraph: CALL
THE FUN POLICE
Funparx
boss hits back after mum's post.: on social media about child's ruined birthday party

Dundee Weekend Telegraph: CALL THE FUN POLICE Funparx boss hits back after mum's post.: on social media about child's ruined birthday party

What kind of a person do you have to be to open a place with a business model that relies on 11-year-old kids on a sugar rush?

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5446...

07.03.2026 10:59 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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'Suppliers are lifting our legs' - farmers' anger at fuel and fertiliser rises Worried Suffolk and north Essex farmers seeking fuel and fertiliser as the busy spring drilling season begins face eye-watering price rises

Have you considered, perhaps, driving a smaller tractor? (this is a joke)

07.03.2026 10:53 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 5    📌 0
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Protesters demand road safety measures after accidents and near misses Residents with a giant inflatable zebra have staged a protest to call for better road safety in two Edinburgh communities.

“It’s not fancy dress then? I thought you said it would be fancy dress”

07.03.2026 10:47 — 👍 35    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 1

Spotter’s badge

06.03.2026 21:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cambridge News: 
WOMAN ARRESTED DURING VIGIL FOR LOBSTERS.

Cambridge News: WOMAN ARRESTED DURING VIGIL FOR LOBSTERS.

One thing I learned from the classics (for eg watching NCIS) is that a lobster would eat your face given half the chance. So have a think around that.

06.03.2026 21:21 — 👍 30    🔁 6    💬 4    📌 0
'They threatened to take us to Birmingham' - Fog diverts flight from Norwich Airport. 

Picture shows a Ryanair aircraft.

'They threatened to take us to Birmingham' - Fog diverts flight from Norwich Airport. Picture shows a Ryanair aircraft.

Have these people not suffered enough?

06.03.2026 19:18 — 👍 150    🔁 18    💬 7    📌 1
The death mask of Tutankhamun in profile, with a very long chin. It is captioned JIMMY HILL.

The death mask of Tutankhamun in profile, with a very long chin. It is captioned JIMMY HILL.

06.03.2026 17:52 — 👍 29    🔁 1    💬 6    📌 0
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Fylde councillor says he was hacked after calling Lytham pub a 'drug den' A town councillor has apologised to a craft beer bar after a post from his Facebook account branded it "a drug den", before claiming he…

We don’t do politics, and we would certainly never impugn the fine reputation of this gentleman, but JIMMY HILL.

06.03.2026 17:51 — 👍 20    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Crater-like potholes a 'danger' to safety and should be fixed as 'priority' There are calls for massive potholes in Berechurch Hall Road to be sorted with concerns for the safety of motorists.

Dave “Danger” Harris is out and about again, and we are thankful.

06.03.2026 17:37 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

They’re devious bastards like that.

06.03.2026 13:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Buzzing at 4am!’ - Woman in bee costume first on board Bolton bus as rule scrapped Older and disabled people in Greater Manchester can now travel free on buses at any time, with the 9.30am restriction gone - and a celebration was…

Local character KLAXON, but in the nicest way

06.03.2026 13:53 — 👍 21    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Asian Hornets 'invading' UK town - and 'all hell will break lose' Asian hornets are hitching lifts in cars and vans travelling up

If you’re at Winchester Services (London-bound) on the M3, and you encounter a hitchhiker trying to get to Basingstoke who looks suspiciously like three Asian Hornets in a long coat, shut your damned window and DRIVE.

06.03.2026 13:33 — 👍 30    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Accrington launches bid to become UK's 'town of culture' for 2028 The town will be up against the likes of Barnsley and Dartford

“Accrington Stanley? Oo are they?”
“Exactly”

And that is why they must win.

06.03.2026 13:25 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Famous Bolton face makes surprise visit at Horwich bakery Bolton-born TV and radio presenter Vernon Kay surprised staff with a visit to Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery in Horwich, stopping by his hometown shop.

“Local man goes to the shops”

06.03.2026 11:41 — 👍 24    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Anger after '6 7' scratched into the side of cars by 'children' Residents on Sebright Avenue have been left angry and frustrated after '6 7' has been keyed into a number of vehicles on the road.

Today in pointless fads: “67”

06.03.2026 11:35 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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'Royal Mail was meant to collect our guitar – instead they stole all our food' EXCLUSIVE: A delivery service that had been booked to collect a guitar ended up taking off with an entire week's worth of food instead...

We don’t usually do the Express, but get a look at this compo face.

06.03.2026 09:40 — 👍 24    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0
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‘The A259 is becoming dangerous – road users are struggling to avoid the worst pothole’ Dangerously deep potholes are appearing across Newhaven and are not being fixed, say local Lib Dem councillors.

Banana for scale.

06.03.2026 09:34 — 👍 47    🔁 4    💬 11    📌 4
Croydon Advertiser: KEVIN COSTNER
LOVED MY SHOP.

Croydon Advertiser: KEVIN COSTNER LOVED MY SHOP.

Croydon’s famous House of Massive Dildos. Never out of the papers with its celebrity customers.

06.03.2026 08:58 — 👍 37    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Woman misses £1,400 TUI holiday over simple battery mistake Carol Hutchins had been looking forward to a sunny break in Fuerteventura with her daughter, but the duo's dream trip ended at Manchester Airport

Six times. They were sent the instructions six times.

06.03.2026 08:54 — 👍 52    🔁 4    💬 12    📌 0
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'Veteran campaigners' throw a party for pothole to celebrate its eighth birthday Two "veteran pothole campaigners" have celebrated the eighth birthday of a pothole

DONE A POO.

06.03.2026 08:48 — 👍 26    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0
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Abingdon's Radley Road neighbours angry at parking ban to speed up buses The restrictions to parking have been made to help speed up bus journeys along the road.

BUT MY CAR.

06.03.2026 08:43 — 👍 37    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 0
NOTTINGHAM POST: 
'NOTTS RUNNING OUT OF SPERM’.

NOTTINGHAM POST: 'NOTTS RUNNING OUT OF SPERM’.

“Write a love story in five words”

05.03.2026 21:24 — 👍 66    🔁 9    💬 5    📌 3