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Mammoth cannabis bust in Hashburton turned out to be just bird feeding
By Akash Hashmi
Ashburton and Chudleigh Police have come across a mammoth drug bust ...
... oh never mind they found a few seedlings in the woods.
In a place appropriately nicknamed by the locals, Hashburton, of all names. This is what…

Runcorn police destroy door with chainsaw to find half a joint
By Kevin John Braid
Police in Runcorn have boasted on Facebook about a door they vandalised with a chainsaw in a bust to recover half a joint.
The post boasted that a "Misuse of Drugs Act warrant was executed and a quantity of drugs had…

Facebook posting ads encouraging people to sue the NHS
By Chris Bovey
Facebook has been condemned for running adverts during the Coronavirus crisis encouraging people to sue the British National Health Service.
The tech giant which likes to promote an image that its platform is about creating…

Weed is an essential good in L.A. - booze is essential in the UK
By Akash Hashmi
Another day, another police force bragging about their HUGE cannabis haul.
By huge, I again mean a few grams, wrapped in some tin foil from a single user.
South Wales Police Cardiff took to Facebook to share their extremely…

Facebook wrongly bans accounts during Corona outbreak
By Chris Bovey
An apparent bug in Facebook’s algorithm blocked news articles about the COVID-19 outbreak and has restricted some users from using their service.
Legitimate articles concerning safety and health advice were marked as spam,…

Bournemouth police chopper weed bust Facebook post backfires
By Chris Bovey
A Facebook post by Bournemouth police boasting about using a police helicopter to locate and dismantle a small cannabis grow backfired in the comments section.
Bournemouth South Police announced on Facebook they had used…

Bo Jo the Clown remains Prime Minister, but nothing has changed
By Chris Bovey
Shortly before the polls closed, I was hoping for another shock exit poll predicting yet again a Hung Parliament.
Deep down I knew this was unlikely, or otherwise, we would have seen a similar shift in the opinion polls…

Conspiracy theorists and their alliance with the Tory right
By Chris Bovey
Ever since the Brexit debate started, I have seen a number of memes and links on my Facebook feed with some of the most bizarre claims about the European Union.
While some of the posts from the leave camp come from your…

Facebook restricting organic reach of pro-EU pages
By Chris Bovey
Facebook has become an instrumental part of people’s lives for sharing and disseminating information.
Newsfeeds will show you a mixture of paid-for sponsored ads together with posts from friends, groups you have joined…

Cyclist punished for being knocked off bike by phone zombie
By Richard Shrubb
In a bonkers judgement from the courts, it now appears that people too absorbed in their phones to give a shit for their own lives can blame cyclists for hitting them. Great news for phone zombies!
What happened?
Gemma Brushett…