WOTM Dec 2022

 Deskpilot finished 2022 with a bang, pipping a resurgent Myke into a close second place.  The third, fourth and fifth places were hotly contested by SteveB, stewartbarclay and Wren.  Links to all the successful FPs, NiBs and Features (AKA Left Alerts) can be found below the leaderboard, as can the winner of the Cartoon of the month and the full list of tickers AKA headlines





apepper

New translation of bible reveals there was "No wi-fi at the inn"

Polling latest: Snowmen could form next government

Tooth Fairy receives secret payments from dentist cartel

Clare

Behind closed portcullises' - Megxit Netflix XXX for Royals

Ian Blackford quits SNP role for Dancing on Ice

Literally everyone on strike before Xmas

Second Coming set for Christmas as UK populated by infidels

Chipchase

Kane's missed penalty not all bad news

Chrisf

Magic crystals ask to see hard evidence of Ronaldo's 'talisman' credentials

Once a year Churchgoers forced onto ‘Christmas plus’ contracts

Deskpilot3

Beelzebub offers ‘warm space’ to freezing pensioners

Five lines on the rail strikes

Soldiers to conduct driving tests

Danny Soz

Jeff Bezos tosses family’s gifts over back fence in p!ssing rain

FlashArry

Endurance Games: the day after the day after Boxing Day

Gary Stanton

Harry Kane distracted by ghost of LGBTQ+ construction worker during missed penalty

Gerontius

Gove approves 200 miles of new canal

Government could be forced to withhold hand-claps unless nurses get back to work’ warns Barclay

Man who received first pair of slippers for Christmas still refusing to come out of bedroom

Ian Searle

Mick Carter detained by Border Patrol for attempting to cross the English Channel illegally

Jeremynh

BBC to relaunch 'Panorama' as sick reality TV show called 'Paranoia'

Mail demands jail terms for anyone blaming economic crisis on Brexit

Tory Party makes 2022 the biggest pantomime ever

World sees plucky underdogs demolish "unbeatable" opponents

Year in review: The news stories you wasted your life reading in 2022

Lockjaw

Judean Security Forces searching for Nazarene couple

mcdabble

Belgravia's Homewatch Association sets January referendum to join Russia

Midfield Diamond

Infantino does not feel like an MEP

Modelmaker

Changes to Monopoly to keep it relevant

Gillette finally launches five bladed lawnmower

NewsBiscuit road tests the next generation BMW self-driving car

Replacement army ambulance drivers anticipate being able to meet government targets

Myke

All set for Easter?' knocks 'All set for Christmas?' into second place

Burglar numbers falling. People urged to leave bacon fat in gardens

F*ck Off Gabriel! Cliff Richard song divides fans and critics

Holy family briefed against us, say Mary & Joseph

House of Commons foodbank running low on Cognac

I know you are - but what am I?’ Steve Barclay gets tough with unions

Penny Mordaunt denies wanting to be pope

Rural housing crisis eased by inbreeding, says Zoopla

Newsbiscuit Editorial Team

Defenestrated Russian sausage tycoon 'died of natural causes'

Prince Philip to guest edit NewsBiscuit

We're not getting angrier, so f@ck you, say women

oshaughnessy

British nuclear fusion reactor workers take anticipatory industrial action

Christmas cancelled after Lynx Africa gift set workers announce industrial action

Emergency NHS planning in chaos after the army decide to camouflage ambulances

England footballers threaten strike action unless demands on pay, conditions and pensions are met

Raggers

Man has wife’s birthday present removed from his colon

More money saving tips, from financial guru Martin Clueless

Your December Horoscope, by Toxic Meg

SarahT

Mpox rebrand causing MMMBop earworms

Sketchly

OCD is comin' to town!

'Unions' Christmas charity single - The Twelve Days of Staggered Walkouts

SteveB

#1 best seller this Yuletide season is Die Hard themed Christmas tree

Countdown clock goes into injury time

Global game of Whamageddon already down to last three

Gyles Brandreth's safeword clocked at five hours long

NHS to use laughter as the next best medicine

Shock as reporter rings doorbell, camera crew already in house

Warm bank robbery leaves four shivering

stewartbarclay

Banking reforms mean cocaine and strippers are back

Fishy review after Berlin hotel aquarium explosion

Have you tried freezing to death, asks Government

How a micro-penis is micro-f*cking the climate

Nadhim Zahawi stubs toe, blames Putin

Nurses striking as ‘too many things up peoples' butts’

Parents steeling themselves for school Christmas plays

Qatar's human rights abuses now irrelevant

Sully

Dad has been humming to himself for 6 hours straight

Eton to offer ‘Muggle Studies’ courses

Men poised for greatness, just as soon as the Xmas aftershave arrives

Nye Bevan clones ‘almost ready to resurrect Labour’

Throngsman

Army to cover ambulance drivers, nurses, teachers and posties

Elon Musk found sleeping rough

Government agrees to allow people to dream - grudgingly

Government makes DAB Day a Bank Holiday

Jeremy Clarkson new Twitter CEO

SAS selection to include thesaurus and dictionary in Bergen

Wrenfoe

All advent calendar doors have a landlord behind them

Ghost of Christmas future stuck in 2022

Kid in checkout queue definitely needs to pack it in

Labour to replace Lords with eerie black monolith

Mariah Carey disappointed to receive just 'you' for Xmas

MP confuses nurses with someone wearing a French maid’s outfit

New Year’s Eve resolves to be as sh*t as always

Santa refuses to break picket-lines

Unions only allowed to strike at night time


Cartoon of the month - The job interview, by Modelmaker


Tickers - AKA Headlines

apepper             

Brexit replaces Christianity as main religion in UK

Fury as Anne Sacoolas won't be able to run anyone else over for 8 months

German fish celebrate Tankxit

Man smuggling chocolate bar under hat has bounty on his head

Clare    

PM pledges more police brutality to stop peaceful protests

deeplydisturbed             

2022 World Homeopathy Conference declared "most powerful ever" as no-one turns up

Deskpilot3         

17 found in the queue as Navy dig out Antarctic post office

Anger as UN denies the cultural significance of arctic roll

Bankman-Fried: I hope to repay crypto losses. And cure cancer. And land on Mars

Cocktail waiters told to avoid mixing at Christmas

Hospital say boy who swallowed 52 magnets is 'clinging on'

Matt Hancock and Meghan vie for public's lack of affection

Meghan claims she was promised Wales for Christmas

New bank notes: Andrew to feature on the nine bob note

NHS pickets 'nursing a grievance'

No felicitations in Wales due to strike by Bore Da force

Picket line braziers offer pensioners 'warm spaces'

Poet sensitive to nuts has a peanut elegy

Putin invites Kim Jong-un to guest edit the war in Ukraine for a few days

Recovering horse is in a stable condition

Rogue pigeons planning a coo

Titanic 2 to be filmed on a floating steakhouse in Essex

Tories keen to see Mick Lynch under a tree at Christmas

Vagrants celebrate take your dog to work on a string day

Waitrose announces Fortnum & Mason price match

Workers to remain on strike until the weather improves

docholiday        

Burglars that broke into Roy Keane's house are all now safely in traction

dogular

Cynical contracts lawyer does not believe in Santa Clause

dominic_mcg    

Celine Dion has a rare neurological disorder but assures fans her heart will go on

granger

Snowmen banned from supermarkets for picking their noses.

ian searle          

Citroen Sales Model accused of lying on CV

Jack the Quipper            

In This Weekend's Times - The Dates Of The Next Train Strikes & How To Spot The Difference

Jim Skinz            

Government issues advent calendars with draft excluders on doors

Teenager with acne wins BBC's SPOTTY award

Lockjaw

Man with a bad case of the farts hopes it will blow over soon

MADJEZ             

New Scottish gender questionnaire asks 'Donald where's ya troosers ?'

micca   

Duck born with two mouths is rushed to the vets - owner facing unexpected bill

Government creates VIP lanes at overstretched A&Es

Mick Turate      

Rishi Sunak asks homeless man how he lost all his houses. More gaffes soon

Midfield Diamond          

Gove denies new colliery is to support anyone’s coke habit

Nation prays for royal death to stop supermarket xmas music

Modelmaker     

Children strike over Christmas pudding thrupenny bits not keeping pace with inflation

Man with no eyebrows raises concerns over cheap "Talibanger" Christmas crackers

New coal mine needed for Mars exploration coal-powered rocket says Rees Mogg

No mention of humans in Cop15 species protection deal

Palace staff member sets standard nation expects of government

Myke   

Alexa, remind me to put the sprouts on

Plan to move Swindon to Donetsk broadly welcomed

Puss in Boots - pimple explodes in high street pharmacy

World Cup over. Men fall silent at urinals

Not Titus           

A game to die for, says Grant Wahl

oshaughnessy   

Dominic Raab sets world record for stepping out of the most Range Rovers in a week

England footballers return with a cat and a monkey for Harry Kane's back

First pope to resign becomes first pope to die after resigning

Glitter to headline Glastonbury

Vivienne announces her new black collection

Raggers

Lady Hussey claims she was possessed by the ghost of Prince Philip

Man employed to clear blocked sewers says he’s just going through the motions

Many living on the streets in cheap camping gear. Now is the winter of discount tents

World Fencing Championship postponed due to creosote shortage

ron cawleyoni   

Russian sausage tycoon dies in Indian hotel fall, Police search for links

Terry Hall RIP: Much Too Young

Wokerati outraged at Man City decision to only play fit and thin footballers

sinnick 

Striking perverts gather around a warm brassière

Sketchly             

Keir Starmer to be new face of Mr Potato Head

Man finally acknowledges he has more bags-for-life than his life actually warrants

SteveB 

Boris Becker returns

Bung it like Beckham

Prisoner with pet rabbit made a run for it

Rubber police force overstretched

UK so cold, Tory ministers keeping their hands in their own pockets

stewartbarclay 

Charity shops 'braced for impact'

Spielberg regrets impact of 'Jurassic Park' on dinosaurs

Sydalg  

Footprint of man wearing no shoes tells Robinson Crusoe it's Casual Friday

Incestuous couple file for divorce, citing "irreconcilable similarities"

Kids wake up to find AK47s in their stockings as army replaces striking Santa

Titus     

Becker ruled 'out'

Dermatology nurses refuse to have anything to do with scabs

King's Christmas speech his most popular Christmas speech ever

Labour wants to change national corruption & cronyism to local corruption & cronyism

Team wins footy match - just. Other news: cancer cure found p9, Martians land p15

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