The reputation of a 99 year old war veteran who set out to complete 100 laps of his garden on his Zimmer frame was in tatters this morning after he failed a random drug test. Captain Tom Moore had already raised over £12 million for the NHS, but all that was thrown into doubt when

Social distancing rules were swept aside in a wave of emotion last night, as thousands gathered outside a Barnsley branch of Greggs. The impromptu candelight vigil marked Easter Sunday, with many in the crowd clinging to the hope that the day might mark another miraculous rising from the dead. “If Jesus could come back after

Police in Barnsley have taken the unusual step of condoning off some aisles in local supermarkets after it emerged that a small but significant number of people have been using their shopping trip as an excuse to buy fruit and vegetables. As the Coronavirus crisis continues, people are being told to cut out all non-essential

In a dramatic turnaround, UK Tripadvisor users have named the fridge as their most popular tourist destination. It’s the first time the fridge has even featured in the list, as is the case for the destinations beaten into second and third place – the bog and the shed. Site users were effusive in their praise

Kyle Walker has issued an urgent warning to the public this morning, after a home delivery he arranged, fell foul of the latest government Coronavirus guidelines, and left him facing humiliation and an embarrassing expose in a national newspaper. The Manchester City and England defender says he was trying to follow Boris Johnson’s advice of

As the sun came out and temperatures rose over the weekend, Health Secretary Matt Hancock rolled out a new campaign, aimed at keeping the British public at home and away from open spaces during the Coronavirus outbreak. ‘Don’t Be a Whinger, Stay In Like a Ginger’ plays on the fact that people with ginger hair

There was an unexpected, but welcome, side effect of the Coronavirus outbreak this week as normal people with teeth started to return to the streets of Barnsley. The positive environmental impacts of the virus are only just starting to be understood, but scientists have already noted an improvement in air quality in China and the

The full implications of the beauty salon shutdown started to emerge today, as trend gurus predicted that the much maligned ‘Barnsley Bush’ is set to become the style of choice for ladies throughout the UK. For many years, ‘less is more’ has been the order of the day with respect to downstairs topiary – a

Legal history was made this afternoon when ‘unprecedented’ applied for a restraining order against the British media. It’s the first time that any inanimate entity, let alone a word, has made an application for such an order, and the move is seen as a mark of the extraordinary circumstances in which we all find ourselves.

Organisers of the NHS appeal for volunteers to help with the Coronavirus effort, say that the number coming forward is growing exponentially and is predicted to include the entire able-bodied population by the weekend. As the Bugle went to press, 17 million people had already volunteered and the dedicated website had crashed. A London man