10 smiles of The week

party animals

A service has arrived from the USA which pays “cool” people up to £120 to attend parties to make them better. We’ve signed up and are waiting for the offers to roll in. Any minute now.

meals on reels

An app is to be launched which will provide a recipe by analysing a picture of a meal. So will it be able to tell us exactly how we’ve ruined dinner?

good as gold

Gold can, apparently, be used to treat lung cancer, according to new research. If so it’ll be worth MORE than its weight in gold.

dreadful drams

The world’s worst whisky has been announced and the “winner” is Poland’s White Dog. Let’s stick with the Scottish drams!

riddy attractive

St Andrews Uni has found women rate red-faced men more desirable. “Pulling a riddy” is suddenly not so bad.

bad To verse

This Friday is International Bad Poetry Day, so we’ve been reciting a few lines of William McGonagall. He’s not very good, but it lifted our mood!

little gems

Twin girls Sapphire and Ruby Wirt, who were born weighing only 1lb each, are now healthy two-year-olds.

screen scene

A former spy chief says children should spend more time online, not less, to improve cyber skills and “save the country” – just don’t tell them that!

To boldly go

Scientists have developed a new way to heal organs based on a method seen in Star Trek. It’s the final frontier of medicine.

ice work, boffins

A new ice cream with a higher melting point has hit the market. The sticky hands problem has finally been licked!