A few funnies - and not-so-funnies...

Well, here's a few more of the best the web has to offer from news sites across the UK (and beyond, if we can find them)...

Just for pure comedy value really, as it's a sub's wet dream of a headline to write...

I'm afraid there are a few from our old friends http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/ this time around - as obviously I am being a good reporter and following up my review...

This is just pure joy. I feel for the kid really. And what's he doing on the site anyway?

This is a real beauty as a follow up to my review.

We were told by the digital publisher in said review that more news channels would follow in the "coming weeks and months" to make the new-look Northcliffe site a lot better for readers.

Well, we have one of the much-vaunted new channels, in the form of 'Crime'. Nothing wrong with that, but comparing the 'Crime' channel to the front page and 'News' channels, perhaps said digital publisher (dun dun duuuuuh!) was right to hold back on running before he could walk (I mean, copying stories to more than a couple of channels is a challenge for anyone eh?)...

The two stories which grabbed my attention here were:

'Gloucestershire train travellers shock as shopping trolleys dumped on track'*

and...

'CCTV pictures released after diamond ring heist on Cheltenham High Street'**

but...

...when I checked the 'Crime' channel, these stories were nowhere to be found!

If you're going to do it, do it properly. It does, however, explain a lot about the poor start the new site has had (as have many, many others in the Northcliffe stable).

What also explains a lot is this excerpt from the previously mentioned blog by the thisisgloucestershire.co.uk digital publisher (dun dun duuuuuuuhhhh).

"It’s Saturday afternoon and I’ve been battling with technical gremilins on TiG this morning.

Actually it wasn’t me personally – I am not the most gifted person with technology – it was the team up in Derby and down in London who do a great job keeping the Thisis sites working.

There was some problem with caching (whatever that is) which meant today’s stories didn’t upload this morning so apologies to everyone for that. It should be functioning better now."

Are you kidding me?! A digital publisher (dun dun duuuhh) who is "not the most gifted person with technology" and doesn't know what caching is?

Please, this really is getting fucking stupid now...