Hurrah, it’s good news for fat people, at least according to the front-page of The Daily Express.
Their splash is about a “wonder pill” which has “more than double the slimming power” of current drugs.
Sadly, as we all know, stories like this have come and gone before.
New weapon against obesity
Will this “new weapon in the battle against the country’s spiralling obesity epidemic” (wonderfully powerful language) work?
Somehow, I doubt it.
Page four of The Times today has a funny story about Boris Johnson getting up to his old tricks.
Boris Johnson
The Mayor of London has asked the “entire newspaper industry” to come clear about its use of phone hacking and similar methods.
Frankly, this is a pretty ridiculous suggestion, for two reasons.
Firstly, no newspaper in their right mind would confess to such tactics unless they absolutely had to.
Secondly, if they all did, then the amount of cases which would come to light would be staggering.
Shed a tear for Cowell
The most sympathetic (or just pathetic, depending on how you see it) story of the day has to be The Sun’s front-page.
It suggests that Simon Cowell’s “huge workload” could lead him to “an early grave.”
Now, not only is this completely unsubstantiated (the quote comes from a “source”) but even if it was true, it’s quite hard to believe.
Tough job
It’s not as if he’s chasing criminals or working long shifts on a hospital ward. He’s presenting TV shows. That’s not exactly stressful.
Even if it was, I’m sure he’s got enough cash to keep himself in good health.
Excuse me while I wipe away a tear.
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