In the news

It's being reported on Twitter via the Press Association, so would expect it to be true, unfortunately.

He was only 52. Regardless of your political views, that is sad and shocking.

Jon Snow confirms his death and details to follow

Sad news, as I said on the RIP thread it's a massive loss to the trade union movement. Always came across as a decent guy to me and 52 is so young.

Wikipedia entry has been edited to include date of death. Must be official.

Bob Crow has been cancelled. RMT would like to apologise to passengers for any inconvenience caused.

I blame Boris Johnson.

Sad news. He got up all the right people's noses.

Sad to hear about Bob Crow. He was a proper old-school union guy - 52 is too young by any measure.

Anyone using* Tomnod?

• or managed to get a look in before the site crashed?
  

Only happens up north?

It does seem to happen disproportionately more up north yes

Not so much news as very interesting

http://i.imgur.com/tQglLlu.jpg

The sea is a dangerous place to drive.

^ Some good news.

:)

Unless you include reduced mobility and attendant child obesity levels rocketing due to depressed walking and cycling rates cos the roads are full of angry speeding fucknuggets in cars.

Unless you include reduced mobility and attendant child obesity levels rocketing due to depressed walking and cycling rates cos the roads are full of angry speeding fucknuggets in cars.

Don't forget death by respiratory related diseases hugely increased rates of asthma amongst kids because of those stinking fuming poisonous vehicles we still allow fucknggs to drive and to dominate places where we live

No.

I recommend North Korea, the media there is full of good news.

Is it possible to get any good news in this country?

yup ... but there is also possibly some bad news

the good news ............. the co-pilot of the missing jet has been having a great time

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/flight-mh370-copilot-entertained-women-in-cockpit-and-smoked-on-previous-flight-9183812.html

the bad news .................. the plane is missing

although he may have parked up to take the ladies disco dancing

Is it possible to get any good news in this country?

There's no good news anywhere in the world. Good news is not news.
'Cat rescued from tree'
"Drivers waits patiently behind granny on bike!'
'Someone is nice to someone'
#yawn

Have you been there?

No, but I have a book about what it's like to go camping there. Does that count?

There's no good news anywhere in the world.

http://www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/

Since the advent of daytime tv
and rolling 24 hour news,
a blank screen is unacceptable,
and news was transformed into misery digest.

News is finite, misery knows no linguistic nor ethnic bounds
and is always importable.

It takes a heart of stone to refuse to have one's anxiety level needlessly raised.

http://www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/

Yawn

Good news recently discovered is that the Torygraph has decided to use a paywall meaning that with the Mail already in quarantine, all but the most abject cunts are protected from reading it.

The downside is that the Daily Mash also has done this but you can still sneakily read the articles by scrolling down.

Now that is good news!

Good news recently discovered is that the Torygraph has decided to use a paywall meaning that with the Mail already in quarantine, all but the most abject cunts are protected from reading it.
.

Yes,
all the casual ToryGraph readers now infest the Guardians CiF comment zone.