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So, I'm Going to Give Up Drinking

Xavier Toby | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Comedy
Xavier Toby

Alcohol has done so much for me. So many objects and people set on fire, so many traffic cones and shopping trolley races, so many kebabs, and even a few pretty girls. So many wonderful, hazy memories.

Aussie Man Thrown Out Of Bar 'For Having A Mullet'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.10.2012 | UK Comedy

Uh-oh - hair we go! A man claims he was thrown out of a bar in Perth, Western Australia, simply for having a mullet. (We should just add that the man ...

PHOTO: Wheel Clamp Man Is New Australian Superhero!

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.08.2012 | UK Comedy

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it TV fitness guru the Green Goddess sporting a radical new look? No, it's Wheel Clamp Man! The real-life super...

Hollioake's England Kit Recovered

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Sport

Kit belonging to Ben Hollioake, the late England cricketer, has been recovered by police. Burglars stole possessions belonging to the all-rounder f...

Cross Country Golf

Brodie Smithers | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Sport
Brodie Smithers

A plan for a game of Cross Country Golf was hatched in a pub beer garden. Rough rules were argued over and potential courses were examined on Ordinance Survey maps.

Which Three Towns Have Been Given City Status?

PA | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK

Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph have been given city status to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the government said. The towns beat 23 other applic...

Woman Impaled On Spike 'Recovering In Hospital'

PA | Posted 20.12.2011 | UK

A young woman who was stuck for half an hour after being impaled through the neck by a railing is expected to make a full recovery, police have said. ...

Woman Impaled On A Spike After Slipping On Ice

PA | Posted 20.12.2011 | UK

A woman is recovering in hospital after she was impaled by the neck on a spiked railing. Kirsty Scott, 23, slipped on an icy path outside a flat in...

Royal Succession: Small Comfort at Difficult Commonwealth Meeting

Joanna Bennett | Posted 29.12.2011 | UK Politics
Joanna Bennett

At what looks set to be a disappointing Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting, we can take small comfort that leaders - 16 of them at least - have finally agreed to abandon the archaic laws of royal succession.

Queen Ends Trip With Traditional Aussie Barbie

PA | Posted 29.12.2011 | UK

A traditional Aussie barbie has seen the Duke of Edinburgh showing off his culinary skills. Philip could not resist entering into the spirit of the...

Benefits Cut For Fine Defaulters Could Rise To £25, Says Cameron

PA | Posted 28.12.2011 | UK Politics

Benefit claimants who break the law will be stripped of up to five times as much state cash per week in fines in a clampdown ordered by David Cameron ...

'Outdated' Succession Laws Favouring Boys Over Girls To Change

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 27.12.2011 | UK

Leaders of the 16 nations of the Commonwealth have changed legislation governing the line of succession to rescind a law that favours boys over girls ...

Australia Prepares To Welcome The Queen And Prince Philip

PA | Posted 18.12.2011 | UK

Australia is due to welcome the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh for an 11-day royal tour that will embrace all elements of the nation. The monarch's vi...