TheEye is a big fan of Gerry Rafferty’s music, and it’s very sad to hear that he’s just died at the age of 63. But for those of us who have followed his career it’s not a huge surprise. Born into a working-class family at Paisley, he earned money busking […]

Pure genius from Northumbria Police: Police have issued a reminder to Geordies to wear their coats this weekend. Drinkers in Newcastle are famed for going out without a top layer, and pictures of revellers enjoying a night on the toon in just their party dresses featured in the national press […]

Speechless. TheEye is speechless. Alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack, according to a study published in medical journal the Lancet. The report is co-authored by Professor David Nutt, the former UK chief drugs adviser who was sacked by the government in October 2009. It ranks 20 drugs on […]

Ideal for barbeques, working in the sun or helping you through the Biased-BBC QuestionTime live-chat, the humble beer can is truly a great invention. And for anoraks everywhere, you’ll be intrigued to know that New Jersey’s Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company churned out the world’s first beer can on January 24 […]

It was all meant to be so different, wasn’t it? All of the nannying, the illiberal bans and preaching, the holier-than-thou attitude….all due to be swept away when McDoom becomes the longest ever serving Prime Minister never to have won a General Election. After next May, all was to be […]