SPELLING mistakes can be so embarrassing!

The Daily Mirror relates the tale of a Super Pizza takeaway leaflet which was distributed to homes in Southend, Essex which offered customers baked Aborigines as a topping! Of course, the vegetarian option should have read aubergines.

DO you like the Tom & Jerry cartoons?

Well, according to the Daily Mail, Tom & Jerry came top of complaints made to the television regularity body Ofcom.

Blue Peter, Tweenies and Rastamouse were also among the most complained about children's shows.

HOW about this for a different sort of 'big foot'!

The Daily Express says that rugby player Carl Griffiths can't get a game for his village side because he literally has become too big for his boots.

THE things people say...the UK tax authorities have released some of the excuses put forward by people for railing to submit their returns.

The Daily Express reports that top of the list was 'the dog ate it' as well as late payment reasons blamed on escaped parrots; being up a mountain in Wales and Barack Obama being in charge of one late-payer's finances.

IT looks as if us Brits are driving faster in our cars.

The Daily Express reports that speeding fines have risen to their highest level in four years.

A heart-warming tale appeared in the Daily Mirror this week, about an unnamed 86-year-old widow who has hired a pub and is footing the £1,000 bill to provide a Christmas lunch for 50 lonely strangers.

The woman, a retired teacher, from Ottery St Mary in Devon has invited anyone in the area who would otherwise be alone over Christmas to join her at the party.