This is where I'll be putting silly pictures that I draw based on the day's news.

Sorry about that

'Airlines terror plot' disrupted

This one animates, and everything.

Yes, I know it's a day early.

(And yes, I know that September does come after July, just not immediately after it)

UK terror threat level downgraded

The owner of a 7ft boa constrictor thinks it may have escaped from his house through the toilet.

I promise, the snake is only brown because that's what colour the BBC article shows it as.

The Association of Chief Police Officers is considering asking the government for more "instant justice" powers.

Crikey, this is a bit of a political post.

(And it's not really a sketch. Sorry)

The fireman filmed in the tumble-dryer prank has, along with three of his colleagues, been suspended.

Five archaeologists in Lincolnshire were carried 70ft in a portable building when it was caught by a tornado.

Four were taken to hospital with minor injuries but have been discharged.

(Pen sketch today. My apologies for the poor quality dog.)

A 21-year-old American man spent two hours trapped in vat of chocolate at a Wisconsin chocolate factory. According to the police, he climbed into the vat and became stuck.

He was taken to hospital after complaining of sore ankles.

In case you're wondering, it was dark chocolate.

A 24-year-old man has been slapped in the face with a wet fish by a student who paid £210 for the privilege of doing so by winning a charity auction for The Stroke Association.

The fourth test has been awarded to England after the Pakistan team were penalised for ball-tampering.

A 102-year-old resident of a Norfolk nursing home celebrated her birthday with a surprise visit from a stripper

The stripper was arranged by nursing home staff after Gwen Dorling commented that she would have liked to have had one for her hundredth birthday.

A spokesperson for the nursing home said, "She says she would like two strippers next year."

Researchers at Newcastle University think that cooler summers and warmer winters, with increased rain and snow fall, may be causing some glaciers in the Himalayas to become larger.

Two men are being held in Russia awaiting trial after repeatedly tunneling under EU borders using only shoe-horns.

Having successfully managed to tunnel under the border between Belarus and Poland, they got lost and ended up back at the same border. Thinking it was the border with Germany, they dug again, ending up back in Belarus, where they were arrested and jailed.

On their release, they later tried to tunnel from Russia to Ukraine, but were caught by Russian border guards.

They didn't want to risk buying spades as they felt it would give away their plan.

Tropical Storm Ernesto has passed Cuba and is heading for the Bahamas.

It was briefly a hurricane, before being downgraded to a tropical storm. It may yet be upgraded back to a hurricane before it hits Florida.

A new biography of Charles Kennedy has claimed that the former Liberal Democrat leader already had a drink problem when he took on the role in 1999.

CNN has apologised after a conversation in a toilet was broadcast over President Bush's speech to mark the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

The conversation was picked up by a radio microphone worn by a news presenter, Kyra Phillips as she chatted to another woman in the toilets, and inadvertantly transmitted to CNN viewers.