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Funny newspaper stories

Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ....

MILKING US DRY
Tooth fairy payments soared 16 per cent in a year to £23.4million - with kids now getting an average £1.22 for each milk tooth lost, a new survey shows.

EASY RIDERS
Four bikers are doing a 3.5-mile ride in the NUDE to buy an air ambulance in Aberdare, South Wales.

FLURRY OF BETS
Four hundred Elizabeths met in Illinois town of that name as it tried to record the biggest ever gathering of 'Bettys'.

Newspaper front pages

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Paper talk

My football gift to you ... all the transfer talk from today's newspapers.

Chelsea are ready to take advantage of Emmanuel Adebayor's desire to quit Arsenal by making a £30m bid for the striker. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal are poised to move for Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins - if Emmanuel Adebayor is sold. Nigerian striker Martins has a £13m release clause in his contract if he requests a move. (The Sun)

Rafael Benitez will pursue his interest in striker Robbie Keane, despite Tottenham's insistence that their vice-captain is not for sale. The Liverpool manager has proposed a cash-plus-Peter Crouch deal. (The Guardian)

New Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari is considering a £27m swoop for Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Robinho, who is unhappy at the lack of movement on an improvement on his £30,000-a-week deal at the Bernabeu. (Daily Mail)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has told Gareth Barry he can have his dream move to Liverpool - but that the Anfield club will have to splash out £18m to land the midfielder. (The Sun)

Sevilla have turned down a £12.5m offer from Spurs for 20-year-old left winger Diego Capel. (The Times)

Motherwell boss Mark McGhee will make another bid for Rangers's Alan Gow after losing Ross McCormack to Cardiff. (Daily Record)

Veteran striker Andrew Cole, 36, has been offered £25,000 a week by Nottingham Forest to sign on a free transfer following his release from Sunderland. (Daily Mirror)

Former Celtic winger Anthony McParland is one of a number of players who will be given a trial at Livingston. (Various)

Shunsuke Nakamura's agent Tommaso Angelini says the Japan international is happy at Celtic and has no imminent plans to leave the club. (The Herald/The Scotsman)

scoop6 and other dodgy bets

It's time for gloating ... The Editor plays a blinder at Euro 2008. A tenner on Spain to win the tournament at 11/2 and fiver each way on David Villa to finish top scorer at 16/1.
£175 is better than a boot up the bum.

Get in there!

Funny newspaper stories

Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ....

BIRDS FOOTBALL
Proud farmer James McLean, of Hutton, Berwickshire, is convinced he has improved the quality of his hens' eggs - by encouraging them to play football.

DIRTY GIRL
A woman trying to steal manure to make "bombs" fell in a slurry tank, left her togs then fled naked in Eberholzen, Germany.

HONEY-MOONERS
A Japanese firm is offering the chance to wed 60 miles above Earth from 2011 - for £1.1million.

Paper talk

My football gift to you ... all the transfer talk from today's newspapers.

Cristiano Ronaldo is on the brink of a remarkable U-turn to declare his allegiance to Manchester United as he is unhappy with Real Madrid's public quibbling. (Daily Express)

Real will ask Ronaldo to take a pay cut to leave United. The Spanish club are only prepared to offer the winger a £5.5m-a-season deal, leaving him £1.5m out of pocket. (Daily Star)

Inter Milan have reportedly agreed on a deal for England midfielder Frank Lampard, although Chelsea sources maintain they have yet to receive an offer from the Italians. (Various)

Lampard has agreed in principle to a four-year deal worth £6m a year, with Chelsea receiving a £7m transfer fee. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has tried to hijack Andrei Arshavin's expected move to Barcelona by asking the Russia midfielder to consider playing for the Blues. (Daily Telegraph)

But Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has asked chief executive Peter Kenyon to sign AC Milan's Kaka and Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery before the club go on a pre-season tour of Malaysia, China and Moscow. (Daily Mail)

Despite on Friday declaring his intentions to stay at Arsenal, Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor has changed his stance and is now welcoming interest from Barcelona and AC Milan. (Various)

Portugal want Manchester United assistant Carlos Queiroz as their new manager. (Daily Star)

Serie A side Bologna have made Celtic star Shunsuke Nakamura their number one signing target. (Daily Record/Sun)

Cardiff have signed Scotland striker Ross McCormack from Motherwell and defender Darren Dennehy from Everton. (BBC Sport)

Scoop6 and other dodgy bets

As my regular reader(s) will know, I tipped Spain (11/2) to win Euro 2008 at the outset - and David Villa (16/1) to finish top scorer.
Villa currently tops the charts with four goals and it looks like only Podolski, on three, who can stop him now.
A Spain win, and no more than one goal for Podolski, and The Editor is £175 to the good. If it all goes horribly wrong I still get £25 back.

To get me in the mood, I'm backing the following today ..

1.55 Newmarket - Weald Peak (11/10)
2.35 Windsor - Bailey (2/1)
3.20 Northumberland - Rationale e/w (14/1)
3.35 Newmarket - King of Dixie (11/10)

Funny newspaper stories

Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ....

POTTY IN PINK
Volunteers are spraying dog poo pink to shock owners into cleaning it up in Mansfield, Notts.

WHEEL-CHEERS
A 64-year-old man is charged with drink-driving in Cairns, Australia, after dozing in his wheelchair on a motorway.

MOUSE BOUND
Brits spend more time on the internet than with pals in real life, a survey revealed yesterday.

Newspaper front pages

Too busy too read the papers? Don't worry The Editor brings you the best of what the papers have to offer each day. Here's what making the news today ..

Scoop of the day ..

The best story from today's newspaper's is The Sun's exclusive splash that John Leslie was arrested last night over a new accusation of rape.

Funny newspaper phrases

Journalists love nothing more than a good "knobbly monster" - a desperate attempt not to use the same word again . . . when there is only one.

Named after Paul Hudson, who was writing about alligators when, having used up "reptiles", he resorted to "the knobbly monsters".

Here are some classic funny newspaper knobbly monsters ..

Oliver Skeete - The Rastafarian equestrian

Kentucky Fried Chicken - The fatty snack

Pheromones (Preposterous sex series) - The subtle sex perfumes

Paper talk

My football gift to you ... all the transfer talk from today's newspapers.

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is demanding £50m to secure the transfers of David Villa, Daniel Alves, David Silva and Gareth Barry. (The Mirror)

Jose Mourinho has cut short his summer holiday to personally take charge of Inter Milan's pursuit of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. (The Sun)

AC Milan are ready to call off their pursuit of Emmanuel Adebayor after Arsenal rejected the move. (The Star)

Arsenal could move for Valencia midfielder David Silva if as expected Alexander Hleb moves to Barcelona. (The Sun)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has failed with a £9m bid for Liverpool striker Peter Crouch. (Daily Star)

Tottenham defender Michael Dawson is a £4m target for Newcastle. (Daily Mirror)

Spurs are targeting PSV Eindhoven keeper Heurelho Gomes who would cost around £10m. (Guardian)

Fulham could trade midfielder Jimmy Bullard for Middlesbrough defender Luke Young. (The Times)

Aston Villa have had a £15m bid for David Bentley rejected by Blackburn Rovers. (Daily Mail)

Poland midfielder Mariusz Lewandowski has given Celtic the green light to fight it out with Everton and Fulham for his signature. (Various)

Burnley are stepping up their bid to sign Celtic forward Derek Riordan (Scottish Sun)

Birmingham will swoop for Hibs striker Steven Fletcher if James McFadden moves on. (Daily Record)

Funny newspaper stories

Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ....

TWAT-NAV
Dopey crook James Milsom, 21, of Mangotsfield, Gloucs, has been jailed after he was caught on film snatching a sat-nav system - from an undercover cop car.

MEEKEST WINK
Only one in three people are brave enough to wink at a stranger they fancy, internet dating research has shown.

ALL SHOOK UP
Celine Dion's version of the AC/DC track You Shook Me All Night Long has been voted the world's worst cover song.

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Newspaper front pages

Too busy too read the papers? Don't worry The Editor brings you the best of what the papers have to offer each day. Here's what making the news today ..

Paper talk

My football gift to you ... all the transfer talk from today's newspapers.

Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin has told Spanish newspaper AS he has had offers from clubs in England and Germany but admitted "what I really want is to play in the Spanish League, in the Primera Division." (Press Association)

Juventus are set to make their first official move for Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso this week after the player hinted he fancied a move to Italy. (Liverpool Daily Post)

Real Madrid have told Manchester United they will pay "whatever it takes" to get Cristiano Ronaldo but the Spaniards will make no approach until United say they are willing to sell. (Various)

Ronaldo is expected to issue a statement on Monday or Tuesday to confirm his intention to move to Madrid. (Various)

Barcelona midfielder Deco is set to become new Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari's first signing in a £12m deal. (The Sun)

Bolton chairman Phil Gartside has revealed the club are close to paying a record fee for a forward. Manchester United striker Louis Saha is a target. (The Times)

Everton boss David Moyes wants to sign Tottenham striker Darren Bent for around half of the £16m Spurs spent on the former Charlton player a year ago. (Daily Mirror)

Bent could be making way for the arrival of David Villa as Spurs have reportedly offered Valencia £20m for the Spain striker. (Daily Telegraph)

Brazil playmaker Ronaldinho, who has been told by Barcelona that he is free to leave, has admitted he would love to play in the Premier League but refused to say whether he fancies Manchester City or Chelsea. (Various)

Former France and Tottenham coach Jacques Santini has put his name forward to become the next manager of Hearts. (Daily Express)

Anderlecht are poised to step up their interest in Hibernian striker Abdessalam Benjelloun (Scottish Sun)

Funny newspaper phrases

Journalists love nothing more than a good "knobbly monster" - a desperate attempt not to use the same word again . . . when there is only one.

Named after Paul Hudson, who was writing about alligators when, having used up "reptiles", he resorted to "the knobbly monsters".

Here are some classic funny newspaper knobbly monsters ..

The panda: The sooty-eyed mammal

Mutant, three-headed frog: The strange, multi-faced creature

Pressure cookers: The useful devices for quick cooking

Scoop6 and other dodgy bets

It was a fine day for The Editor yesterday as I picked 3 winners in a row at the races.
Supaseus romped home at 12/1 in the 4:20 at Ascot, Ezdeyaad (5/1) cruised it in the 4.45 at Redcar and Patkai (6/4) showed his class in the 4:55 at Ascot.
If only I'd put them on as a treble I could have been posting this from the Bahamas ....

Today I'm on ..

2:30 Ascot - Free Agent (9/4)
3:45 Ascot - US Ranger (6/1)
4:25 Ascot - Intrepid Jack e/w (10/1)
5.00 Ascot - Mad Rush (11/4)

New Personalised Graduation Newspaper Gifts

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Funny newspaper stories

Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ....

KEEP-HIT CLASS
Women cause £20million damage a year by breaking things doing workouts at home, says insurers Sheilas Wheels.

FRETIQUETTE
One in ten Brits are too embarrassed to ask which cutlery to use or admit menus baffle them in posh restaurants, a study found.

FART ATTACK
Farmer Heinz Mauer, 52, found 240 pigs suffocated on methane from farts after a ventilation system blew in Austria.

Newspaper front pages

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Paper talk

My football gift to you ... all the transfer talk from today's newspapers.

Valencia striker David Villa, who is being targeted by Chelsea, insists he wants to stay in Spain, saying he would reject a big-money move to London in favour of Real Madrid or Barcelona. (Various)

England midfielder David Bentley has opened the door for a £15m transfer after admitting he wants to quit Blackburn - and Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester City and Aston Villa are all keen to sign him. (Various)

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he would walk out of Old Trafford if Cristiano Ronaldo is sold without his consent. (Daily Express)

Inter Milan have been linked with a move for Arsenal and Holland striker Robin van Persie, while the Gunners are interested in Real Madrid midfielder Daniel Parejo. (Daily Mail)

Barcelona are preparing a £25m bid for Tottenham's striker Dimitar Berbatov, who wants to leave White Hart Lane this summer. (Various)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is ready to break the club's transfer record to bring in Celtic winger Aiden McGeady. (The Independent)

Liverpool have accepted an offer of £4m for John Arne Riise, while negotiations about Xabi Alonso's sale to Juventus are ongoing. (The Guardian)

Rangers are on the trail of Monaco left-back Leandro Cufre, while striker Andrius Velicka has flown to Glasgow to complete his move to Ibrox. (Daily Record)

Burnley will talk with Celtic and Wolves next week over Kyle Lafferty, according to a spokesman close to the player. (Sporting Life website)

France and Barcelona defender Lillian Thuram says both Old Firm clubs are vying for his signature. (Daily Express)

Rangers are expressing interest in Argentina and Monaco left-back Leandro Cufre. (Daily Record).

Dundee United will not allow midfielder Morgaro Gomis leave amid speculation Rangers are poised to move for the former Cowdenbeath player. (Daily Mail)

Poland coach Leo Beenhakker has defended goalkeeper Artur Boruc following reports the Celtic stopper damaged a dressing room after the 1-1 draw with Austria. (Various)

Unsettled Celtic midfielder Thomas Gravesen will be offered £1m to quit the club. (The Sun)

Rangers are no nearer completing the signing of Fulham midfielder Steven Davis. (The Herald)

Scoop6 and other dodgy bets

Spain/Russia double was a nice little earner on Saturday. Tonight sees the conclusion of Group B.
I expect Germany to thump Austria and I'm going to go Germany ht and full at evens.

Croatia are already through and, like Portugal last night, may rest key players but they still seem a huge price at 2/1.

I think I'll double up Germany ht ft and Croatia win at 9/2

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Scoop6 and other dodgy bets

Italy cost me my Italy/Holland double for 40 notes last night but hee-ho today is another day and at least the football has been magic.

Tonight I fancy Spain/Russia double at 3/1.

I don't think the Spanish will get it easy against the Swedes - and Henrik is worth a couple of quid for first/last scorer at 10/1 - but their class should show in the end.

Russia (5/4) to beat Greece is one of the bets of the tournament so far. Famous last words.

Remember, I have Spain (11/2) to win Euro 2008 and David Villa (16/1) top scorer.

I also have a couple of quid on each of the following horses ....

2.25 Bath - Infamous Angel (4/5
3.00 Bath - Kerry's Requiem (13/8)
3.25 York - Ancient Regime (9/2)
4.00 York - Deadly Silver (11/4)
4.40 Bath - Smooth as Silk (6/1)

Hit the headlines

Two great headlines from today's Sun ...

PADDY POWER
Ireland rejects the EU treay in a national referendum

SLOW DOWN, IT'S GOIN TOO FAST .. I'VE GOT TO MAKE MY BARNET LAST
Iconic crooner Art Garfunkel is going bald

though HELLO, BALDNESS MY OLD FRIEND

could have worked too ...

Funny newspaper stories

Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ....

WIFE SENTENCE
Lag Luigi Folliero, 45, begged to return to jail after being freed early from a two-year term in Naples, Italy - claiming life inside was better than living with his nagging wife.

HISS-TORY CLASS
Primary pupils were left terrified after 6ft snake Sid slid into their playground in Rossendale, Lincs.

ANT AND DECK IT
Daft Marcin Bartosz, 74, tried to get rid of ants by torching insecticide he poured down a ventilation shaft - and blew up his block of flats in Lublin, Poland.

Paper talk

My football gift to you ... all the transfer talk from today's newspapers.

Real Madrid plan to outflank Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United by lodging a world-record £75million bid directly to the Glazer family in their latest attempt to sign Cristiano Ronaldo. (Daily Express)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to go back to Tottenham with a £25million bid for striker Dimitar Berbatov. (Sun)

Barcelona have agreed to sell Italy winger Gianluca Zambrotta to AC Milan. (Daily Mail)

Manchester City will offer Ronaldinho £120,000 a week to come to Eastlands. (Sun)

Mark Hughes believes he has convinced skipper Richard Dunne to stay at Manchester City with a new £50,00-a-week deal. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle have moved for Zenit St Petersburg's Russia striker Andrei Arshavin, who is available at £11million. (Daily Mirror)

Former Hearts striker Andrius Velicka will hold signing talks with Rangers this weekend as he aims to seal a move from Viking Stravanger. However, the Lithuanian forward will continue to play in Norway over the summer. (Various)

Portsmouth have ruled out a move for Celtic left-back Lee Naylor. (Daily Record)
Rangers are interested in Sporting Lisbon's Montenegrin striker Milan Purovic. (Daily Express/Daily Mail)

Celtic's teenage striker Cilian Sheridan could be sent out on loan to Dunfermline next season. (The Scotsman)

Scoop6 and other dodgy bets

The Euros continue and tonight I'm back a 7/2 Italy and Holland double. Italy need to win (and they usually do) - Romania appear only to be interested in avoiding defeat.

Pirlo is unbelievably 20/1 with Ladbrokes and is surely worth an each way bet.

The Dutch were in awesome against the Italians in the first leg and, although I wouln't be surprised with a draw, I think they can get the three points which will see them through to the last 8.

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Our graduation newspapers are available in two different styles; The Scoop (red-top tabloid style) and the soon-to-be unveiled The Daily Scoop (middle market style).

A personalised newspaper front page is the perfect personalised graduation gift.

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Scoop6 and other dodgy bets

Turkey's last minute winner ensured I got back to winning ways last night with my 5/1 Turkey/Portugal double up.

The Swiss/Turkey game was the first of the tournament where a team has come from behind and as I'm a fan of the old ht ft bet it was bittersweet when Turan's deflected shot went in as it could and should have been a 28/1 winner for The Editor.

There's always tonight ... and I'm going for a Poland/Germany double at just over 3/1. Germany should have too much for Croatia and I fancy the Poles to win by the odd goal against the hapless Austrians.

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Funny newspaper stories

Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ....

ROB THE BUILDER
A thief stole a Bob the Builder and a Tractor Tom children's ride from Fort Kinnaird and Milton Link retail parks in Edinburgh.

HOL OVER NOTHING
Scots say the worst thing about going on holiday is falling out with pals they have gone with - with one in five losing friends on trips away.

BEE AND QUEUE
Shoppers formed a queue to flee a shopping centre in Kent after they came under attack from a swarm of 5,000 bees.

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Scoop6 and other dodgy bets

The Editor started off with a bang by doing a Czech/Portugal double on the opening night of the euros but has had little luck against Mr Bookie ever since.

Tonight I'm going for a Portugal (5/6) and Turkey (12/5) double at 11/2.

I'm due a win so wish me luck ...

Scooped! Press Release: Scotland

Scooped! has teamed up with The Sun - to produce special edition spoof front pages for its army of readers.

Britain's No1 company for personalised newspapers and magazines is now working with Britain's best-selling newspaper to give YOU the chance to appear on the front page of a spoof Sun front page.

In Saturday's Scottish Sun we invited readers to tell us, ahead of Father's Day, why their dad is The Best Dad in Scotland - with ten winners each receiving a framed spoof Scottish Sun front page.

Now, for a limited period, readers can buy a special edition Sun birthday, wedding or Father's Day front page from just £25 by visiting www.makingthenews.co.uk/thescottishsun

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While Scooped! has previously only used fictional mastheads - The Scoop, The Daily Scoop, SCOOP! - we have now ensured that, for the first time ever, Sun readers can appear on the front page of their favourite paper.

Scooped! director James McIvor - a former Sun chief sub-editor - said: "It is fantastic that our company has been asked to write and design spoof front pages for the country's best-selling newspaper.

"To the best of my knowledge no other national paper has given their readers the opportunity to star on their front page so I am confident that the concept will be well received by readers.

"We are giving away 10 framed Father's Day front pages this time but readers can also buy their very own Father's Day, birthday or wedding front page by visting www.makingthenews.co.uk/thescottishsun

"Already there has been huge interest and I expect that to continue over the coming weeks.

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Paper talk

My football gift to you ... all the transfer rumours from today's newspapers.

A number of German clubs including Hamburg are interested in Celtic's Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen. (The Sun)

Manchester City are convinced that Barcelona star Ronaldinho wants to sign for them after recent discussions with his advisors. (The Independent)

Liverpool will clinch the £15m signing of Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry in the next 48 hours. (Various)

Ricardo Carvalho has told Chelsea he wants to leave the club to join former Blues manager Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan. (Various)

Chelsea will also battle it out with Inter Milan for Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o. (Daily Star)

Bayern Munich have joined the race for Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb. (Daily Mirror)

Anton Ferdinand is set to leave West Ham to join Tottenham in a £6m deal. (The Times)

Fulham are confident of holding on to star midfielder Jimmy Bullard who is a target of Aston Villa and West Ham. (Daily Express)

Dundee United have knocked back an offer of £400,000 from Reading for striker Noel Hunt. (The Sun)

Funny newspaper phrases

Journalists love nothing more than a good "knobbly monster" - a desperate attempt not to use the same word again . . . when there is only one.

Named after Paul Hudson, who was writing about alligators when, having used up "reptiles", he resorted to "the knobbly monsters".

Here are some classic funny newspaper knobbly monsters ..

Lorraine Kelly on Mr Liza Minnelli, David Gest: The facially-challenged self-styled impresario

Marmalade - the sugar-rich preserve

Scottish Accent - the Scottish style of speaking

Scoop6 and other dodgy bets

So the Euros are underway and The Editor got off to a flyer yesterday with a fiver double on Portugal and the Czechs.

Little value in backing the favourites today (just over evens for Croatia/Germany double) so I'm going for draw ht croatia ft and draw ht germany ft. £2 singles and a £2 double.

That said I think Germany might struggle tonight. They're slowish starters in these tournaments plus they didn't win a single game at either of the last two tournaments - and with Artur Boruc in goals for the Poles 10/1 for no goalscorer seems good value.

Overall I'm going for Spain to win at 13/2 - they've got to come good sometime (how many times have we said that)
I've got £2 e/w on the Russians to be the surprise package and David Villa top scorer at 20/1.

Richard test

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Spoof Irish Sun Father's Day front pages

Scooped! has teamed up with The Sun to produce special edition spoof front pages featuring the famous Sun masthead.
From just £25 readers can buy a limited edition Irish Sun Father's Day front page.
This is an offer no newspaper lover can afford to miss so to order your very own personalised Sun front page just go to www.makingthenews.co.uk/theirishsun

Scooped! teams up with The Irish Sun

Scooped! has teamed up with The Sun - to produce special edition spoof front pages for their army of readers.
Europe's No1 company for personalised newspapers and magazines is now working with Ireland's best-selling newspaper to give YOU the chance to appear on the front page of a spoof Sun front page.
In today's Irish Sun we invited readers to tell us, ahead of Father's Day, why their dad is The Best Dad in Ireland - with ten winners receiving a framed spoof Irish Sun front page.
For those who are unsuccessful, they can still buy a Sun front page from just £25 by visiting www.makingthenews.co.uk/theirishsun
The Sun has never before allowed an outside company to use their brand but Scooped! is no ordinary company.
All our personalised newspaper and magazine front page gifts are written and designed by real journalists.
As Sun readers now know it is always better to stick with the experts!