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Virtuous Snogs
SAME-GENDER COUPLES STAGED A 'KISS-IN' PROTEST AT A SAINSBURY'S
In response to a shop guard who asked a gay couple to stop holding hands

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Hundreds of people took part in a same-gender mass kiss protest at a London Sainsbury's on Saturday. They snogged in response to a recent story about a security guard in one of the supermarkets asking two gay men to stop holding hands, at the request of a fellow shopper.

"When we hear stories about homophobia, it's dominated by negativity," said Michael Segalov, a journalist who organised the last-minute protest (and often writes for VICE). "Of course, we should so rightly talk about those issues. But to organise something positive is a sign of strength and a sign of empowerment."

If this story sounds familiar, people held a kiss-in at a Brighton Sainsbury's almost two years ago for the exact same reason.

Coke Boat

TWO MEN WERE SENTENCED IN THE UK'S BIGGEST-EVER COCAINE BUST

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On Friday, two men were sentenced to a total of 42 years in prison for their part in trying to smuggle more than £500 million worth of cocaine on a tugboat from Guyana to Europe. Mumin Sahin and Emin Ozmen were sentenced in Glasgow, after the ship with its three-ton coke stash was found 100 metres off the coast of Aberdeen in April 2015.

"The international drugs trade does not respect borders, and those of us whose job it is to dismantle it are working ever-closer together to ensure we stay one step ahead," said the head of Scotland's Prosecution Service, after Friday's sentencing.

According to the National Crime Agency, the three-ton haul is the biggest-ever class A bust in UK history.

Under the Skin

GARY LINEKER DID, IN FACT, HOST MATCH OF THE DAY IN HIS PANTS
People weren't impressed that he wore boxers longer than his old kit shorts

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Gary Lineker followed through on his throwaway promise to host the first Match of the Day of the new Premier League season wearing just a pair of pants.

The former footballer and pundit had tweeted that he'd host "in just my undies" if underdogs (and his former debut team) Leicester City won last season's league, back in December. Five months later, they did.

Lineker wore his boxer shorts for the first half hour of the show, before changing into a shirt and trousers. Some viewers called foul on his modest choice in underwear. "Had a few complaints saying I should've worn pants not boxers," he tweeted early on Sunday morning. "My tweet said undies. Boxers are undies. That was embarrassing enough thanks."

Feathers and Farewells
A VIDEO OF A BIRD FUNERAL IN SWINTON WENT VIRAL ON FACEBOOK
A group of guys in hi-vis jackets were filmed giving a chaffinch a send-off

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First we had Chewbacca Mum, now this. Over the weekend a video uploaded on Thursday, of six men holding an impromptu funeral for a bird they saw fall from the sky in their work site, was watched more than 100,000 times.

"We thought we would do a good deed and give him a real send off, otherwise leaving him would of probably resulted in poor Roger being eaten by the local cat," said Josh Messer, who local press pinpointed as the video's director. "If the cat hadn't found him I would have imagined someone would have thrown him in the bin."

Instead, Josh and his colleagues carried the bird's carcass in a cardboard makeshift coffin, with a note taped inside of it. They lowered "Roger Redbreast" to the ground, soundtracking the two-and-a-half minute video with a cover of Beyonce's Halo.