Heard the one about the scientist trying to find the world's funniest joke? He's deadly serious - and psychologist Dr Richard Wiseman will spend the next year collecting thousands of gags in an ...

In his winning gag, Simmons said: “I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship, but I bottled it.” Each year, the U&Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe is chosen by ...

The winning gag from Water Aid's 'World Toilet Day - It's No Joke' competition. Today (Wednesday 19th November) is World Toilet Day. Bec Hill has been crowned the winner of the nation's favourite ...

A joke by comedian Darren Walsh in his first full-length Edinburgh set has been voted the funniest at this year's fringe festival. From his show Punderbolt, the winning line was: “I just deleted ...

So, as we reach the end of the year, here’s our selection of some of the best (and worst) Christmas jokes ever… "One that’s deep-pan, crisp and even.” – yep, you guessed it, it’s from ...