The UK Labour party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn have been having a tough old time recently and some in the mainstream media have been having a field day.

But Monday there are a couple of light-relief political news stories that are less Corbyn and Labour centric and one odd news update.

David Cameron's death announced in error

We all hate to make mistakes at work so imagine how HEART FM DJ Fiona Winchester felt when she was reading today's 8.30am headlines on air and announced "David Cameron has died'."

She quickly recovered and corrected the announcement which read "David Bowie has died."

But in those few seconds her listeners would have experienced a wave of emotions including glee, happiness, sadness, fear and more; the response would probably depend on age and political affiliations.

Davey is a pie

But Sunday a tweet on Jeremy Corbyn's twitter account reading "Davey is a Pie" was cause for much laughter.

There were claims that Mr Corbyn's Twitter account had been hacked or hijacked but it could have been something as simple as a person gaining access to his smartphone or IPad even briefly.

As is the 21st Century British way the humour was not all good-natured as you can see from the image posted over from the Mail Online.

But Davey is a pie caught the imagination of many on social media and it was fun to see some of the images and memes with captions such as Life of Pie linked with UK PM David Cameron.

On a negative note it is yet another person undermining Mr Corbyn, who could be the country's PM in 2020.

Bronzed Environment Agency Boss Resigns After Floods

Last week Environment Agency Boss Sir Philip Dilley has resigned after he was hauled over the coals last week for sticking with his holiday in Barbados during the UK Christmas floods.

Initially there were lies and it was denied he was in Barbados but ultimately the truth was out. He was enjoying getting tanned as huge parts of the north of England Scotland succumbed to severe flooding; homes and businesses were lost and he was on vacation.

Dilley was not happy at how he was reported in the media and had this to say:

A Scottish man is facing deportation from Kyrgyzstan after causing offence to locals; that saying 'when in Rome, do as the Romans do' is not a bad adage when in a foreign land.

Scottish mine worker Michael McFeat, from Abernethy, Scotland, should have given it credence.

He has lost his job at the Kumtor open pit gold mine run by Canadian firm Centerra Gold and is persona non grata in Kyrgyzstan.

He was working in Kyrgyzstan when he decided to compare a local dish to a horse's penis; he did so on social media and it has cost him dearly.

The food in question is a national dish and much loved by the people of that country. He posted an image of 'Kyrgyz co-workers queuing for a "chuchuk" horsemeat sausage' and accompanied it with derision.

It could have been New Year high spirits but McFeat was arrested at Manas International Airport, close to the capital Bishkek, on Sunday, and will now be deported.

Op-Ed: It looks like a row over a washing machine New Year's Eve resulted in multiple deaths.

The shootings took place at a residential property in Rowland Heights, Los Angeles, California.

In what almost sounds like the plot of a comedy farce USA Today reports Saturday "A man shot and killed his wife and two others in his home on New Year's Eve before his son wrestled the gun away and fatally shot him."

The tragic events apparently followed a disagreement over a washing machine.

The original shooter is described as a heavy drinking 54-year-old with a large gun collection and this is not the first time police have been called to the property.

Police have questioned witnesses as they try to piece together just what happened.

In that case how come the man was still able to have a large gun collection on hand when he flipped out?