Mad Dog McNut and his gang are running wild - and Wilbur lands the job no-one wants, Sheriff of Splodge.

'"When it rains, the water comes over the top in a big splodge. It just soaks you | Coun Anita Lower

So the only guaranteed way to get them to the school gates on time is to employ the odd shortcut: Baby wipes to scrub off Marmite, a dishcloth for toothpaste, a strategically-positioned jumper to mask Coco Pops splodges (this never goes down well in the height of summer).

But then I looked at the splodge and thought "No, that's definitely NOT a cake."

Whether it was 40 years of sun exposure or age that had caught up with me, the brown splodge on my left cheek had become one of my personal bugbears.

Describing the 'structure' as a living quarters with red and blue stripes on it, to the untrained eye it looks nothing more than a white splodge on an otherwise unblemished red landscape.

Sammy overcomes self doubts and teasing but with supportive parents and a very clever dog, Splodge, makes the team and the first game.

The first book, out in spring 2008, will reportedly follow Twenty and his pals, Jimmy the Bollix, Stinking Pete, Ron the Bar Man, Splodge, Lucky Luciano and Dirty Dave, around Dublin while they search for who killed their friend Jim of Vinyl Records.

Middleton raider Mister Splodge repeated last year's win in the Club Members Race for Novice Riders.

It starts off as a splodge but trust us, the more you slap on, the more it looks like expert nail art.

Chocolate splodge "THIS is one of the simplest recipes in the book," says Gillian.

ART ATTACK You can't get much more Celine-inspired than Zara's paint splodge Printed Dress in bright primary colours.

OK, we'll settle for four and a splodge, from unofficial sponsors BP.

The sound of his superb new album, recorded with Ash Workman (Metronomy / NZCA Lines) is part sixties Motown, part seventies Philadelphia and a big splodge of eighties New York.