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17th, June 2011 In Pictures

Signs - Ones Made Better By Graffiti (Very Funny)

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17th, June 2011 Celebrities

Jasmine Orienta Lloyd Webber: Lloyd Webber Names Daughter After Leyton Orient

You may have missed the news that Julian Lloyd Webber, cello playing brother to Andrew Lloyd Webber, a man who always looks like he's missing a lily pad, has named his daughter Jasmine Orienta Lloyd Webber... More »

17th, June 2011 Strange But True 2

Avid Reader Smuggled 97 Bags Of Heroin In Bowels

Rasheed Adewale Martins, 54, smuggled over 3 pounds of heroin into the US in his digestive system. ... More »

17th, June 2011 Reviews 1

IPPC Uses Greenpeace To Write It 'Impartial' Report On Climate Change

Quickly picked up by the blogosphere, the issue has quickly broken into the MSM, with The Mail and The Independent crawling all over what is such an egregious example of the IPCC ignoring its own principles... More »

17th, June 2011 Sports 3

Ryan Giggs, Natasha Giggs, Used Knickers And Kym Marsh's Bedroom: The Facts (Photos)

Manchester United ace Ryan Giggs may have cheated on his wife Stave Cooke with his sister-in-law, Natasha Giggs, in the house now owned by Coronation Street's Kym Mars!.. More »

17th, June 2011 Gifs

Gifs Of The Week - If You Like Other People's Pain....

GIFS of the week - If you like other people's pain and who doesn't? - you like these... More »

17th, June 2011 In Pictures

Photos Taken At Just The Right Moment - Must See

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17th, June 2011 Strange But True

Boy Saved From Certain Death By Air Conditioning Unit (Photos)

TO China, for conclusive proof that air conditioning saves lives... More »

16th, June 2011 Celebrities 1

Christina Hendricks Is Literally Smoking Hot As She Sets Herself On Fire

We have a joke about her hotness lined up for this story which involves her setting herself on fire.... More »

16th, June 2011 Politicians

Anthony Weiner Resigns: Calvin Klein Modelling Contract Beckons (Photos)

What next for Weiner Weiner, a man who, like the city her serves, was so good they named him twice?... More »

16th, June 2011 Sports

Tim Henman Takes Swingball To The London Olympics

He was launching Swingbledon at the Hurlingham Club, London... More »

16th, June 2011 Music 4

Joss Stone Kidnap Plot: Police Spot Two Black Men From Manchester In Rural Devon

Whatever made Devon police notice Junior Bradshaw and Kevin Liverpool..? More »

16th, June 2011 Madeleine McCann 8

Madeleine McCann: McCanns Sue Three Arguidos: Manuel Luis Goucha, Paulo Sargento And Hernâni Carvalho

More courtroom action from Kate and Gerry McCann, who are reported to be suing Manuel Luis Goucha, Paulo Sargento and Hernâni Carvalho for libel. Duerte Levy reports from Portugal... More »

16th, June 2011 Music 1

Justin Timberlake Is A Filthy Dope Fiend Who Likes Sticking Drugs Up Himself

Sexy back? Justin Timberlake is more likely to be indulging in blow-backs after he admitted that he "absolutely" smokes marijuana.... More »

16th, June 2011 Celebrities 1

LIz Hurley Is Divorced From Arun Nayar: This Was Her Wedding (Words & Photos)

Hurley is now divorced from Arun Nayar. Anorak recalls when they married in a event that went on and on and on and on… More »

16th, June 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Taken At Just The Right Moment

Ever taken a photograph at just the right moment? These people have... More »

16th, June 2011 Key Posts

Ayman al-Zawahiri's Beats Gwyneth Paltrow And Tony Blair To Al Qaeda Leadership: Acceptance Speech In Full

And the new leader of Al-Qaeda is… (rustles envelope; looks up to cameras; smiles…)… Anthea Turner. Only joking, Anthea. TV's sweetheart sits back down at the Holiday Inn, Slough, Ascot function room. The new leader is… More »

16th, June 2011 Reviews 11

Manchester Juror Who Contacted Accused On Facebook Gets 8 Months: Joanne Fraill Offered 'Pressie'

Fraill, 40, of Blackley, Greater Manchester, was on the jury when she contacted Jamie Sewart, 34, via Facebook... More »

16th, June 2011 Reviews

Pro King Abdullah Protesters Smash Up Agence France-Presse Offices: News Production Is Cheap

The office's of French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) have being vandalised by a crowd in Amman, Jordan... More »

16th, June 2011 Reviews 1

How The News Media Distorts The Global Warming Debate: The Norfolk Drought Is Natural

Does the news media distort the debate on global warming? Yes. The New Scientist sums up... More »

16th, June 2011 In Pictures 2

Mullet - The Greatest Photos Of The Greatest Haircut

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16th, June 2011 Strange But True 2

Dentist Tried To Convert Patients In The Chair To Christianity

While treating a patient, Gardner noted her dragon tattoos and concluded that people with such ink were not open to the word of God. ... More »

16th, June 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day - The Smoking Police

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16th, June 2011 Strange But True 3

Doncaster Man Loses Finger Removing Wart With Stolen Shotgun

Sean Murphy, 38, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, tried to remove a wart on his middle finger with a 12-bore Beretta shotgun. He succeeded. He also lost most of the finger... More »

16th, June 2011 Sports

'Pregnant' Natasha Giggs Shows Off Her 'Mummy Tummy' - Daily Star Stretches Truth Over Ryan Giggs

Giggs has now been on the front peg of the Daily Star for NINE days running. tidy readers are trotted to the headline: "GIGGS LOVER BABY BUMP"... More »