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13th, June 2011 Strange But True

Ill Brighton Bingo Fan's Last Word Was 'House': Her Number's Up

To the Gala Bingo in Freshfield Road, Brighton. The bingo caller is calling the numbers. A woman in the crowd falls ill. It might be a heart-attack... More »

13th, June 2011 TV & Radio

Jamie Theakston Made New BBC Chair Champion At MediaCity?

All things need a champion, lest they be forgotten and no longer used.... More »

13th, June 2011 In Pictures

Dambusters - The Story In Photos

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13th, June 2011 Politicians 2

The BBC And Guardian Use Margaret Thatcher's Lie To Slam 'Nuts' Sarah Palin

Palin may one say be in charge of over five thousand nuclear missiles. She wants to visit the UK on her way to Sudan... More »

13th, June 2011 Sports

Ryan Giggs: An Abortion And A 'Geyser Bird'

What news of noble Ryan Giggs... More »

13th, June 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Peter Andre And Katie Price Are Back In Love

Peter and Katie spotted in town... More »

13th, June 2011 Reviews 1

Tom MacMaster Is Gay Girl In Damascus: How An American Living In Scotland Duped The Media

Because if you want to connect with your inner Syrian lesbian you need to lie... More »

13th, June 2011 TV & Radio

Karl Stefanovic Tells The Dalai Lama The World's Greatest Joke (Video)

The Dalai Lama goes to get a pizza... More »

13th, June 2011 Reviews

Daily Telegraph Says Glorious Sun's Been Ruined By Wrong-Kind Of Rain: UK Drought Update

After weeks of bone-dry conditions Britain's gardeners and farmers were begging for rain. Yesterday it began coming down in bucket loads – but in entirely the wrong places. Weeks of bone-dry conditions..? More »

13th, June 2011 Technology 1

Facebook Decides Lesbians Are Offensive And Deletes Them: Justin Bieber's Women Erased

After taking out Kate Middleton, pictures of women breastfeeding and a Texan insolvency lawyer with the misfortune to be called Mark Zuckerberg - the latest victims of Facebook's new purge are lesbians. Specifically, lesbians who look like Justin Bieber... More »

13th, June 2011 Key Posts 3

Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann Appeals To Creepy MPs

Are MPs that insensitive they cannot empathise? And these are the MPs who wore yellow ribbons in the House of Commons in a mawkish display of pap emotion when the Our Maddie story was at its apogee.... More »

12th, June 2011 Key Posts

Jennifer Lopez Sings In A Fallopian Tube At Capital FM's Summertime Ball: Photos

Nicole Scherzinger did her best to humidify the air with a legs akimbo show; much like Jessie J, who will do for the shabby white sock what Clark Gable did for the vest... More »

12th, June 2011 Key Posts

War On Fat: Daily Mail Says Welsh People Are Putting Chips In Milk Bottles

Did you know that a six your old had stroke brought on by "the obesity epidemic fuelled by parents feeding children pureed junk food". (And that's not the best quote - read on for the best Quote Of The Year)... More »

12th, June 2011 Politicians

Barack Obama Is Dead: Fox Salutes Barack Fauxbama - Because They Look And Think The Same

Obama is dead. All hail Barack Fauxama. A grinning fool called Gary Johnson was on the telly debating important things with a man who looks like Barack Obama... More »

12th, June 2011 Strange But True

Kentucky Man Who Made Friend Eat His Own Beard In Lawnmower Row Faces Jail

What news of Harvey Westmoreland, the man forced to eat his own beard at the point of knives and guns...? More »

12th, June 2011 Strange But True

Photos Of Junrey Balawaing The World's Smallest Man: He's Smaller Than A Half-Pint Of Guinness

Balawing is the world's shortest man. The man, who lives in Sindangan on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines, stands at a small 59.93cm (23.6 inches) tall... More »

12th, June 2011 Reviews

Snow On Snowdonia And No Mention of Global Warming

It's been snowing on the top of Mount Snowdon.The Telegraph is shocked. Richard Savill reports on the snow. He makes no mention of global warming. And that's odd... More »

12th, June 2011 TV & Radio

News Presenter Leaks Daily Mail's Entire News Agenda On Live TV

And that was the news... More »

12th, June 2011 Music 1

'Banker's Bicep' Iggy Pop Insures Isle Of White Festival Rocks: Photos

Iggy Pop is 64. Swearing has not moved on. Hypnotising chickens never guts old... More »

12th, June 2011 In Pictures

Adverts: World's Worst Tampon Ads

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12th, June 2011 TV & Radio

It's Wonderful Being A Girl: Menstruating Educational Film Of The Day

It's wonderful being a girl. It's educational... More »

12th, June 2011 Royal Family 1

Marquess Of Bath's Wiflets Fight Over Leather Skirts And Bedding Rights

The wifelets to the Marquess of Bath have been rowing over who would sleep with him... More »

12th, June 2011 Key Posts

Pregnant Lily Allen Marries At Gloucestershire Conservative Youth Rally (Photos)

Allen is the epitome of convention. If a political grandee married like this, the cool kids would puke with laughter... More »

12th, June 2011 Key Posts 5

Sexy Natasha Giggs Aborted Ryan Giggs' Baby For Her Kids: Manchester United's Star's AIDS Sex Shocker

Natasha Giggs has dispensed with the close friend, and seeks to give a first hand account of her alleged affair with Manchester United footballer... More »

11th, June 2011 Reviews

Poo Soaked Organic Beansprouts Kill More Than Fukushima And BP Oil Spill

More people have died from poo-fed organic German vegetables than from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown... More »