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27th, May 2011 Reviews

Paul Nurse On Freedom Of Information: Climate Scientists Bemoan Truth

"Freedom of information laws are being misused to harass scientists and should be re-examined by the government, according to the president of the Royal Society..." More »

26th, May 2011 Sports

Manchester United Players Work As Trolley Dollies On Turkish Airlines: Video

Rooney, Nani, Darren Fletcher, Chris Smalling and the twins are shilling for Turkish Airlines, appearing in a pre-flight safety video. .... More »

26th, May 2011 Film

JLS And the Gay Jews Of Eyes Wide Open: Photos

To the screening of the new JLS film in 3D. It's called Eyes Wide Open. Why is unclear. Maybe it's a comamnd from the producers to the children who will watch the thing: "Eyes Wide Open! No slouching, or nodding off. There will be questions later" ... More »

26th, May 2011 Politicians 3

Barack Obama's London Legacy: The '2008' State Visit In Photos

And just like that, Barack Obama was gone. How will his trip be remembered? Is it for the gaffes, of which there were three good ones... More »

26th, May 2011 Madeleine McCann 78

Madeleine McCann: Police Bills And Kids With Yellow Balloons

"Britain's top policeman, Lancashire-born Paul Stephenson, has faced accusations that the Madeleine McCann case was getting "unfair" and "special" attention at Scotland Yard..." More »

26th, May 2011 Celebrities

Coco Austin Is Fashion Licious: Human Sausage Meat Range In Photos

Coco Austin is heading to your closet. Throw out the romper suits, the shoulder pads and the back panenling and hinges... More »

26th, May 2011 Reviews 1

Richard Littlejohn Is Not Motivated By Malice On Twitter: Just Everywhere Else?

Littlejohn says Twitter is crap. It's not like proper news source with proper hacks writing proper stories. It's not like the Daily Mail Reporter, who conjures up this kind of brilliance.... More »

26th, May 2011 Key Posts

Fury As Daily Mail Compares Real Horrors Of 7/7 To A Video Game

Scare Story of the Day is Call of Duty 3, a shoot-'em-video game that will send pain and destruction whirling into London like a visting Hen Night party from Middlesborough... More »

26th, May 2011 The Consumer

London's Penguin Beach In Photos: Birds In The City

Have you seen the birds on London Zoo's Penguin Beach..? More »

26th, May 2011 Reviews

Police Call Pools Panel To Investigate Chalgrove Boy Who Broke Greenhouse With Football

Tom Clarke, 15, did not kick his football through a greenhouse window, while playing footy in the back garden of the Crown pub in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire... More »

26th, May 2011 Sports

Imogen Thomas Wants To Protect Her Kids: Oh, The Irony

The Mirror leads with (HE'S STILL MY MAN"). It's Stacey Cooke, aka Mrs Giggsy, who says she will not leave her footballer... More »

26th, May 2011 Music

The People Of Walmart Theme Song: Mr Ghetto Fetches The Mop

Mr. Ghetto brings your shopping trolly sex with a space hopper bounce... More »

26th, May 2011 Key Posts 5

The Greatest Roller Coaster Pictures Ever

Anorak presents a gallery of the greatest, weirdest, stupidest roller coaster ride pictures ever... More »

26th, May 2011 In Pictures

Creative Begging: Photos For Change

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26th, May 2011 Strange But True

Drunk Blames Raspberries For Pushing Him Over Drink Drive Limit

Thomas Cook, 69, a former Royal Marine who has palyed for Hibs, maintains that he has been teetotal for five decades and has not been drinking when he was pulled over at the wheel of a taxi... More »

26th, May 2011 Key Posts

David Charlton Is The Hero Of Strangeways

Charlton is the star of Strangeways, the TV documentary about the Manchester prison... More »

26th, May 2011 Celebrities

Christina Hendricks On How Good Lighting Wins Fair Bosoms

Hendricks goes on the record to tell us that - yes - her breasts are real.... More »

26th, May 2011 Key Posts 6

Why Cheryl Cole Was Dumped Off The US X Factor

The site speculates that Cole was dumped because even the entire LA porn industry could not penetrate Cheryl's accent... More »

25th, May 2011 Politicians

Obama's State Visit To UK Photos And Gaffes: 2008 And A Musical Hiccup

BBC bias and Obama's hiccup... More »

25th, May 2011 Music

Justin Bieber Makes Terrifying Pest Perfume

Bieber may well be a matter of seconds old, but that doesn't stop him from creaming every last penny out of the world's prepubescent girls.... More »

25th, May 2011 Celebrities

Kerry Katona's Happiness Dump And Josie Gibson's Agony

OK! magazine excels itself this week with a photoshopped cover "HOLIDAY EXCLUSIVE" that places Kerry Katona (sunhat, bikini, vim-coloured teeth) beside Big Brother winner Josie Gibson... More »

25th, May 2011 Strange But True

New Zealand Trucker Impaled On Pressurised Air Hose Blows Up

Steven McCormak is the Kiwi trucker who had fell on an air hose cauaing the brass nozzle to break and inject pressurised air at 100lb/sq in into his buttocks... More »

25th, May 2011 Film

James Bond Gets Carte Blanche: Throbbing Extracts Of Manhood

James Bond's got a new game... More »

25th, May 2011 Key Posts 7

Ian Tomlinson: It's A Crime That Pc Harwood Is The Only Copper In The Dock

Was Ian Tomlinson murdered? No. But he was unlawfully killed. Pc Simon Hardwood, an officer with the militia-styled Territorial Support Group, hit him with baton and pushed him over... More »

25th, May 2011 Key Posts

Bahrain Elected Now Sits On UN Human Rights Panel: Syria Narrowly Misses Out

Having kicked Libya off the Human Rights panel (yep, it got in), the UN fielded applications for countries who wanted to sit in judgement. Syria applied... More »