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14th, May 2011 Sports

Manchester City Win FA Cup In Photos: Plastic Fans Dance For Silver

The club is ready for a huge influx of news fans. The club’s website has published a ''bluffer's guide' to City... More »

14th, May 2011 Reviews

Run A Muck Challenge 2011: Photos Of The Irish Getaway

May 14, and it must be the Run A Muck challenge at Clonkeeran House in Co Kildare... More »

14th, May 2011 Politicians

Rally Against Debt In Photos: Greek Formula One And Tea

In London, demonstrators took part today in the Rally Against Debt outside the Houses of Parliament, London, to protest over the levels of the national debt... More »

14th, May 2011 Strange But True 1

Newham Traffic Warden Caught Driving Wrong Way Up Road

Because there are few things more satisfying than watching a lightning rod of righteousness break the law, here's news of a council traffic warden... More »

14th, May 2011 The Consumer 2

Sheffield Woman Finds Needle In Breakfast Lard: Londoners Aghast

Katie sliced into the 27p pack of Tesco Value lard "while making sausage and bacon sandwiches at breakfast time for her son, Kian". He's 6 years old... More »

14th, May 2011 Key Posts

The Drunk Woman Is Washed Up On The Beach: Video

This is how Britain exported its ladette culture to the US... More »

14th, May 2011 TV & Radio

Drunk Russian Driver Uses His Cigarettes As A Phone

As one Muscovite puts it: "In Soviet Russia, cigarettes called you"... More »

14th, May 2011 Reviews

Wikileaks Becomes What It Once Hated: Read Assange's Staff Contract Here

The Guardian‘s James Ball – once a freind of Wikileaks – has more on Assange 's pursuit of secrecy... More »

13th, May 2011 Sports 1

The Ferrier Estate Remembered In Video: Unseen London

Anyone thinking of heading to London for the 2010 Olympic Games will not get to see the Ferrier Estate in Kidbrooke... More »

13th, May 2011 TV & Radio 1

Rap Battle: Albert Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking (Music Video)

Rippin' holes in yer black hole... More »

13th, May 2011 Royal Family 6

Camilla And Queen Elizabeth Windsor Horse Show Kiss Off (Photo)

Nuzzle... More »

13th, May 2011 TV & Radio 1

Charlie Sheen To Be Replaced By Ashton Kutcher To Make Two And A Half Men Most Loathesome Sitcom Ever

You may have thought that Two and a Half Men was pretty irritating when Charlie Sheen was in it. It was remarkable that Sheen somehow managed to become even more galling when he acrimoniously quit the show and spent his time coming up with personal memes... More »

13th, May 2011 Sports

Giant Snail Finishes London Marathon

Looks like that trail wasn't left by the Pippa Middleton fan club after all... More »

13th, May 2011 Key Posts 2

Win A Game Of Football At Stamford Bridge: Calling Chelsea Fans For Top Prize

Do you want to play football at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea FC..? More »

13th, May 2011 Politicians

Lancashire Toff Praises David Cameron For Being A 'Toffee-Nosed Slimebag'

"An East Lancashire peer who dubbed Prime Minister David Cameron a ‘toffee-nosed slimebag’ has stood by his remarks..." More »

13th, May 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Obama's Wasted Noodles

Photos of The Day: presented by Obama's Number One Fan and wasted noodles... More »

13th, May 2011 Key Posts 4

How The Press Used And Abused Joanna Yeates

At the same time as the Sun is serialising Kate McCann’s book, it is facing contempt of court proceedings over their reports on Chris Jefferies, the man given the Full Murat in the story of Joanna Yeates’s murder... More »

13th, May 2011 Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Premier Photos: Johnny Depp's Haddock Curtains

All the usual stuff – Johnny Depp’s hair curtains, Jessica Lowndes sex appeal, Penelope Cruz’s simmer, British celebs filling the free seats... More »

13th, May 2011 Celebrities

Imogen Thomas Is 'Cracking Up' On Twitter (Still Gagging for It?)

Imogen Thomas Tweets her breakdown... More »

13th, May 2011 Key Posts 39

Madeleine McCann: Kate And Gerry Seduce Vain David Cameron To The Sun's Self-Serving Campaign

Cameron is detailing May to do the job a President might order his staff. He presents himself as acting for the good of the nation he represents. This is all about him... More »

12th, May 2011 Sports 11

John Wilson's 'Attack' On Celtic's Neil Lennon Introduces Herts To The New Firm: Photos

Does Wilson work in the marketing department for Sky Sports, where every game is massive and tradition is a watchword on Monday night football?.. More »

12th, May 2011 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Kate And Gerry McCann Launch A Book Called Madeleine: Photos

The book launch in photos... More »

12th, May 2011 Reviews

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Invade Kent: The SNP Can Dream (Photos)

The soldiers from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, have been marching through the High Street in Canterbury, Kent, following their recent return from Operation Herrick 13 in Helmand, Afghanistan... More »

12th, May 2011 Film

Quentin Tarantino And Lady GaGa To Team Up For A Movie?

Seeing as Quentin Tarantino allowed Lady GaGa to use the 'Kill Bill' Pussywagon in the singer's promotional video for 'Telephone', it isn't surprising that the film director is looking at GaGa and thinking of putting her in... More »

12th, May 2011 Celebrities 1

Dan Aykroyd Has 21,000 Bottles Of Vodka Stolen From Him

Poor old Dan Aykroyd. He's currently mourning the loss of 21,000 bottles of vodka stolen from him. He was planning on drinking them this weekend as well... More »