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8th, April 2011 Celebrities 1

Charlie Sheen Wants Mila Kunis Whether She Likes It Or Not (Photos)

CHARLIE Sheen, the stumbling, mumbling meme, should enjoy his brief renewal of fame - mainly because it is clearly going to end quickly and painfully. When he was on drugs, he was great fun. Like children round a dead dog, we... More »

8th, April 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Geri Halliwell's Beef And Something

Photos of the Day are presented by Geri Halliwell's gigantic pal - is it Photoshop? - and beef with something... More »

8th, April 2011 In Pictures

Burlington - Britain's Cold War City

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8th, April 2011 The Consumer 1

Saucy Postcards Banned By Royal Mail: Prince Andrew And Fergie Are Acceptable

Saucy seaside postcards are not suitable for Her Majesty’s Royal Mail. That’s the official ruling... More »

8th, April 2011 Sports

Aintree 2011: Ken Dodd Gets 'Em Off

Who has done more for the sport of Kings than Dodd and his renegade band of jockey-sized Diddy Men..? More »

8th, April 2011 Strange But True

Students Conquer The Everest Of Toilet Paper Folding

"IT was hard, backbreaking work. It's like Mount Everest. Of course we had to try..." More »

8th, April 2011 Sports

Brazil's Neymar Sent Off For Wearing Mask Of Himself On Pitch

When we last saw Brazil’s latest superstar footballer Neymar, he was fielding a banana allegedly tossed by those fresh fruit-mad Scotland fans at the Emirates... More »

8th, April 2011 Music 1

Is This The Sickest Thing Michael Jackson's Ever Done In London?

Jackson has been spotted hanging a baby from the window of The London’s Premises Studios. Can it be that rehashing old songs has failed to keep Jacko in hush money?... More »

7th, April 2011 Strange But True

Police Fight Between Rabbits And Otter Gets Interesting In Devon And Cornwall

Wildlife turns the air blue in south west... More »

7th, April 2011 Strange But True

Maine Legalizes The One-Armed Switchblade: Self-Loading Canon Next

"Backers of the measure say legalizing switchblades would eliminate a need for one-armed people to be forced to open folding knives with their teeth in emergencies..." More »

7th, April 2011 Celebrities

Simon Cowell Turned Down Chance To Watch A Couple Having Sex

IMAGINE the towering gloom and endless pools of unyielding hate that a man must hold within to think that his life was in desperate need of Simon Cowell, perched at the... More »

7th, April 2011 Music

Are The Stone Roses Going To Ruin Our Year By Reforming?

THE Stone Roses - a band who made one decent LP, followed it up with a collection of odds-and-sods, then bowed out with a sludgy blokerock LP that avowed contrarians defend to the hilt - may be reuniting to pay off some mortgages and generally remind everyone just how awful they were live... More »

7th, April 2011 The Consumer 2

Hawaiian Colonic Cleansing Course Runs Out Of Toilets

In Sweden one of the course's purgers is defecating on the lawns in front of other participants... More »

7th, April 2011 Key Posts 22

The Truth About Charlene Downes And Blackpool's Paedophile Gangs

"More than sixty schoolgirls in a seaside town were being groomed for sex by a group of men who have been linked with the unsolved disappearance and murder of a 14-year-old..." More »

7th, April 2011 Key Posts

The Beast Of The Bridgewater Mercury: Turtlepig Rocks Somerset

“I’ve been here for 45 minutes. Everyone was saying it was a turtle – but it looks more like a pig to me”... More »

7th, April 2011 Reviews 4

The 3rd World Conference on Climate Change and Wine Really Exists

This year's 3rd World Conference on Climate Change and Wine will feature a keynote speech from Kofi Annan... More »

7th, April 2011 TV & Radio

Big Brother 2011: With Karima El Mahroug, Pippa Middleton And Emu

Ruby The Heart Stealer, aka Pole dancer Karima El Mahroug, is added to the list of housemates... More »

6th, April 2011 Key Posts 6

The Genius Of Wayne Rooney: Manchester United's Champions League Legend Undoes Chelsea (Photos)

We know that he might not be true to his wife, swears, spits and is not an international male model. What you might have overlooked is that he is a genius... More »

6th, April 2011 Reviews 1

The Darwen Teacher Riots: Striking Over Unruly Pupils

I thought I'd update this with latest developments because it seems the strike is back on and will take place tomorrow... More »

6th, April 2011 Key Posts 1

Jay Z Loses His Mind And Becomes Fan Of Kerry Katona

JAY-Z, for the most part, is a man you can trust. He's given the world a frightening amount of great hip hop records, shared fine artists like Rihanna via his record label and, of course, he's married to... More »

6th, April 2011 Royal Family

Prince Charles Is Not OK! In Vanity Fair: Exclusive

In this week’s edition the magazine pushes the envelope of disingenuous reporting with a “ROYAL EXCLUSIVE” in which we are privy to an “AT HOME WITH HRH PRINCE CHARLES”.... More »

6th, April 2011 TV & Radio 1

Big Brother: Gary Glitter, The EDL And Princess Diana Fight For Golden Ticket

Having stopped just short of unveiling Princess Diana on the new look Big Brother, Channels Five leads with news that “YOU” could star on the show... More »

6th, April 2011 Key Posts

Maria Hose Cristerna Gets The Horns: The Tattooed Woman In Photos

Maria Hose Cristerna has had her teeth sharpened into fangs, her eyes injected with colours, horns implanted into her head... More »

6th, April 2011 Celebrities 12

Victoria Beckham Tackles Grief Head-On After Pram Tragedy

Our world is a frightening and relentlessly cruel place. Each time a decent and talented person like Victoria Beckham tries to take one step forward in this crushing, unloving planet of ours... More »

6th, April 2011 Strange But True

The Fabled Three-Clawed Crab Exists

Bizarrely a mutant lobster, which also had an extra claw was caught in the same area by his brother last year... More »