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7th, February 2011 Royal Family

Camilla Gives Kate Middleton A Spinning Wheel

Camilla is gearing up for Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton by learning how to work a wooden spinning wheel. Yep, like in the fairytales... More »

7th, February 2011 Strange But True

Thorpe Park Ride Made Less Scary: Ghosts On The Water Slides

There are ghosts on ground and in the air where the Storm Surge ride at Thorpe Park was due to be built... More »

7th, February 2011 Reviews

David Cameron's 'Little Brown' Muslim Upstart Sayeeda Warsi

All right-wing Tories notice Warsi's skin first. Do left wingers notice it second? Does anyone not notice it at all?.. More »

7th, February 2011 Technology

Huffington Post Sold To AOL: What's The New Name?

Time to back Anorak and make us huge... More »

7th, February 2011 TV & Radio

Chess Tips With Igor And Gleb

In this video, two knights open with "My poan" and "bishop making dangerous to king"... More »

7th, February 2011 Sports 3

English National Badminton Championships In Photos: Can Sex Sell The Sport Of Pings?

Can sex sell badminton and create a buzz of excitement right up to the Olympic finals with those South Asians, who swat flies in the downtime...? More »

7th, February 2011 Royal Family 1

Prince William Measured For His Wick

Your chance to be Kate Middleton. You know you want it... More »

7th, February 2011 Politicians

Birmingham MPs Wife Denies Being Cat Burglar

MPs cuckolded wife accused of stealing cat from his lover... More »

7th, February 2011 Celebrities

Katy Perry's Chocolate Box Chest Is Cat Free: Photos

Perry is wearing an off-the-chest chocolate box with soft centres to showcase her new perfume.... More »

7th, February 2011 Reviews

Julian Assange Is Not A Rapist Because He's Up For A Nobel Prize

Want to know why Julian Assange is innocent..? More »

7th, February 2011 Politicians 5

David Blunkett Says His Phone Was Hacked: Good If It Was

To further hammer in the point home that Blunkett was privy to top secrets that he, er, may have mentioned on his mobile phone's voicemail, the Indy reports... More »

7th, February 2011 Strange But True 2

Sicilian Lovers Murder Ex-Husband With Butter

Lovers Rosaria Nicosia and Gaetano Biundo are accused of murdering the woman's former husband Calogero Lo Coco by suffocating him with a slab of butter... More »

7th, February 2011 TV & Radio

Ørkenens Sønner Are Made Of Music

Three men and their muscial bodies... More »

7th, February 2011 TV & Radio

Glasgow Man Walks Up The Down Escalator

Gym freaks! More »

7th, February 2011 Strange But True

CNN Puts Queensland In Tasmania: Daily Mail Invents Capricornia

CNN places Queensland in Tasmania. The Mail introduces us to the news state of Capricornia, a fabled land of dragons ruled by Saturn... More »

7th, February 2011 Key Posts 4

Pregnant Nikitta Grender's Murder Is A Local Statistic: Amanda Holden's Baby Is A Tragedy

Will the murder of a teenage mum in a rented flat in Wales feature high on the mainstream news agenda? No... More »

6th, February 2011 Royal Family

Diplomatic Protection Squad Get Tasers To Prod The Royal Family Into Action

News is that should anyone poke Camilla with a stick - and she look like she's not enjoying it - the Diplomatic Protection Squad will zap the perp with a Taser... More »

6th, February 2011 Key Posts

Is This The World's Maddest Anti-Drink Driving Advert?

If you drink and drive you might end up flying... More »

6th, February 2011 Technology

Nasa's Photo Of The Whole Sun In One Image

These photographs were taken by two Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft, one on either side of the sun... More »

6th, February 2011 Reviews

Nikitta Grender Murder: Pregnant Teen Killed In Newport

Nikitta Grender was 19 and eight months pregnant when she was stabbed to death at a flat in Broadmead Park in Liswerry, Newport. The home was then set on fire... More »

6th, February 2011 Sports 1

Fernando Torres's Rubbish Debut For Chelsea Against Liverpool: In Photos

Here are photos to cheer Liverpool fans, and, very possibly, those Chelsea fans who can remember when their team wasn't picked by the owner... More »

6th, February 2011 Music 7

Gary Moore RIP: Photos

RIP Gary Moore, once of Skid Row and Thin Lizzy, who has died in Spain. He was 58... More »

6th, February 2011 Reviews

Chinese New Year: The Dragon Celebrates Multi-Culturalism

To Celebrate Chinese New Year and the success of multi-culturalism, London danced to dragon's tune... More »

6th, February 2011 TV & Radio

Is Andy Gray The Victim? Former Teenager Tells NoTW About 'Sleazy' Star

Is Andy Gray becoming a victim of a media attack..? More »

6th, February 2011 Reviews

Is Nick Britten The Laziest Journalist? Let's Crack The Code

Nick Britten tells Telegraph readers about ten of the most notable codes that have never been cracked. It’s a decent read – just like it was before, when a very similar article appeared on this website in 2007... More »