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7th, January 2011 Sports

Will Swanton's 10 Reasons Why Australia Will Win The Ashes

"This is England we're talking about. Losing is a tradition..." More »

7th, January 2011 Strange But True 1

Kelly Zierdt, 11, Is Up Before Judge For Writing Her Name In Wet Cement

And then, as her dad says, the situation "has snowballed into this giant catastrophe"... More »

7th, January 2011 Politicians

Daily Mail Says Elizabeth Edwards Was Bitter And Twisted When She Died: John Edwards Might Weep

The Mail 'twists' the truth to produce a nasty story... More »

7th, January 2011 Key Posts 2

Dream Pharma, Legal Murder And The Persecution Of Mehdi Alavi

Dream Pharma makes drugs used to legally kill prisoners in the care of the Arizona State Prison service. Anorak brought you this news in October 2009. Now the mainstream press has got wind of it... More »

7th, January 2011 Strange But True

Two Wives Attack Man For Marrying Fifth Wife (Video)

To Gujranwala city, Pakistan, where Mian Ishaq is being beaten up by two of his wives who claim he was about to marry a fifth woman... More »

7th, January 2011 Key Posts 2

Man Builds Bomb Inside Vibrator

Terry Allen Lester, 37, of Waseca, has bene charged with hiding a bomb inside a sex toy... More »

7th, January 2011 Sports 5

England Wins The Ashes: The Humiliation Of The Australians In Photos

Who wants to see photos of Englishmen celebrating thrashing the Australians at The Ashes..? More »

7th, January 2011 Key Posts 3

Joanna Yeates: The Sun Owns 'Our Jo' And Debating Chris Jefferies's Death

Chris Jefferies might take some money from the papers being assassinated by the media. And money matters... More »

6th, January 2011 TV & Radio

If Nigella Lawson Presented The Weather Like A Sex Chat Line (Video)

If Nigella Lawson presented the weather, she'd do it like Weather Channel presenter Stephanie Abrams... More »

6th, January 2011 Strange But True

The 2011 Haxey Hood Game: Photos

It’s a veritable fetish fest as the leather 'hood' is tossed into the crowd of burley men... More »

6th, January 2011 Celebrities 1

Did Mel Gibson Beat Oksana Grigorieva To Prepare Her For His Fantasy 'Nigger' Rape?

Did Mel Gibson use to beat Oksana Grigorieva to get aroused during sex? She says yes, he did... More »

6th, January 2011 Key Posts 14

Kyron Horman: Terri Horman Takes The Fifth As Police And Kaine Horman Fail

Time for a round-up of the news since Anorak last reported on the case of the missing Portland boy and the police-sanctioned media witch hunt of would-be terrorist Terri Horman... More »

6th, January 2011 Technology

Steve Jobs Versus Dragons' Den: The iPad Is Crap

Jobs will now pitch his iPad to The Dragon's Den... More »

6th, January 2011 Celebrities

People's Choice Awards 2011 In Photos: Bieber, Twilight And Jennifer Aniston

Justin Bieber did not win... More »

6th, January 2011 Reviews 7

Morag and Anthony Jordan Jailed: Haut De La Garenne And Hollie Greig

Finally Morag and Anthony Jordan have been jailed for their “casual and routine violence” against children... More »

6th, January 2011 Strange But True

Chinese Man With Horn Growing From Head Saves The Rhino

Mr Yuanfan, of China, has a horn growing from the back of his head... More »

6th, January 2011 Strange But True 1

Man Born A Woman Gives Birth To Boy Now A Girl

Dominik already had a son called Radim. He is now a woman called Viktoria... More »

6th, January 2011 Reviews 5

Faith Matters Report On Conversion To Islam In UK Becomes A Media Scare Story

The Independent decided to unleash its inner tabloid with this headline about the report: "The Islamification of Britain: record numbers embrace Muslim faith"... More »

6th, January 2011 TV & Radio

The Dramatic Kitten Stays In The Picture

The kitten responds to his music... More »

6th, January 2011 Key Posts

Salman Taseer Was Murdered For A Black Law: Namoos-e-Risalat Is State-Sponsored Racism

Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, was murdered in Pakistan. His killer was wearing the uniform of the police... More »

6th, January 2011 Politicians 3

Israel Uses Eco-Friendly Bombers To Attack Saudi Arabia

If the Jew Jaws sharks released into the Red Sea don’t do for the Arabs, then the vultures might... More »

6th, January 2011 Music 3

Billy Bragg Is the Big House Boy From Burton Bradstock

Bragg is the target of a hate mail campaign. Person or persons want him out of the village... More »

6th, January 2011 TV & Radio

Only Marcus Brigstocke Can Make Keanu Reeves Smile: A Meme Is Born

Reeves was the stand-out meme star of 2010. He’s on the Graham Norton show tomorrow night. Can he affect a new pose that will set the internet alight once more?... More »

6th, January 2011 Reviews 4

University Of Kent Sit-In Ends: No Violence Ensures Minimal Media Coverage (Photos)

After four weeks of sleeping bags, li-los and unflattering neon lighting, the protestors are out... More »

5th, January 2011 Reviews 1

Joanna Yeates: Man Hands In Sock To Police

Did you know that Joanna Yeates was killed as she picked up her mail...? More »