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4th, January 2011 Strange But True 2

Woman Attacks Man With Minced Meat

Chantille J. Rodway is charged with attacking a man with a pack of frozen minced meat... More »

4th, January 2011 Celebrities

GQ Turns Romeo Beckham Into A Major Me

The scion of David and Victoria Beckham is 26th in GQ’s list of Britain’s Best Dressed men... More »

4th, January 2011 Strange But True

Can India's Handwritten Newspaper Save The Dead Tree Press?

Can Utkarsh Tripathi save the old media from the technological onslaught with his handwritten newspaper, the weekly Jagriti...? More »

4th, January 2011 Key Posts 16

Joanna Yeates: Chris Jefferies Is More Robert Murat Than Serial Killer

Joanna Yeates gave the holiday season’s media its young, female, attractive blonde victim. Chris Jefferies gave the media its weird, nutty, oddball figure of speculation... More »

4th, January 2011 TV & Radio 1

The Dog Steals The Sledge And Makes Off

You'll believe a dog can deliver presents... More »

4th, January 2011 Film 2

Peter Postlethwaite Picked A Good Day To Die

Aldous Huxley and CS Lewis died on the same day as President John Kennedy. Only one of them hogged the headlines... More »

4th, January 2011 Reviews 1

Joanna Yeates: Sex, Frozen DNA And Rubbish

Anorak’s round-up of the murder of the 25-year-old Bristol woman in the news: DNA; sex; a pale 4x4; and Chris Jefferies was right?... More »

4th, January 2011 In Pictures

Drunks - Funny Ones

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3rd, January 2011 Sports 6

Adrian Lewis Is World Darts Champ: Now For The London Olympics (Photos)

High time to make darts an Olympic sport in time for London 2012. Is it a sport... More »

3rd, January 2011 Strange But True 2

Giant Fox Caught In Kent: Boy Smiles

Is there a werefox? Should we be more afraid of the animal or the smiling boy..? More »

3rd, January 2011 Madeleine McCann 3

Madeleine McCann: Official Our Maddie Book Moved To Let Royal Wedding Shine

Gerry and Kate McCann blink - Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, we asked who would blink. More »

3rd, January 2011 Reviews 10

Why Al Qaeda Did Not Blow Up Coronation Street

Remember when the Sun told us that al Qaeda was going to blow up Coronation Street in a live TV spectacular..? More »

3rd, January 2011 Reviews

Elie Wiesel Is The Holocaust Winner: He Should Thank The Germans For Making It Possible

Wiesel would be a loser were it not for the Holocaust... More »

3rd, January 2011 Strange But True

Birds Fall Dead Over Arkansas: Rush On Tinned Goods

Are you interested in finding out why 1,000 red-winged blackbirds fell from the skies over Arkansas on New Year's Eve...? More »

3rd, January 2011 TV & Radio

Nicholas Owen Presents The Harbinger Of Doom For 2011

Here's Matt Taylor - be afraid.... More »

3rd, January 2011 Strange But True 3

Man Disturbs Incestuous Threesome In His Garage

A man who found two half named women – believed to be sisters – having sex with a half-naked man in the open garage next to his flat is nursing a wounded shoulder... More »

3rd, January 2011 Key Posts 50

Joanna Yeates: Libel, Chris Jefferies And Thousands Of Student Die

Chris Jefferies has been monstered by the media until he morphed into something that resembled a blue-haired, child worrying, potential serial killer... More »

3rd, January 2011 Film 1

Blaxploitation Films: A Gallery Of Film History

The films were cheap to make, and with their lurid colours, confused plots, clownish costumes, absurd lines and jarring scene changes they looked it... More »

3rd, January 2011 Sports

The Ibrox Disaster Photos: When Rangers Played Celtic And Football Wept

On 2nd January 1971, 66 people died at Ibrox Stadium. They had gone to see the Rangers-Celtic match... More »

2nd, January 2011 Royal Family

Prince Harry Spotted At PDC World Championship Of Darts: Photos And Debate

The conversation turns to whether or not spotting Prince Harry in public qualifies it as an actual sport...? More »

2nd, January 2011 Sports

Roy Hodgson Tells Alex Ferguson A Joke: The Punchline Is 'Liverpool'

To gladden the hearts of all you Liverpool fans already right behind Roy Hodgson... More »

2nd, January 2011 Celebrities 2

Frankie Sandford Linked To Man City Player: The Saturdays' Professional Lover At Large

Sandford has been linked to more men than a gay rumour on a prison chain gang... More »

2nd, January 2011 Sports

The Ashes Goes Pink For Cancer And Girls

For the fifth Ashes test, the Australians wear pink. Is this because cricket is now girls’ sport, like tennis, Aussie Rules and swimming? Are the Baggys Greens in disguise...? More »

2nd, January 2011 In Pictures

Optical Illusions To Break Your Eyes

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2nd, January 2011 TV & Radio

Russian Baby Yoga Is All Kinds Of Wrong

It's Russia. It's yoga. It's Russian baby yoga.. More »