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29th, December 2010 Strange But True 1

Police Follow Snow Tracks To Wheelchair Thieves

Thieves in wheelchairs make getaway attempt... More »

29th, December 2010 TV & Radio

One Man And His Collection Of VHS Video Recorders: A Video

All I wanted for Christmas... More »

29th, December 2010 Strange But True

Wife Kidnapped Herself To Test Husband's Love

To Spain, where police are questioning a woman about a kidnap – her own... More »

29th, December 2010 Key Posts 2

Joanna Yeates: Greg Reardon, Cider And A Stalker

The cider, the boyfriend and the "pretty" victim. Anorak's look at the murder of Bristol woman Jo Yeates in the news... More »

29th, December 2010 Key Posts

England Win The Ashes In Photos: Let's All Do The Sprinkler

And then England rubbed salt into the smarting eyes of Ricky Ponting and his team by dancing. In public... More »

28th, December 2010 TV & Radio

Hugh Hefner And Crystal Harris's Sextette Video: Love For Two

We have unearthed this video that shows pretty much how it must have gone... More »

28th, December 2010 Strange But True

Who Is Mark Akintola? Wife Wants To Know Jailed Husband's Real Name

The man who has called himself Mark Akintola – the man who’s been married for 20 years and has a daughter now aged 17 – is not Mark Akintola... More »

28th, December 2010 Key Posts

Merry, Happy And Delicious Kwanzaa: More Cake Less Marijuanakaa

MERRY KWANZAA! It's seven crazy nights of a celebration that fits in between Christmas and New Year... More »

28th, December 2010 Politicians

Hitler And Chamberlain's Christmas Card

Christmas card nostalgia time, readers, as we look at the 1938 card signed by one RJ Rosie... More »

28th, December 2010 Politicians 1

Saddam Hussein's Koran Of Blood

Hussein produced a Koran written in his own blood. Would Tony Blair produce a Bible made from his own pus...? More »

28th, December 2010 Key Posts

Joanna Yeates's Murder In Photos: A Blonde Victim Always Sets The New Agenda

Joanna Yeates was murdered. The 25-year-old Bristol woman was strangled. She died from what police term a "compression of the neck”... More »

28th, December 2010 Reviews

New York Catches A Cold As Global Warming Hits Brooklyn Hard

Global warming can be blamed for this? Really... More »

28th, December 2010 Celebrities

Ashton Kutcher's Six Pack And Demi's Crotch Pelt Will Save Mankind

"All of my physical fitness regimen is completely tailored around the end of day..." More »

28th, December 2010 Strange But True

Second Australian Car Crash Averted In Melbourne As Drunk Driver Waves At Police

"This was nothing unusual except police attention was drawn to the vehicle as the driver was tooting his horn and waving at police as he drove past…" More »

28th, December 2010 Reviews 1

Joanna Yeates: The Verge Becomes The Mail's Ditch

The tabloids go to town on the dead woman. So, how do you feel, grieving parents..? More »

28th, December 2010 Reviews

Nine Plotted To Kill Boris Johnson With Bomb? Better To Use A White Van

The Mail says the nine planned, allegedly, to bomb the London Eye. And again we raise an eyebrow and give it the sideways eyes... More »

27th, December 2010 Reviews

Nine Men Terror Plot Outdone By Arsenal, Sales And Weather

What with Arsenal, the weather and the sales, terror ranks just above bee keeping on the news cycle... More »

27th, December 2010 Sports

Arsenal 3 - 1 Chelsea: Premier League Photos

Carlos Ancelotti did not get a new coat in the sales; Arsene Wenger is once more a genius with a plan; Jack Wilshere remains not Jack Wiltshire… More »

27th, December 2010 Politicians 3

North Korea: Students Cover Kim Jong-Il In Poo: The Crap Revolution Begins

It is forbidden in North Korea to use “any paper, with Kim Jong-il’s picture printed on, instead of tissues”. Big trouble, then... More »

27th, December 2010 Key Posts 2

Joanna Yeates: The Mail's Theories, Melanie Hall And 27 Murders

We do not know how 25-year-0ld Bristol Joanna Yeates died. But the Mail has a few ideas... More »

27th, December 2010 Celebrities

Natalie Portman Marries A Millepied: In-Sex And In Health

ortman is marrying the choreographer...Benjamin Millepied... More »

27th, December 2010 Sports

The Ashes In Photos: Ricky Ponting Is Our Favourite Whinging Aussie

Other highlights can be found in the comments section of Tim Blair’s blog. They care – they really, really care... More »

27th, December 2010 Key Posts 3

Ashes Aside, Australia Still Kings Of Marginal Sports

Australian males prefer to avoid the boxing ring, and concentrate on tennis, swimming, and other girls' sports... More »

27th, December 2010 Money 1

Banks Want Cambridge Student's Chip-And-PIN Expose Censored: University Replies

Your challenge is to distill the master's reply into a well-known two-word phrase... More »

27th, December 2010 Key Posts

Joanna Yeates: Armchair Detectives And The Suicide Bridge

And so the death of Joanna Yeates becomes an episode of Armchair Detective... More »