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9th, November 2010 Key Posts 8

X Factor Fix: Proof That TreyC Cohen Was Robbed

The country faced a new democratic crisis last night after it emerged that the X Factor is a scripted TV show that has no bearing on reality whatsoever... More »

8th, November 2010 Celebrities

Pride Of Britain 2010 Photos: Celebs Validate The Real People

What better to give “REAL” stars perspective - oh for the authenticity of poverty, real breasts and humdrum lives - than loads and loads of jobbing celebs? More »

8th, November 2010 TV & Radio 11

Coronation Street Presents: The Death of Jack Duckworth

You were the randy window – the north’s Robert Asquith - who cheated on Vera and then ended up for all eternity in her arms... More »

8th, November 2010 Reviews 4

Newcastle Policewoman Called Girl Killed By Police Car 'Scumbag'

When Hayley Adamson was killed in Newcastle upon Tyne by a speeding police car driven by Pc John Dougal in May 2008, police called her a “scumbag”... More »

8th, November 2010 TV & Radio

Good Alien Messenger Has Dire Warning For Barack Obama

Colleen Thomas is her to save you from the lizard people. If you are a lizard person, meet your enemy... More »

8th, November 2010 Music

Susan Boyle: Lou Reed's Perfect Day Is A Cynical Christmas Hymn To God Bothering

Reed is directing the video of Susan Boyle’s Perfect Day. It’s Boyle’s cynical Christmas hymn. Boyle’s shtick is to take any song and make it churchy... More »

8th, November 2010 The Consumer 1

The Dirty Old Man's Walking Stick Hits Preston

“If you’re a dirty old man and feeling the stress, find a pretty girl and look up her dress!” Oh... More »

8th, November 2010 Politicians 1

LibDems Reject Torture Inquiry They Demanded

A year is a long time in power... More »

8th, November 2010 Politicians

Ed Miliband's New Baby Photos: Will Labour Surge As Ed Holidays?

The Leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband was speaking to media outside University College Hospital, London, following the birth of his second child last night, a 8lb 3oz poll boost... More »

8th, November 2010 Strange But True 7

Man Arrested For Collecting Urine In Burger King

Patton Jr., of Dublin, Dalware, is accused of using devices to collect urine in public toilets. He is charged with the unlawful collection of a bodily substance... More »

8th, November 2010 TV & Radio

The 4Chan Copypasta Film: How To Sleep With Your Friend's Girlfriend

The film is called “Guaranteed Sex”. Really... More »

8th, November 2010 Technology 2

Make calls like your grandad did. Retro phone for your laptop/iPad

As any fool knows it is now much cheaper to use your computer (and Skype) to make long distance phone calls than it is actually ringing someone up in the time-honoured fashion. Trouble is most PC microphone/speaker combis are cheap, nasty and ugly. More »

8th, November 2010 Technology 1

Mini-Pigs Are New Lab Rats: Little Porkers Save Mankind

The mini pigs are the EU’s preferred lab animals... More »

8th, November 2010 Politicians 1

Tony Blair Pockets £50,000 For Toilet Paper Speech

Blair is ready to trouser £50,000 for addressing a US conference on…toilet roll and disinfectant producers. Well, if anyone knows what it is to keep an arsehole clean it's Tony... More »

8th, November 2010 Politicians

Young Boozer, Tiny Kox And Other Political Names To Cherish: A Gallery

The Young Boozer III election signs are a hit. The retired Republican banker from Montgomery, Alabama, won the day... More »

8th, November 2010 TV & Radio 2

X Factor: Cheryl Cole Sets Up Katie Waissel For Epic Fall And TV Gold

Wagner is rubbish but he gets through because he is more entertaining than another cruise ship warbler. Katie gets through because she is so desperate to succeed her failure will be TV gold... More »

7th, November 2010 Reviews 1

Pope In Barcelona: The Gay Kiss Protest Is Against Nature

The Pope is in Barcelona. He’s consecrated Barcelona's unfinished Sagrada Familia church. Homosexuals staged a protest... More »

7th, November 2010 Strange But True

Did Woman Put Her Baby In Washing Machine To Kill Her?

Did Fiddler, 26, put her baby daughter Maggie May in the washing machine, a top loader? And turn it on..? More »

7th, November 2010 Royal Family

The Queen's Facebook Page: Courting A Poke With Prince Harry's Pink Pants

The social network just climbed... More »

7th, November 2010 TV & Radio 3

X Factor: Katie Waissel's Tattoos In Photos Are For The Birds

Want to see Katie Waissel’s tattoos? More »

7th, November 2010 Strange But True 1

American Grandma Sells White Baby Grandchild: Mary Bale Might Laugh

But Patty Bigbee is not Mary Bale. It’s not as if the child is a cat. No Facebook campaign. No death threats... More »

6th, November 2010 Key Posts 5

Newcastle United Stars' 'Drug-Fueled Orgy': Carroll And Nolan In Shocker Of A Story

Newcastle United “bad boy” Roy Carroll is reported to have screamed "Ride me! Ride me!" as he had sexy times with a woman in Kevin Nolan’s bedroom... More »

6th, November 2010 TV & Radio

Masterchef 2010: What Really Happened (Video)

What really happened in the 2010 chef-of-chef's final.. More »

6th, November 2010 Madeleine McCann 31

Madeleine McCann: Has Portugal Reopened The Case?

The Sunday Express leads with news that the Portuguese judiciary will reopen the search for Our Maddie... More »

6th, November 2010 Money

Somali Pirates Secure Biggest Ransom To Date: Piracy Bucks Recession?

irates have bucked the recession and earned an impressive £7.5m in mooring fees for two ships... More »