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15th, October 2010 Key Posts

Russian Cop Evades Wolves Running Down Motorway: Video

In this video you will see a Russian policeman evade a pack of wolves running down the M23 motorway... More »

15th, October 2010 Reviews 2

Chile Miners: Mickey Rourke To Play Yonni Barrios In Underground Playboy Theme Park

Anorak supports Chile’s bid to host the Winter Olympics. But first the porn and the film... More »

15th, October 2010 Key Posts 2

X Factor 2010: How The Bullying Sun Turned Katie Waissel Into The Underdog We Love

Bullying is the X Factor buzzword and, perversely, if Katie can be a victim, she can survive... More »

15th, October 2010 Music

Guns 'n' Roses Play The O2 In Photos: Axl Rose Morphs Into Van Morrison

Guns ‘n’ Roses were playing the 02 Arena, in London. Last time the act was in the region, they threw a hissy fit in Dublin and walked off the stage... More »

14th, October 2010 Key Posts 8

Sir Cliff Richard At 7O: A Life In Pictures

The irrepressible singer reached three score years and ten. What’s been Cliff’s high point?.. More »

14th, October 2010 TV & Radio

X Factor 2010: Divabot Beats Cher Lloyd, Katie Waissel And Treyc Cohen To Title

Cheryl Cole, Cher Lloyd, Katie Waissel, Treyc Cohen - you're going to take one helluva beating from HRP-4C, the singing diva - the "divabot"... More »

14th, October 2010 Key Posts

Best Of Greater Manchester Police Tweets: Woman Leaves Cannabis By Till

Greater Manchester Police are tweeting their day. Here are the highlights... More »

14th, October 2010 Key Posts

Commonwealth Games 2010 Closing Ceremony Photos: No-One Died

Let's recap: No one died. No one was sucked down a drain in the swimming pool when two people in the athletes’ village / sink estate flushed the toilet at the same time. More »

14th, October 2010 TV & Radio

Jersey Shore's JWOWW Slapped In The Ring: Peter Andre, that You?

In one corner is Jersey Shore's JWOWW, a woman whose name means "Class" in Polish... More »

14th, October 2010 Key Posts 1

Mukesh Ambani's Home Big Enough For India's Olympic Village

It costs £630, has 27 storeys, a 50 seat cinema, a ballroom, a roof garden with an actual roof high enough to accommodate trees and has parking for 160 cars. It is less a home than it is a district... More »

14th, October 2010 The Consumer

McDonald's Wedding Exists: The Burger Will Outlast The Love

Micky D's Hong Kong is to offer weddings. Want a wedding cake, made of apple pie, burgers or cheese slices?... More »

14th, October 2010 Politicians

General David Petraeus, David Cameron And Linda Norgrove's Death: Photos

Thatcher could not make it see David Cameron today. She has the “flu”. Arnold Swazenegger did make it. And so too did General David Petraeus... More »

14th, October 2010 Technology

Manchester Police Tweet Crimes: Man Dangles Dog-Faced Baby From Bridge

Manchester Police are Tweeting their calls today. They're having to use three different Twitter accounts because of the high volume of Tweets they're sending. Twitter keep stopping them. Reader Karen picks out the best.. More »

14th, October 2010 TV & Radio

BBC Moves Fingering Weatherman Behind The Camera

BBC weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker can spend more time with his abs as he is moved “behind the camera”... More »

14th, October 2010 Reviews 2

X Factor 2010: Katie Waisell Now Nation's Favourite

Can Katie Waissel be so relentlessly attacked by the tabloids that she ends up being loved by the British who do so love a helpless creature... More »

14th, October 2010 Key Posts

Meow Meow: Rebecca Cardwell Was Killed By Government's Failed Drugs Policy And Greed

The papers all fully agree that meow meow killed Rebecca Cardwell. It was not the other three drugs nor the combined effects of all four that killed her... More »

14th, October 2010 Reviews 3

Did Andrew Marr Breach BBC Equal Opportunities Rule On Anti-Blogger Rant?

Marr, of the BBC, has no love of bloggers, the writers and content kings who can't rely on the licence fee to make ends meet... More »

14th, October 2010 Politicians 1

When David Cameron Met Arnold Schwarzenegger In Photos

Want to hear a joke..? More »

14th, October 2010 Music

Cheryl Cole Moves On From Ashley With Song About Breaking Up

Cheryl Cole never needed England footballing great Ashley Cole to get on... More »

14th, October 2010 TV & Radio

X Factor 2010: Fragile Cher Lloyd In Nose To Nose Stink Off

Cher Lloyd’s Fragile Watch: Anorak’s look at the use of the word “fragile” to describe Cher Lloyd – presented today by John Adeleye and Wagner Fiuza-Carrilho... More »

14th, October 2010 Strange But True

Texas Wants To Be Twinned With Chile: Bring On The Tunnel

Texas wants to be Chile. Hell, everywhere wants to be Chile, place of miners, miracles and mistresses... More »

14th, October 2010 Strange But True 1

Man Surfs Wave Of Raw Sewerage In 27 Pipe: Chilean Miners Impressed

The sewerage, described as whatever you brush or flush, might have killed Collins, who had climbed down a manhole... More »

14th, October 2010 TV & Radio 5

Kimmo Wilska Sacked For Drinking Beer Live On Air: BBC News To Use Props

Wilska is the English-language news anchor in Finland who thought it a good idea to illustrate an item about Finland's alcohol licensing laws by drinking beer on air... More »

14th, October 2010 Strange But True

Football Fans Gets Team Shirt Tattoo On Whole Body (Photos)

To Colombia, where 25-year-old Felipe Alvarez has the shirt of Atletico Nacional tattooed onto his torso... More »

14th, October 2010 TV & Radio

X Factor: Konnie Huq Relieved She And Charlie Brooker Never Pre-Booked The Babies

Konnie Huq, the Kermit the Frog look alike who presents the Xtra Factor is talking about babies... More »