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23rd, June 2010 Strange But True 1

Bigamist's Hindu And Muslim Wives Fight Over Remains

Was bigamist Chandan Kumar Chakrabarty, alias Sazzad Hossain, a Muslim or Hindu when he was murdered? More »

23rd, June 2010 Sports 2

England V Slovenia In Pictures: World Cup Granny Killers And Capello's Constipation

That sicky you threw to get off works was worth it. One game at least to come. Time to kill another grandma and take another day off... More »

23rd, June 2010 Key Posts 8

World Cup: England Beat Slovenia In Photos

The headline is not over-confident - just prescient... More »

23rd, June 2010 Celebrities

Jade Jagger's Rules For Not Having Rules

“I don’t believe in God, and I don’t believe in rules,” says Jade Jagger. Is that rule? More »

23rd, June 2010 Sports

World Cup Pictures: Argentina Show England How It's Done

Into the final 16 go Uruguay, South Korea, Mexico and Argentina. Do England deserve to be among them..? More »

23rd, June 2010 Key Posts 3

Why The Narcissist Jon Venables 'Looks' At Child Porn

In the Guardian, Hadley Freeman muses on how he is trapped in time. Venabels is victim, too - a macabre tabloid Dorian Gray... More »

23rd, June 2010 Celebrities

Press Release Of The Day: Phill Jupitus And Phil Wilding's Perfect Parody

Press Release of The Day – in partnership with Beyond Parody of The Day – takes us for a night of laughs and larks – and bit of Sex Pistols Rock ‘n’ roll - with Phill Jupitus and Phil Wilding... More »

23rd, June 2010 Strange But True 3

Polish Art Nazis' Naked Minnie Mouse Hits The Synagogue

Naked Nazi mini mouse is next to a synagogue in Poznan... More »

23rd, June 2010 Music 2

Glastonbury: Turning Vodka Into Water

Miracles are made for Glastonbury... More »

23rd, June 2010 Key Posts

England V Slovenia World Cup Photos And News Round-Up: FAB-io Or CRAP-ello?

A druid; a curse; Steven Gerrard's fear; FAB-io or CRAP-ello; Beckenbauer backs England; Wimbledon bans England; travel agents are traitors; and the WAG bag... More »

23rd, June 2010 In Pictures

Tattoos - Retro Ones

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23rd, June 2010 Politicians 9

Gen Stanley McChrystal Scapegoats Obama And The Politicans

We have on the face of it an example of a senior soldier committing professional suicide... More »

23rd, June 2010 Key Posts 3

The Worst Wedding Photos Ever

The worst wedding photos ever feature a vomit of drunk grooms (that is the correct group term?), a resignation of brides and... More »

23rd, June 2010 Sports

England V Australia Cricket In Great Photos: We Win Again

While you were watching England winless wonders at the world cup, England’s cricket team were thrashing the Australians... More »

23rd, June 2010 Madeleine McCann 5

Madeleine McCann: Rothley Man Arrested For Child Porn

Images were found on a memory stick Nolan was using to print images from. He said he had "found it in a library"... More »

22nd, June 2010 Sports 2

England's World Cup In Pictures: John Terry Slapped Down

After John Terry’s grandstanding and divisive bid to be England’s player–manager – picking the team on the availability of players’ wives and girlfriends, allegedly? – another press conference... More »

22nd, June 2010 TV & Radio 1

X Factor Auditions In Pictures: Konnie Huq's Rhyme And Reason At London Trials

Before the procession of the hopeless, hapless and shaggable, new Xtra Factor host and rhyming slang illustrator Konnie Huq was speaking to people in the crowd... More »

22nd, June 2010 Sports 5

Fight At England World Cup Training Camp: Pictures

At the England World Cup training camp Joe Cole has Wayne Rooney in a head lock... More »

22nd, June 2010 The Consumer 2

The Moosical Beads Dirty Cow Toy Teaches Babies About Sex

The Moosical Beads toy sings a song for the kiddies called "Learning colours and sex, yippee!" More »

22nd, June 2010 Strange But True 4

French Prisoner Eats Murdered Cellmate's Lung With Fried Onions

And it gets worse for his French butcher who meant to eat his victim’s heart - he went for the wrong organ... More »

22nd, June 2010 Strange But True 3

Famiy Dies Trying To Kill Rats With Exhaust Fumes

The 71-year-old dad attached a hose to the exhaust pipe of the family’s ZAZ-968 Zaporozhets runabout. He placed the other end of the hose in the basement. He started the engine. The rats would be doomed... More »

22nd, June 2010 Celebrities

Katie Price And Alex Reid's Wedding To Be Coffee Table Book: Pictures

Katie says Alex is her “knight in shining armour”. Hey, Katie it’s not armour – that’s his skin... More »

22nd, June 2010 Strange But True

Brothel Home Makeovers: The Vegas Strip Church Cometh To TV

A religious congregation in Las Vegas known as The Strip Church has taken on a project it calls “Brothel Home Makeovers”... More »

22nd, June 2010 Sports

Fabio Capello Is Getting More Italian The Worse England Do

The Countdown to CRAPello – the moment when Fabio Capello is blamed for England's World Cup failure is go... More »

22nd, June 2010 Celebrities

Peter Andre's "Cockatiel" Tattoo Rights Katie Price Wrongs

Peter bears the word “Katie” on his ring finger. That finger is for Katie and Katie alone. That finger will never touch another woman – unless she is also called Katie... More »