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25th, March 2010 Strange But True 2

Hideous X-Rays: Xiao Wei's Counter Strike Blade

Wei made his way to hospital and still conscious showed the medic where it hurt... More »

25th, March 2010 Celebrities 4

Cheryl Cole To Play At World Cup

Having introduced Cheryl Cole’s “NEW MAN”, Black Eyed Peas front-man Will.i.am, we now read that Chezza is to play the World Cup... More »

25th, March 2010 Key Posts 31

Jon Venables' Play Pen Nicked From Screws

The Sun today screams of "pampering" and "luxury" as hard done to prison officers are told to give up a staff-room to the recalled from life-licence murderer of two-year-old James Bulger... More »

25th, March 2010 Celebrities 1

Jedward Go Bananas

Jedward might have been dropped by their record label but the X Factor's Duracell Gonks are not resting on their laurels More »

25th, March 2010 TV & Radio 4

Dancing With The Stars: Kate Gosselin's First Class As Dovolani Takes Coach, Allegedly

To rehearse with Kate, Tony has to make weekly trips to and from the Keystone State where ABC paid to build a dance studio in Kate’s basement. And the inequities don’t stop there. More »

24th, March 2010 Celebrities

In Pictures: After Michelle McGee Meet Melissa Smith

Thanks to Tiger Woods and Melissa Smith (more on her later) and Jesse James and Michelle McGee and Joslyn James and Sid James, no, not Sid James – all the stories about sex in the US are devoid of humour – we’ve not had to write only about Meow Meow and death... More »

24th, March 2010 Money

In Pictures And Analysis: New Labour's Last Ever Budget

The Budget - all you need to know in words and pics and facts... More »

24th, March 2010 OK!

In Pictures: Hasn't Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding Had A Boob Job?

“WORLD EXCLUSIVE!" More »

24th, March 2010 Strange But True 1

Council Relocates Doggers And 6000 Suicidal Trees In Blackburn

United Utilities removed 6000 trees “after a health and safety survey”. The doggers went too... More »

24th, March 2010 Celebrities 1

In Pictures: Noel Fielding's Eyeball Presents The Teenage Cancer Trust Comedy Night

Noel Fielding was on stage for the Teenage Cancer Trust comedy night gig at the Royal Albert Hall. How else do you follow Them Vultures? More »

24th, March 2010 Reviews

Using SureStart To Campaign For Labour

Anyone watching politics, be it just the news, blogs, Twitter or whatever, will be aware that the Labour Party have been banging on about Surestart for quite a while now. More »

24th, March 2010 Key Posts 2

Girls Aloud: The Skinny On Cheryl Cole And Nadine Coyle's Feud

This week Nadine is in OK! telling us that Paris Hilton told her “Oh, my God, you’re so cute”, that she’s “great with children”, her mum makes her a fry-up when she goes home to Derry (Nadine lives in LA) and that her lover Jason Bell is “incredible”... More »

24th, March 2010 Reviews 7

Facebook Cures Syphilis

Today's media scare story is that FACEBOOK “spreads syphilis”. The mouse, right? Or that button that says if you’ve got an SDT is not working?... More »

24th, March 2010 Reviews 1

Lights On For Earth Hour, With James Delingpole And Damian Thompson

Earth Hour looms and with a chance to go back to the Dark Ages. But a shinign light of hope emerges in th from of James Dellingpole's keyboard and Damian Thompson corner shop... More »

24th, March 2010 Heat 3

Cheryl Cole Supports 'New Man' Will.i.am

The“WORLD EXCLUSIVE” on the Daily Star is that Cheryl Cole has a “NEW MAN”. This event is given full throat in the front-page headline... More »

24th, March 2010 In Pictures

Boy With 30 Fingers And Toes

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24th, March 2010 Strange But True 4

In Pictures: The Boy With 30 Fingers And Toes

Here are pictures of a boy – in China naturally – who has 30 fingers and toes... More »

24th, March 2010 Reviews 3

Cameron's Conservatives Crowdsource The Bloggers' Budget As Daily Mirror Loses Influence

Today the Daily Mirror presents the most opportunistic, sad, desperate and downright daft headline in the runs up to Labour’s defeat in the General Election, and in the waft of Geoff Hoon, Stephen Byers and Patricia Hewitt's cash-for-influence scandal... More »

24th, March 2010 Politicians

Puppet-Faced Alistair Darling Presents The Death Of Politics, A Windy Shadow Play

And today, that is what we are going to see. When Darling stands up and puts "nuclear and wind power" at the heart of his budget, his plans will differ only in detail but not in substance from the Tory plans... More »

23rd, March 2010 TV & Radio 1

Renault Clio Verus Arclid Transport: Round 2

Time for a follow up to that lorry driver training video in which a driver for Arclid Transport HGV finds a new way to increase a Renault Clio’s fuel efficiency without loss of power nor speed... More »

23rd, March 2010 Celebrities 1

In Pictures: That Michelle McGee Parody Of Sandra Bullock And Jesse James Is In The Can

When we told you about the Michelle McGee-Jesse James-Sandra Bullock porn parody, we could not have guessed that life would toss up something even less edifying. But then... More »

23rd, March 2010 Politicians

Hugo Chavez's First Blog Post Is Not Televised

HUGO Chavez, the leading socialist on the 24 omnibus to Camden and in Venzuela is getting a blog. And that's just terrific because not too long ago Hugo was no fan of the web... More »

23rd, March 2010 Hello! 28

Prince William's Helmet Hair Bonds Courchevel Kate

In this week’s Hello! you can share the “LOVE And LAUGHTER” of Prince William and earring muncher Kate Middleton in Courchevel. This is their “romantic getaway”... More »

23rd, March 2010 Reviews 2

Romanians Are Stealing The Great British Lounge

Let's not pretend, please, that the Express would have put this on its front page, had it not involved immigrants: "ROMANIANS STEAL MAN'S HOME"... More »

23rd, March 2010 Celebrities

Wonders of the Solar System: Brian Cox's Smiley Toy Box

The latest sexy darling of atheists is particle physicist Dr Brian Cox, former rock star member of the band D:Ream. His current BBC2 show Wonders of the Solar System is wowing the so-called intelligentsia in the UK... More »