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17th, March 2010 Key Posts

Jon Venables Back On Streets With New Identity

A defiant (allegedly) Jon Venables, 27, joint murderer of two-year-old James Bulger is boasting he will soon be freed from prison and back on the streets under his false identity. More »

17th, March 2010 Celebrities

Kate Winslet And Sam Mendes Divorce: Introducing Rebecca Hall

Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes Divorce: The dullest split in showbiz hisotry continues to enthrall anyone who likes their entertainment slow with lots of long moody silences.... More »

16th, March 2010 Sports

In Pictures: Mourinho's Inter Milan Kill Chelsea

Jose Mourinho came back to Chelsea and won. The self-styled Special One is The Special Won... More »

16th, March 2010 Strange But True

In Pictures: Mother Dresses Daughter Up As Hitler And Not 'Evil' Jon Venables

Danish artist Nina Maria Kleivan dresses her daughter Faustina as some of the 20th Century’s leading evil tyrants... More »

16th, March 2010 Hello!

Charity Marathon Training With Princess Beatrice And The Hooray Harrriers

FANCY coming “Marathon training with Princess Beatrice, boyfriend Dave and the Bransons”?... More »

16th, March 2010 Hello!

Hitting Saba Douglas-Hamilton's Eco-Safari Park By Plane

Cathing up with TV safari girl and Africa expert Saba Douglas-Hamilton, and Earth child... More »

16th, March 2010 Celebrities

In Pictures: Miley Cyrus Twitters About Being Real

Miley Cyrus is growing up and telling teens that posting images of yourself grinding a chair on Twitter or dressed in your bra and knickers is so last year... More »

16th, March 2010 Key Posts 1

In Pictures: David Beckham In Wootton Bassett For Airing Of Poet Laureate's 'Achilles'

The Poet Laureate has reacted to news of David Beckham’s injury by reminding us that’s she is alive and relevant by way of an ode. Day-vid has ruptured his Achilles, something that has dashed his chance of watching the World Cup from “court side” ... More »

16th, March 2010 Technology

China Trials Twitter: Results In Glorious Pictures

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16th, March 2010 Celebrities

Ten Reasons Why Kate Winslet And Sam Mendes Split

KATE Winslet and Sam Mendes split and the world reacts with a massive lack of interest. Mendes won't see Winslet naked until she's in another film. Winslet won't see Mendes until he's directing her in one. Still, it’s a slow news day and the media needs to create a sensation. Here’s the round-up of no-news news and all the reasons so for the split... More »

16th, March 2010 Heat 2

The Weigh In: Private Nadine Colye At 'War' With Cheryl Cole

You wait an age for an article of Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle and then you get two at once... More »

16th, March 2010 Reviews 2

In Pictures: The Story And Rescue Of Sahil Saeed

The curious case of Sahil Saeed - in pictures... More »

16th, March 2010 Reviews 5

James Arthur Ray's Believers Claim Harmonic “Wealth” Weekend Lost Them Money

Did you pay $750 a seat to hear James Arthur Ray's words on "harmonic wealth" in San Francisco? You did..? More »

16th, March 2010 Strange But True

He Pingping RIP: World's Shortest Man In Pictures And Vital Statistics

HE Pingping RIP. You were the world’s shortest man. Who the world’s shortest man is now we do not know. As one life ends, another record-breaking career is born... More »

16th, March 2010 Strange But True 2

Wife Shoots Husband Through Genitals On Main Road

After the woman who shaved her pubic hair while driving in Florida, here’s the woman who shot woman who shot her husband in the genitals on Interstate 57. More »

16th, March 2010 In Pictures

He Pingping

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16th, March 2010 Reviews 5

Dubai Marriage Counsellor Says Whipping The Wife Is Better Than Divorce

What news from the Dubai conference on divorce? More »

16th, March 2010 Key Posts 7

Angelina Jolie's 'Lust' for Vanessa Paradis And Johnny Depp's Delight

Angelina Jolie “wants Vanessa” - Vanessa Feltz? Vanessa Perroncel? No – It’s elfin French singer Vanessa Paradis... More »

16th, March 2010 Strange But True 2

Bizarre Road Signs In Pictures: Drunk Romanians And Other Inmates

The World’s best road sings, brought to you by the Romanian town of Pecica and the warning sign that drinks are crossing... More »

16th, March 2010 Celebrities 2

Anthea Turner Meets The Fans One At A Time In Her Lemon Of A Show

Anthea Turner should play to the Anorak forums if she wants a bigger audience for her one-woman show... More »

16th, March 2010 Key Posts

In Pictures: Lars Vilks, Plots And The Assimilation Of Ireland's Muslims

When we first heard that Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks had been targeted by Irish Muslims, we thought it no bad thing. Ok, Lars might be murdered by lunatics, but it seemed that finally Ireland’s immigrant community had assimilated and was grasping the concept of ultra violence fed by religious fundamentalism... More »

16th, March 2010 Reviews

Sahil Saeed: Timeline Of A Curious Story

Anorak’s at-a-glance look at the British boy from kidnapped from his granny's house in Pakistan as he and his father, Raja Naqqash Saeed, were nearing the end of a holiday. More »

16th, March 2010 Key Posts 17

Jon Venables Revealed As Destroyed Ed Balls Says Denise Fergus Is Wrong

Treading where Justice Secretary Jack Straw may not have put his beautifully formed toes, UK Schools Minister Ed Balls has entered the Jon Venables-child killer criminal responsibility ring... More »

15th, March 2010 Politicians

Deep Tongue: Rielle Hunter And John Edwards' Private Video Revealed

Brace yourselves for a political porn vieo transcript... More »

15th, March 2010 Reviews

In Pictures: Muslim Men Charged In 'Plot' To Murder Cartoonist Lars Vilks

In Ireland, two Muslim men have been charged with the alleged plot to murder Stedish cartoonist Lars Vilks.... More »