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26th, November 2009 Flashback 3

I'm A Celebrity: Joe Bugner's Career In Pictures

Joe Bugner was a champion boxer, taking on Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ron Lyle, Jimmy Ellis, Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno. We bring you Joe Bugner’s career in pictures... More »

26th, November 2009 Celebrities

X Factor: Olly Murs Rescues Stacey Solomon For Love

X Factor sensation as Olly Murs and Stacey Solomon carry on for love... More »

26th, November 2009 Strange But True

Man's Face Pinned By Pitchfork To A Car Seat

In China, Kong Xie is pinned to his seat by a pitchfork which has pierced his face... More »

26th, November 2009 Strange But True 3

Dietmar The German Stork Has A Wooden Leg

Dietmar is the world’s first stork to feature a wooden leg. And Danny the penguin has a kazoo in its voice box... More »

26th, November 2009 Strange But True 1

The Great Cathay Pacific Blocked Toilet Mystery

CATHAY Pacific is puzzling over why the toilets on its fleet of Airbus planes are blocked. It is a mystery... More »

26th, November 2009 Celebrities 2

Strictly Come Dancing's Alesha Dixon Sparks I'm A Celebrity Race Row

Strictly Come Dancing’s judge Alesha Dixon is turned away from London’s Funky Buddha club. With Jedward and Katie Price off the X Factor and I’m A Celebrity, respectively, the tablooids press F3 on the keyboard and spot a race row... More »

26th, November 2009 Celebrities

The SingStar Take That Extravaganza In Pictures

Anorak was at the Singstar Take That Extravaganza at The Tabernacle, London. The event is billed as a “who’s who of great names in London’s music and fashion world, SingStar VIPS and club cognoscenti". More »

26th, November 2009 Celebrities 20

Susan Boyle Weeps As The Press Set About Destroying Her

Susan Boyle cries and the media looks on and rubs its hands with glee... More »

25th, November 2009 Celebrities

Adam Lambert On The Early Show, In Pictures

Adam Lambert is last season's runner up on American Idol. At the American Music Awards, Lambert’s music took in a rubbing a dancer’s face into his crotch. If it helps him hit the low notes, so be it. More »

25th, November 2009 Reviews

Her Majesty The Queen's Tour Of Bermuda, In Photos And The Duke's Green Shorts

While in Bermuda, the Duke of Edinburgh was presented with a pair of Bermuda Shorts... More »

25th, November 2009 Reviews 4

Wikileaks Publishes 500,000 9/11 FBI And NYPD Pager Messages, Conspiracy Theorists Read On

On Wikileaks, you can read some of the half a million pager messages sent in the aftermath of 9/11 attack on the USA. Conspiracy theorists will love this... More »

25th, November 2009 Strange But True

Swiss Man Escapes To Europe On Electronic Wing

Yves Rossy, aka the Swiss ‘Jetman’, has failed in his mission to fly solo across the Strait of Gibraltar using a single jet-propelled wing. More »

25th, November 2009 Money

Child Sex Crime Lawyers Use Provactive Minor To Advertise Their Services

Have you been accused of being a paedo? Has your name appeared on child sex websites? Well, if you live in Texas, you need Lindeman, Alvarado & Frye, lawyers specialising in “SOLICITIATION”. More »

25th, November 2009 Celebrities

New George Best Waxwork Goes On Show

At Ireland’s National Wax Museum Television pundit Eamon Dunphy unveils a new waxwork of himself. Besides him a waxy Calum Best, doe-faced song to George Best, puts his arm around a candle made to look like his departed father and grins... More »

25th, November 2009 Key Posts 3

The 14 Ten Most Offensive Google Search Results

Michelle Obama is the number one monkey on Google search - and we now bring you the 10 most offensive image search results on Google. These images are all No.1 on the Google hits parade... More »

25th, November 2009 OK!

Katie Price Dominates OK! And Samantha Fox

In OK! magazine’s continuing linger around Katie Price and I’m A Celebrity, readers get to meet Samantha Fox, the “.. pint-sized, boobalicious, spunky volcano of fun.” More »

25th, November 2009 OK!

Katie Price Wanted Alex Reid To Follow her To Australia

Peter Andre: “I’D RATHER WATCH MR POTATO HEAD THAN KATIE.” And Katie wanted Alex Reid in the jungle... More »

25th, November 2009 Reviews 6

Join The Campaign For Straight Gay Marriages

Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, both 25, want to challenge "discriminatory" UK laws which restrict civil partnerships to same-sex couples... More »

25th, November 2009 Celebrities

Scouting For Girls And Newton Faulkner Play The Union Chapel, In Pictures

Today’s pictures feature Newton Faulkner, introduced by Jo Whiley and sister Frances, Little Comet and Scouting for Girls... More »

25th, November 2009 Celebrities

Russian Singer Natalie Bounces On Jennifer Lopez Bum Implants

Earlier this week Jennifer Lopez fell on his big bum at the AMM music awards and bounced back up again. Russian singer Natlie was inspired and copied J-Lo. More »

25th, November 2009 Key Posts 4

Michelle Obama Is A Monkey And Other Offensive Google Images

Type 'Michelle Obama' into Google in the US and you get a picture of Dr Zira, of Escape From Planet of The Apes, reclining bath of bubbles. More »

25th, November 2009 Strange But True 4

Church Gives Soul Tattoos To Worshippers

WORSHIPPERS at the Gold Creek Community Church in Mill Creek, Washington, get a tattoo from the in-God’s-house artist. The Rev. Dan Kellogg offers guidance to the tattoo inclined... More »

25th, November 2009 Key Posts 3

Bolivian Police And Maddie McCann Introduce The Worst Photo-Fits Ever

Have you seen that police photo-fit of the wanted man? Do you recognise that face? More »

25th, November 2009 Strange But True 1

Bolivian Police Release Video Of World's Worst Photo-Fit Killers' Capture

Everyone in Bolivia looks like Maxine Carr... More »

25th, November 2009 Reviews

Lily Allen Plays And Serves Birmingham NIA In Pictures

Lily Allen’s latest shtick is to serve pints to her fans: “They asked me what I wanted, so I said a bar with Guinness..." More »