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26th, October 2009 Celebrities 10

Amy Winehouse's New Breasts Get Caught In A Lift At Q Awards: Pictures

Amy Winehouse is here to present the 'inspiration' award to The Specials. But Amy misses her cue. A presenter called Don Letts prattles on - He asks: "What do I do if I'm Amy?" He drinks a pint of lager and says: "I feel sick now” – until Amy arrives... More »

26th, October 2009 Hello! 4

Hello!: Samantha Burke Introduces Jude Law's Daughter Sophia For £185,000

In this week’s Hello! magazine, Samantha Burke introduces Jude Law’s baby daughter Sophie and tells their “amazing story”. More »

26th, October 2009 Reviews

The Guardian Wipes Israel Off Nobel Prize Map, Finds It Again

Simon Rogers, a news editor for the Guardian, has produced a list of Nobel Prize winners. This is a relatively easy thing to do, and such things can be copied and pasted. But Rogers’ list is one with a twist – it features no Israeli winners... More »

26th, October 2009 Reviews

Suzanne Breen Faces Large Bill After Police Fail In Real IRA Demand

What now for Suzanne Breen, the Sunday Tribune northern editor who would not hand over her notes on the Real IRA’s claim that they killed two soldiers and wounding of four other in March to the police? More »

26th, October 2009 Sports

In Pictures: Liverpool 2 -0 Manchester United, Premier League

Having booed and hissed the club's owners, George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks, prior to kick-off, Liverpool hit Manchester United with desire. And beach balls. Not since the heady days of the inflatable Godzilla – and Rafa Benitez’s Waiters’ XI (Majorca ’82) - have we seen the likes. More »

26th, October 2009 Celebrities 3

In Pictures: Michael Jackson: The Official Exhibition At London's O2

Michael Jackson: The Official Exhibition at the O2 in London is on. And we have been there to take the pictures of the life-sized throne, a crown, a rocket ship, a triptych of canvases of the singer showing him being crowned, knighted and holding a magical sword, and Jacko being the down-to-earth guy we all loved. More »

26th, October 2009 Politicians 1

BNP Runs 'British Heritage' Office In Burnley

What odds that the Lancashire Telegraph’s scoop - “Revealed: The BNP's 'secret' Burnley base” - is written by Tom Moseley? An “e” can go a long way in Burnley, and while Oswald Mosley curses the one that got away, Tom tells us: More »

26th, October 2009 Celebrities 2

X Factor: Joe McElderry Hits Lucie Jones, Lily Allen And John & Edward's Soiled Suits

X Factor round-Up: Joe McElderry hits Lucie Jones, Lily Allen sings, Strictly Come Dancing flails, John & Edward soil their clothes andevil Lisa Hayden-Johnson... More »

26th, October 2009 Strange But True 1

Drunk Marijuana Smoker Arrested On Way To Help Nephew

Drunk Marijuana Smoker Arrested On Way To Help Nephew - don't panic. Here comes the cavalry... More »

26th, October 2009 Reviews 2

Amanda Platell Tells Harriet Harman That 20 Is Bigger Than 24

It is odd that with so much to chastise MPs for, the Mail’s Amanda Platell should bemoan MPs Christmas holidays - and get it so very wrong... More »

26th, October 2009 Strange But True 2

Mechanics Revisit Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Ferrari Scene

Fans of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, will enjoy the story of the Reddich, Worcestershire, garage mechanics who took a customer’s Vauxhall Monaro on a 125mph joyride. More »

26th, October 2009 Strange But True

Tube Worker Morbin Resigns Over Customer Attack: Video

Mind the gap in your career, Ian Morbin, the customer service assistant who has handed in his resignation over an incident at Holborn Tube station on 15 October... More »

26th, October 2009 Celebrities

In Pictures: Peta's Pamela Anderson Highlights Dangers Of Global Warming By Skiing In Her Knickers

Green activist Pamela Anderson is pictured snowboarding with the with the US Olympic Ski and Snowboarding Teams at a private resort in Topanga, CA... More »

26th, October 2009 Celebrities 6

Katie Price: Peter Andre's 'Sham' Marriage, Alex Reid's New Jordan And Tabloid 'Lies'

Katie Price Watch: Katie heads to Afghanistan, Alex Reid heads home, Peter Andre's songs, Amy Price speaks truth and a new Jordan... More »

26th, October 2009 Reviews

School Nativity Features Slaughter Of The Innocents

The Guardian's Alex Renton supports a cull on babies, the destruction of sperm banks and an end to IVF... More »

26th, October 2009 Reviews

Afghani Poppy Day Smuggler Captured At Heathrow

A giant man made out of poppies stands in the Terminal 5 departures at Heathrow Airport in Middlesex to promote the British Legion's Poppy appeal.... More »

26th, October 2009 Reviews 3

Family Of James Arthur Ray Sweat Lodge Victim Kirby Brown Meet Larry King

WHAT makes the situation interesting is the fact that the “Larry King Live” executive producer is known to have had a business relationship with Ray in the past... More »

25th, October 2009 Madeleine McCann 16

Madeleine McCann: Snatched For £100,000 By Kidnappers Not Interested In £1.5 Million Reward

This one has many of the elements of an Our Maddie story: foreigners; darkies, North Africa, kidnap and a “claim” supported by not a shred of evidence... More »

25th, October 2009 Celebrities 5

X Factor: Danyl Johnson Saved By Stacey Solomon

And it came to pass that the X Factor did some down to Miss Frank, a would-be drag act named after a boutique in the Poole Arndale Centre, and Danyl Johnson, the Bronze Age Will Young... More »

25th, October 2009 Celebrities 5

Janet Jackson Breaks Her 'Vow' To Michael Jackson

Michael youngest sister Janet Jackson promised to wear black for a year to mourn her brother. And then she wore this... More »

25th, October 2009 Strange But True

Swedish Prisoner Joins Thai Ladies' Ping-Pong Team

Something to get enraged about now, as news reaches us of a prisoner doing bird in Sweden Gävle jail receiving 18,300 kronor ($2,700) for hurting his little finger in a game of table-tennis, or ping-pong... More »

25th, October 2009 In Pictures

Jaycee Lee Dugard In Pictures

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25th, October 2009 Celebrities 1

Take That's World Cup Song For England

Take That write England's World Cup song - sort of... More »

25th, October 2009 In Pictures

Pictures From Michael Jackson's Funeral

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25th, October 2009 In Pictures

Stephen Gately: A Career in Pictures

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