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2nd, July 2009 Reviews 3

Drax Climate Change Protestors Fail

At Leeds Crown Court, 22 climate change 22 activists are helping the jury to decide whether they had illegal stopped a train taking coal to Drax power station in North Yorkshire... More »

2nd, July 2009 Fashion

Egypt Gets Into Cock Fashion

In Egypt the hipsters are buying into their own dream: “Cock” fashions... More »

2nd, July 2009 Reviews

Andrew Sullivan Will Write For Free

Sullivan would like budding journalists and bloggers to know that the man with the popular blog he's paid to write on a popular website would write for free... More »

2nd, July 2009 Money 5

Supermarket Parking Reserved For Hybrid Car Parking

In Madison, USA, there is a space outside the Whole Foods store reserved for anyone driving a hybrid car. This space is closer to the entrance than the ones for disabled drivers... More »

2nd, July 2009 Celebrities 19

Michael Jackson's Secret Lover Revealed

Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard Matt Fiddes tells of Jackson's secret lover and drugs; and Diana Ross is the Jackson daddy reincarnated... More »

2nd, July 2009 Madeleine McCann 1

Madeleine McCann Was Tagged In Liverpool

Madeleine McCann Watch: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Madeleine McCann in the news - Goncalo Amaral accused and tagging Our Maddie... More »

1st, July 2009 Celebrities

Michael Jackson Leaves Children To Look Alike Diana Ross

Michael Jackson forgets Bubbles and hands children over to aged mother and in second place big haired alter ego Diana Ross... More »

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Molly Sugden RIP

CCN Alerts -Molly Sugden. Beep! Karl Malden. Beep... More »

1st, July 2009 Politicians

Gordon Brown Cheers Zero Percent Growth

Gordon Brown is still sat in the car as it moves in slow motion towards the edge of a cliff. At Prime Ministers Question Time, Brown champions Zero Per Cent growth... More »

1st, July 2009 Celebrities

Michael Jackson's Last Will In Full

MICHAEL Jackson's will, made on July 7, 2002, hands his entire estate to the Michael Jackson Family Trust for his children. It also names his mother Katherine Jackson as the children’s guardian... More »

1st, July 2009 Reviews

Rebekah Wade Video Of The Week

Rebekah Wade Video Of The Week. The Ginger Ninja's empire... More »

1st, July 2009 Strange But True

Barack Obama Fundraiser Holds Up Petrol Station With A Potato

In Jersey City, a man has held up a petrol station armed with a potato. A raw potato... More »

1st, July 2009 Reviews

Huge Colony Of Ants Takes Over the Planet

Today, the BBC brings news of a single “mega-colony of ants” that has “colonised much of the world”... More »

1st, July 2009 Strange But True

The Prostitute Vending Machine

Prostitute Vending Machine is here. Look out for the politician vending machine, the East European tennis player vending machine and the Royal Family vending mahcine - all manner of vending machines for items with an industry standard... More »

1st, July 2009 Celebrities 5

Elton John Outsells Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson Watch: Anorak brings you that OK! magazine souvenir issue... More »

1st, July 2009 Celebrities 1

Michael Jackson Funeral Guest List: Pictures

Michael Jackson Wach: Exclusive details of Jackson's fairytale funeral guest list... More »

1st, July 2009 Celebrities

Michael Jackson's Nurse Denies Stomach Pump Claims

Jackson Watch: Grace Rwaramba denies - It seems that even Jackson's nurse has her own impersonator... More »

1st, July 2009 Money

The Sexiest Nuns In Adverts Ever

Complaints - all ten of them - levelled against the Gelato Italiano brand ensure that its adverts featuring a rutting nun and a randy priest has been banned, so earning the company loadsa PR... More »

1st, July 2009 Reviews 2

Scientists Say Sex Increases Chances Of Pregnancy

Having sex every day improves sperm quality and could boost the chances of getting pregnant, research suggests.... More »

1st, July 2009 Strange But True 6

Man Uses Garden Shears IN DIY Circumcision

the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, where a young man is feeling the affects of circumcising himself with a pair of garden shears... More »

1st, July 2009 Reviews

Michael Jackson's Death Sparks Live TV Fight

Michael Jackson Watch: Steve Ryan of ABC13 Action News is LIVE! in Las Vegas where he is meeting an "out of control" man with a slap in the face... More »

1st, July 2009 Reviews 3

Air France 447 And Yemenia Air 310: Grounding The Airbus

Air France 447 crashes. Richard North looks at the Airbus and what happens next... More »

1st, July 2009 Strange But True

Burglars Steal Trampolines To Break Into Flats

Trampolines are being used by burglars to break into flats, stolen, and are causing children to die beneath the weight of drunken adults... More »

1st, July 2009 Reviews

On Madeleine McCann, Keith Bennett And The Missing

Keith Bennett was murdered by Moors Murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady in June 1964. he was 12. His remains have never been found... More »

1st, July 2009 Celebrities 1

Michael Jackson's Last Word Was "Bubbles"

Michael Jackson Watch: Jackson's last word for Bubbles, whoop of joy and a shroud and propofol found in Jackson's home... More »