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31st, March 2009 Sports

Referee's assistant pulls out gun to defend himself

Football, more dangerous than it used to be More »

31st, March 2009 Key Posts 12

Sun Duped By Google Street View Divorce Story

The Sun reports that a woman has used Google Street View to trap her cheating husband.Extra-martial sex and Google in one story makes for a Sun story. Only, it's not true... More »

31st, March 2009 Politicians 2

The G20 In Numbers

What the G20 Summit means to you... More »

31st, March 2009 Celebrities

Peaches Geldof Does Not Regret

"It just got really crazy. It was something that exploded. And then it ended. And now we’re just back to being friends, which is so much better"... More »

31st, March 2009 Reviews

George Orwell Would Weep For Nick Cohen

Nick Cohen is at the George Orwell Award, and showing all the great and good - the ones who are in the smug club - why it's an utterly meaningless award that caters to pap and crap... More »

31st, March 2009 Strange But True

Ophir Kutiel Explains ThruYOU

What the web was made for... More »

31st, March 2009 Celebrities

Jade Goody's Greatest Creation

“I made it clear to him that our relationship could go no further than friendship until he actually had his divorce"... More »

31st, March 2009 Sports 6

Frank Lampard hates his new England top

Chelsea midfielder sulks like a kid over new casual shirt More »

31st, March 2009 Sports 5

Sportsmanship Is Alive! Player Refuses To take Penalty

Not all footballers are selfish, cheating idiots. Which is nice. More »

31st, March 2009 Key Posts 6

Cheating Husband Caught On Google Street View

Here's the wife dialling up Google Street View. She zooms in on the house of woman she believes her husband is seeing... More »

31st, March 2009 Strange But True 7

Woman Has Pine Cone Removed From Vagina

We join unmarried Mirjana Gavaric in Belgrade, where she is having a pine cone removed from her vagina... More »

31st, March 2009 Money

Thief Raids RBS And Finds Tills Empty

Killjoy prevents robbery at RBS believing it an April Fool's Day prank... More »

31st, March 2009 Celebrities 4

Jack's Funeral Poem To Jade Goody Exclusive

The Sun and Star come out for you / You never went away / With matching wings, shoes and harp / You’re on the cover of OK! More »

30th, March 2009 Sports

FAIL! Footballer Shows Up At Wrong Ground

When you don't know the difference between home and away… More »

30th, March 2009 Sports

Referee Poos Pants During Football Match

Here's a video billed a referee soiling his pants during a football match. But while the camerman is trained on the apparent crimescene, the... More »

30th, March 2009 Reviews

Scare Stories: Agadoo Repeats, Premiership Horror And Natasha Richardson

"Rugby stars crippled for life, schoolchildren maimed and now amateur skier Natasha Richardson dead because she didn’t wear a helmet. Have we forgotten just how dangerous sport really is?” More »

30th, March 2009 Strange But True 4

Man Tries to Kill Mother In Law With Anti-Tank Rocket

Bosnian Miroslav Miljici has been jailed for six years for trying to kill his mother-in-law with an anti-tank missile launcher... More »

30th, March 2009 Madeleine McCann 2

Madeleine McCann, Crufts, The BNP And Snow

What this tell us about the British peoples can be found in Old Mr Anorak’s new book – “While I was Looking For Porn…” It also tells us that dogs, transport, fascists, dogs and missing children... More »