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13th, April 2015 Reviews

Woman who accidentally sent boss a text calling him a 'complete dick' sues for unfair dismissal

The Fair Work Commission says the "lighthearted insult" was enough for Louise Nesbitt to lose her job at Dragon Mountain Gold in Perth, Australia.... More »

13th, April 2015 Chelsea

Manchester United balls: foolish Juan Mata celebrates Chelsea

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has a blog. He wrote on it following United's 4-2 win over city rivals Manchester City. His article is entitled 'Outstanding Atmosphere at the Theatre of Dreams': Hi everyone... So much for the start. We'll fast forward to the bit where Mata talks about Manchester United's trip to Chelsea.... More »

13th, April 2015 Politicians

Poli-Pix: Ed Miliband is trusty in the Daily Mirror as George Osborne spits on your grave

Poli Pix: A look at how the tabloids portray our political masters. Today the Mirror leads with a photograpah of Labour Party leader Ed Miliband looking even-toned, groomed and steady... More »

12th, April 2015 Reviews

Manchester 10-year-olds get Sex On The Beach in a 'Red Hot' Buffet

To the Red Hot Buffet World on Deansgate, Manchester, for a story that has the lot. .. More »

12th, April 2015 Celebrities

Arnie Schwarzenegger seductively feeds a woman a Brazilian carrot

Budding MPs and actors with political ambitions can rest assured that your past peculiarities need not be barriers to the legislative chamber.... More »

12th, April 2015 Celebrities

Simon Cowell is looking to adopt a child called Ernie

In 2013, Cowell trailed the idea of an adoption show by asking his twitter followers to suggest names for his news dogs. The dogs were adopted, of course, it being not yet possible to for Cowell to sire his own.... More »

12th, April 2015 Arsenal

Liverpool Balls: Raheem Sterling's smoking Arsenal audition

It's the Daily Raheem Sterling - a look at the Liverpool player in the news... More »

11th, April 2015 Liverpool 1

Liverpool Balls: Raheem Sterling is heckled and we loved it

Raheem Sterling was heckled yesterday. As Liverpool FC paraded their new kit, the 20-year-old was singled out for treament by one Liverpool fan. As Sterling took the stage to enthuse about the outfit, a voice shouted... More »

11th, April 2015 Strange But True

Police hunt thief who stole $1 bag of dog poo from trucker's bed

To Des Moines, Iowa, where a thief has broken into a truck and stolen a bag of dog poo valued at $1.... More »

10th, April 2015 Politicians

Poli Pics: Ed Miliband loses his brain to Katie Hopkins' Electric Mayhem

Poli Pics is Anorak's new look at the pictures of politicians we see in the newspapers. These pictures are an easy way for news organs to show which side of the debte you're on. Selecting the right images to show your chosen leader looking good and their rival looking like a fool is the aim... More »

10th, April 2015 Celebrities

Amanda Holden: Simon Cowell Can Have Her Nipples For £2m

Amanda Holden heralds the start of vaude­villian Britain's Got Talent season whatever by telling the Sun she wants her nipples are insured for £2m. More »

10th, April 2015 Arsenal

Transfer balls: Sterling to Arsenal, Walcott to Liverpool and £20m in change

Transfer balls looks at today's reporting on Liverpool star and Arsenal target Raheem Sterling... More »

9th, April 2015 Books

Pony power: highlights of Top Gear erotica fan fiction

old on your Top Gear hair it's going to be bumpy ride as we look at Top Gear erotic fan fiction. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are away... More »

9th, April 2015 Reviews

Kent head teacher in biased 'schoolgirl' story shocker

News is that "top teacher" Sean Heslop, 47, is, reportedly, expecting a child - with a former pupil. We don't get to know her age in the Sun's "exclusive" report on the "Pregnant Teen Pupil", but the paper does label her a "girl"... More »

9th, April 2015 Key Posts

Ed Miliband V The Sun: mercilessly monstering and mocking Red Ed

Once upon a time, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband liked the Sun. It was his newspaper of choice. Ed Miliband was in 'Sun Country'. And he liked it... More »

9th, April 2015 Liverpool

Liverpool Balls: Raheem Sterling is trapped in a blizard

The Daily Stelring: a look at media stories on Liverpool' wantaway star Raheem Sterling... More »

8th, April 2015 manchester united

Manchester United balls: statistics prove Herrera is better than Paul Scholes?

Just how good is Manchester United's Ander Herrera? Well, the Daily Express' Ben Jefferson takes time out from his usual diet of Transfer Balls to state that the Spaniard is very good... More »

8th, April 2015 Politicians

Tabloid reactions to Tony Blair's arrival on the Labour Party election bandwagon

You'd think the Mirror would hail the arrival of the Labour Party's most successful leader (at least in term's of winning elections). But you need to wait until page 9 for any sign of grinning Tone... More »

8th, April 2015 Liverpool

Former Liverpool player arrested for shoplifting: Steven Gerrard and Glen Johnson are innocent

‘Former Liverpool full-back’ Andrea Dossena, 33, has been arrested on suspicion of shoplifting. The Italian, currently running out for Leyton Orient in League One, was arested along with a 31-year-old woman for allegely shoplifting at Harrods, the Knightsbridge superstore... More »

8th, April 2015 Celebrities 1

Party Kensit: Kate Middleton is 'our generation's suffragette'

Beyond parody... More »

8th, April 2015 Reviews

Operation Fairbank will not call Prince Andrew or Victoria Roberts

The story of Prince Andrew and Virginia Roberts, the woman who claims to have shagged 'Randy Andy' when working as a 17-year-old "sex slave" is dead... More »

7th, April 2015 The Consumer 2

Nazi leader Hermann Goering's sweating, stained suit is for sale

Anyone with £85,000 to spend can invest in the uniform sported by Nazi leader Hermann Goering. The suit worn by the man who founded the Gestapo is being sold by Parade Antiques, in Plymouth, Devon... More »

7th, April 2015 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal buy Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain for the second time

Transfer Balls: The Daily Express report Arsenal are in "pole position" to buy Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain.... More »

7th, April 2015 Strange But True

Watch window cleaners' horrific ride at the top of China's second tallest building

Pass the bucket... More »

7th, April 2015 TV & Radio

RIP James Best: watch the best bits of Dukes Of Hazard's Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane

Farewell, James Best, famous for playing Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on the brilliant The Dukes of Hazzard. You and Flash made Saturday afternoon telly great... More »