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13th, March 2015 Sports

Revealed: When Manchester United sack Louis Van Gaal

Talking Balls: Is Manchester United manger Louis Van Gaal going to remain at Old Trafford or be sacked? The media experts have been informing their readers.... More »

13th, March 2015 Reviews

Police news: ISIS fag is a jacket in a tree

Have we let the murderous goons of Islamic State infect out minds? In Italy, police were called when a local spotted an Isis flag hanging outside an apartment building... More »

13th, March 2015 Reviews

Smiley the therapy dog with no eyes brightens people's lives

Smiley, a golden retriever, was born without eyes. He lives in Stouffville, Canada, working as a St. John’s Ambulance service dog. .. More »

13th, March 2015 Reviews

When Stetson Kennedy, Mr. Ayak and Superman smashed the KKK

On Flashbak the story of Stetson Kennedy, the campaigning journalist who infiltrated the Klu Klux Klan in the 1940s and exposed their life to ridicule. He din;'t do it alone. He got Superman to help... More »

13th, March 2015 Arsenal 1

Talking balls: Arsenal war chest swells to £267.55m

Talking Balls: just how large is Arsenal's "war chest"?... More »

13th, March 2015 Strange But True

A thieving Romanian dwarf could be hiding in your holiday luggage

"The Daily Star has a short story on a "thieving Romanian dwarf"... More »

12th, March 2015 Music

Madonna accuses BBC Radio 1's 49-year-old music chief of ageism

Madonna accuses BBC Radio 1 of "discriminatory and unfair" behaviour for failing to play her latest song, Living For Love. The song failed to make the station's playlist, which dictates its most-played songs. The BBC says this had led to "accusations of ageism from the 56-year-old's fans".... More »

12th, March 2015 Politicians

Nigel Farage echoes Labour's 'British jobs for British workers'

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been talking about immigrants, migrants and jobs. The Guardian leads with Farage's views on Muslims in the UK who could form "a fifth column and kill us".... More »

12th, March 2015 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Zephany Nurse, Yeremi Vargas and Blackpool peadophiles

Madeleine McCann: a look at reporting on the missing child in the news. The Daily Star has news on Page 11: "Dad of Kidnapped Girls: Don't Give Up Hope Over Maddie"... More »

12th, March 2015 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal ands Liverpool sign Khedira from Bayern Munich and Real Madrid

Transfer Balls catches the Daily Star's news that Arsenal and Liverpool are all set to sign Sami Khedira.... More »

11th, March 2015 Strange But True

Philippines police arrest man who raped a cow and made her pregnant

The Philippines police showcase Andy Loyola, arrested after he was allegedly caught having sex with a missing cow. .. More »

11th, March 2015 Reviews

Tabloid tropes: why Daily Mail readers are happiest in the world

What is the happiest age of your life? No need to answer because the 'Daily Mail Reporter' knows. It's 34.... More »

11th, March 2015 TV & Radio

Vince Gilligan says: stop tossing pizzas on the Breaking Bad House

Fans of Breaking Bad like to re-enact the scene from the Caballo Sin Nombre episode that features Walter White flipping a pizza on to the roof of his house... More »

11th, March 2015 Liverpool

Liverpool balls: 'Disgraceful' Muslim Reds fans caught praying on unofficial prayer mat

The Asian Age has the story of the Liverpool fan who said two Muslim fans praying during the team's FA Cup quarter-final clash against Blackburn Rovers were "a disgrace"... More »

11th, March 2015 Reviews

Sex libel: All Indian males are suspected rapists

YOU can libel an entire people, milions and millions of them. Did you know that all Indian males are suspected rapists? ... More »

11th, March 2015 Reviews

Phone hacking: The Mirror ruined Steve McFadden's love life, drove Paul Gascoigne to alcohol but murdered no-one

The phone hacking scandal calls EastEnders actor Steve McFadden. He says Daily Mirror stories while he was romancing co-star Lucy Benjamin "destroyed" their love affair.... More »

11th, March 2015 TV & Radio

Listen to BBC presenter John Inverdale discuss rose-c**ed glasses: radio fail

ON BBC radio, John Inversdale is talking about his rose-c**ted glasses... More »

11th, March 2015 Reviews

Islamic State get torture tips from watching Teletubbies and Game of Thrones

Emwazi is a "huge fan of the Teletubbies". French journalist Nicolas Henin, who was kidnapped by Islamic State, says Emwazi and the jihadis "watched everything from Teletubbies to Game of Thorones"... More »

10th, March 2015 Fashion

The beast milk facial bar opens in Chicago

Got breast milk? Got a face? Then you can save $$$$ of skin treatments. But if you still want to be pampered, then head down to Chicgao spa Mud... More »

10th, March 2015 Celebrities

Jeremy Clarkson suspended over fracas following hullabloo, brouhaha and imbroglio

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson is on gardening leave. He's been suspended by the BBC "following a fracas" with a producer. Yes, a fracas. Not a brouhaha. Not a kerfuffle. And most certainly neither an imbroglio nor a tawdry hullabloo. .. More »

10th, March 2015 Arsenal

Manchester United fans cheers for Danny Welbeck as his mis-controls the ball

How football journalism works: the Dail Mail v the Daily Star. Last night Manchester United lost 2-1 to Arsenal in the FA Cup. Danny Wellbeck, formerly of United, scored the winning goal... More »

10th, March 2015 Reviews

Killer surgeon Padge-Victoria Windslowe was the 'Travis Perkins of buttock injections'

Padge-Victoria Windslowe is the self-styled "the Michelangelo of buttocks injections".... More »

10th, March 2015 Sports

The All Hair Hockey Team 2015 are ready to be appraised

It's all about the hair... More »

10th, March 2015 Arsenal

Manchester United v Arsenal shocker: Ozil scores more but Cazorla wins

No football match is complete without newspapers awarding players a score out of 10. Last night's match between Manchester United and Arsenal was no different... More »

10th, March 2015 Arsenal

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney teaches dumb foreigners Angel Di Maria and Adnan Januzaj the Great British Dive

Writing on Arsenal's FA Cup win over Manchester United, Martin Samuels turns to the matter of diving... More »