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5th, January 2015 Books

Bike Shed Library: Pete Cave's Chopper

In the days when Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris was bestriding Stamford Bridge, another Chopper Harris was enthralling the juvenile delinquents of Great Britain with a different brand of violence.... More »

5th, January 2015 Reviews 2

Prince Andrew sex scandal: Sky Roberts, the Queen's Virginia massage and Thailand calling

The story of Prince Andrew and Virginia Roberts, the woman who alleges he shagged her when she was underage, rumbles on... More »

5th, January 2015 Strange But True

Zoo owner fed his thumb to pet crocodile Macca during feeding show

"He had a chicken in one hand, and he was trying to get the attention of Macca the crocodile with his hat, holding it in his left hand," says RACQ Careflight spokesman Brian Russell of Ian Jenkins... More »

5th, January 2015 Politicians

Nigel Farage Fail: Daily Express and Ukip join hunt for nurse who speak English 'not very good'

The Daily Express has news: "Nigel Farage: Ban doctors and nurse who can't speak 'very good English' from NHS'"... More »

5th, January 2015 Chelsea

Chelsea Transfer Balls: Raphael Varne for £20m, Pogba and Messi for £277 and more desperate reporting

The running total is now now 8... More »

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Transfer Balls: Manchester United sign Lloris from Spurs in 2019

Utter balls... More »

4th, January 2015 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Paul Pogba heads to Arsenal for £37m less than Manchester United paid

Transfer Balls - a regular look at footballers being linked to the big clubs. There is rumour of Juventus and France star Paul Pogba. More »

4th, January 2015 Reviews

Man arrested for eating the koran

Is the thinking that if the police don't stamp out a man's right to free expression, however stupid it is, others will think it a good idea and burn copies of the koran? Will jihadis use an idiot and his idiocy to further their own bloodthirtsty idiocy? More »

4th, January 2015 manchester united

Manchester United Transfer Balls: Arjen Robben makes it 20 new faces at Old Trafford

Transfer Balls - Manchester United: a look at players being linked by rumour, speculation and not a single shred of fact to Manchester United. As told by the mainstream media... More »

4th, January 2015 Key Posts 2

Prince Andrew sex scandal: chaste Virginia Roberts' sex tape and the Bill Clinton beats Benghazi

The story of Prince Andrew and the allegedly underage "sex slave" Virginia Roberts is back in the news. The front pages are full of lurid allegations against the Duke of York, formerly known as Randy Andy.... More »

4th, January 2015 Celebrities

Miley Cyrus in drugs and cider enema shocker

Fans of pop music wonder. Can it be true? Can it be that young, rich and famous Miley Cyrus isn't on drugs, that she actually listens to her music sober?!... More »

4th, January 2015 Arsenal

Arsenal Transfer Balls: Mats Hummels, Benedikt Howedes, Schneiderlin are Gunners bound (really)

Running total: 23 new signings in January! More »

3rd, January 2015 Chelsea

Chelsea Transfer Balls: Gareth Bale, Lionel Messi for £200m and other exclusives

More utter balls... More »

3rd, January 2015 Reviews

The Duke lacrosse rape accuser is back in court: blame white males with money

“The Associated Press reports that Crystal Mangum, whose accusations of gang rape against Duke University lacrosse players were revealed to be fake, has appealed her conviction in the stabbing death of her boyfriend..." More »

3rd, January 2015 Reviews

2014 in negatives: Dave Barry, Rod Liddle and Charlie Brooker do the year in review

How was 2014 for you? A few men in media recall the 12 months... More »

3rd, January 2015 manchester united

Manchester United Transfer balls: Alves, £77m Pogba and 15 more players join Van Gaal's revolution

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3rd, January 2015 Liverpool 1

Liverpool Transfer Balls: Steven Gerrard returns with Defoe, Bony, Vietto, Shaqiri and Berahino

Liverpool Transfer Balls: a look at footballer being linked to Liverpool in today's media. Facts are thinner than Bruce Grobbelaar's rat's tail.... More »

3rd, January 2015 Arsenal

Arsenal Transfer Balls: Podolski out, Carvani, Suarez, Loris, Carvalho, McCarthy and Gundogen in

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3rd, January 2015 Strange But True

Police officer visited home to supervise father spanking daughter and determine it was legal

Undersheriff Noel Stephen says this is not rare. He has personally supervised approximately 12 spankings... More »

2nd, January 2015 Strange But True

Narnia revisited: stoned couple spend two days trapped in unlocked cupboard

Amber Campbell, 25, and John Arwood, 31, broke into the Marine and Environmental Science Center in Daytona, Florida, to get goofed on crystal meth and crack cocaine... More »

2nd, January 2015 Sports

FA Cup's Greatest Giantkillings!

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2nd, January 2015 Politicians

Kim Jong-un flies with the power of mind control

Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea, does not only stand still pointing at things. He can fly!... More »

2nd, January 2015 Strange But True

The Japanese solo wedding service for lonely princesses

Are you a lonely princess looking for a lonley pricness to marry? Well, why not try a solo wedding in Kyoto?... More »

2nd, January 2015 Reviews

The Daily Mail is wrong: dumb luck gives you cancer

As the Daily Mail tells us, pretty much anything gives you cancer. But new thinking says two thirds of cancer cases are the result of bad luck rather than poor lifestyle choices or inherited risk factors.... More »

2nd, January 2015 Liverpool

Liverpool balls: Steven Gerrard shows every other player what loyalty means

To every player who has kissed the badge and pledged love and undying loyalty to their club and then agitated for a move away and played against them, Liverpool captain Steve Gerrard has something to say... More »