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31st, October 2014 Politicians 1

One In Every 7 Britons Under 25 Supports ISIS

One in seven young British adults has “warm feelings” towards Islamic State, according to a poll. Isis is riding a surge of “anti-politics” sentiment among disaffected under-35s who admire the jihadists’ courage, academics warn... More »

31st, October 2014 Sports

How To Be A BBC Football Reporter: John Motson's Great Advice To A Budding Journalist

IAN Dennis recalls advice the BBC's John Motson gave him 26 years ago More »

31st, October 2014 Music

Watching UB40 Is 'Like Waiting For A Coffin To Turn Up

STUART MacBeth reviews UB40 for the Oxford Mail... More »

31st, October 2014 Money 1

Apple's CEO Tim Cook Should Be Banned From Russia For Being Gay

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31st, October 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Sami Khedira Heads To Arsenal Before Moving To Manchester City And Back To Chelsea

TRANSFER Balls: Anorak's look at football speculation passed off as sensation and fact... More »

31st, October 2014 Reviews

Man Banned From Lying On The Ground In Buckinghamshire

"When dealt with by a police and council joint team he gave away his telephone to stop the temptation. However he then took to pretending to fall in the street near his home as a way of attracting attention to himself..." More »

31st, October 2014 Reviews 1

Woman And Tiger Caught Having Sex In Devon Toilet

"THERE was a couple in the baby changing room having full blown sex," says grandmother Maryanne Saunders of goings on in a public toilet in Dawlish, Devon.... More »

31st, October 2014 Reviews

Climate Change Watch: Europe Freezes As Snow Becomes A Thing Of The Past

CLIMATE Change Watch: Compre and contrast... More »

30th, October 2014 Arsenal 1

Transfer Balls: Liverpool Sign Higuain For £9m More Than Arsenal Bought Him For

TRANSFER Balls: The Daily Star says "Liverpool suffer HUGE blow as Arsenal move a step CLOSER to signing Gonzalo Higuain".... More »

30th, October 2014 Key Posts

American Soccer's Greatest Players: When Football Went Disco

NEW YORK COSMOS have had a bewildering array of fantastic players, and the latest in the club's bumpy history is the Spanish legend, Raul. The Real Madrid superhuman decided to come out of retirement to play for the club made famous by Pele... More »

30th, October 2014 Manchester City

Manchester City Balls: Citizens Fan To Be Shock New Match of The Day Pundit

MANCHESTER City fan of the day is Harry Parrot... More »

30th, October 2014 In Pictures

The 20 Most Revolting Baby Celebration Cakes

YOU'RE having a baby. Well, doesn't that just take the cake... More »

30th, October 2014 Strange But True

Is Nothing Safe? 3ft Long Lungfish Removed From Man's Anus

IS Nothing Safe? A 3-feet long lungfish has become stuck up a man's anus... More »

30th, October 2014 Technology

Journalism: Verizon's SugarString.com Makes Pravda Look Open And Neutral

The most-valuable, second-richest telecommunications company in the world is bankrolling a technology news site called SugarString.com... More »

30th, October 2014 Liverpool

Liverpool Balls: Balotelli Is The 'Great' Who Changed Michael Owen's Tune

MICHAEL Owen is talking about Liverpool FC striker Mario Balotelli... More »

30th, October 2014 Liverpool

Liverpool Balls: Sturridge, Sterling And The Caribbean Slave Gene Problem

LIVERPOOL Balls: Daniel Sturridge says his injuries could be down to genetics... More »

30th, October 2014 Reviews 1

Voyeurism Not Sex Prevents Cancer In The Over 50s

CAN lots of sex reduce the risk of prostate cancer?... More »

30th, October 2014 Celebrities

Myra Lewis Williams: 'When I Was Jerry Lee Lewis' 13-Year-Old Wife'

In 1958 musician Jerry Lee Lewis arrived in London. By his side was his a 13-years-old. She was his cousing. She was also his new wife Myra Lewis Williams. Now living in Atlanta, Myra is talking with Cuepoint... More »

30th, October 2014 Technology

A Lovely Time-Lapse Video of Braces Straightening Teeth

The vice of jaws... More »

30th, October 2014 Madeleine McCann 1

Madeleine McCann: James Nesbitt Is Missing The Plot And 100 Hairs

Just as the Daily Express gets its weather news from looking at a crystal ball, the 'World's Greatest Newspaper' conjures front-page news of Madeleine McCann from the ether... More »

30th, October 2014 Reviews

Woman Robs Chemist By Squirting Breast Milk At Victim

GET Richard Desmond on the phone: a German woman has invented a new late-night TV sport... More »

30th, October 2014 TV & Radio

Me And My Spoon: TV Listing Of The Year

In tonight's episode... More »

30th, October 2014 Reviews

Watch the NASA's Antares Rocket Blow-Up From Loads of Angles!

THERE'S something in the human psyche that loves seeing things blow-up. Explosions are even better when there's no casualties, because you can just enjoy the show without wanting to vomit with the weight of it all... More »

29th, October 2014 Arsenal

Claudio Gentile, Maradona And Martin Keown's Hypocritic Assault On Football's 'Dark Arts'

Rob Bagchi has noticed that Hands Off In The Box, the Daily Mail's campaign to stop footballers using force in the penalty box, is a non-starter. You can read more about the Mail's campaign to pressure referees here. And learn that it's backed by the paragon of the clean tackle and noble virtues, former Arsenal defender Martin Keown.... More »

29th, October 2014 manchester united

Transfer Balls: You Will Never Beleive Which Real Madrid Star Manchester United Are 'Buying'

TRANSFER Balls: Splendid balls in the Daily Star which links Manchester United with a move for Gareth Bale... More »