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20th, October 2014 manchester united

West Brom Fans Mock Manchester United With Tom Daley And Hello Kitty

Manchester United are setting out to prove that you cannot buy your way out of touble. The Premier League is not all about the money. Well, not all of the time.... More »

20th, October 2014 Strange But True

You Will Never Believe what Happens To This Motorcyclist (Video)

WE'VE had this on loop all day... More »

20th, October 2014 In Pictures

Skid Row, Los Angeles: A Photo Essay

Skid Row houses the USA's densest concentration of homeless people, mostly addicts, parolees, the mentally ill and disabled. Over 17,000 people live on the streets in one of the world's riches cities. This is America's shame.... More »

20th, October 2014 Sports

Indian Footballer Dies During On-Field Celebration

CELEBRATING a goal in a professional football match should be one of the happiest times in an athlete's career, but tragically, this wasn't the case for Peter Biaksangzuala... More »

20th, October 2014 Arsenal 1

Transfer Balls: Arsenal Bid For Morgan Schneiderlin Who Wants To Stay At Southampton Or Play For Spurs

TRANSFER Balls: a look at the utter bilge presented as rumour and fact by the mainstream media... More »

20th, October 2014 Liverpool

How Football Reporting Works: Liverpool's Dire 'Martin Skrtel Is Better than Chelsea's John Terry And Anyone At Southampton

HOW football comment works, with Liverpool FC's Martin Skrtel... More »

20th, October 2014 Reviews 2

Israeli Hospital Treats Daughter Of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh

Go home Israeli...and take me with you... More »

20th, October 2014 In Pictures

Artist Paints Skid Row's Homeless Into His Dreamy Pictures

If they're not completely passed out, intoxicated, sleeping in their own urine—then yeah, I'll talk to them. Some are friendly, some aren't. But if someone won't wake up... More »

20th, October 2014 Celebrities

Lynda Bellingham Stars In Norman, Is That You? (Photos)

Harry Worth and Lynda Bellingham rehearse at the Phoenix Theatre in London in the new West End comedy, "Norman, is that you?"... More »

20th, October 2014 Reviews

The Breaking Bad Action Figures Come With Free Crystal Meth But No Atomic Bomb

THE Sun says TOYS R Us has been "blasted for encouraging kids to 'play with meth' by selling Breaking Bad toys"... More »

20th, October 2014 Reviews

Bedfordshire Dad Scared Of Ebola Sends Daughter To School In Goggles And Mask

OTHER parents presents Jon O'Brien, of Turvey, Bedfordshire, who is "insisting" his 13-year-old daughter wears a face mask to Sharnbrook Upper School... More »

20th, October 2014 Strange But True

Dogging Paddle: Kent Rotary Club President In Swimmers Not Swingers Charity Swim

"SHE burst out laughing as soon as she saw it and said 'Dad, that's what they call a gimp suit!' So recalls David Cavel, 71, president of Whitstable Rotary Club, who thought he was buying a merman costume... More »

20th, October 2014 Strange But True

Girlfriend Stabs Lover Who Threatened To Stab Himself

TO Huntsville, Alabama, where Michelle McCrae is listening to her lover tell her how he's going to cut himself. He's got a pocketknife... More »

19th, October 2014 Reviews

Ebola: CDC Issues Flawed Advice As Dead Bodies Vanish From Liberia's Streets

The US reels... More »

19th, October 2014 In Pictures

Photographer Places Superheroes And Star Wars By Leading Figures In History

Storm Troopers guard Chairman Mao's body, Darth Vader is at Yalta with Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin... More »

19th, October 2014 Reviews

Hong Kong: The Taking Of Mong Kok In Photos

They didn't stand a chance... More »

19th, October 2014 Liverpool 2

Liverpool's Raheem Sterling Rubs Salt Into QPR's Wounds With Instagram Message

SO. How did Liverpool's Raheem Sterling mark his return to QPR in today's Premier League match?.. More »

19th, October 2014 In Pictures

From The Street: The Art Of Turning Everyday Rubbish Into Moments In Time

Tom Pfannerstill's From the Street makes art look like litter, which might be artful. One day musuems will be full of perfectly formed bottles, packets and jars humanity once bought. They will show how the items were sold. They won't show what happened once they left the store, were used and used up... More »

19th, October 2014 Sports

Don't Sully Football With Ched Evans' Depravity

Anorak could not care what car he drives. But what about his clothes? Apparently, many readers are keen to look like Ched Evans and his lover Natasha Massey... More »

19th, October 2014 Reviews

Snotty @hawkeandco Mock Their Customers On Social Media: Epic Fail

WHEN brands are jerks to their customers on public social networks, you get this... More »

19th, October 2014 Fashion

Christmas Jumper-orama: The Hideous Gremlins And Fargo Sweats

Cancel grandma's knitting needles... More »

19th, October 2014 Reviews

Bratislav Stojanovic Lives In A Grave (Photos)

Underground homesick blues... More »

19th, October 2014 Liverpool

Transfer Balls: Liverpool Keep Raheem Sterling From Real Madrid, Who Don't Want Him

TRANSFER Balls: Is Raheem Sterling leaving Liverpool for Real Madrid?... More »

19th, October 2014 Sports

'Role Model' Ched Evans Is A Rapist But At Least He's Not Racist

DAVID Walsh writes about Ched Evens in the Sunday Times. Ched Evans is the footballer who is also a convicted rapist whose become a talking point. Newly released from prison, the Sun reported that Evans has been offered £5,000 a week to return to Sheffield United's team... More »

19th, October 2014 Reviews

Dying Staffordshire Man Told By 999: 'Call Back If You Fall Unconscious'

AT the inquest into the death of Mark Hemmings, 41, the court heard that he had called 999 for an ambulance... More »