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5th, September 2014 Arsenal 2

Transfer Balls: Arsenal And Manchester United Make Top Secret Moves For Barcelona's Marco Reus

TRANSFER Balls: Is Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus heading to Arsenal to Manchester United? Or what about Barcelona, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid?... More »

5th, September 2014 Sports 1

Leicester City Balls: Cambiasso And Upson Are Team's Best Players This Season

FOOTBALL Balls looks at Arash Hekmat's work for the Daily Mirror. He wants to praise Leicester City... More »

5th, September 2014 Books

Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile - Blame The Parents

Savile is the subejct of Dan Davies's book Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile. The man known in his lifetime as Sir Jimmy has now buried in muck and filth. Savile never was arrested, charged nor tried in his lifetime... More »

5th, September 2014 Key Posts

The Letters of Wilf Turnbull and Derek Philpott (Best Of)

WILF Turnbull and Derk Philpott are two pensioners living in Bournemouth, Dorset. They "write to popstars about their song lyrics, and they often reply."... More »

5th, September 2014 TV & Radio

TV Fail: Susanna Reid Asks Dan Stevens If He 'Beats Off Lots Of Men'

How did you get the job More »

5th, September 2014 manchester united

Manchester United Balls: The Worst Daily Mail Article Ever

ON the subject of Manchester United's loan deal for Monaco's Radamel Falcao, the Daily Mail's Jeff Powell is luminous with rage... More »

5th, September 2014 Celebrities

Paul Ross: How To Snort Drugs Off Another Man's Face

The Daily Mail's Jennifer Newton creates a sentence that is tabloid gold... More »

5th, September 2014 Reviews 1

Britain's Jihadis Are Agents Of The British Government - Others Just Want To Come Home

THE Times says: "Dozens of British jihadists have become so disillusioned with fighting in Syria that they have contacted the UK begging to come home.".. More »

5th, September 2014 Celebrities

Joan Rivers Found Dead On George Clooney's Face

Clooney is bereft... More »

5th, September 2014 Reviews

Was Edmonton Great Grandmother Palmira Silva Murdered By A Black Muslim Or A Crazed Man Called 'Fat Nick'?

THE woman "beheaded" in her Edmondon garden has been identified as Palmira Silva. She was 82. She is a white widow and great-grandmother. Her alleged killer is 25... More »

5th, September 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: You'll Never Believe Who Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool, Chelsea, Yeovil And Manchester United Didn't Bid For

Utter balls... More »

5th, September 2014 Celebrities

A Wonderful Painting of Joan Rivers By 'Hieronymous Bosch'

OUR pal Erin created this Painting of Joan Rivers if she had been painted by Hieronymous Bosch... More »

4th, September 2014 Celebrities

Joan Rivers (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014)

Just one clip doesn't do her justice. She was the funniest.... More »

4th, September 2014 Strange But True

This Dinosaur Poo Is 40 Inches Long

This truly spectacular specimen is possibly the longest example of coprolite - fossilized dinosaur feces - ever to be offered at auction... More »

4th, September 2014 Reviews 1

Manchester United Balls: A £60m Bid For Paul Pogba Sees Off Miserly Chelsea And Real Madrid

AND on it goes. The Summer Tranfer Season is over but the rumour mill keeps on churning... More »

4th, September 2014 Reviews 1

Cat Hater Beheads Woman In North London: Let The Speculation Commence

NEWS that a woman was beheaded in Edmonton, north London, is not linked to any form of terrorism. Got that? Yes, it must have bene terrifying but it wasn't a beheading linked to any trcognised terrorist group. Probably... More »

4th, September 2014 Reviews

Browse Yale's 170,000 Photographs Of The Great Depression (1935-1946)

YALE Universtity has published an archive of 170,000 photographs recording the Great Depression (1935 - 1946)... More »

4th, September 2014 In Pictures

The Fantasy Work Of A Taxidermist On The Edge

TAXIDERMY is the chance for the living to recapture life in the dead. Enrique Gomez De Molina goes a stop futher... More »

4th, September 2014 Reviews

Ashya King: The 'CANCER FAMILY HELL' The Media Stoked

THE Daily Mirror continues to lead with Ashya King, the five-year-old boy with a brain tumour... More »

4th, September 2014 Strange But True

Mug Shot: Eye Shadow Thief Glam Up For The Camera

TO Arkansas, where Brandy Allen, 31, is under arrest on a charge of theft... More »

4th, September 2014 Reviews

Reuters Report Into Journalism: BBC Should 'Adapt To Buzzfeed In Order To Survive'

WHAT next for the BBC? The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has reported on developing editorial standards for journalism - “Accuracy, Independence and Impartiality: How legacy media and digital natives approach standards in the digital age”... More »

4th, September 2014 Reviews

Local News Watch: It's All Kicking Off In Surrey

Local news at its finest... More »

4th, September 2014 Celebrities

Game Of Thrones: Croatian Chruch Bans Naked Cersei Lannister From Enterting A Church

NO need to hack Jennifer Lawrence or Rihanna's iCloud accounts to find naked photos of them - just wait for casting central to offer them a job in Game of Thrones.... More »

4th, September 2014 Sports

Harry Redknapp Says England Should Play Leyton Orient

LAST night England defeated the mighty Norway 1-0 at a half-empty Wembley. It was dire. But... More »

4th, September 2014 Sports

Newcastle United Balls: PSG 's New Line of Crisps Features A ‘Yohan Kebab’ Flavour

NEWCASTLE United marketing department hang your heads in shame. PSG have luanched a new line of crisps and snacks with an actual ‘Yohan Kebab’ flavour, named in honour of former Magpie Yohan Cabaye... More »