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19th, June 2014 Money

Better Hurry Down To The Supermarket With Your Rials And Bahts: The Foreign Change Scam

THE problem with machines is that they're just not as good as human beings at pattern recognition. This is true of humans looking at human faces as opposed to machines looking at them as it is of supermarket checkouts recognising coins... More »

19th, June 2014 Reviews

Justin Bieber Fans Torture Iggy Pop And The Dalai Lama And Karl Lagerfeld Are Baldy Beaten

AMNESTY International’s new campaign features a tortured Iggy Pop saying “The future of rock is Justin Bieber"... More »

19th, June 2014 Sports

Washington Redskins To Lose Their 'Racist' Name

THERE'S been a long debate about the name of the Washington Redskins' name. The NFL team are famously the redskins, but few outside of America have really considered the meaning... More »

18th, June 2014 Sports

Tiki-Taka Tara: Photos Of Spain's Chile World Cup 2014 Exit

THE first team to leave the 2014 World Cup is Spain, beaten by Holland and Chile... More »

18th, June 2014 manchester united

Manchester United Balls: Van Gaal Ignores 14-Times Man Of The Match Alexander Buttner

MANCHESTER United's Alexander Buttner is leaving the club? He explains why... More »

18th, June 2014 Money

No More Boob Jobs On The NHS!

Cosmetic surgery should not be paid for by the taxpayer, Jeremy Hunt said today in a clampdown on NHS spending... More »

18th, June 2014 Music

The Beatles Go Back To Mono: Or Are They Just Trolling?

YOU may not know it, but The Beatles split-up in 1969. Since then, they've released more albums than when they were actually together... More »

18th, June 2014 Flashback

German Prisoners Help French Wounded To Reach Rear Lines On Stretchers During The Great War

FLASHBACK to 16 June 1914... More »

18th, June 2014 Photojournalism

Face of the Day: Russians Holiday On The Crimea's Seized Beaches

WHAT did you do in the war, dad?... More »

18th, June 2014 Liverpool

Transfer Balls: Liverpool Make Adam Lallana And Lazar Markovic Their Number 1 Guys

TRANSFER Balls reserves a special place in the Hall of Balls for those football experts with a-shock-news-to-deadline who can contradict themselves. Today the honour is with the Mirror's Ben Burrows, who is talking about Liverpool and Southampton's Adam Lallana... More »

18th, June 2014 Strange But True

Man Becomes Human Pincushion After Slapping Porcupine He Thought WAs An Opossum

ANTONIO Rodrigues Mororó, 50, from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the Human Pincushion. His career as a sideshow freak began one night during a party at his home... More »

18th, June 2014 Celebrities

And Now For The Omni-Weather: Jeremy Paxman's 8 Best Newsnight Moments

Paxman became the best thing on Newsnight. He set its knowing, sneery tone. He'll be missed by many. So. Let's see his best 8 moments... More »

18th, June 2014 Strange But True

Villains Hold Up Gun And Booze Store With Fake Gun

THE GUN debate moves to El Cajon, California. It's 2:15pm. Hiram’s Guns & Spirits is open for business - because guns and booze are the perfect bedfellows... More »

18th, June 2014 Flashback

Epic Banners: Juventus Fans Taunt Liverpool: 'You Are More Ugly Than Camilla'

EPIC banners harks back to April 13, 2005... More »

17th, June 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal To Sign Gonzalo Higuain (Just Like They Did Last Year)

TRANSFER Balls: it's been a busy Press for Arsenal's search for a top striker. So far, the trusty mainstream Press has had Arsenal signing Carlos Vela, Loic Remy, looking at Hulk, Antoine Griezmann, Mari Mandzukic, Karim Benzema, and have bid for Mario Balotelli... More »

17th, June 2014 Music

For Sale: PERSONALISED ASTON JLS BIRTHDAY BADGES / FRIDGE MAGNETS / HANDBAG MIRRORS

JLS have gocen to the EU's Boyband silo. But you can keep the magick alive with your... ...PERSONALISED ASTON JLS BIRTHDAY BADGE /FRIDGE MAGNET/MIRRORS... More »

17th, June 2014 Key Posts 4

The 20 Greatest Codas In Popular Music: The Song Goes From Average To Anthem

This is a subject that desperately deserves a list (after all, isn’t that what the Internet is for?). So, here are 20 of the greatest. But let's be clear: we’re not talking about the quality of the entire song - I'm only looking at this last bit. Lastly, please point out any glaring omissions in the comment section. Enjoy... More »

17th, June 2014 Reviews

Transfer Balls: Arsenal Sign £30m Carlos Vela Let Let Him Go For £8m

TRANSFER Balls looks at Arsenal and Carlos Vela... More »

17th, June 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal Get Three Manchester United Players For Thomas Vermaelen

TRANSFER Balls: Having reported that Arsenal 'lifer' Thomas Vermaelen has committed his future to the Gunners and agreed to join Manchester United, the media looks for a new angle... More »

17th, June 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal Buy Mario Balotelli Without Ever Speaking To Him Or AC Milan

TRANSFER Balls: We begin with the Mirror's news on Mario Balotelli... More »

17th, June 2014 Liverpool

Hillsborough Joins The War On Free Speech And Bicholim: Chelsea Fan Sacked For Abusing Liverpool On Wikipedia

THE War on Free Speech looks at the story of the man who posted a message on Wikipedia. In "Revealed: How The Telegraph found the Hillsborough Wikipedia vandal"... More »

16th, June 2014 Reviews

Albania Could Be Haven For Cannabis Smoking Backpackers On A Really Low Budget

Last week, Albanian special forces raided the marijuana-growing village of Lazarat, south of the capital Tirana... More »

16th, June 2014 Flashback

A Telling Memo On British Newspapers For King George VI's 1939 Visit To The USA

The Daily Mail is for the working classes... More »

16th, June 2014 Technology 1

A Close Look At The Royal Navy's New Starburst Missile Warhead

Now. If we can find a moving vessel to land those helicopters on, we're in business.... More »

16th, June 2014 Music

Stephen Fry Can Sing? BBC Plan Own Toe-Curlingly Bad Version Of Brit Awards

Everything cool the BBC touches turns to something your mum might like.... More »