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5th, June 2014 Celebrities

Susan Boyle Gives Great Face At The West Lothian Highland Games and British Pipe Band Championship

SUSAN Boyle was at the West Lothian Highland Games and British Pipe Band Championship. For those of you unable to attend (I said FOR THOSE Of YOU UNABLE TO ATTEND - try taking the wads of cotton wool out of your ears) , here's Boyle in fine form... More »

5th, June 2014 Sports 1

The 2014 Ardbeg Peat Football Championship in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

1970s football... More »

5th, June 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Remy Joins Hulk At Arsenal As Chelsea And Spurs Twiddle Their Thumbs

TRANSFER Balls: Is Loic Remy still a QPR player?... More »

5th, June 2014 Strange But True

Teenager Jailed For Having Big Gonads And Teeth

TOMAS has large genitals and decent teeth. Tomas is 13. And those two physical attributes are enough for Russian courts to judge him old enough to be held legally accountable for his actions.... More »

5th, June 2014 Strange But True

Police Find 40 Bags Of Heroin In Man's Belly Button

DRUGS. You can hide contraband pretty much anywhere. But eyebrows have been raised by police in Greenville, North Carolina, who found drugs hidden inside Randall Streeter belly button... More »

5th, June 2014 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Bones, April Jones And A Pit

MADELEINE McCann: A look at the missing child in the news. The child renamed 'Our Maddie, by the media is back on the front pages. Has anything been found on the dig in Praia da Luz?... More »

5th, June 2014 Celebrities

Joey Essex Solves Britain's Skills Shortage In Sunderland

IS there nothing celebrity cannot improve? The Sunderland Echo says Joey Essex is heading to the city to help with education and jobs... More »

5th, June 2014 Fashion 13

Seeing Red In The 1970s: A Decade's Fixation With The Colour Of Death, Fear And Regret

JUST imagine for a moment what living in a room like this would do to your psyche. It’s like your entire field of view is awash with ketchup. This is the opposite of Feng Shui... this is Fen Shite... Today we’re taking a quick look at Red in the Seventies. Not just in décor, but the whole strange crimson enchilada... More »

5th, June 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal Hijack Fabregas' Chelsea Medical With £5m Add On

TRANSFER Balls brings you today's update from the Daily Fabregas. Today the Sun leads with the news that the Barcelona players is wanted by...Arsenal... More »

4th, June 2014 manchester united

Transfer Balls: Manchester United Will Buy Kevin Strootman When Old Trafford Freezes Over

TRANSFER Balls: A quick look at Manchester United and Kevin Strootman... More »

4th, June 2014 Fashion

9 Cool People Who Love To Wear Converse (And 3 Who Don't)

The shoes... More »

4th, June 2014 Money

Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen: The Sexual Assault Prevention Officer 'Who Was A Pimp'

THIS looks like a nice little piece of multi-tasking. There was a non-commissioned officer in the US Army who was tasked with making sure that the number of sexual assaults was kept to the minimum possible (obviously, preferably none). And he decided to do this by asking some of the more hard up female soldiers whether they'd like to do a bit of escort work, a bit of prostitution, on the side... More »

4th, June 2014 Liverpool

World Cup Balls: Liverpool's Steven Gerrard Troubled By Hodgson's Dad Dance

WORLD CUP Balls spots England training in Miami. Liverpool's Steven Gerrard is being treated to a dose of Roy Hodgson’s tactical nous… More »

4th, June 2014 Reviews

Lake Annecy Murders: A Former French Legionnaire Commits Suicide

A 50-year-old former French Legionnaire questioned over the murders of Sylvain Mollier and three members of the al-Hilli family from Surrey is dead... More »

4th, June 2014 Flashback

Tiananmen Square Massacre: Prelude To A Massacre In 55 Photos

ON June 4 1989, The Chinese army massacred hundreds of his countrymen in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Before the State mass murdered those who wanted change, the Square had been the site of a peaceful protest by people calling for democracy. The State called it "social chaos". It said it would do whatever was needed to stop the protest. .. More »

4th, June 2014 Reviews 1

Bowe Bergdahl: Obama Only Wanted The Glory

Obama made it all about him... More »

4th, June 2014 Chelsea

Transfer Balls: Eden Hazard Agrees to Stay At Chelsea If They Give Him His Favourite Number

TRANSFER Balls: The summer so far with Chelsea's Eden Hazard... More »

4th, June 2014 Celebrities 1

Rihanna's Perfume Banned For Coming With A Free Bear Trap

THE billboard advertising a new perfume from Rihanna has been banned for being too sexy. The ban makes you want to see it. And her it is. Rihanna is leaning back with her feet rested against a massive bottle of light pinky-brown stuff called ROGUE... More »

4th, June 2014 Strange But True

LIFE Imitates Jackass: Woman Assaulted Sister-in-Law WIth A Catfish

To Lufkin, Texas, where police are investigating a family dispute.... More »

4th, June 2014 Books

Fictitious Dishes: 16 Meals From Famous Novels Made Real

Brilliant photos of meals from beloved books, from Alice in Wonderland to The Great Gatsby... More »

4th, June 2014 Chelsea

Transfer Balls: Manchester United Target Fabregas Signs For Chelsea Who Hate Him

TRANSFER Balls presents the Daily Fabregas. Is the former Arsenal captain set to leave Barcelona? Let's se what the experts have been saying in today's newspapers... More »

3rd, June 2014 Reviews 2

The Hideous Story Of The Liverpool Man Eaten By His Neighbours' Status Dog

Clifford Clarke, 79, was cooking a meal in his Liverpool home. He opened the back door to let in some fresh air. Outside was a dog. Charlie was not his. The Presa Canario cross-breed had escaped from the garden of his neighbours Hayley Sulley, 30, and 29-year-old Della Woods. Charlie was one of the couple's three dogs. All big dogs. All status dogs.... More »

3rd, June 2014 Reviews 2

Bowe Bergdahl: What Really Happened?

PRESIDENT Obama looks weak. Doesn't he? He's ordered the release of five Afghan militants from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for American soldier Bowe Bergdahl.... More »

3rd, June 2014 In Pictures

Madeleine McCann: Tito, Muzzy And The Big Dig To The Story's End In Photos

Is the story of the decade edging towards closure? The world doesn't need another Mary Celeste. We all want an end to the story... More »

3rd, June 2014 The Consumer

Vacant Property: Is This London's Worst Studio Flat?

ROPERTY of the day is in London's Islington zone... More »