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28th, May 2014 Flashback 5

Soda Can Devolution: From Elegantly Simple To Eyeball Assault

IT'S RARE for a product’s logo or package design to stay constant over the years. More often than not, they get a makeover every few years to keep up with the tastes of the times... More »

28th, May 2014 Sports

Southampton Balls: Murat Yakin Admires You For Admiring Murat Yakin

Smug much..? More »

27th, May 2014 Music

AKB48: Japanese Girlgroup Attacked With A Saw

And so, to Japan, where two members of hugely popular Japanese pop group AKB48 were left hospitalised after a fan attacked them with a saw... More »

27th, May 2014 Sports

Spurs Balls: Mauricio Pochettino Totally Looks Like This Naked Male Model

The Emperor's new clothes... More »

27th, May 2014 Celebrities

Hunter S Thompson's Daily Diet Regime: Chivas, Dunhill, Cocaine

I see your five a day and raise you... How much do you have? More »

27th, May 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Manchester United And Arsenal Make Fabregas Hungry

More balls... More »

27th, May 2014 Reviews

Daily Star And Express Weather Watch: The Wettest Six Week Heatwave On Record

CAN the Daily Star's weather forecasts be relied on? Yes, They can be relied on to be wrong... More »

27th, May 2014 Money 2

Monstrously Stupid Recycling Laws Fine People Who Waste Less

SO, we think there should be less stuff wasted. Sounds like a plan: so, therefore we will fine people who waste less. This is, well, this is monstrously stupid, isn't it? But it is what the European Union is going to do to Britain. We now waste less paper and glass than we used to. Therefore we are going to be fined. More »

27th, May 2014 Flashback

Vinyl Visions: The Joys Of Record Collecting From 1931 To The Future

VINYL records have been cheering people up ever since RCA Victor released the first long-player in 1931... More »

27th, May 2014 Flashback 1

Your Official Guide To 1970s CB Slang

THE INTERNET has created its own slang, saturated with efficient abbreviations and a constantly evolving jargon that only insiders know. As novel as this seems, just a few decades ago there was another trendy lingo sprung from a new technology: CB Slang... More »

26th, May 2014 Arsenal

Arsenal Balls: It's 25 Years Ago Since The Catharsis At Anfield (And I Was There. Were You?)

Oh, what a night... More »

26th, May 2014 In Pictures

The Most Painful Looking Photos From The 2014 Cooper's Hill Cheese Roll

THEY came in their hundreds to chase after a big double rolling Double Gloucester cheese in the Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill race near Brockworth, Gloucestershire... More »

26th, May 2014 Politicians

You Won't Believe The Filthy Tsarist Muck Putin Serves Journalists

With chips..? More »

26th, May 2014 Strange But True

Local News Watch: Bexleyheath Man Stops Wrong Bus

TO Bexleyheath, south east London, where a man has missed the bus. He ran into the road and stood in front of it. The drive called the police. They arrived and gave our hero 20 seconds to move. Or else... More »

26th, May 2014 Books 1

It’s A Bird! It’s A Dame! It’s Your Illustrated Guide To Supergirl!

WITH so many Marvel and DC movies coming out, it may be time to brush up on your comic book heroes and heroines, and there’s no better place to start than Supergirl. Although a Supergirl movie has only been rumored, this chick from Krypton deserves some attention... More »

26th, May 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal Buy Benzema On A Wenger Whisper

THE Daily Star's Colin Harvey says "Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger drops MASSIVE hint about imminent Karim Benzema bid"... More »

26th, May 2014 Flashback 1

In 1985 The Press Association Presented The Future of Journalism

Reporters of the future... More »

25th, May 2014 Fashion

Mods, Rockers, Teds, Irish, Skinheads, Pikeys, Blacks And Jews: The People Banned From Anywhere Decent People Gather

And in the spirit of the holiday season, we pay tribute to all those who have found themselves at the wrong end of the freedom to exercise a policy of selective admission. Some serious, some, less so, but all the focus of heated controversy.... More »

25th, May 2014 manchester united

Transfer Balls: Schweinsteiger Becomes Manchester United's Fourth Bayern Munich Capture

HOT on the heels of Mike McGrath's scoop that Bayern Munich were keen to sell Arjen Robben to Manchester United (no, they're not), comes today's Sun sensation... More »

25th, May 2014 Celebrities

Katie Price: Kieran Hayler On Horsing Around With Jane Pountney's Hatchback

KATIE Price's third husband, Kieran 'Loud' Hayler tells Sun readers that he had sex with his wife's "best pal" in her stables... More »

24th, May 2014 Reviews

Toni Christina Jenkins V Devin Barnes: Waitress Sued For Abusing Customer Who Called Her A Nigger

LET'S play Spot The Victim. This story is bade din the USA, so things will get complicated. In September 2013, Toni Christina Jenkins was working tables a Tennessee's Red Lobster... More »

24th, May 2014 Politicians 1

Nigel Farage: Friend To The Mentally Ill Of Essex But Not Newark

... the Tories know that they can only begin to push that message once the smoke raised by the European election result clears. This is where the Newark by-election – and Farage’s decision to sit it out – becomes interesting... More »

24th, May 2014 manchester united 1

Transfer Balls: Robben Follows Kroos To Manchester United On A Golden Turd

IT'S too early award the Golden Turd Cup for the most bullshit transfer story of the season. But the Daily Mail's Chris Wheeler is going to be a hard scribe to beat... More »

24th, May 2014 Flashback

QPR Fans Outside Loftus Road With Their Tickets For The Match Against Chelsea In 1970

QPR V Chelsea on February 15 1970... More »

24th, May 2014 Reviews

The Hunt For The Cheeki Rafiki: The Daily Mirror's Desperate Hunt For A Scoop

How many lifeboats? More »