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16th, April 2014 Reviews

Local News Watch: Transgender Former Soldier Appeals For Stolen Corsets

Roxanne, 65, tells the News Shopper: "What gets me is she said she never wears suspender belts or things like that so why did she take them?"... More »

16th, April 2014 Music

Hail Mary! Hail Mary! Sing Along At Lent To The Hour of Our Death

ANROAK'S favourite Christian rocker William Tapley, aka the Third Eagle of the Apocalypse, has a song for Lent... More »

16th, April 2014 Reviews

Swindon Council Fights Fish Crime By Removing All The Fish From The Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal

IN a bid to stop fishing, or poaching as the officials call it, on the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal in Swindon, Swindon Borough Council has removed the fish, all 1,098kg (2,421lb) of the stuff... More »

16th, April 2014 Money

How Does Regulating Plastic Bags Stop Germany From Invading France?

IT was Sr. Barroso who told us, in a piece in The Times, that the aim and purpose of the European Union was to stop Germany from invading France. Again. So, every action of that European Union needs to be looked at in this light... More »

16th, April 2014 Reviews

London Woman Suffers 'Smoke Inhalation' When e-Cigarette Explodes

E-CIGARETTES not only make you look like a pillock and a wimp, but they are no good for you... More »

16th, April 2014 Reviews 1

Massive Asian Hornets Are Going To Kill Us All

KEVIN SCHOFIELD, Chief Political Correspondent of the Sun has news from the hives of power: VICIOUS Asian hornets three times the size of normal wasps are making their way to Britain, a chilling report warns... More »

16th, April 2014 Flashback 7

10 TV Shows That Time Forgot

WITH every fall season in the US comes another batch of TV shows doomed to failure. The history of American television is littered with roadkill – most of which we have collectively forgotten. Well, no longer. I have personally scooped up the scattered remains of nine TV shows to share with you. It won't be pleasant, but you can feel good that it's all in the name of historical preservation... More »

15th, April 2014 In Pictures

Penitents Of The "La Vera Cruz" Brotherhood Take Part During a Holy Week Procession in Cordoba

There be wizards... More »

15th, April 2014 Sports

Manchester City Balls: Daily Mail Creates The Weakest Back Page Story Ever

IN the race to produce a new story on every leading club every day of the week, the Daily Mail does not flinch. Today, the paper of record leads with news that Manuel Pellegrini has visited a cashpoint machine. More »

15th, April 2014 Film 3

Through a Glass Darkly: 5 Horror Films and TV Episodes about Mirrors

THE painter Pablo Picasso once asked who can see the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter. Popular horror films and television programs have long highlighted all three possibilities, but focused most intently, perhaps, on the mirror... More »

15th, April 2014 Celebrities

James Corden Says Something Truly Incredible About People At The Brits

FEEL free, at any point during this article, to tut to yourself "Cuh! Including yourself are we, Corden?" James Corden has hit out at some of the "horrible" people who attended the Brit Awards while he was doing a very thorough job hosting the dreadful ceremony... More »

15th, April 2014 Film

The New Noah Is Looking A Bit White - And There's A Weird Reason For That

European artists painted Jesus as a white guy and everyone cleverly ignored the fact that he would have at least been olive-skinned, or even darker. He definitely wasn't some white guy with fair hair and a neat beard who looked like he might be the road manager for Creedence Clearwater Revival.... More »

15th, April 2014 Money 2

Would You Use Facebook As A Bank? Because They'll Be Asking You Soon

IT looks like Facebook is going to open itself up as something of a bank. Why not, they've a billion users already and that could make them the largest bank in the world by a long way if they can pull it off. They're starting over here in Europe too... More »

15th, April 2014 Reviews

Doctors Successfully Create And Implant Working Lab-Grown Vaginas For Women (And Men)

PSST! Want to buy a vagina? Four women born with an underdeveloped or absent vagina have been living with artificial ones for the past four years. The women hd Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome(MRKH).... More »

15th, April 2014 Key Posts

10 Terrible Easter Treats From Your Christian Childhood

EASTER is upon us. How will you celebrate? Chocolate and sweet treats are traditional methods. Let's take a look at some of the best Easter sweets for Jesus:... More »

15th, April 2014 Money 1

Airbnb Home Share Is A Boom To Prostitution

YOU may or may not know what Airbnb is. It's a system whereby people can rent out their homes, or an extra bedroom, for a couple of days or a week or whatever. And therefore it's also a website where you can rent a room in a town for a week or a night or two or whatever.... More »

15th, April 2014 Strange But True

Saudi Arabians Go Loopy For The Penguin Dance

You'll p-p-p-pick it up.... More »

15th, April 2014 Fashion

Vintage Footwear Adverts Unlaced

LADIES – no need to fight. There are shoes aplenty in this article, so there are more than enough for the both of you. Here is a cornucopia of retro footwear adverts that should keep everyone satisfied for a while. .. More »

15th, April 2014 Flashback

Hillsborough In Photos: A Lone Liverpool Fan Sits On The Broken Terraces

Hillsborough In photos.... More »

14th, April 2014 In Pictures

Photos of The New Banksy Artwork By GCHQ, Cheltenham

THIS is the new graffiti work, suspected of being a Banksy, which appeared on the side of a house on Fairview Road adjacent to St. Anne's Terrace, Cheltenham... More »

14th, April 2014 Reviews

Boeing Dreamliner: US Air Tweeted This Photo Of A Woman With A Toy Plane In Her 'Lady Hanger'

THE Boeing 787 Dreamliner also did sound a bit like a tampon. Maybe that explains why, US Airways reacted to a woman who complained of a bad flight with a photo of a woman with a model of a Boeing 777 in her vagina?.. More »

14th, April 2014 Sports

Someone Has Made A Great Video Of The US Masters As Crazy Golf

WE love crazy Golf. But we don't much like sensible golf. YouTuber Simon Connor has found a way to make sensible golf crazier... More »

14th, April 2014 Reviews

Britain's Biggest Hero Lives In Stonegate And Ticket Inspectors Spread TB In Cattle

THE biggest fare dodger in railway history is Our Hero. Every work day for five years Our Hero travelled from his home in Stonegate to London's Canon Street station. He worked out that if he swiped an Oyster card at Canon Street but not at Stonegate, East Sussex, the machine undercharged him... More »

14th, April 2014 Strange But True

Who is Ann Arbor's Mystery Slide Pooper?

It's all swings and roundabouts... More »

14th, April 2014 Strange But True

Meet Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene of Australia

MEET Mary Magdalene, Jesus Christ's girlfriend. Mary lives in Australia. She is "somewhat known historically but largely unknown". She hangs out with Jesus, known locally as AJ... More »