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30th, October 2013 Reviews

Rebekah Brooks Phone Hacking Trial In Photos

And they're off... More »

30th, October 2013 Celebrities

Kent's Edenbridge Bonfire Society Sets Fire To Katie Hopkins

But will she burn? More »

30th, October 2013 Flashback

Flashback: Little Lord Franklin Delano Roosevelt And Budgy Ride His Pet Donkey In A Short Skirt

five months, Franklin was put into short skirts, "as he liked to kick and feel free to move about..." More »

30th, October 2013 Fashion

Arsenal And Liverpool Players Top List Of 7 Awful Premier League Haircuts

Hair don'ts... More »

30th, October 2013 Flashback

How To Spot Despotism Using The Respect And Power Scales

Is your country moving towards despotism... More »

30th, October 2013 Fashion

6 Crucial Dos And Don'ts Of Men's Fashion

Do. Don't. Pay attention... More »

30th, October 2013 Flashback

The Rumble In The Jungle: The Story Of Muhammad Ali And George Foreman's Epic Fight In Photos

ON Oct. 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, to regain his world heavyweight title. The WBA/WBC championship boxing match was dubbed 'Rumble in the Jungle... More »

30th, October 2013 Flashback

October 30: On This Day Father Jerzy Popieluszko Is Found Murdered By Poland's Secret Police

Popieluszko, a charismatic priest, was tortured and killed in 1984 by communist Poland's secret police for supporting Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement.... More »

30th, October 2013 manchester united

Manchester United: Wilfried Zaha Learns What He Knew Two Years Ago

It's a learning curve at Old Trafford... More »

30th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Death By Tractor

What Portuguese police believe... More »

30th, October 2013 Flashback

In 1976 Margaret Hamilton Terrified The Children Of Sesame Street

Hey, kids, ready to be scared? Sesame Street thought so... More »

30th, October 2013 Flashback 2

Footballers Forever Associated With Certain Items Of Food

And with these words, Mark ‘Sniffer’ Bosnich achieves membership of the exclusive Footballers Forever Associated With Certain Items Of Food Club... More »

30th, October 2013 Celebrities 2

Katie Price: Jordan Posts Fantastic Photo Of Harvey

Katie Price thought it a good idea to post this picture of her current beau and some of her kids... More »

30th, October 2013 Technology

31p Will Make Your iPhone Able To Read Your Emotions

Yes it really will. And yes that raises all the privacy issues you think it does. More »

30th, October 2013 Music

Ear Worm Music: When You Can’t Get That Song Out Of Your Head

You know when you can't get a song out of your head... More »

30th, October 2013 Strange But True

Help! There's A Drunk Man Asleep On My Horse

Photo of the day: A 26-year-old man was found sleeping on a woman's horse in Landsberg, Germany... More »

30th, October 2013 Reviews 2

Scottish Teacher Tells Class Hitler 'Wasn't All Bad'

Kids want to leant about the future, men like Simon Cowell, Nigel Farage and Justin Bieber. They're not interested in yesterday's men, like Stalin, Pol Pot, Dave Lee Travis and Duran Duran... More »

30th, October 2013 Strange But True

Pit Bull Bites Off Owner's Testicles

Meanwhile...in a flat in Milan... More »

30th, October 2013 Royal Family

Princess Diana Dresses As Virgin Mary To Become Kate's Nutritionist

After the epic front-page screamer, the news of how Princess Diana's ghost told Kate Middleton: "You're too thin!"... More »

29th, October 2013 Reviews

Giant Beach Ball and Fallen Wind Turbines Highlight Perils Of Global Waming In Devon and London

No laughing...too hard... More »

29th, October 2013 Royal Family

Princess Diana's Ghost Tells Kate: 'You're Too Thin'

The Daily Star has a scoop... More »

29th, October 2013 Film

Star Wars Blooper Reel Turns Op Online

Originally released by Lucasfilm editor JW Rinzler for this summer's Comic-Con, the footage features Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Alec Guinness and some Stormtroopers that will make you titter... More »

29th, October 2013 In Pictures

Funeral Selfies Actually Exist - The Worst

And - hey - it's what grandpa would have wanted... More »

29th, October 2013 In Pictures

Hanks Grocery Store In Twisp, Washington Is Number One For Stuffed Animals

Hanks Grocery Store has a wonderful display of dead flesh.The family operated story in Twisp , Washington, features creatures killed by Hank Konrad, your host... More »

29th, October 2013 Technology

Brit Arrested For “Pwning” US Government, Tripped Up By Named Paypal Account…

British hacker defaced US government sites and stole the details of FBI agents, but the left-wing activist got tripped up by using his own name in a payment. More »