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8th, October 2013 Technology

Calculator testing: Morrisons v WHSmith v Canon - an unpacking masterclass

Everything you never thought you needed to know about unpacking a calculator.... More »

8th, October 2013 Reviews

Over 40% of Americans don't know Carbon Dioxide warms the planet

The Pew Research Center wanted to establish how much American adults know about science... More »

8th, October 2013 Sports 2

Harry Redknapp says he has no grudge against nasty Spurs and those untrustworthy, clueless FA fools

Define grudge... More »

8th, October 2013 Sports

When Harry Redknapp used £30,000 of Arsenal legend Paul Merson's cash as a box

Redknapp’s new book, “My Top, Top, T'riffic Autobiography”, is being serialised in the Daily Mail this week and today’s excerpt is a corker... More »

8th, October 2013 Sports

Chelsea: Jose Mourinho bring his signature scent to the masses

Smell that? Jose Mourinho does. The Chelsea manager says he can “smell” various phases of football matches including when a goal is about to be scored.... More »

8th, October 2013 Key Posts 1

Agents of S.H.I.E.LD is terrific - watch it while Simon Cowell licks his eyeballs

My name is Mic Wright and I am an addict. I am unrepentant. I was born to be a telly critic but sadly telly isn’t what it used to be... This is Mic Wright's Remotely Furious. More »

8th, October 2013 In Pictures

The best notes about your neighbour's loud, bad music

Your bass speakers are amazing but... More »

8th, October 2013 Strange But True

Groom made bomb hoax call after failing to book wedding venue

When Neil McArdle realised he'd made a mess of booking Liverpool Register Office, he called St George's Hall which houses the venue... More »

8th, October 2013 Reviews

Are you a lady driver? Careful of your ovaries in Saudi Arabia

Women drivers come in for a lot of flack, mainly because they accidentally inspired that awful Sheila's Wheels advert. However, someone more deserving of the mockery is Saudi cleric, Sheikh Saleh al-Luhaydan... More »

8th, October 2013 Reviews 9

Tommy Robinson is not the first EDL member to join Quilliam

Tommy Robinson has quit the English Defence League to join the Quilliam Foundation. Who are they? More »

8th, October 2013 Strange But True

Who did a poo down an Aberdeen man's chimney?

Who dunnit? More »

8th, October 2013 Politicians 1

Tommy Robinson has left he EDL to join anti-extremism group

The BBC reports that English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson has left the group. More »

8th, October 2013 TV & Radio

Only in Scotland: Scotland's loudest tap (featuring Lulu and Mel Gibson's Brave Heart)

Hear that roar.... More »

8th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann stars in the least surprising tabloid headline ever

Ever since Madeleine McCann went missing, we've been kept up to date with the story's key points... More »

7th, October 2013 Royal Family

Buckingham Palace hosts its first football match: photos

Today Buckingham Palace hosted a football match... More »

7th, October 2013 Sports

Real Madrid's official complaint letter to Spurs about Bale's transfer

How's life in Madrid..? More »

7th, October 2013 Strange But True 1

Fear of flying meant boy took 16 months to get from Abu Dhabi to Somerset

Joe Thompson, 12, took 16 months to fly from the Abu Dhabi to his native Weston-super-Mare, in Somerset... More »

7th, October 2013 TV & Radio

Conlangs: looking at the language of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Avatar and Star Trek

How invented are the languages you heard in Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Game of Throne and Star Trek? More »

7th, October 2013 In Pictures

This Charming Charlie - the best of The Smiths Peanuts mash-up

The Doctor is in... More »

7th, October 2013 Celebrities

Morrissey loves This Charming Charlie: Peanuts does The Smiths

He's "delighted and flattered" by reworkings of the Snoopy-starring comic strips that feature lyrics by his former band The Smiths... More »

7th, October 2013 manchester united

Manchester United's Adnan Januzaj to earn £140,000 a week

How much? More »

7th, October 2013 Sports

Jamie Redknapp on Shteeve McClaren: 'In this age everyone wants a foreign accent in the dug-out'

"In this age everyone wants a foreign accent in the dug-out, Steve McClaren deserves another chance..." More »

7th, October 2013 Sports 2

Spurs: report says AVB gave West Ham no credit - but he did

When is not credit "total credit"...? More »

7th, October 2013 Reviews

The 'Daily Mail Hates Britain' protest in photos

Did you go to the anti-Daily Mail protest?... More »

7th, October 2013 Reviews

Samantha Lewthwaite: no link to al-Qaeda chief Abu Anas nor Westgate mall massacre

A look at the wanted Briton in the news... More »