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Manchester United: Moyes claims credit for Adnan Januzaj and says all Manchester City fans dream of playing for United

Is Manchester United's 18-year-old legend -in-the-making Adnan Januzaj English?... More »

5th, October 2013 Reviews

Herman Wallace RIP: the Black Panther tortured by the US for 41 years

Maybe Herman Wallace can find peace in death... More »

5th, October 2013 Music

Desire Dubounet sings My Way (crying)

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5th, October 2013 manchester united

Manchester United: Januzaj give Moyes the genius that Mark Robbins moment at Sunderland

.Was it easy for Moyes' marvels? More »

5th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: police think she was stolen by burglars who took nothing else

Anorak's look at the missing child in the news... More »

5th, October 2013 Books 4

Hansi The Girl Who Loved The Swastika - the full comic

"Hitler is picking students for special training in Nazi school... Yayyyy"... More »

5th, October 2013 Reviews

Halloween is a 'slap in God's face' says Christian cartoonist Jack Chick

Do you hate Halloween? Jack Chick hates Halloween. He brings us the Devil's Night, a comic strip to chill... More »

5th, October 2013 Sports

The sound of a man being hit on the head by Keegan Bradley's golf ball

Donk! More »

5th, October 2013 Sports

Manchester City v Everton: The controversial penalty that wasn't

The match reports were filed. The media went home. But how different are the views offered to readers of the teams' respective local newspapers? let's see in Local News Match... More »

5th, October 2013 Music

Miley Cyrus and Sinead O'Connor bury the hatchet and perform this duet

It was all a put up job, a PR-inspired row to foment interest in the Miley Cyrus and Sinead O'Connor duet? No. Course not... More »

5th, October 2013 Sports

Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers look-alike parks his Porsche at single woman's home

Thanks to Lord Leveson's report on the media, footballer kiss 'n' tells have been thinner than Victoria Beckham's smile. But today the Sun makes a fist at one... More »

5th, October 2013 Reviews

Samantha Lewthwaite is victim of white widow phobia and turns women into hawks

Anorak's look at the wanted British woman in the news... More »

5th, October 2013 Fashion

The history of the mini skirt in 14 photos: Volume 1

When Mary Quant began to sell short skirts at her London shop Bazaar in 1964, she named them the Mini after her favourite car. The Sixties were in full Swing. All the cool kids wanted one... More »

5th, October 2013 Strange But True

Burglar caught by DNA on the poo her left behind

To Oklahoma City , where burglar Charles Marqull Williams, 20, is at the Oklahoma County District Court... More »

4th, October 2013 Celebrities 3

The Internet catches Scarlett Johansson on a dolphin after she falls over (photos)

The Internet has you ScarJo... More »

4th, October 2013 Fashion

A guide to Acceptable and Unacceptable facial hair

The Nut Smudge is spot on... More »

4th, October 2013 Reviews

Dear Daily Mail editor: Mehdi Hasan's letter asking Paul Dacre for a job

Dear Mr Dacre, My name is Mehdi Hasan and I’m the New Statesman’s senior political editor. My good friend Peter Oborne suggested I drop you a line as I’m very keen to write for the Daily Mail... More »

4th, October 2013 Film

Watch Manchester United legend Eric Cantona play The Stallion in erotic French comedy Les Rencontres d’après Minuit

After mucking about playing himself and “a man at a bar” in the likes of Looking for Eric and Jack Says over the years, Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has finally landed the role he was born to play!... More »

4th, October 2013 Film

Project Drive-In: Possibly pointless renaissance for American drive-ins

Ferrell tweeted #SaveTheDriveIn on Sept. 27, the day after the ABC News affiliate in Knoxville, Tennessee reported that a nearby drive-in would be closing down because Hollywood no longer puts movies out on 35mm film... More »

4th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: A Crimewatch appeal, living in 'purgatory' and the criminal never carried a phone

Anorak's at-a-glance look at the missing child in the news... More »

4th, October 2013 Flashback

Smoking footballers photos: Revie's Leeds United, Bolton's Lofthouse, Norwich City and Manchester United give Bobby Charlton a cigarette case

A quick look some who took a puffed... More »

4th, October 2013 Sports

Arsenal: smoking Jack Wilshere employs the Ozil defence - it was for a bet

Arsenal star and English football's great white hope Jack Wilshere has been pictured smoking what looks like a humble cigarette... More »

4th, October 2013 Flashback

The Associated Press Guide to News Coverage in Vietnam (1963)

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4th, October 2013 Strange But True

Lover attempts to send phone by carrier pigeon to jailed boyfriend

To Brazil, where Cristielli Mansa, 21, used a pigeon to transport a mobile phone to her lover, Wagner Machado Rodrigues, 19, who had been imprisoned for drug trafficking... More »

4th, October 2013 Reviews

Ten year old dressed as Hitler banned from Staffordshire school's World War 2 day

William Ghassemi, 10, is dressed as Hitler for Dosthill Community Primary school's World War 2 Day ... More »