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28th, September 2013 Strange But True

Saudi Sheikh says women who drive suffer from a 'rolled up pelvis' and stupid children

Enlightened man of the day is Sheikh Salah al-Luhaydan, a self-billed psychologist... More »

28th, September 2013 Sports

In photos: Chelsea's Fernando Torres and Tottenham Hotspur's Jan Vertonghen having words

He gets right up my nose... More »

28th, September 2013 Flashback

Hey Lulu: The stoned and brilliant performance that saw Jimi Hendrix banned from the BBC

On January 4, 1969 Jimi Hendrix appeared on Happening for Lulu. Sharing the bill with Pan's People, Badfinger and Johnny Harris, Hendrix and his Experience would perform a duet with the Shout singer at the BBC's London studios... More »

28th, September 2013 Liverpool

Liverpool Watch: Mignolet's coffee politics, Suarez's baby and Reina's long, long goodbye

A look at the Reds in the news... More »

28th, September 2013 manchester united

Manchester United Watch: Januzaj stays, Lingard shines, Vidic stars and Moyes picks his team on Fifa 2014

Manchester United watch... More »

28th, September 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal Watch: Owen says only Ozil is any good, Ramsay is the world's best player and Wenger stays forever

A round-up of Arsenal news... More »

28th, September 2013 Reviews

Samantha Lewthwaite: the Irish and British girl who turned from an 'angel' to the devil

Lewthwaite wasn't always known as The White Widow... More »

28th, September 2013 Celebrities

Snakes on a Payne: One Direction fans spew venom in Adelaide

This week the lads were in Adelaide, Australia. Behind the hotel was an area marked "SNAKE HABITAT". That's where some of their fans camped in the hope of seeing their heroes... More »

27th, September 2013 Sports 5

Willian signed contract with Spurs before opting for his 'dream' move to Chelsea

What price loyalty...? More »

27th, September 2013 Reviews

How tabloids work: the Daily Mail's Scotland Yard Super Recognisers scoop

Define never... More »

27th, September 2013 Reviews

Benefits winners' Maggie and Gavin Flisher's four-bedroom Maidstone home keeps tabloid writers in muck

What are we supposed to make of Maggie and Gavin Flisher and their six children?... More »

27th, September 2013 Sports

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho speaks at length about not wanting to talk about Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas

Jose Mourinho says he's not interested in what his Spurs counterpart Andre Villas-Boas has to say about him... More »

27th, September 2013 Reviews

Wonderful art: Kyaik-Hti-Yoe (the Golden Rock) pagoda in Myanmar

Making art from the every day... More »

27th, September 2013 Celebrities

Celebrity gif of the day: Nicholas Cage wants to dance

Bite the lip...and take a trip... More »

27th, September 2013 Reviews

Mothers are all swear-filled monsters: kids repeat the most horrible things (video)

Jimmy Kimmel, having heard about sweary moms, decided to test this out and sent a camera crew out to ask America's children about the worst words their mothers have used when they're angry... More »

27th, September 2013 In Pictures 1

Project Unbreakable looks at the words attackers used as they attacked women and men

Bravery... More »

27th, September 2013 Reviews

Larry 'Romeo' Busby will pay you to find him a non-fat, non-black, non-slut female to marry

Larry Busby, 38, is looking for a girlfriend who must not be black, short-haired, jobless, fat or a slut... More »

27th, September 2013 Money

Glory Be! Ed Miliband has brought back price controls

Miliband has rather stunned the business world with his announcement that if Labour's elected next time they're going to bring back price controls... More »

27th, September 2013 Sports

Was the World Cup in Qatar 2022 the worst idea ever?

ince the successful bid, there have been allegations of bribery with Fifa opening an internal inquiry into the matter.. More »

27th, September 2013 Sports

Manchester United great Alex Ferguson tipped for Republic of Ireland manger's job

Well, what do you make of that? ... More »

27th, September 2013 TV & Radio

What if Breaking Bad was made in the UK?

What if... More »

27th, September 2013 Technology 4

Finally: proof that Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA V) turns good kids into criminals

For too long we've been bombarded with stories that computer games create violent crime... More »

27th, September 2013 Reviews

Samantha Lewthwaite: it's like Robert Murat and Chris Jeffries never happened

If Lewthwaite is ever proven to be not-guilty of whatever crimes she has been linked to, she'll be in for the kind of payment that makes monies paid to media monsters Robert Murat and Chris Jeffries look paltry... More »

27th, September 2013 Sports 1

Liverpool admit to smoking the same stuff as Arsenal over Luis Suarez

Liverpool in harmony... More »

27th, September 2013 Gifs

Great Gifs: Humming Bird don't do queuing

That's bullying, that is... More »