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17th, June 2013 Celebrities 1

Nigella Lawson sexism row: Nick Griffin is 'nowhere near as attractive as he thinks he is'

With the Celebrity Police Force investigating, Charles Saatchi tells one and all that the photos of him apparently holding his wife Nigella Lawson's throat were part of a "playful' tiff"... More »

17th, June 2013 Celebrities

Derek Acorah cancels gig thanks to "unforeseen ­circumstances"

Acorah, and his terrifying Hollywood teeth, were due to perform at Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline, Fife, on June 8th... More »

17th, June 2013 Sports 5

The Daily (Gareth) Bale: Spurs star leaves his heart in Paris and creates Arsenal love logo

The Sun leads with new that Gareth Bale is trying to trademark his goal celebration, the one where he dements his fingers into a heart shape... More »

17th, June 2013 In Pictures

The best and worst newspaper apologies and corrections ever

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17th, June 2013 Strange But True

'Thieves' pose with stolen credit card in these photo booth pictures

Teenagers suspected of using woman's missing credit card posed with it in photo booth pictures... More »

17th, June 2013 TV & Radio

German farmers collect straw bales in the style of Wernher von Braun (video)

In this video, we catch up with the descendants of Wernher von Braun (“He aimed at the stars but sometimes he hit London”) now working as rocketeer farmers in the German lands... More »

17th, June 2013 Strange But True

The Squirrel Kings: photos of squirrels fused together by pine tree sap

What happened was that the six squirrels were welded together by the sap of the pine tree they were nesting in... More »

17th, June 2013 Reviews

Daughter decapitated father who raped her - daughter-in-laws chopped off his hands

In Papua New Guinea an 18-year-old decapitated her father. He'd raped her. She chopped his head off with a bush knife... More »

17th, June 2013 Celebrities 1

Nigella Lawson choke: celebrity police force probe the 'Expoder in the bag' mystery

The Celebrity Police Force has been summoned to hang out with Nigella Lawson and her husband Charles Saatchi... More »

16th, June 2013 The Consumer

The PartyFowl Diaper Harness for full-grown pet Ducks, Geese, Chickens, and other Poultry

Finally! More »

16th, June 2013 Fashion

Hipsters who dress like Jackie from Roseanne - the best of

Fashion... More »

16th, June 2013 Sports 4

Gareth Bale: 'stupid' Spurs star signs for Manchester City

The Daily Bale: Anorak's look at the Tottenham player in the news... More »

15th, June 2013 Reviews

Nigella Lawson in alleged fight with husband Charles Saatchi - Sunday People conveys full horror with a pun

The Sunday Mirror tells its readers of an alleged incident outside Scott’s in London’s Mayfair... More »

15th, June 2013 Madeleine McCann 3

Madeleine McCann: The Met takes over

Sunday Express (front page): "Police hint at New Maddie Breakthrough"... More »

15th, June 2013 The Consumer

The work of Lego artist Nathan Sawaya in 17 photos

It is “the world’s biggest and most elaborate display of LEGO art ever and will feature brand-new, never-before-seen pieces". If you can make a living from the toys of your youth, you've done something right... More »

15th, June 2013 Reviews

The Wizard of Oz goes punk at the small anti-G8 protest in Belfast (Photos)

In Belfast, anti-G8 protestors have been demonstrating against fracking, bombing, arresting imprisoning and capitalism. How many were on the march?... More »

15th, June 2013 Reviews

‘Going to Santorini': Carine Patry Hoskins and David Sherborne in Leveson earn 'n' tell

Carine Patry Hoskins earned £218,606 for her work on the Leveson Inquiry into media standards. She was fact checking. Only, Hoskins began a relationships with barrister David Sherborne, who represented phone hacking victims... More »

15th, June 2013 Reviews

G8 protestors erect this huge mural at Free Derry Corner

All change in Northern Ireland. The Free Derry Corner today now sports an anti-G8 mural... More »

15th, June 2013 Sports

Gareth Bale to reunite with Luka Modric at Spurs or Real Madrid

Anorak's daily looks at the life of Tottenham star Gareth Bale in the news... More »

15th, June 2013 In Pictures

Paper Street Signs - the best lamp post lols

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14th, June 2013 In Pictures 3

Only in Scotland - 16 reasons to love the Scots (Lols)

Only in Scotland... More »

14th, June 2013 Politicians 1

In photos: the many faces of acting David Cameron at the G8 Innovation Summit

Does it help to be an actor if you want to be Prime Minister?... More »

14th, June 2013 Reviews

School suspends seven-year-old boy for biting pastry into a gun

Are schools failing boys? Joshua Welch was suspended from Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, for fashioning his snack into a pistol... More »

14th, June 2013 The Consumer

Fast food rebels hail the Wendy's worker who drank the vanilla frosty straight from the teet

This follows the KFC worker in Tennessee who was seen getting off with a tub of mashed potato potato... More »

14th, June 2013 Key Posts 3

Edward Snowden: the best views on the spook who grassed up Obama

We've picked out the best opinions on the news that America is watching us... More »