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13th, June 2013 Sports

Harry Redknapp forgets all about Portsmouth, Southampton and Spurs' Peter Crouch as he slams England's long-ball game

In "English football has to change. We don't know how to play - we just boot it up the pitch", Sun columnist and QPR manager Harry Redknapp looks at the state of the national game following the England Under 21 side's failure at the Under-21 Euros... More »

12th, June 2013 Music 1

Kanye West: 'I got the answers. I understand culture. I am the nucleus' and other self-deprecating funnies from his NY Times interview

"The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous. But I’ve put myself in a lot of places where a vain person wouldn’t put themselves in. Like what’s vanity about wearing a kilt?"... More »

12th, June 2013 Technology

The second greatest eBay advert ever: The Mercedes E320 Cd with boot big enough for 2 small or 1 big person

If you are looking for an immaculate, well maintained example of a Mercedes e320 CDI... you have come to the wrong place.... More »

12th, June 2013 Sports 1

Liverpool: Perpetual victim Luis Suarez will be playing Champions League football next season

Has the British press got it in for Liverpool's Luis Suárez. It looks a lot like the player wants to play for Real Madrid... More »

12th, June 2013 Money

The Glorious Bolivarian Socialist Revolution: country runs out of toilet paper

OK, so allowing half the banks to go bust in 2008 doesn't make neoliberalism look all that good, sure. But allowing a nation to run out of toilet paper is the sort of thing that only happens in Bolivarian socialism... More »

12th, June 2013 Film

Teacher suspended after showing 11 year-olds Saw

Apparently, Jean-Baptiste Clément told his students: "This will be your first horror film." It goes without saying that at least one pupil ended up at home looking distinctly unwell... More »

12th, June 2013 Celebrities

Paris Jackson: Sun agony aunt wants Michel Jackson's suicidal daughter kept out of public eye - Sun splashes her on front page

When news reached the Sun that Paris Jackson had tried to killer herself, the paper splashed the 15-year-old over its front page.... More »

12th, June 2013 Film

Behold! The honest Disney film posters

Christine Gritmon has created this set of “honest” Disney movie posters... More »

12th, June 2013 Money 3

We've probably got enough government now they're rationing chips

ire them, burn the building to the ground and plough the land with salt so they can never come back... More »

12th, June 2013 Reviews

Moonwalking pony in paternity battle

The Shetland pony who became famous in the ad has found himself embroiled in a paternity battle... More »

12th, June 2013 Flashback 4

In 1989 The Stone Roses Ian Brown and John Squire were interviewed by Music Box - it was brilliantly awful

The interviewer comes across like a therapist or headteacher talking to naughty teenagers. Brown smiles warmly... More »

12th, June 2013 Celebrities

Tamara Ecclestone marries Jay Rutland at the Cap Ferat campsite

Gild the cobbles and set the sun to 78 degrees over Cap Ferat. Tamara Eccelstone, 28, has found a new way to spunk her dad, billionaire F1 boss Bernie's piles of cash. She's getting married... More »

12th, June 2013 Reviews

World’s oldest man dies at 116: Creationists suspect foul play

The world's oldest man is dead. All hail the world's oldest man! More »

12th, June 2013 Celebrities

Pink Flamingo couple wear matching clothes for 35 years (photos)

LOVE is... Donald Featherstone and his wife Nancy have been wearing matching outfits for the past 35 years... More »

12th, June 2013 Reviews

Male train drivers decide skirts are answer to shorts ban

It is hard to know what to wear when the weather has been as hot as it has been. Going to work in sweltering heat is no fun, especially if you work on a stuffy train... More »

12th, June 2013 Books

A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting - the Shredded Wheat saga

Guy Delisle, a French Canadian, has written A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting. In this extract Delisle and his daughter chat about a box of Shredded Wheat... More »

12th, June 2013 Reviews

Nottinghamshire couple upset by uneven grass lengths

Couple return from holiday to find grass by their street cut to different lengths... More »

12th, June 2013 Sports 2

Spurs: Andre Villas-Boas takes Gareth Bale with him to PSG (say tabloids)

The Sun says that PSG missed out on former Chelsea boss Gus Hiddink so they are now chasing former Chelsea boss Villas-Boas. He would replace former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti, whose leaving PSG for Real Madrid... More »

12th, June 2013 Reviews

The Choir Boy Grooming Room and gym opens in Scotland

Why did Stephen Wilson name his garage gymnasium at East Calder, West Lothian, the Choir Boy Grooming Room?... More »

11th, June 2013 Reviews 3

Photos: Police smash Soho squat to ruin G8 protests

TODAY, hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers stormed a Soho squat to brak up a planned G8 protest.... More »

11th, June 2013 Sports 2

Robert Lewandowski snubs Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal for Bayern Munich

Transfer season: What news of Robert Lewandowski, the Borussia Dortmund star? Let's review the past 24 hours so-called news... More »

11th, June 2013 Politicians

Job done: Nick Griffin wants 'hate preachers' out of Britain - BNP leader heads to Syria

Nick Griffin, the monocular BNP leader, does read his own placards, and has responded to his own demands.... More »

11th, June 2013 Celebrities

Richard Blackwood's talented anus is a meme in 18 pictures

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11th, June 2013 Flashback

Photo: June 17, 1986 - Boy George appears in an episode of the A Team

The 1980s were great... More »

11th, June 2013 Celebrities

OK! sued over photo pretending a ramdon child was Jessica Simpson's newborn daughter

In OK!'s front-page story from April 16, 2012, Jessica Simpson "opens up about her beautiful girl". It's all illustrated by a picture of Simpson snuggling a baby. No. Not hers... More »