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7th, June 2013 Celebrities

How to pull Christina Hendricks: drink lots of Scotch

How PR works... More »

7th, June 2013 Reviews

Car sex couple run into woman calling the police on them

To Indianapolis, where a 20-year-old has reported a couple for having sex in a GMC SUV in the Super 8 motel car park... More »

7th, June 2013 Gifs

Dogs owners – these 40 Gifs are for you

For the dog owners and dog lovers... More »

7th, June 2013 Strange But True

Naked man arrested proposing to 'girlfriend' who had no idea who he was

To Florida, where Thomas Edwards Jr. tells Casselberry police why he was "completely naked" his clothes on a worried resident's porch... More »

7th, June 2013 Money

On the front line at the Bilderberg Group summit - Watford (photos)

The Bilderberg Group summit has rolled into Watford. The annual meeting of royalty, politicians, billionaire investors, banking and corporate CEOs, policy-makers and media moguls from all over the world is in Elton John's hometown... More »

6th, June 2013 Flashback

Sesame Street presents a Samuel Beckett parody, 'Waiting for Elmo'

“A modern masterpiece, a play so modern and so brilliant that it makes absolutely no sense to anybody” - Alastair Cookie... More »

6th, June 2013 Reviews

The story of the Mau Mau uprising and the battle for compensation from their British torturers

The British Government will pay Mau Mau £13.9m compensation to Kenyans tortured by their colonial rulers during the the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s... More »

6th, June 2013 Reviews

Hampshire police seek 'Justin Bieber' flashers

“Both boys are white, aged between 14 and 15 and spoke with local accents. The first is about 4ft 2in tall and thin, with a round face and short light brown hair in the new Justin Bieber style..." More »

6th, June 2013 Reviews

Brighton train racist: bigots now wearing high visibility jackets (video)

British Transport Police are investigating.... More »

6th, June 2013 Flashback

Photo: the first ever Sesame Street Cast (when Oscar was orange)

TV has rarely gotten better than this.... More »

6th, June 2013 In Pictures

Cat owners - these 10 things are for you

Cat owners will understand... More »

6th, June 2013 Celebrities

Paris Jackson Privacy Watch: today LaToya Jackson asks for privacy

Recording the instances of Jacksons asking for privacy... More »

6th, June 2013 Strange But True

Man who placed brown pube in his curry to avoid paying jailed

Lee Tyers was recorded by a camera spicing his curry with his public hairs... More »

6th, June 2013 Celebrities

AEG didn't think they'd need to vet Conrad Murray for Michael Jackson

But who is to blame for his death? Paul Gongaware, the executive of AEG Live, took the witness stand and denied the accusation that suggested the company failed to do background check on Conrad Murray... More »

6th, June 2013 Money

London's Green Belt is simply a subsidy to land owners

Yes, yes, I know, it's absolutely lovely that people can't build over Surrey and Sussex and Hampshire: not that anyone would care of they did Essex... More »

6th, June 2013 Strange But True

Cow gets head stuck in toilet

The curious cows... More »

6th, June 2013 Strange But True

Woman invents this vengeful game to dump cheating boyfriend!

I even invented a neat game," said the lady, revealing that she'd left boxes of his stuff in locations related to key moments in their relationship... More »

6th, June 2013 Sports

Wayne Rooney: Manchester United striker is called Mr Potato in crisps advert

Potato faces... More »

6th, June 2013 Reviews

Cheerios advert brings out the racists

Most people wouldn't even notice that the family are interracial, but the racists did. And they don't like it one bit.... More »

6th, June 2013 Celebrities

Karl Lagerfeld wants to marry his cat

This from the man who once said: "I didn't play with other children."... More »

6th, June 2013 Key Posts 5

Taksim Square protest: photos of horrendous Turkish police brutality

Horrendous brutality. And we do nothing... More »

6th, June 2013 Reviews

Man uses cigarette to burn 3-year-old boy who shot him with a water pistol

Nutcase... More »

6th, June 2013 Reviews

Dog poo postage scheme wins ad agency award

Burgers on the council of Brunete, Spain, agree that a turd in the post is rarely wanted. They've been posting dog poos back to the dog's owners in boxes marked 'Lost Property'.... More »

6th, June 2013 In Pictures

They had it coming - 12 photos of what might be karma

They really did have it coming... More »

6th, June 2013 The Consumer

Is Asda selling carrots to Welsh Morons?

No comma... More »