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15th, May 2013 Money

This is how those sods at the BBC are dodging all their taxes

So, you're a PAYE employee. You get paid: you pay income tax and national insurance on your whack. But after about £40k, you're only paying 1 or 2 % NI. Plus income tax of course... More »

15th, May 2013 TV & Radio

Weatherman gets unfortunate case of the hiccups on air

Tremendous applause must be given to David for almost managing to control the myoclonic jerk of the diaphragm, and by god, it must've been embarrassing and irritating all at the same time... More »

15th, May 2013 Music

Brazil greets Paul McCartney with a plague of grasshoppers in his face

Being a Beatle isn't easy. When you're trying to do a show, you're met by most gussets and a wall of screams. However, in Brazil, they like to do things a bit more Biblical... More »

15th, May 2013 Money 1

The entirely insane new tax in France on smartphones, laptops, TVs and tablets

THE French have decided it would be a good idea to tax all the smartphones, TVs, tablets and the rest in order to subsidise the creation of French movies n' stuff that people can watch on their smartphones, tablets and TVs... More »

15th, May 2013 Celebrities

Which actress is unrecognisable without her bangs?

Without her fringe, she's certainly less 'adorkable', as people on the internet say... More »

15th, May 2013 Celebrities

Zoe Saldana will hire a female nanny

So, how androgynous are you? More »

15th, May 2013 Money

Hurrah! Britain is the world's best at manufacturing something!

Isn't this just wonderful?.. More »

15th, May 2013 Celebrities

HSBC selfishly fail to lock Bill Oddie inside their HQ

When we heard that Bill Oddie, had been evicted from HSBC’s London headquarters while making a film about the bank’s ties to loggers in the state of Sarawak in Borneo we wailed. Why didn't they lock him inside?... More »

15th, May 2013 Reviews 2

Oxford sex gang: Yet again police ignored poor white girls who complained of sex abuse

Joanna Simons is the head of Oxfordshire County Council. She says members of her staff “take enormous responsibility for what’s happened”. She has refused to resign... More »

15th, May 2013 Strange But True

Honeymooner arrested for soliciting prostitute

To the Omni Hotel in Champions Gate, then, for his first extra-martial assignation. Maybe he can pick up some tips to pleasure his lover with? More »

14th, May 2013 Reviews

How Britain sizzled and froze on the same day in the Daily Express

Finger licked. Finger raised... More »

14th, May 2013 Film

Disney give Brave's Merida the make-over - let's pull her to pieces

All hail the new Disney Princess, a fairy-nosed, thick-haired, thin - THIN! - big-eyed cartoon of dreamy perfection... More »

14th, May 2013 Celebrities 2

Angelina Jolie rejected cancer from her body

"I am rejecting cancer from my body," she said. "My breasts had become no more to me than a site for my cancer. They were of no more use to me."... More »

14th, May 2013 Film

Great car driving music with a film car chase montage (video)

Put this on the CD and try sticking to 30mph... More »

14th, May 2013 Key Posts 2

As a Syrian rebel is filmed cutting out a soldier’s heart we wonder who the hell the Free Syrian Army are?

Who are Syria's Freedom fighters? And should we back them? The internet is alive with a video of a Syrian rebel cutting out the heart and liver of a Government soldier. Having removed the organs the rebel looks as if he is about to eat them... More »

14th, May 2013 Reviews 1

Stuart Hazell escapes a life sentence for murdering Tia Sharp

He got credit for telling the truth... More »

14th, May 2013 Strange But True

Drunk son passed out on mother breaking her hip and pinning her to floor for hours

You been drinking, son..? More »

14th, May 2013 The Consumer 2

eBay item of the day: the Concorde disaster in pastels

He's captured the flames well... More »

14th, May 2013 In Pictures

People of McDonald's - 15 photos

Meanwhile...in Micky D's... More »

14th, May 2013 Celebrities

Peter Andre: My Life - Peter Meets Nick Clegg and Mr Kuntawala

"Impossible. There' no such word. Because if you break it down what does it mean? 'I'm possible'. And it's true. It's so true." More »

14th, May 2013 Strange But True

Swaziland bans witches from flying above 150m

“A witch on a broomstick should not fly above the (150m) limit” ... More »

14th, May 2013 Key Posts

ObamaGate: How Obama became Tricky Dicky Nixon

"What did they know and when did they know it, and what did people in the White House do to cover it up?” More »

13th, May 2013 Fashion

Ahmed Angel might be the world's greatest male model (epic photos)

He has the look... More »

13th, May 2013 Key Posts

11 photos that explain Ireland to the world

This is Ireland... More »

13th, May 2013 Reviews

Julian Assange explains why he's standing for the Australian Senate

"I don’t want to underestimate the difficulties of being in this situation..." More »