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5th, May 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: April Jones PR and Robert Murat wants a reconstruction

The sixth anniversary of her vanishing looms. The Express and Star lead with the McCanns... More »

5th, May 2013 Politicians 5

Nigel Evans: Deputy speakers arrest laced with whiff of homophobia

Mr Evans is the deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and the Conservative MP for Ribble Valley. He is accsued of raping two men in their 20s. So. How do you report the news?... More »

4th, May 2013 The Consumer

Churchtanks: Churches turned into weapons of mass destruction (photos)

Onward Christian soldiers... More »

4th, May 2013 Reviews

Niall Ferguson apologises for saying gays are dead ends with no futures

Gays are a dead end, says historian... More »

4th, May 2013 Sports

The Championship finale in photos: Hull gain, Barnsley survive, Wolves sink and Leicester's last gasp glory

The last day drama... More »

4th, May 2013 Sports

How much is promotion really worth to Hull City?

Hull City are up into the Premier League. How much is that worth, then?... More »

4th, May 2013 Celebrities

Jimmy Savile meets murdered Stuart Hall in Hell: Taiwan animation tells the story

Hall get the Taiwanese news treatment... More »

4th, May 2013 Politicians 1

David Cameron on UKIP and the BNP: we must respect racists who win votes

Cameron is for turning... More »

4th, May 2013 Celebrities

Hell toupee: Donald Trump lambasts John Stewart for revealing his birth name F*uckface Von Clownstick

Trump tweets: "I promise you that I'm much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz - I mean Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow." More »

4th, May 2013 Reviews

Shanghai butcher sold mink, rat and fox as lamb

Good news for the fur industry and possibly Tesco and Findus: the meat by-products taste like lamb... More »

4th, May 2013 Reviews 1

Prostitute stole boy client's piggy bank

The 14-year-old boy from Prospect Heights, Milwaukee, should never forget the prostitute he booked... More »

4th, May 2013 Reviews 1

Poll reveals how many Muslims support suicide bombing

This is intersting... More »

4th, May 2013 Film

Star Wars: The 1970s French disco dance-off between Darth Vader and C-3PO

1970s dancing... More »

4th, May 2013 Fashion

Primark boasted that it audited its factories before the Savar factory disaster

Primark, the highly profitable budget fashion retailer owned by Associated British Foods, has vowed to compensate loved ones of the 350 people killed when the Savar clothing factory collapsed in Dhaka,Bangladesh... More »

3rd, May 2013 Fashion 1

In 1977 Stars Wars characters and Vogue magazine models advertised the wonder of fur coats

Skin seems to ripple... More »

3rd, May 2013 Film

The 10 worst Star Wars adverts of all time

In which Chewbacca goes nutzoid for chicken of the sea... More »

3rd, May 2013 The Consumer

Epic adverts: Cullman liquidation of Alabama

Stain be gone... More »

3rd, May 2013 Celebrities 1

How Tom Cruise levitates (in photos)

Tom Cruise's life will one day be turned into made-for-TV biopic. It will be the world's first film produced from a worm-eye's perspective... More »

3rd, May 2013 Sports

God is a Wolves fan, Darth Vader loves Brighton and the Lord of all creation hates Peterborough

God v Darth... Game on! More »

3rd, May 2013 Sports 1

Luis Suarez's showreel - the alternative angle

The beautiful game... More »

3rd, May 2013 Reviews

Man calls 911 and asks for weed

Just say d'oh! More »

3rd, May 2013 Books

Zombie Thatcher - the book of Maggie in the afterlife

It was a time of heroes... More »

3rd, May 2013 Madeleine McCann 3

Madeleine McCann: six years of staring

Waiting for a conclusion... More »

3rd, May 2013 Reviews

No pizza for you: Antonio Benito bans Mayor Bloomberg from eating second slice of pizza

He meets his match... More »

3rd, May 2013 Sports 2

Tottenham's Gareth Bale needs to 'clean up his act' if he want to be like Liverpool's Luis Suarez

Some will say I’m biased... More »