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2nd, April 2013 Key Posts 13

David Miliband used Paolo Di Canio and left Sunderland with the better man

Fabio Di Canio has caused "outrage" at Sunderland. The Sun says "thousands of furious" Mackems are turning on the club. One Arsenal fan has already left for London... More »

1st, April 2013 Reviews 1

Plebs Beware: WPC Kelly Jones sues 999 caller for not warning her about a kerb

PC Kelly Jones, 33, might be hero.... More »

1st, April 2013 Reviews

Irony overload: Guardian Comment is Free writer calls online journalism consumers 'looters'

Not an April Fool... More »

1st, April 2013 Strange But True

Thomas Beatie: not man enough to marry; not man enough to divorce

Beatie, the 'pregnant man' can’t get a divorce... More »

1st, April 2013 Fashion

Soft Paris lingerie aims to destroy British feminism and crap on your lawn

Soft Paris is French knickers and undies company (that's lingerie - ed) aiming to teach the clueless, potato-sack-clad British woman how to dress for sex... More »

1st, April 2013 Reviews

Wind farms deliver an Exxon Valdez-sized massacre of birds every year

For the birds... More »

1st, April 2013 TV & Radio

It's Kevin: The Guardian's reviewer (whose married to the TV show's writer) says it's brilliant!

The Guardian's TV reviewer Julia Raeside is taking a look at BBC2 TV show It's Kevin, that's "burst" one our screens. Does she like it?... More »

1st, April 2013 Reviews

Jesus at Easter: The NYT says Heaven is not a place on Earth

The New York Times wants to correct a story on Pope Francis’ Easter... More »

1st, April 2013 Reviews

Jason Hackenwerth shows his pisces balloon sculpture at the Edinburgh International Science Festival

Hackenwerth turns latex balloons into works of art... More »

1st, April 2013 Reviews

Egypt helps Bassem Youssef 'establish some guidelines on freedom of expression'

Egypt’s most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style “Daily Show,” was released on bail Sunday... More »

1st, April 2013 Celebrities

Jon Hamm and his little Hammster hate being treated like actresses

"They're called privates for a reason..." More »

1st, April 2013 In Pictures

Prince Charles drinking beer on the job - a career in pictures

Lunch time 'o booze... More »

1st, April 2013 Sports

Kevin Ware suffers horrendous injury - TV camera keep rolling

Ware suffered an horrendous injury playing basketball. His leg broke in two places... More »

1st, April 2013 Reviews 1

British newspapers lead with incredible news - but which is the April Fool?

Daily Mail: Countess of Wessex's arse found! And other top news... More »

1st, April 2013 Strange But True

The Pinky And the Brain nursery welcomes you

Life mirrors The Animaniacs... More »

1st, April 2013 Key Posts

The 19 greatest Christian gifts

Yesterday's news of religious Easter eggs piqued our appetite for further Christian gifts with which to enhance our enjoyment of the holiday... More »

1st, April 2013 Celebrities 1

When Princess Diana played Golden Girl Dorothy, dodged a 'randy old Taurean' and went to the gay bar with Freddie Mercury

Kenny Everett's busty distraction Cleo Rocos has a book out. One section deals with the time Everett and Freddie Mercury put Princess Diana in drag and took her to a gay club... More »

1st, April 2013 Royal Family

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh are statues in Fifield, Berkshire

Faces of the day: Statues of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Fifield, Berkshire.... More »

1st, April 2013 Reviews

Divorce Court: Husband made wife sleep with snake - she urinated on his Church uniform

Divorce court Zimbabwe calls Venenciah Chatima and her husband Mutsvodi Makwini... More »

1st, April 2013 Reviews

Police scare thieves into surrender by barking like dogs

The police are barking in New Haven, Connecticut... More »

1st, April 2013 Key Posts 1

The best April Fools jokes of 2013

It's news to us... More »

31st, March 2013 Sports

Paulo Di Canio's Sunderland to play 11 far right wingers: David Milliband resigns

Forward with Paulo... More »

31st, March 2013 Reviews 1

Standing trial: Pre-teen Colville Schoolboys 'plotted to rape and murder' female classmate

One boy aged 10 and his 11-year-old friend are alleged to have plotted to rape and murder a classmate at Fort Colville Elementary School, Washington... More »

31st, March 2013 Sports

Villas-Boas's Spurs owe a debt of thanks to Sir Bobby Robson

So. That's Jose Mourinho and Villas-Boas who were helped by Robson. How many more?... More »

31st, March 2013 Reviews

Sign of the day: the bitter husband of Coalville, Leicestershire

"WOMAN YOU STRIPPED THIS HOUSE BARE. I PROVED YOU A LiAR IN COURT. YOUR GETTING ***K ALL"... More »