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12th, March 2013 Flashback 2

The mystery of Liverpool's Williamson Tunnels: digging to Armageddon

What is the point of the tunnels that lie beneath Liverpool's Edge Hill area? Do they need one? Is just being there enough?... More »

12th, March 2013 Reviews 1

Russian bus driver nicknamed 'The Punisher' for ramming into cars [VIDEO]

One Russian bus driver has got an answer for this bozos and talks to them in a language bad drivers understand - equally dangerous driving... More »

12th, March 2013 Technology 3

British researchers find signs of extraterrestrial life on meteor

Don't worry. The simple organisms from the great beyond are going to invade and tell us what to do. It will be okay... More »

12th, March 2013 Reviews

Vatican's gay sauna awaits results of Papal conclave

Has all this talk of sex and 'inappropriate behaviour' been pumped out by Vatican rivals to discredit their opponents in the race for the papacy?... More »

12th, March 2013 Strange But True

Man gets stuck between walls on way home (photos)

How well do you know your area? Can you find your own way home?... More »

12th, March 2013 Reviews

Beach goers form human chain to save boy from drowning (video)

To Napier, New Zealand, where Josh McQuiod, 12, has been swept into the sea at Marine Parade. He's been in the water for eight minutes... More »

12th, March 2013 In Pictures 1

Bad Parenting - 10 epic fails

One day, we'll produce a text book, the anti-Dr Spock guide to parenting... More »

11th, March 2013 Reviews

Sergei Magnitsky: trial of dead man delayed in Moscow

A sick show... More »

11th, March 2013 Celebrities

Kim Kardashian injects her face with blood

Life & Style reports that she's been having a Vampire Facelift... More »

11th, March 2013 Celebrities

Jennifer Love Hewitt would sell her breasts for $5million

Love Hewitt is talking to USA Today about her precious 36C bosoms... More »

11th, March 2013 Sports

Liverpool season tickets for 2013-14 are good value at twice the price (just add Rafa)

You need to buy success in the Premier League. And Liverpool FC are coming for your money. Next year's season tickets at Anfield are up to 9% on this year... More »

11th, March 2013 Politicians

Chris Huhne tells his wife he understands her as Vicky Pryce laughs her way to prison

The judge said Huhne had "fallen from a great height". But he still managed to sound lofty as he told reporters... More »

11th, March 2013 Celebrities

James Franco and Little Oz Franco are working the room

James Franco and his Oz doll are on the Walk of Fame, reading books and being at large... More »

11th, March 2013 Sports

Oscar Pistorius turns to prayer and suicide

Oscar Pistorius is contemplating suicide. He is a "broken man". He is "on the verge of suicide"... More »

11th, March 2013 Strange But True

Teacher lets toddlers drink her blood

The teacher in Sola poured out a blood sample onto a plate for children aged between three and six... More »

11th, March 2013 Money

Newspaper Shocker! Daily Mail Actually Helps Someone!

It was so bad that the Mail actually got some of its money experts to go through whatever it was they were doing and see what the mistake was.... More »

11th, March 2013 Photojournalism 1

Underwater Project: photos of people fighting nature

Their faces contort, their muscles tighten in reaction to the struggle for power with the ocean.... More »

11th, March 2013 In Pictures

You can never wear too much make-up

...You can only have too little face: More »

11th, March 2013 Politicians

Julia Gillard's creepy good luck message to tabloid The Sydney Morning Herald

The relationship between the powerful and the media them is tight in Australia... More »

11th, March 2013 Strange But True

Matt Whelan, Britian's most tattooed man, will live on as a paint pot

"People who do what I do treat their body like a temple."... More »

11th, March 2013 Reviews 2

Pupils not allowed on Welsh bus without proof of believing in Jesus: no Muslims, Jews and Jedis allowed

This ruling will require students to provide a letter from a priest or another form of "suitable evidence of adherence to the faith of the school"... More »

11th, March 2013 Sports 1

POV footage of a bad fall whilst ice climbing

Ever fallen down a wall of ice-covered rock? ... More »

11th, March 2013 Key Posts

The Sun says it saved Paul Gascoigne's life - what utter bollocks

Today, the Sun leads with news that Gazza was saved by a plea from Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager for whom the footballer never played... More »

11th, March 2013 Reviews

Saudi Arabia runs out of swordsmen to execute prisoners

SITUATIONS Vacant: the Saudi Government is running low on swordsmen employed to execute the guilty... More »

11th, March 2013 The Consumer

Asda sells chicken curry without the chicken

Dareen Ford is unhappy that his Asda sold him a chicken curry withut the chicken... More »