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14th, February 2013 Sports 1

The Jedburgh Hand Ba game: in photos

Uppers and downers on the Scottish borders... More »

14th, February 2013 Celebrities

Is Micky Flanagan going to come and spoil TV Burp?

TV BURP was one of the finest things on television, with Harry Hill and his team managing to make one of the silliest, funniest and most surreal tea-time telly shows in history... More »

14th, February 2013 Reviews

Man tried to have sex with ambulance in Barnstaple, Devon

To Barnstaple, Devon, where old hippies got to die. Calum Ward, 25, is in the dock at North Devon Magistrates' Court... More »

14th, February 2013 Technology

83 per cent of radiologists can't see a gorilla in this CT scan

Can you see the gorilla? CBS news reports that 83 per cent of radiologists didn't see the beast... More »

14th, February 2013 Reviews

Horse meat scandal: Yorkshire Abattoir took Grand National fallers

Some horses fatally hurt in the Aintree Grand National might have been taken to Peter Boddy Slaughterhouse, Todmorden, West Yorkshire... More »

14th, February 2013 Reviews

Pope Benedict XVI was a Catholic: Daily Mirror shocker!

Shocking news in the Daily Mirror on Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger... More »

14th, February 2013 Reviews 4

Pssst! Want to see what Jon Venables looks like now?

Of dear... More »

14th, February 2013 Sports

Oscar Pistorius ‘murder’: Wayne Rooney is dripping in blood for Nike

With Oscar Pistorius under arrest for the alleged murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, might Coleen Rooney and Nike be wondering about another advert?... More »

14th, February 2013 Celebrities

Pregnant Evan Rachel Wood slams the Daily Mail for perving at her unborn baby

The Daily Mail is aghast and dismayed at the behaviour of Chi magazine in publishing pictures of pregnant Kate Middleton... More »

14th, February 2013 Sports 1

Oscar Pistorius 'murder': The Nike bullet ad is removed

Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympian, has been charged with the Valentine’s Day murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp... More »

14th, February 2013 Sports

Frank Lecerf teaches Romain Grosjean how to drive a Renault at speed without crashing

Lecerf's car wanted to go Belgium. Quickly. His adapted Renault Laguna stuck at 125mph.... More »

14th, February 2013 Reviews

Christopher Dorner's online manifesto in full

The killer's plot.... More »

14th, February 2013 Flashback 3

1948: The great horse meat scandal

Black market "veal"! More »

14th, February 2013 Celebrities

John Galliano dresses like a schlocky Nazi

The convicted anti-semite who declared his love for all things Hitler (it's zer shorts - to die fur) was spotted heading to Oscar de la Renta's show at New York Fashion Week yesterday... More »

14th, February 2013 Gifs 2

Close calls - 10 great Gifs of epic near misses

Nice dodge, dude... More »

14th, February 2013 Flashback 1

September 21, 1979: The Clash rock New York's The Palladium

This was the night when Paul Simonon smashed his guitar into the stage at the end of White Riot, the show's last song. Pennie Smith captured the moment that would form the cover shot of the epic London Calling... More »

14th, February 2013 Key Posts

I got a Christopher Dorner tattoo: Media turned a killer into a folk hero (Raoul Moat is dead)

Dorner allegedly murdered three people, one a policeman - one Monica Quan, an unarmed woman related to a cop... More »

13th, February 2013 Celebrities

Mick Jagger in his silver swimmers, by Francesco Scavullo

Silver hot pants at the beach.... More »

13th, February 2013 Celebrities 1

How Ted Nugent dodged the draft: he 'bleeds red, white, blue and liberty' because others do the fighting

You fight for your country. Sometimes. Here's what Nugent told High Times magazine in 1977... More »

13th, February 2013 Money

Consumerism, Eh? The £7,000 mobile phone

It's not up to date in the technology, runs an old version of Android, won't connect to the latest networks and is, given the chips etc, rather slow. But it's still £7,000. Why?... More »

13th, February 2013 TV & Radio

Did Jeremy Paxman bully University Challenge contestant? Tom Tyszczuk Smith's mummy defends her 'shy' boy

The BBC received 44 complaints. On Twitter @scott_ruminates tweeted: “Why not just spit in his face, Paxman – really show your disgust?”... More »

13th, February 2013 Royal Family

Kate Middleton's bikini: Quentin Letts says Chi magazine is Cheap - Daily Mail is cheaper

Does the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts read his own paper? ... More »

13th, February 2013 Sports

Real Madrid v Manchester United: Ronaldo and Van Persie most likely to score when other team tires

Gamblers gearing up for Real Madrid v Manchester United in the Champions' League, listen up... More »

13th, February 2013 Reviews 1

Automated Guardian comment generator

With my youngest at violin lessons twice a week and the oldest getting really into her aquarels at the moment, do I really have time to get involved in the local community?... More »

13th, February 2013 Money

Is Microsoft's Excel the most dangerous software in the world?

So there's good evidence that using the software badly can lose a lot of money. But that's not all folks, that's not all at all... More »