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6th, January 2013 TV & Radio

Polar Bear tries to mate with BBC nature presenter (video)

In this video BBC nature watcher Gordon Buchanan dresses as polar bear and sits in a mobile "bombproof" ice cube to film polar bears... More »

6th, January 2013 TV & Radio

Downton Abbey characters become cats and dogs

Can dogs use cutlery... More »

5th, January 2013 Politicians

Carol singers black up for Angela Merkel's Epiphany

It's what Jesus would have wanted... More »

5th, January 2013 Politicians 1

Unionists flag behind anti-abortion and gays: more Belfast City hall trouble (photos)

The protests and demonstrations continue at the removal of the Union flag from the city hall. There has been more violence... More »

5th, January 2013 Politicians 1

Andy Burnham is the latest fool to wage war on salt and butter

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham wants to ban foods that contain what he considers too much salt, fat and sugar... More »

5th, January 2013 Reviews 3

Falklands Fake? Who were the Sun's 'furious Argies' seen burning Union flags in Buenos Aires?

"ANGRY Argies burn a British flag in Buenos Aires yesterday after The Sun warned: 'Hands off the Falklands'," reports the Sun beneath the front-page headline: "Burn us Aires." More »

5th, January 2013 Reviews

Face of the day: the London Zoo Annual Stocktake Barn Owl

Less mice. More owls... More »

5th, January 2013 The Consumer

Drunk and ranting Icelandair passenger tied to seat (photo)

On Icelandair flight from Iceland to JFK, the passengers and cabin crew reacted to a man who'd mainlined the free booze, attempted to throttle a woman and yelled about the plane crashing... More »

5th, January 2013 In Pictures

Malala Yousufzai - the story of Pakistan's heroine in photos

The Taliban shot 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai in the head on October 9 2012... More »

5th, January 2013 Strange But True

Twins arrested for fighting over whose turn it was for sex with girlfriend

Sharing is not always fun... More »

5th, January 2013 Politicians

Tory Chris Steward should donate his body to a food bank

Tory behaves like out-of-touch pillock - plus ca change... More »

4th, January 2013 The Consumer

Readers Digest won the Cold War for Ronald Reagan

"Reagan was a lifetime reader of the Digest..." More »

4th, January 2013 Reviews

Jewel robbers break into KFC by accident

What would you steal from a KFC? More »

4th, January 2013 TV & Radio

The Daily Mail is funnier than The Big Fat Quiz of the Year

The Daily Mail did not enjoy Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year. More »

4th, January 2013 Gifs

The greatest missed high five Gifs ever

Bring back the firm handshake.... More »

4th, January 2013 Celebrities

Hugh Hefner bequeath's Crystal Harris his rigamorist stiffened legacy

“She, you know, deserves it. She deserves to be my widow.”... More »

4th, January 2013 Money

China's stadium diplomacy - for when the pandas are dead

"From the copper mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the natural gas holdings of Turkmenistan, a giant octopus extends its tentacles.." More »

4th, January 2013 Reviews

Wild deer runs through the streets of Chelmsford to signal end of world

End of days... More »

4th, January 2013 Celebrities 3

Did Justin Bieber doom Richard Gere's hamster?

Justin Bieber accused of hamster cruelty,” thunders the NME... More »

4th, January 2013 Money

The hell of working in a restaurant kitchen

My career has spanned eleven years, during which I’ve worked as a prep cook, fry cook, pantry cook, grill cook, pastry chef, and baker.... More »

4th, January 2013 Reviews

How do you ski if there's too much snow?

The Indy told us that snow was dead. The New York Times asked us in 2007: "How Do You Ski if There Is No Snow?"... More »

4th, January 2013 In Pictures

The 10 worst video game covers

Noel Edmonds is waiting for you... More »

4th, January 2013 Key Posts

Mumbai bar sells gang rape cocktail as India blames women for being abused

India is reeling with the gang rape and death of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi. So, who thought it good idea to sell a rape cocktail at the Bonobo, in Mumbai, India?... More »

4th, January 2013 Sports

Chuck Giampa takes us inside the mind of a boxing judge (video)

Like it is, Chuck... More »

3rd, January 2013 Celebrities 2

Tricia Penrose photos

The Heatbeat star... More »