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3rd, January 2013 The Consumer 2

The north London idiot coffee wars (1st world problems in Harris + Hoole’s)

“I like to try independent shops, and it was really very nice with great coffee,” she said. “But when I got home, I looked it up and discovered it was a chain.”... More »

3rd, January 2013 Madeleine McCann 2

Madeleine McCann spotted in New Zealand for fifth time

Spotted in New Zealand... More »

3rd, January 2013 Reviews

Woman spends NYE imprisoned in a shop

The 73-year-old in Roubaix was shopping at an Intermarché store on December 31st when she felt ill and headed to the toilet... More »

3rd, January 2013 Flashback 2

In photos: Allied Prisoners of World War 2

So. What did you do in the war, then? What was life like back then for the prisoners? These photographs of Allied prisoners give us a hint... More »

3rd, January 2013 Politicians

Paedophiles like Jimmy Savile are ok: it's the quality of the abuse that matters

Jimmy Savile might have loved civil liberties... More »

3rd, January 2013 Reviews

Malala Yousafzai can live in Birmingham - Pakistan gives father British job

Pakistan gives Malala’s father diplomatic post so family can stay in UK... More »

3rd, January 2013 Flashback

Vintage ads: The Milky Way in 1930

The ginger kid's got a death grip... More »

3rd, January 2013 Flashback

Heil Honey I'm Home - full uncut episode of the Hitler sitcom

"In Berlin, 1938, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun have a love-hate relationship with their Jewish neighbours in this bizarre spoof of 'fifties American sitcoms..." More »

3rd, January 2013 Reviews 1

American universal jurisdiction over all world's terrorists

“A few days before Christmas, the U.S. indicted three men at the Federal District courthouse in Brooklyn for plotting suicide bomb attacks. This is an extraordinary..." More »

3rd, January 2013 Key Posts 2

Tory MP Mark Pritchard presents most stupid reason to ban same-sex marriage: ethnics are not gay

What an utter arsehat... More »

3rd, January 2013 Politicians

Al Gore gets $100m oil money for Current TV: Muhammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami might laugh

Call him...Al More »

3rd, January 2013 Reviews

Man swings baseball bat at failed threesome

To Vero Beach, Florida, where police have arrested Robert Briley, 44... More »

3rd, January 2013 Celebrities

Jim Davidson - a life in photos

When panto Jim met Prince Charles ands more... More »

3rd, January 2013 Celebrities 1

Jim Davidson: Michelle Cotton's age, foreign rapists and Celebrity Big Brother

He's the 10th man to be questioned by police as part of Operation Yewtree, the Met Police's investigation into Jimmy Savile and others... More »

2nd, January 2013 Reviews

The Puritan anti-fat health Nazis have lied to us it on BMI

They hate the fat... More »

2nd, January 2013 Reviews 1

Indian gang rape lawyers are wrong to deny men's justice

"Lawyers at an Indian court hearing the case of a fatal gang-rape say they will refuse to defend the men accused of taking part in the brutal attack..." More »

2nd, January 2013 Celebrities 6

Nick. Nick. Operation Yewtree police arrest Jim Davidson OBE

Who’s next to be the victim of a media feeding frenzy? I have the answer to that. But, like Jimmy Savile, it’s only rumours. But when these ­rumours come out... WOW!” More »

2nd, January 2013 Celebrities 1

Haylor: Harry Styles fan writes open letter to Taylor Swift

"Just watched the kiss video and omg I’m sobbing right now they kissed forever and then hugged forever and kept going back to hugging..." More »

2nd, January 2013 Sports

A monkey! Riding a dog! In the middle of an American Football match!

At a half time game between the Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans on Sunday, organisers decided to hold an animal show... More »

2nd, January 2013 Reviews 1

Health puritans wants us to stop drinking 'poison'

You boozing in January? Cancer Research UK (CRUK) doesn't want you to... More »

2nd, January 2013 TV & Radio

Face of the day: the Late Late Show legend

He's ready for his close-up... More »

2nd, January 2013 Sports 1

Rio Ferdinand reveals why Alex Ferguson bought Robin Van Persie

Last year Robin Van Persie was the Premier League's top scorer... More »

2nd, January 2013 Sports

Forgetting when Liverpool's Djibril Cissé broke his leg

The Daily Mail. Michael Walker has football facts about ambulatory comic strip Djibril Cissé... More »

2nd, January 2013 Reviews

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? What? It really is a flying Superman?!

Imagine for a moment, that you're riding around with a friend in SoCal, and suddenly, one of you notices that Superman is flying over your head... More »

2nd, January 2013 Celebrities

Will Jean Michel Jarre be the next French tax exile in London?

What I think is much more fun is that the French Constitutional Council has just declared that 75% tax rate to be illegal. Because it's unfair you see?... More »