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2nd, December 2012 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Robert Murat's mum is writing a book

James Murray writes about Robert Murat. He's the man who, like the McCanns, was libelled by the British press... More »

2nd, December 2012 Celebrities

Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris in photos

Harris at the Palace... More »

2nd, December 2012 Celebrities

Kelly Clarkson is not as arrogant and nuts as the Sunday Mirror suggests she is

"No-one on the planet should be as famous as me." Really..? More »

2nd, December 2012 Film

Withnail And I - Behind the scenes and location photos

Behind the scenes of a great film... More »

2nd, December 2012 In Pictures

David Beckham and family win Major League Soccer Cup Final (photos)

By now you'll be wondering what David Beckham, his wife and family have been up to?.. More »

2nd, December 2012 Reviews 9

Belgium unveils its anti-Christian austerity Christmas Tree

To Belgium where the Austerity Tree is on show... More »

2nd, December 2012 The Consumer

Jigsaw man says crackers are broken in factory not in transit

For an hour and a half, Mr Hunter attempted to piece together the broken biscuits. He wanted to see if they were broken in the box or at the factory... More »

2nd, December 2012 Strange But True

Unicorn found in North Korea

Amid stirring stories of revolutionary struggle by peoples of the Supreme People's Assembly we learn that in the land of vigour and might dwell unicorns... More »

2nd, December 2012 Celebrities 1

Famously depressed: Helen Flanagan explains her pride in not eating a turkey's anus

Flanagan says, "I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF" on the Sun's front page. Flanagan is the former Coronation Street actress with the chest of a sex siren and the eyes that indicate inner workings amazed by toast... More »

1st, December 2012 The Consumer 1

New cigarette packets in Australia glorify death and disease

All tobacco boxes are now a dull brown-green colour (see smokers' lungs) and festooned with anti-smoking messages and gory photographs... More »

1st, December 2012 Reviews

The Circus heads to see Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican (photos)

Pope Benedict XVI watched the circus today. He did not go to the circus. The circus came to the Vatican. (They were curious to see if the legends were true.)... More »

1st, December 2012 The Consumer

Coffee is a nutrient

Is coffee good for you?... More »

1st, December 2012 Sports 3

Chelsea: Rafa Benitez delighted to edge closer to pay-off and sack

He really know what he's doing... More »

1st, December 2012 Reviews

The Daily Mail hates women: these headlines prove it

It sets up women to fight against each other... More »

1st, December 2012 Reviews 1

Leveson Report: Should we ignore Lorrsine Kelly and back the Hacked Off campaign?

Would Lorraine Kelly still be writing for the Sun if she did not say (in effect that) Leveson should be dumped? I think not... More »

1st, December 2012 Celebrities 10

Everyone who ever met Jimmy Savile to kill themselves by popular demand

"SAVILE PROBE CELEB IS SUICIDAL," declares the Mirror's front-page headline. The story of Jimmy Savile and paedophilia is high places is now about one man's survival... More »

1st, December 2012 The Consumer

Swedish toy catalogue says yes to gender equality - or does it? (photos)

The Swedish arm of Toys R’ Us has created a Christmas toy catalog deep in sexual equality. Or has it? More »

1st, December 2012 Reviews

Sonali Mukherjee: acid attack victim wins game show millions

In 2003, men broke into her home in Dhanbad poured acid on her face. The attack left her partially blind and deaf. She has no eyelids... More »

1st, December 2012 Reviews

Hammy frog sacrifices life to save Australian family

When frog dies, Australia reacts... More »

30th, November 2012 In Pictures 1

Kate Middleton visits St Andrew's School in Pangbourne, Berkshire (19 photos)

She asked them [pupils] if they kept pets and told how she used to have two guinea pigs. “There was one called Pip and one called Squeak, because my sister was called Pippa and I was Squeak.”... More »

30th, November 2012 Flashback

Highlights from the Victorian circus freak show (posters)

Psst! Wanna see a mermaid in Brighton? More »

30th, November 2012 Reviews

Owner of Britain's last Temperance bar arrested for drink driving

To Fitzpatrick's bar in Rawtenstall, where owner Christopher James Law, 52, is at work... More »

30th, November 2012 Money

Powerball winners Cindy and Mark Hill collect $293,750,000.00 (photos)

And it will not change them one bit... More »

30th, November 2012 Strange But True

Toronto man charged with pretending to use witchcraft

How can you pretend to do something that is inherently fraudulent?... More »

30th, November 2012 The Consumer

Shave with bacon flavoured shaving foam

It's here! More »