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1st, November 2012 The Consumer

Glasscock Rams - for all your ram needs

"WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING BREEDERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED GLASSCOCK RAMS..." More »

1st, November 2012 Politicians

Obama vs Romney: Cassetteboy reveiws The Final Debate

If you kept popping in and out of the room, this is what you might have seen and heard... More »

1st, November 2012 Celebrities

Simon Cowell is willing to be beheaded, so he can live forever

Hands up if you'd like to chop Simon Cowell's head off. Quite a lot of you it seems... More »

1st, November 2012 Politicians 5

Mitt Romney explains his apocalyptic vision: Jerusalem and Missouri win

"For a thousand years the world will be ruled from two places: Jerusalem and Missouri."... More »

1st, November 2012 Reviews

Drug Testing On Arrest in West Merica: Skunk is weapon of choice for 'designated' driver

To Bromsgrove and Droitwich, where anyone over 18 under arrest for "crimes including burglary, drug supply and possession or theft and fraud" will be tested for Class A drugs.... More »

1st, November 2012 Music 2

Misheard lyrics - pick your favourite

Me ears are alight.... More »

1st, November 2012 Key Posts 9

April Jones joker Matthew Woods' sentence reduced - you should be offended

April Jones has not been found. Paul and Carol Jones, April's parents, have spoken from their home in Machynlleth, Powys, to thank the help and support they've ben given. They have been "overwhelmed"... More »

1st, November 2012 In Pictures

Halloween - vintage moments

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1st, November 2012 Sports

'CLATTENBURG - REFEREE - LEADER- LEGEND- Man United fans mock Chelsea

"CLATTENBURG - REFEREE - LEADER- LEGEND." So declares the banner unfurled by Manchester United fans... More »

1st, November 2012 Flashback

1956: The Are You In The Know? booklet about menstruating, fashion and dating?

"Greet him dressed for gallivanting; if only to the local Cokery"... More »

1st, November 2012 Technology

Composer turns himself into a giant baton - BBC news get the big kazoo

If he moves his arms up, the music shifts in pitch. With joystick, the volume can be raised and lowered... More »

1st, November 2012 Celebrities

Victims and lawyers want Jimmy Savile's £4.3m estate

Do you want a piece of Jimmy Savile?... More »

31st, October 2012 Key Posts 1

'Chelsea - standing up to racism since Sunday' (Manchester United fans unveil world's best banner)

Manchester United fans note the irony... More »

31st, October 2012 Film

The best of the Star Wars Disney mash up meme

The merger gets creative juices going in this meme... More »

31st, October 2012 Reviews

The Sun gives free boat with news of Superstorm Sandy

The Sun produces the juxtaposition that reports on Hurricane Sandy... More »

31st, October 2012 Reviews

David Bowie was right: freed by Hurricane Sandy rats attack New York

HURRICANE Sandy was bad. Can it be made worse? Watch out for the... RATS! More »

31st, October 2012 Celebrities

Manning plus Winton equals Simon Cowell on Jay Leno

Simon Cowell looks like... More »

31st, October 2012 Film

Why Disney buying Star Wars & Co, is a good thing

tar Wars is in fine hands with Disney. Indiana Jones however, might not be. Please, please don't let Harrison Ford make more Indy films Disney. The last one was depressing... More »

31st, October 2012 Technology

The anti-wrinkle Honda Fit is for women only

Everyday sexism... More »

31st, October 2012 Celebrities

Sarah Cawood makes her move to be Jimmy Savile's first celebrity victim

OK! leads with news that "TV PRESENTER" Sarah Cawood had a "LUCKY ESCAPE".... More »

31st, October 2012 Reviews 6

Did David Essex never meet Jimmy Savile, as he claims?

David Essex recalls the Jimmy Savile he never knew. The singer talks to BBC radio DJ Nicky Campbell... More »

31st, October 2012 Strange But True 1

Celebration wedding gunfire kills 28

Guns and wedding don't mix… More »

31st, October 2012 The Consumer 1

Happy Halloween from Stittsville

What are you dressing up as? The Stittsville News has local news... More »

31st, October 2012 Strange But True

Police officer tasered child who refused to clean his 'patrol unit'

The 'Careers Day' teachers at Tularosa Intermediate School, New Mexico, is showing the class of 10-year-old boys a police Taser... More »

31st, October 2012 Flashback

Farewell Ceefax: How Internet killed the television star

FAREWELL then, Ceefax; your Legoland graphics will delight and inform us no more. More »