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14th, October 2012 Reviews

Indonesia's mental health shackles used to promote World Mental Health Day

How do they care for the mentally ill in Indonesia?... More »

14th, October 2012 Reviews

Occupy London protest in photos - four women are chained to the St Paul's pulpit

Can you think of a worse existence than being chained inside a draughty, echoey, spooky church?... More »

14th, October 2012 Strange But True 5

Felix Baumgartner jumps from the edge of space - incredible photos

Felix Baumgartner will rise 120,000 feet. He will then jump... More »

14th, October 2012 Strange But True

Felix Baumgartner falls 23 miles to Earth: the epic live feed

At 9.31am local time, Austrian dare devil Feliz Baumgartner began his rise to 23 miles above planet Earth... More »

14th, October 2012 Sports

Anderson Silva beats Stephen Bonnar (photos)

"I'm not the best. I just do things that people think are impossible"... More »

14th, October 2012 Celebrities

The Jimmy Savile doll on sale in Butlins?

Going to Potts... More »

14th, October 2012 Celebrities 3

'Jimmy Savile had sex with dead bodies' says star's former employer

he Sunday Sport yells: "Jimmy Savile had sex with dead bodies." More »

14th, October 2012 Key Posts 2

Amanda Todd: Suicide becomes a whodunnit?

You might have seen the Candian's video. In it, she holds up handwritten notes to tell her story of bullying... More »

14th, October 2012 Film

Henry Thomas auditions for ET

A star was born... More »

14th, October 2012 Flashback

1960: The original Flinystones line up

Meet the Flintstones... More »

14th, October 2012 Celebrities

Jimmy Savile: Claire McAlpine, George Carman QC and police collusion

Name the guilty. He never acted alone... More »

14th, October 2012 Strange But True

Chinese zoo wows tourists with peacock's mechanical tail

Off we go to see the peacock at Beijing Wild Animal Park... More »

14th, October 2012 Reviews

Correction of the week: Peter O'Toole is getting better

Corrections and Clarifications... More »

14th, October 2012 The Consumer

Acts of Kindness on the London Underground

Humanity under ground... More »

13th, October 2012 TV & Radio

Dogs and a ball in slow motion (video)

It's not a pool. It's drool... More »

13th, October 2012 Technology

Space Shuttle Endeavour - the first and final photos

The 75-tonne Space Shuttle Endeavour used to travel at 17,500mph... More »

13th, October 2012 Celebrities

Cheryl Cole recalls meeting Sophie Amoj Amogbokpa

Cole has written a book. A few highlights of the nation's sweethearts tome... More »

13th, October 2012 Celebrities

Jimmy Savile's last words for fellow hated DJ Lord Haw Haw

Jimmy Savile or William Joyce, the wartime Lord Haw Haw - which of them United Kingdom's most despised DJ?... More »

13th, October 2012 Strange But True

Northampton celebrates world's tallest poppadom tower

The Tamarind Restaurant, Wellingborough Road, Northampton, has constructed the world's tallest poppadom tower... More »

13th, October 2012 Reviews 2

Boy arrested for singing along to sweary song in park

"I have a big problem with criminalizing a 15-year-old boy over a mistake that wasn't directed in animosity or meant to assault anybody in any way” ... More »

12th, October 2012 Celebrities 1

Lizzy Jagger mounts a tuna

Yeah. She's Lady Codiver... More »

12th, October 2012 Reviews 2

The work of courtroom artist Elizabeth Cook (photos)

Elizabeth Cook is courtroom artist. You know her work... More »

12th, October 2012 Reviews 1

Jeremy Forrest appears in Eastbourne Magistrates' Court: photos

He has been remanded in custody... More »

12th, October 2012 Money 1

It just ain't tax avoidance folks

Much has been made in the past couple of days of the way that Facebook doesn't pay any corporation tax in the UK despite selling £175 million of ads here... More »

12th, October 2012 Celebrities 6

Jimmy Savile: If only he'd swung his axe like Jimmy Page at Lori Maddox

The big problem with journalism is when the writers are fans. Take Jimmy Page, the Led Zepellin guitarist who "dated" a 14-year old child when he was an adult... More »