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30th, September 2012 Celebrities

It's open season on Jimmy Savile - the death tape (audio)

How Chis Morris reported on Jimmy Savile's death... More »

30th, September 2012 TV & Radio

Bobby Bad has talent

Finger clickin' interesting... More »

30th, September 2012 Celebrities

How to spot a paedophile: From Jimmy Savile and Pete Townsend

How do you spot a paedophile? Allegations that Jimmy Savile raped children at the BBC studios, among other places, make you wonder... More »

30th, September 2012 Reviews

Man arrested for FAcebook site lampoonish Greek Orthodox monk Elder Paisios

In Greece, a man has been jailed for blasphemy. His crime was to have creating satirised Orthodox monk named Elder Paisios on the Facebook page “Pastafarian”.... More »

30th, September 2012 Flashback

Norman Rockwell's models are all grown up (photos)

Norman Rockwell, the great American artist, used models. They've grown up.... More »

30th, September 2012 The Consumer

Who the hell buys Naga Chilli Vodka?

By purchasing this bottle, you agree that... More »

30th, September 2012 Flashback 1

The best and worst practical jokes: arrested development for winners

Do you know the practical jokers who glued the doors shot of 25 homes in Letterkenny, County Donegal? They glued some of the car doors, too.... More »

30th, September 2012 Strange But True

Smoking orangutan gives birth to healthy baby

We are delighted to announce that Tori, 15, has given birth to a healthy baby.... More »

29th, September 2012 Reviews

How many were on the the pro-choice 'March for Choice' in Dublin?

The Irish Times says "several thousand people" joined the pro-choice 'March for Choice' in Dublin"... More »

29th, September 2012 The Consumer

The meanest cats in the world are at the Romania International Cat Show (photos)

No, Mr Bond, I expect yuo to die.... More »

29th, September 2012 Reviews

In Photos: The Orange Order march in Clifton Street, Belfast

Faces of the day: Women dressed in the Union flag colours near Orange Hall in Clifton Street, Belfast, ahead of the start of a massive loyal order parade to mark the centenary of the signing of the pro-Union Ulster Covenant.... More »

29th, September 2012 Strange But True

Why Facebook stops us having kids (ha-ha)

"I've decided I'm not going to have kids. I love babies, but I'm just not ready for the commitment of uploading that many photos to Facebook."... More »

29th, September 2012 Reviews

The anti fascists need the SDL at the Scottish Parliament (photos)

To Edinburgh, where the Scottish Defence League, scion of the EDL, have held a static rally outside the Scottish Parliament after the council denied permission for a full demonstration... More »

29th, September 2012 Celebrities

Teacher Jeremy Forrest's legal rep is Mark Ronson's half sister Henrietta

A dash of stardust enters the fray... More »

29th, September 2012 Politicians 9

Sun educates David Cameron with a Caesar-sized gaffe

The paper prints 20 facts that may be news to the Old Etonian. Alas... More »

29th, September 2012 Key Posts

Politicians' geography gaffes - a history

When quizzed about Britain on the David Letterman show, David Cameron was apparently unable to give the meaning of the words Magna Carta. We say “apparently” because... More »

29th, September 2012 Politicians

Iran news agency says white Americans prefer Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Barack Obama

One man went to Mo.... More »

29th, September 2012 Reviews 2

Megan Stammers: vapid teenager spends few days in France with ageing teacher

Stammers is coming home. The 15-year-old who ran off with Jeremy Forrest, her maths teacher, is heading back to the family. Forrest is heading to jail, charged with child abduction. The media laps it up... More »

29th, September 2012 Strange But True

Limerick man pleads guilty is dog buggery death case

To Limerick city, where Sean McDonnell, 58, of Churchill Meadows, is stood in the dock... More »

29th, September 2012 Strange But True 2

Lads live on roof of Florida shoe shop when mum bans sleepovers

Travis Rose and John Vaughn, both aged 20, have been living in a tent on the roof of the Shoe Carnival store in Ocala, Florida... More »

28th, September 2012 Politicians

Benjamin Netanyahu is the bomb - the best gags

When Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,showed the UN and world what the Iranian nuclear bomb would look like, we realised that armageddon might be funny... More »

28th, September 2012 Celebrities

Spotted: Carrie Fisher’s 'coke nail' in Return of the Jedi

On Reddit, a wag think he's sighted Carrie Fisher’s cocaine nail in Return of the Jedi... More »

28th, September 2012 The Consumer

IN Photos: The Eighth London International Tattoo Convention

Colour by numbers More »

28th, September 2012 In Pictures

Gene Tierney - the photos

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28th, September 2012 Celebrities 6

Exposure: The Other Side Of Jimmy: TV show says Sir Jimmy Savile raped children

Whn Jimmy Savile died the business of exposing his private life began... More »