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4th, September 2012 Celebrities

Suri Cruise gets her imaginary friends from Shiloh Pitt's spider cemetery

The National Enquirer leads with news that Suri Cruise, six-year-old daughter to sofa-jumper Tom Cruise and his estranged Stepford wife Katie Holmes, has a separate bedroom for her imaginary friends.... More »

4th, September 2012 In Pictures

Only in India

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4th, September 2012 Politicians

Paralympics booing: George Osborne tells Chris 'Hitler' Brownbridge not to worry

To the Paralympics, where Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Gideon Oliver Osborne MP, is presenting medals at the 400m T38 victory ceremony... More »

4th, September 2012 Strange But True

Plato the dog kidnapped and held for ransom

Who kidnapped and threatened to torture Plato the dog?... More »

3rd, September 2012 Reviews

The man who wore a vest to the Swaziland Reed dance (photo)

When you're big in vests... More »

3rd, September 2012 The Consumer 1

The face of teenage acne (photo)

Is this for real? More »

3rd, September 2012 Sports

England to wear Nike instead of Umbro... and no-one should really care

England, apart from a brief flirtation with Admiral, have worn Umbro kits since forever.... More »

3rd, September 2012 Strange But True 1

The giant pink rabbit of Via Artesina 18, 12083 Frabosa Sottana Cuneo, Italy (photo)

Do you see it, too..? More »

3rd, September 2012 Celebrities

Daily Mail comes to rubbish Max Bygraves

Bygraves is dead. Let's see if the Daily Mail can rubbish him... More »

3rd, September 2012 Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo won't celebrate because he's sad

He's a modern-day Michael Jackson, obviously... More »

3rd, September 2012 Reviews 2

Local News: Essex man plans shed

50 Sheds of Grays... More »

3rd, September 2012 Politicians 1

Desmond Tutu is wrong to want Tony Blair tried for war crimes

God wants to arrest Tony Blair. Well, at least Archbishop and Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu does. He writes... More »

3rd, September 2012 In Pictures

Vintage Secretary photos

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3rd, September 2012 Flashback

Wanted dead or alive in 1899: Reward offered for escaped prisoner Winston Churchill

FLASHBACK to 01/01/1899... More »

3rd, September 2012 Reviews

Daily Mail says Anders Breivik has escaped jail

When the Daily Mail told us that Amanda Knox had lost her appeal against her conviction for the murder Meredith Kercher had failed, we wondered how the paper could have gotten it so wrong?... More »

3rd, September 2012 Reviews

Isle of Wight riot police hit Newport - photos

It's all kicking off on the Isle of Wight... More »

3rd, September 2012 Money 4

Guardian's Larry Elliott gets numbers wrong on meat eaters

Yes, yes, of course we should all go off an become vegetarians. Far too many people about eating too much meat and the only way we can feed us all is with mung beans. And lentils... More »

3rd, September 2012 Reviews

Local News: Portsmouth boy stuck in bedroom

It's all going on in Portsmouth... More »

3rd, September 2012 Sports

Channel 4 Paralympics fail - the disabled 'knob' dilema

"Is it OK to hit a disabled person if he's being a knob"?... More »

3rd, September 2012 Flashback

The most pampered pets who travel by jet, gold coach and handbag

Some people might wonder what kind of person would pay upwards of a thousand pounds for a short flight – and then spend the same amount again to allow their dog to in the set next to them. Answer: the kind of people who fly with the Victor jet charter... More »

3rd, September 2012 TV & Radio

One of the best bogie removal videos ever

If you're going to pick it, pick a winner.... More »

3rd, September 2012 Sports

Lewis Hamilton on telemetry differentials (video)

Hamilton crashed out of the Belgian Grand Prix and burned on Twitter... More »

3rd, September 2012 TV & Radio

Darda Brothers - 2009 Melbourne (a racing ping-pong video)

Service! More »

3rd, September 2012 In Pictures

Awkward club photos

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3rd, September 2012 Key Posts 4

Why are we siding with the armed vigilantes of Welby?

Andy Ferrie and his wife Tracey Ferrie live in a cottage in deepest Leicestershire. The Sun says he is 35 and she is 43. Two men have been shot there... More »