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28th, July 2012 Sports

London 2012 day 2 - the best photos

The best photos from day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games... More »

28th, July 2012 The Consumer

Your chest and breast wrinkle worries are over

"Chest wrinkles can make women feel a little self-conscious, which is definitely not a good feeling to have when you're trying to relax on the sand..." More »

28th, July 2012 In Pictures

Bras - you can make them from pretty much anything

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28th, July 2012 Royal Family 1

Queen 'embarrassed' by Aquatic Centre at London 2012

Get a old of those swathes of empty seats by the Olympic swimming pool... More »

28th, July 2012 Money

Apple pays $60 million and still doesn't get iPad trademark in China

Ooops! More »

28th, July 2012 In Pictures

Tattoos - more terrible ones to regret

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28th, July 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - I thought she was a man, officer

Mr Hitler is ready for his close up... More »

28th, July 2012 Key Posts

London 2012 opening ceremony - the comedy German Nazi upstages Mr Bean (video and photos)

As the German team appeared in traditional pink and sky blue suits, in the crowd a German dignitary gave his nation's athletes the time-honoured Nazi salute... More »

28th, July 2012 The Consumer

Disney World bans Santa

To World, where Thomas Tolbert has been commanded to remove his "Santa-related" outfit.... More »

28th, July 2012 Strange But True

Police seek man with puppy in his pants - children warned

Every parent's worst nightmare... More »

28th, July 2012 Sports

The 2012 Olympic opening ceremony in 50 great photos

Queen gets acting gig... More »

28th, July 2012 Sports

How Beckham drove his Olympics 2012 speed boat

DAY 1879 of the David Beckham Olympics: the speed boat races... More »

27th, July 2012 Flashback

A history of Olympics cock-ups

It is a rare Olympics indeed that passes off without some kind of cock-up… More »

27th, July 2012 Celebrities

Robert Pattinson demanded public apology as he feels emotion for the first time in his life

Like a Sims character, he's developing real human emotions and it is all because his gal, Kristen Stewart, has received the penis of another... More »

27th, July 2012 Sports

London 2012 day 1 - the best photos

Day 1 - photo highlights More »

27th, July 2012 Celebrities

David Beckham discusses Victoria dinner with Obama and Cameron

Beckham is appearing all over the Olympics... More »

27th, July 2012 Celebrities 1

Blue Ivy Carter showcases her line of massive Santa socks

Ja-Z wants to shed a few word about Blue Ivy Carter, his daughter with Beyoncé... More »

27th, July 2012 The Consumer

Newquay police raced to arrest 'cosmic' Rodney Trotter for ID fraud

The ID brandished by the would-be drinker says he's called Rodney Trotter, of 23 Nelson Mandela House, Peckham... More »

27th, July 2012 Flashback 3

Corporate song of the day: when Burnley Building Society gave savings a disco soundtrack

With lyrics by Salman Rushdie, vocals from George Chandler, the dancing only ended in 1984... More »

26th, July 2012 Sports

The Olympic torch hits London - photos

The lasting memories of London 2012 will not be the fear foisted by stories of security lapses, terrorists, missiles and sexual exploitation... More »

26th, July 2012 Celebrities

Manuele Malenotti is not a parody, promise - video

Manuel is "your hangover on Sunday night". Manuele Malenotti once stepped out with...Lola Ponce... More »

26th, July 2012 Strange But True

'Simon Cowell' wanted for eating chair on Devon bus

To Devon, where police are seeking a man who ate a chunk of a leather bus chair in Paignton... More »

26th, July 2012 Reviews 2

Kiaran Stapleton murdered Anuj Bidve to look hard

Stapleton claimed diminished responsibility. But the jury rejected it. They said he was just a thug who wanted to his area's “hard man”... More »

26th, July 2012 Money

The amazing success of public transport system - not the Edinburgh tram

I'M always a little surprised by the people who shout that we've got to spend much more on rail. On trams More »

26th, July 2012 Strange But True 3

Flying owl makes off with male dog as 26 women lose their knickers

"I then saw village head Pauro coming to my homestead with more strange news that a huge owl came flying from nowhere before picking up a male..." More »