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24th, July 2012 Strange But True 2

Who is the mystery horse plaiter of Nottinghamshire?

Who is plaiting horses' hair in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire?... More »

24th, July 2012 Strange But True

Anti-baldness pills turn straight man into a woman named Mandi

William McKee says the Propecia pills he took to halt his baldness turned im into a woman... More »

24th, July 2012 In Pictures

Catwoman photos - how Batman's enemy has changed

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24th, July 2012 Reviews 1

James Holmes: Arlene Holmes explains her thickhead' son as Romney excuses murder

The round-up of today's James Holmes news and views... More »

23rd, July 2012 Flashback

Ambush advertising in sport - a history

Olympic boss Lord Coe put his well-shod foot in it this week by announcing that people wearing the wrong logos would not be permitted access to the Games... More »

23rd, July 2012 Celebrities

Girls Aloud to reform at the behest of Her Majesty

A ecade ago, Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah became just about the greatest girlgroup these shores ever produced... More »

23rd, July 2012 Money 2

Oh yes, the financial sector can be too large

Any number of mouthbreathing lefties insist that the UK is "too reliant" upon finance... More »

23rd, July 2012 Celebrities

Plan B: Accidental racist

They're all pretty bad fashion faux-pas, but none really compare to one Plan B made, which made him look like a massive racist... More »

23rd, July 2012 Reviews

Denver Post advertises guns demo above Batman massacre story

Who books the ads? More »

23rd, July 2012 Reviews 1

James Holmes: Veronica Moser-Sullivan's unborn sibling, heroic Matthew McQuinn and God

As James Holmes awaits his moment in court, the media looks for ray of hope amid the carnage at the The Dark Knight Rises showing in Aurora, Colorado.... More »

23rd, July 2012 Strange But True

Flying turtle breaks noodle bar owner's toe

To Chongqing, southwest China, where restauranteur Yao Chen has had a near death experience with a flying turtle... More »

23rd, July 2012 The Consumer 1

London store Liberty sells Soviet Katyusha rocket launchers

Liberty has been selling toy versions of Soviet Katyusha rocket launchers... More »

22nd, July 2012 Music

German Air Guitar Championships - photos of grunt

Face of the day: Stefan Voltz, aka "Mr. 10000 Voltz", performs during the ninth German Air Guitar Championship in Berlin, Germany.... More »

22nd, July 2012 Strange But True

Dad's rectum impaled on children's fairground ride

You join us at the Furuvik theme park near Gävle in eastern Sweden, where a 31-year-old man has become impaled on a child's ride... More »

22nd, July 2012 Reviews 1

Dog gives birth to a cat in hungry South Korea

To South Korea, where Jeong Pyong-bong, 63, says his dog has given birth to a cat... More »

22nd, July 2012 TV & Radio

Jinx The Wonderdog tries to rescue a small child from a deep well (video)

The Wonderdog wantes to tell his owners that their youngest child is trapped down a well with a stranger. But first... More »

22nd, July 2012 Reviews

The New York heat map

The heat map by John Keefe at broadcaster WNYC tells you where people were stopped and frisked the most, and where weapons were found.... More »

21st, July 2012 Celebrities

In photos - Onboard BA1D One Direction London To Manchester

Fans paid £50,000 to come fly with Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik... More »

21st, July 2012 Sports

Team GB dancing police makes London Olympics envy of the world

Trad jazz is the theme tune for a lost cause - the dancing policeman is its expression... More »

21st, July 2012 Sports 3

Bradley Wiggins wins Tour de France - someone check if he really is British

It's all utterly bonkers. Wiggins is the British favourite who is on to win a sport that Britain is no good at.... More »

21st, July 2012 Celebrities

Mark Wright blows his glass top all over Calvin Harris

Wright, star of OK! magazine's first abortion 'n' tell, a trimmed post-modern vanilla Jaffa Cake, tweets a line from a Calvin Harris track... More »

21st, July 2012 Celebrities

John Travolta proves that Mykonos is not just for the gays

So. What did John Travolta do to further quash those gay rumours?... More »

21st, July 2012 Fashion

Spanx for men are just back-to-front Y-fronts

One highlight of last week was the arrival of Spanx for men, heralded in the Daily Mail as the man knickers that “enhance the derrière’s natural roundness..." More »

21st, July 2012 Sports

Stunt bikes not victim of Olympics opening ceremony cuts - but they are

How's that Olympics opening ceremony coming along?... More »

21st, July 2012 Sports 8

Michelle Jenneke warms up

A star is *orn... More »