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29th, June 2012 TV & Radio 1

BBC Breakfast cut away blunder (video)

"So, does he still tinkle..?" More »

29th, June 2012 Reviews

Ten things you never knew about London - courtesy of @LondonProj

From War of the Worlds on The Thames through to London's disappearing villages More »

29th, June 2012 Politicians

Bill Clinton and George Dubya Bush will now read their autocues

“We Could Float On My Dream Shuffler”... More »

29th, June 2012 Celebrities

Rachel Zoe introduces the witless Skyler Zoe

Zoe, stylist to the stars (Cameron Diaz and Demi Moore) tells OK! about life with her 15-month-old son... More »

29th, June 2012 Money

Barclay's all our fault say Labour - Lord Tunnicliffe confesses

That what was going on was not illegal is indeed the fault of those who wrote the laws which governed the City. That it was going on without the regulators finding out... More »

29th, June 2012 Strange But True 1

Jesus appears at Sunderland Chinese takeaway (photo)

Ian Ridley and Lawrence Boys found Jesus outside the Mayho Chinese Takeaway, in Neville Road, Pallion... More »

29th, June 2012 Reviews

Kyron Horman: Libel tourism and Terri Horman's trial by opinion

Anorak's look at the case of the missing Portland, Oregon, child... More »

29th, June 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - the world's greatest T-shirt and Barbie-Q Chicken

Barbie lets herself go... More »

29th, June 2012 Strange But True 1

Gloucestershire man had sex with ex-wife's bull mastiff

Nicholas Saunders, 46, had sex with his ex-wife's dog, a bull mastiff. He shagged the ex-wife's dog in the ex-wife's bed... More »

29th, June 2012 Strange But True 1

13cm live worm removed from man's eye (video)

The worm had worked its way up from Krishnamurthy’s intestine, via the blood stream, to reach that eye... More »

29th, June 2012 Sports 1

Lukas Rosol reduced to spectator at his own triumph - Nadal wins backpages

Rosol plays the match of his life and plucks Rafael Nadal from the Wimbledon tennis championships. And how does the Daily Mail report on Lukas Rosol's moment of glory?... More »

28th, June 2012 Books 6

Poetry of the Taliban - 'The Taliban’s aesthetic sensibilities' in rhymes

This book is no parody. It's the real deal.... More »

28th, June 2012 Celebrities

$1million for Chris Brown versus Drake in a boxing ring

Despite the fact Chris Brown and Drake are two of the lamest humans on the planet, barely able to fight their way out of a sleeping bag, they've been indulging themselves in a good ol' fashioned beef... More »

28th, June 2012 Celebrities

Katie Price used Alex Reid's anus as a vodka bottle holder

Katie Price's week in quotes, as told by Now! magazine... More »

28th, June 2012 TV & Radio 1

What to do with foam when in Australia - and what not to do (video)

A video travel guide... More »

28th, June 2012 Strange But True

Worcester man steals condoms, octopus and toothpaste: Katie Price prosecutes

Local news story of the day arrives via the Worcester News, wherein we learn: "Man blames work stress after stealing condoms and octopus."... More »

28th, June 2012 In Pictures

When your wife went away - photos of life at home

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28th, June 2012 Key Posts

The London Cable Car is open for tourists visting South London the long, slow and expensive way

Transport for London's gondola lift cable cars are taking people across the River Thames, making the half-mile crossing between Greenwich and the Royal Docks that little starrier.... More »

28th, June 2012 Music

That official London Olympics anthem by Muse: They're no Meatloaf

Have a listen. What do you think of it?... More »

28th, June 2012 Music

Linkin Park and Bieber battle it out to rule supreme over worst week in music, ever

Linkin Park's fifth studio album 'Living Things' has topped the midweek album chart, ousting Justin Bieber from his lofty position. Linkin Park. Justin Bieber. It's like choosing between Hepatitis B or C... More »

28th, June 2012 Money 2

Barclay's and Conning Libor - what really happened

And we know that Barclay's tried to manipulate that Libor price. Sometimes in order to try and make money on those tens (or hunreds) of trillions of contracts and sometimes just to make the bank itself look less risky in the Crash... More »

28th, June 2012 Strange But True

Burglar Manuel Fernandes gets his head stuck

Villain of the day is Manuel Fernandes, who spent over eight hours with his head wedged beneath the door at the Rent-A-Center store on Crescent Street, Brockton, MA... More »

28th, June 2012 Sports

Daily Mail says David Beckham to 'spearhead Great Britain's Olympic football challenge' - Unless...

how does the Daily Mail report the matter? More »

28th, June 2012 Reviews

Unwitting racism - a photo gallery of everyday bigotry

Was that cartoon of Mario Balotelli racist? What about that New Yorker cover of Obama? The Vogue cover of LeBron James? Can you be unintentionally racist?... More »

28th, June 2012 Key Posts 1

Barack Obama and the marijuana toking Choom Gang - Ruby Dreams of My President

New books claims Obama routinely got zonked smoking Maui Wowie, Kauai Electric, and Kona Gold.... More »