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18th, June 2012 TV & Radio

When ducklings attack! A video

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18th, June 2012 Reviews

Rodney King in photos: The man whose police beating shone a light on racism in Los Angeles

King has died. King was beaten up by those fine upstanding men of the Los Angeles Police Department in 1991. They clubbed him more than 50 times with their batons. King says the police told him, "We are going to kill you nigger."... More »

18th, June 2012 The Consumer 1

Fat people offered chance to be burned to death or drowned

The Times reports that if all the fat of the world submitted to liposuction the harvested fat would "fill a lake the size of Derwent Water".... More »

18th, June 2012 In Pictures 1

Body Modifications - more extreme

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18th, June 2012 Gifs

Gifs of the day - Shay Given's chalky nose and white powders

Gifs of the day feature: the best melding into the crowd; the toy dog that is; road rage; and Shay Given's chalky nose... More »

18th, June 2012 Sports

Harry Redknapp and his car window interviews - a video study

Redknapp, the man the press pack wanted to be England manager - the man sacked from his job as Spurs boss for failing to deliver on money spent - is known for giving quotes through his car window... More »

18th, June 2012 Politicians

Hunters catch Austrian politician having sex in the woods

To Austria, where a forest camera erected by the Carinthia Hunting Society has captured the image of a politician mating by a tree... More »

18th, June 2012 TV & Radio

How to give a bat the hiccups (video)

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17th, June 2012 Celebrities

Armando Iannucci OBE and Alastair Campbell WMD go to war on twitter

Iannucci unearths a massive weapon... More »

17th, June 2012 Film 1

Whores' Glory - a film on the commodities of sex for sale

"In Bangkok, Thailand, women punch a clock and wait for clients in a brightly lit glass box; in the red-light district of Faridpur, Bangladesh, a madam haggles over the price of a teenage girl..." More »

17th, June 2012 Sports

England v Scotland at Wembley - a football history in photos

On August 14, 2012, England will play Scotland at Wembley. Anthems will be impeccably observed... More »

17th, June 2012 Key Posts 8

Martha Payne uses her school dinner blog to promote the Roman Catholicism in Africa

The nine-year-old blogger has so far raised £70,000 for charity after Argyll and Bute Council forbade her from posting photos of her Lochgilphead Primary school dinners on her blog and then, in the media spotlights, caved in... More »

17th, June 2012 Flashback 1

Flashback to 1976: The Raleigh Grifter helps boys pull models

"Adding a touch of glamour at a press preview of children's bicycles from Raleigh, is model Cheryl Hersch from Chiswick..." More »

17th, June 2012 Key Posts

Luka Magnotta: He might have practiced for murder on his doll Barbie

“He held my hand throughout the scene where someone gets killed with an ice pick. It is disturbing to think we watched that scene together and that is what he is said to have gone on to do.”... More »

17th, June 2012 Strange But True

Ray Dolin lied: Kindness in America writer shot himself

Ray Dolin of Julian, W.Virginia shot himself. The man who told police he was shot by a stranger in Montana whilst researching his book on the kindness of strangers lied... More »

17th, June 2012 Reviews

Turkey PKK trial: Mehmet Tahir Ilhan is the lemon Kurd

To Turkey, where Mehmet Tahir Ilhan is in the dock. Ilhan is a Kurd in illegal possession of a lemon... More »

17th, June 2012 Strange But True

Man arrested for having sex with teddy bear in public

To Cincinnati, where Charles Marshall, 28, has been arrested for masturbating with the aid of a teddy bear... More »

17th, June 2012 TV & Radio

Damien Seaton commentates on the Elwick barrier trials in Tasmania (Lt Cdr Thomas Woodroffe is away)

To Australia, to hear horse racing commentator Damien Seaton take us through the Elwick barrier trials in Tasmania, last Tuesday morning... More »

17th, June 2012 Sports

Wayne Rooney spies on England with fibre optic hair? The Ola Billger tapes

Who is the "SPY" in the England camp at Euro 2012?... More »

16th, June 2012 Celebrities

Justin Bieber beats Kurt Cobain - best tweet ever

The greatest tweet ever? More »

16th, June 2012 Celebrities

Russell Brand does missionary work for the homosexually intolerant Dalai Lama

When Russell Brand and the Dalai Lama met on stage at The Manchester Evening News Arena, talk turned to religion. This was missionary stuff... More »

16th, June 2012 The Consumer

German David Hasselhoff advertises smegma Lean Pockets as an Italian sex repellent

Haselhoff stars in the worst advert you've seen today. The Hoff is advertising some god-awful crap called Lean Pockets - a bun filled with Popeye's smeg.. More »

16th, June 2012 Reviews

In photos - the SuperNova SciFi and Pop Culture Expo

To Australia's SuperNova SciFi and Pop Culture Expo in Sydney to see a woman dressed as Jessica from Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?, the cast of Star Wars - the Student Union Years, and more wonders… More »

16th, June 2012 Reviews 1

Dogging goes mainstream in Daily Mail's This Is Sussex local newspaper

Dogging is now a top local news story... More »

16th, June 2012 Strange But True

Meat and onion trucks collide in Florida

On Interstate 95 a truck carrying meat and a sleeping driver has collided with a truck carrying onions... More »