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19th, May 2012 Sports 6

Chelsea Nazis and Bayern Munich - the Jewish club

Can Chelsea do it? Can the Blues defeat Bayern Munich on their own ground and win the Champions League? Will the British press resort to type and remind one and all that Bayern are German, and thus descendants of the Nazi spirit?.. More »

19th, May 2012 In Pictures

The London Olympic torch relay - the runners in hundreds of photos

If you are one of the 8,000 people who carried the London Olympic Torch through Great Britain, chances are you're photo is in our big gallery... More »

19th, May 2012 Sports 10

Beckham blows out Olympic flame - photos

As David Beckham blows on the Olympic torch and makes an early birthday wish at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, thousands of people look on, seizing the chance to appear on the telly.... More »

19th, May 2012 Sports

Boxing Lessons with Eric Kelly - Wall Street traders get slaughtered

La Vice American... More »

18th, May 2012 Sports 4

Face of the day - French bullfighter Sebastian Castella is gored in Madrid

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18th, May 2012 Key Posts 1

Photos of inside Mukesh Ambani's home - the world's most expensive

Ambani is India's richest man. His compact and bijou home, named Antilia, sits on lots of Altamount Road, Mumbai.... More »

18th, May 2012 Flashback

Stars and their vinyl records - photos

The famous faces posed with their hit parade, and imported records and cemented their credentials as happening cats and kittens.... More »

18th, May 2012 Gifs

Gifs of the week - all pain for no gain

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18th, May 2012 TV & Radio

The Voice is cursed by Whitney Houston's melisma

It was of course your ever-reliable Madame Arcati who first foresaw the tragi-comedy that BBC1's The Voice is turning into - a vast £22 million wail of a show whose patron saint of vocal gymnastics is the late Whitney Houston... More »

18th, May 2012 Celebrities

When Joey Barton met Michael Barrymore - what really happened

Tabloid Spin of The Week award goes to the Daily Star, which spotted that Michael Barrymore had tweeted QPR bad boy Joey Barton... More »

18th, May 2012 Celebrities

How Katie Price tricked the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Beyond Irony story of the sat features the new that Katie Price is going to sue Jordan for breach of copyright. More »

18th, May 2012 Celebrities

Now That Bono's a billionaire from Facebook can he start spending his own money?

The Irish Independent reports today that Bono has just become a billionaire as a result of the flotation of Facebook. It makes him the richest rock star on the planet.. More »

18th, May 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - the fast food wars

Photos of the day are presented by an appeal to the lazier, hungrier you... More »

18th, May 2012 Key Posts 2

Warrington victim's memorial stolen by thieves - other are legally sold off by the state

Should memorials stand for ever? News is that part of the River of Life memorial to victims of the 1993 Warrington bombing has been stolen form the town's Bridge Street... More »

18th, May 2012 Politicians 1

Sinn Fein says 'edcation cuts - stupid and wrong' - sign of the day

Can't argue with that... More »

18th, May 2012 In Pictures 1

Vinyl record sleeve face art

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18th, May 2012 Music 2

The history of record buying in a gif

What next for music sales..? More »

18th, May 2012 Key Posts 2

South Shields restaurant fines diners for not clearing their plates

Following news of the American who picketed his all-you-can-eat restaurant for not making him full, a story from Kylin Buffet in Ocean Road, South Shields, where Beverley Clark have been asked to pay an extra £20 or not eating enough... More »

18th, May 2012 Strange But True

Annoying man attacks resting alligator - video

Good news reporting is about show and not tell. Here's Alyssa Newcomb reporting on a man who attacked an alligator minding its own business as it wallowed by a North Carolina road... More »

18th, May 2012 Flashback

Flashback to 1934 - How to mesmerise a chicken

In 1934 kids made their own entertainment.... More »

18th, May 2012 TV & Radio

Err, it's Dara O Briain

YouTuber vexred has noticed that BBC panelist Dara O'Briain says "errrrr" a lot... More »

18th, May 2012 Celebrities 1

The leeching Sun turns Donna Summer's death into a murder mystery

When a star dies the media races to put out an obituary. If the star dies young, the talk if of mystery, murder and a demand to see the body lest we have been duped and the singer / actor has retired to live in obscurity, working in an Arizona burger bar or on ITV2... More »

18th, May 2012 In Pictures 1

Aishwarya Rai - a life in photos

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17th, May 2012 Celebrities 3

Tony Blackburn - 499 left to go

When we read that Tony Blackburn had slept with 500 women, we looked around the place for sings for nerves and telltale nylon thread on blouse cuffs... More »

17th, May 2012 In Pictures

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton - photos

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