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8th, May 2012 Money

The Hunger Strike of Eric Russell

If you should go down to Whitehall you might find an interesting sight. A man, Eric Russell, on hunger strike over the appalling bloody bureaucracy that this country has... More »

8th, May 2012 Flashback

When Top of The Pops had the tunes and the girls

Bring back Top of The Pops. And bring back those Tops of The Pops albums, the discs that featured all the top sounds dressed in a sexually provocative woman... More »

8th, May 2012 Strange But True

Female trio did not rape 17 men for their sperm

To Zimbabwe, where Rosemary Chakwizira, 24, Sophie Nhokwara, 26, and her sister, Netsai Nhokwara, 24, have been found not guilty of raping 17 men and harvesting their victims' sperm for witchcraft... More »

8th, May 2012 Strange But True 2

The William Shakespeare insult generator

Also works in some parts of the Caribbean, Central Africa and remote parts of Australia... More »

8th, May 2012 Reviews

Dinosaurs harvested methane to power space ship

The BBC reports that boffins have worked out the methane output of sauropods, including Brontosaurus... More »

8th, May 2012 Strange But True

Conservative politician offered mother and daughter to cannibals

These are testing times for Europe's Conservatives... More »

8th, May 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the Day - 'Sh*t Yourself' on holiday

The reflective invitation to "Sh*t Yourself"; fashion first; hospitality leggings; Adolf Eatler; and Justin Bieber is pregnant... More »

8th, May 2012 Madeleine McCann 5

Missing Madeleine McCann stayed a Costa del Sol campsite for two weeks

Three days after a child went missing, she was seen at a camp site in Spain? Was the child stolen by campers?... More »

7th, May 2012 Sports 2

Blackburn Rovers' fan of the year - V is for Venky's

Rovers have been relegated from the Premier League. The fans were right... More »

7th, May 2012 Celebrities

Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages is our photoshop mons of the day

If you've never seen photoshop before, you're looking at it now... More »

7th, May 2012 Reviews 6

Japan moves to ban tattoos

38,000 municipal workers in Osaka are being ordered on pain of dismissal to describe their tattoos to officials.... More »

7th, May 2012 Money 1

Wonga starts lending to businesses: the credit crunch is over!

Well, OK, it's not going to be quite that miraculous. The amounts they have available to lend really aren't going to cover the entire gap... More »

7th, May 2012 Celebrities 1

The Voice singer Ruth Brown is a flat as Gwyneth Paltrow's chest, say trolls

Ruth Brown, star of BBC's The Voice, has been targeted by "internet tolls". The Daily Mail is upset... More »

7th, May 2012 In Pictures

Cambridge University's Caesarian Sunday - in photos

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7th, May 2012 Key Posts 2

Cambridge University's Caesarian Sunday creates Government change of heart on public sex and marijuana

To Cambridge University's Caesarian Sunday larks to see student behaving like students on the city's Jesus Green... More »

7th, May 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - lunch at grandma's house

...with added grandpa.... More »

7th, May 2012 In Pictures

Behaving badly with dictators

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7th, May 2012 Key Posts 1

Thorpe Park and the chocolate boffins: when PR is presented as science fact

Science you can't argue with: news is that taking rides on rollercoaster - such as the new Swarm ride at Thorpe Park in Surrey!!! - produces "astonishing" health benefits. Wow!... More »

7th, May 2012 Money 8

What to do when a bank wrongly deposits millions in your account

What did these people do when their banks gave them millions..? More »

7th, May 2012 Strange But True 1

Frankie and Louis are the Janus cat - photos

Janus Cat of the day is / are Frank (left) and Louie (right) - one name for each face... More »

7th, May 2012 Strange But True

Boy falls through pavement in China - video

When a 2-year-old boy in China got his leg caught in a gap in the pavement, the camera crews zoomed in... More »

7th, May 2012 Strange But True

Dad finds son's tortured turtle 45 years after it was branded and released

Holland Cokeley has found a turtle in South Strabane, Washington County. On the underside he reads the message "JC 1965"... More »

7th, May 2012 Politicians 2

Why France voted for Hollande: revealed

Hollande is now running France. Germany gets Greece, Portugal and Ireland. Hollande gets France. It's a topsy-turvey world in the go-ahead Europe Union.... More »

7th, May 2012 Celebrities

Sam Faiers' guide to having sex in Essex

Faiers, pneumatic, varnished star of The Only Way Is Essex tells us via the Sun's front page that sex with her former co-star Mark Wright is "forgettable".... More »

6th, May 2012 In Pictures

Puke Chips - The World's Worst Product Names

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