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27th, April 2012 Celebrities

Donald Trump champions static energy: Edinburgh students create the world's greatest ever photo

A student at Edinburgh University shows the world that when it comes to renewable energy, static beats wind. (This might be the world's greatest ever photo.)... More »

27th, April 2012 Celebrities 1

Look at Taylor Swift's boobs and decide if they've magically grown

Have you seen Taylor Swift lately? Did you look at her chest? Of course you didn't. She's so interminably beige that you probably forgot you were looking at a human at all... More »

27th, April 2012 Flashback

Max Bygraves sings Under the Coconut Tree

Once upon a time it was ok for toothbrush botherer Max Bygraves to belt out Under the Coconut Tree in the style of an Asian man who lives in South London doing an impression of a demented black Caribbean barman... More »

27th, April 2012 Celebrities

Happy birthday Sheena Easton, always our Sheila Orr

If you did know Sheena Easton before she made it big on Esther Rantzen's The Big Time on the telly, do go up to her next time she's in Bellshill and says "Aren't you, Sheena Orr?"... More »

27th, April 2012 Strange But True

Tranquilized Bear rains down from tree in Colorado - photo of the year

To Colorado, where it's raining bears!... More »

27th, April 2012 Reviews 2

Assault victim Kristoffer Larsgard gets seven years jail for running over a woman's toes in America

Larsgard, 33, is another victim of the lunatic American justice system. For hurting woman's toes in his rented car, the Norwegian holidaymaker is serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence... More »

27th, April 2012 Key Posts 7

Human bomb invades Advantage HGV office in London: photos and videos

A human bomb - a man strapped up with gasoline cylinders - has invaded the offices at Advantage, a company which offers HGV courses... More »

27th, April 2012 Money

What's caused the London Olympics security bill rise?

There are two good answers to how this happened... More »

27th, April 2012 The Consumer 1

Which nation has the most plastic surgery? Revealed

Which nation has the most appreciation of cosmetic surgery? And does it alter depending on where Simon Cowell is staying?.. More »

27th, April 2012 Reviews 2

Is God on your side? Check with this handy diagram

A handy diagramme explaining Thought For the Day on the BBC - and how to check if God is on your side... More »

27th, April 2012 Celebrities

Halle Berry and Nahla are stalked by the Daily Mail

"There are people who don't mind their children being in magazines. But I feel that if we make the decision for our family and children that it's not okay, I should have my wishes as a mom heard". Did the Mail hear Berry?... More »

27th, April 2012 Celebrities

When Alex Reid became an Parliamentary expert - like Elmo and Russell Brand

Politicians are in it to meet stars, aren't they. Gordon Brown and Tony Blair were starfuckers; David Cameron can't speak without making reference to a TV advert ("Calm down dear") or a TV show and Keith Vaz... More »

27th, April 2012 In Pictures

Disturbing Images

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27th, April 2012 Flashback

Victoria's Secret models of 1979 - comfort before sex and excited dogs

It's 1979, and Victoria's Secret is flogging underwear. The guiding principles are, in order: warmth; coverage; clothing should not arouse pets... More »

27th, April 2012 Celebrities

Rupert Murdoch was Simon Cowell's paper boy - true story

"We lay our scene in January 2010, in the waters surrounding the Tobago Cays, five tiny uninhabited islands in the Grenadines. Here, "a gaggle of billionaires' yachts" are anchored..." More »

27th, April 2012 In Pictures

Disturbing Images (Volume 2)

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27th, April 2012 TV & Radio

Yatif is the singing fishmonger of Queens Market, London

Yatif will now sing his fish song, as heard at Queens Market, Upton Park, London E13... More »

27th, April 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the Day - Horny Rupert Murdoch was a Glasgow clamper

Glasgow has a message for the clampers; Rupert Murdoch grows horns; her tongue is long; the child's arms are thing; and her chest is in 3D... More »

27th, April 2012 TV & Radio 1

Pet dogs prepare to devour dead turtle, maybe - video

All dog owners like to think the best of their pets, which must be how this video came to be labelled "Dog grieves over huge dead turtle - Breathtaking"... More »

27th, April 2012 Celebrities

Do these Kaley Cuoco bikini photos feature Amy Winehouse?

A look at Kaley Cuoco, actress and star of the Big Bang Theory on the TV. She's been on holiday to the Carribean island of Anguilla. Nice. She's taken photos of her good self in her bikini and posted them on twitter... More »

27th, April 2012 In Pictures

Kaley Cuoco photos

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27th, April 2012 Key Posts 3

Madeleine McCann: Stupid Portuguese police ignore 'evidence' and hurt Kate and Gerry (say tabloids)

Almost five years on and Our Maddie is still on the front pages. As ever, there is no news. There are no new facts. We are just watching the missing child's parents and attacking funny foreigners, in this instance the Portuguese police.... More »

26th, April 2012 In Pictures

The Best Demotivational Posters

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26th, April 2012 Celebrities 1

Harry Styles and One Direction In STD scare

Headline The Week was, of course, "One Direction in chlamydia scare after handling koalas Down Under".... More »

26th, April 2012 Reviews

Egypt moves to legalise necrophilia

Al Arabiya reports that the Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) does not want the parliament to lower the minimum age of marriage to 14 and allow a husband to have sex with his wife within six hours of her death.... More »