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23rd, April 2012 Flashback

Flashback to April 23 - Photos from this day in history

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23rd, April 2012 Reviews

Ched Evans and Connor Brown give Sheffield United a problem

Rapist Ched Evans played football for Sheffield United. Connor Brown still does. He plays in the reserves. Evans was sentenced to five years prison at Caernarfon crown court last Friday. He raped a woman who was "too drunk to consent" to sex. More »

23rd, April 2012 TV & Radio 1

A video of a real frog sitting on a bench like Kermit

This might be the best thing you see on the internet this year: a frog is sitting on a bench, like Kermit... More »

23rd, April 2012 Reviews

Japanese teen reunited with football lost in tsunami

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23rd, April 2012 Celebrities 1

Justin Bieber uses rape and Borat to taunt 'baby-momma' Mariah Yeeter

ring his self-proclaimed #RANDOMTWITTERHOUR, Bieber spat out some pent-up rage at Yeater... More »

23rd, April 2012 Politicians

Only 18% of French are Nazis - France election shocker!

Quelle surprise in France where only 18% are rabid Nazis.... More »

23rd, April 2012 Technology 1

Smuggling iPhones into China - the airtime plan piracy

Obviously something weird is happening, as with PJ O'Rourke's point that you can't get Cuban cigars in Cuba... More »

23rd, April 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - Scarlett Johansson's Tiger Peens

Tigers in peril.... More »

23rd, April 2012 Technology 1

My boyfriend @c*ntdestr0yer is a real romantic - Facebook lovers tell all

Love in the time of social media... More »

23rd, April 2012 Reviews 3

Why do the Arab leaders hate women?

"When more than 90 percent of ever-married women in Egypt -- including my mother and all but one of her six sisters -- have had their genitals cut in the name of modesty, then surely we must all blaspheme..." More »

23rd, April 2012 Key Posts 12

Addison Lee outs Green Party candidate with cyclists lament

The boss of Addison Lee minicabs, one John Griffin, writes in the company's Add Lib magazine has something to say... More »

23rd, April 2012 Reviews

Forbes writer wants climate chance deniers relocated beneath the waves

"We know who the active denialists are... Let’s start keeping track of them now, and when the famines come, let’s make them pay. Let’s let their houses burn until the innocent are rescued. Let’s swap their safe land for submerged islands..." More »

23rd, April 2012 Sports

Hooded Fabrice Muamba goes walkabout

Muamba is not an unlucky victim of a heart attack suffered during an FA Cup mtch with Bolton Wanderers at Spurs. He is the "MIRACLE ACE"... More »

23rd, April 2012 Strange But True 1

Massive rat hunting in Consett, County Durham

Saddle up and head to Consett, County Durham, where the rats are fatter than Jimmy Fivebellies in a pub lock-in. Brian Watson has offed a massive rat with a piece of wood near as he cut grass on a tractor... More »

23rd, April 2012 Flashback

The First Nylon Fair at The Albert Hall in 1956 - video

Oh, for the halcyon days when "bloomers and "housecoats" were go-ahead fashions... More »

23rd, April 2012 Flashback 5

When Jayne Mansfield scored at Tottenham Hotspur

Flashback photo of the Day. It's October 10, 1959... More »

23rd, April 2012 In Pictures

Jayne Mansfield - a life in photos

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23rd, April 2012 Key Posts

The Kitten Covers (2)

More from The Kitten Covers is a great collection of kittens in the mode of classic pop and rocks album covers... More »

22nd, April 2012 Celebrities

Cher and Chaz Bono rock the GLAAD Awards - photos

Cher gave her son GLAAD's Stephen F. Kolzak Award for the documentary Becoming Chaz, the story of his change from a woman to a man.... More »

22nd, April 2012 Sports

Arsenal's Robin Van Persie is PFA Player of the Year for 2012

The PFA Player of the Year for 2012 is Arsenal's Robin Van Persie... More »

22nd, April 2012 In Pictures

London Marathon 2012 - in photos

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22nd, April 2012 Key Posts

Kyron Horman: Why have the Oregonian's Lynne Terry and Maxine Bernstein changed stories?

The Oregonian seems to have become the police's mouthpiece. The press are embarked on a witch hunt to get Terri Horman, Kyron's step-mother .The police sit back and watch the media tears into Terri Horman. This is no good... More »

22nd, April 2012 Sports 4

The Ched Evans fans club rapes twitter: the misogyny of #justiceforched

Sheffield United’s Ched Evans is starting his five year sentence for raping a 19-year old woman at the Premier Inn near Rhyl, Denbighshire. On twitter the hashtag #chedevans is busy... More »

22nd, April 2012 Strange But True

Police discover Stockport fugitive by framed 'Wanted' mugshot at pal's home

Jordan Sim-much, 26, had a framed newspaper cutting about his friend being a fugitive hung over his fireplace. Police saw it when they raided his Stockport home after a tip-off... More »

22nd, April 2012 Sports 1

London Marathon 2012 - photos of runners, pukers and winners

The London Marathon 2012 - if you ran - you mad, crazy, bastard - this might be you in our photo gallery... More »