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2nd, April 2012 Reviews 2

The Conflict after 30 years: 3,140 Falkland Islanders want to be British

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2nd, April 2012 Books

10 books with terrible titles to read before you die laughing

Featuring such titles as Invisible Dick, Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself, Hitler: Neither Vegetarian nor Animal Lover and Castration - Advantages and Disadvantages... More »

2nd, April 2012 TV & Radio

The Top 50 serious moments in sit-coms are all unintentionally funny

See if you can watch without smirking... More »

2nd, April 2012 Reviews 2

Anna Chapman was getting close to Obama's 'inner circle'

Was Anna Chapman, the femme fatale spy, getting too close to someone in Barack Obama's inner circle?... More »

2nd, April 2012 Music

Heavy metal bands - a world map of where to find them

Where can you find the greatest concentration of heavy metal bands?... More »

2nd, April 2012 Key Posts 2

Priest plays gay porn at Holy Communion get together

We join the action ast St Mary's School in Pomeroy, County Tyrone, just as Father Martin McVeigh, slides a USB stick into the laptop to give a presentation to parents and one child about the wonders of for Holy Communion... More »

2nd, April 2012 Reviews 11

Are PC Karl Bartlett and Simon Hardwood symptoms of a failing police force?

PC Karl Bartlett has been spared prison. The 42-year-old copper head-butted a 14-year-old boy and manhandled him into the side of a parked car. The lad was left with “unquantifiable emotional injuries”. It was a “disgraceful incident of gratuitous violence”... More »

2nd, April 2012 In Pictures

The Spice Girls - a group in photos

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2nd, April 2012 Celebrities

Battle of the Mels: Spice Girls at war over invariably awful musical

Writing a musical is hard work, so why not skip much of the creative process and based it around the back catalogue of a campy, successful band? We're looking at you, Queen and ABBA. Here's Spice Girls: The Musical... More »

2nd, April 2012 Royal Family

Prince Harry saves Bash Kazi in Polo - a Mills & Boon special

"Harry slowly rolls Mr Kazi into the recovery position, while the horses and riders look helplessly on"... More »

2nd, April 2012 Sports 1

Sunderland takes on Everton in rubbish storm

Having seen Sunderland lost 0-2 to Everton in the FA Cup quarter-final, the Sunderland Echo reassures its readers that the visotors are not better than the Makems at all... More »

2nd, April 2012 Money

Japan to ban bananas

This fuss over the radiation from the Japanese nuclear disaster is really getting just a touch out of hand. For they've just passed a law which seems to mean that bananas will be banned... More »

2nd, April 2012 Reviews 15

Daniel Bartlam gets 16 years of murdering his mother - the media get Coronation Street

Daniel Bartlam was 14 when he murder his mother Jacqueline Bartlam, 47, with a hammer as she slept at their home in Redhill, Notts. Bartlam then poured petrover his mother's body and set it on fire... More »

2nd, April 2012 The Consumer

The singing telegram advert to brighten your day and get you laid

"TajTunes is terrific! All my friends and family who have recieved called have been hysterically delighted" - Where do I sign?! More »

2nd, April 2012 Film 1

Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in humourless biopic

Chris 'knocks seven shades out of Rihanna' Brown has seen his stock soar and Ashton Kutcher, who shagged a young woman in a hot tub on the anniversary of his marriage to Demi Moore has since got a rake of work.... More »

2nd, April 2012 Photojournalism 1

Photos of the day - Skateboarding Obama's dog knickers for sad owl

Obama's skateboarding, dog's knickers you can't lick, the cat in the jumper and the saddest owl in the world... More »

2nd, April 2012 Strange But True

Hero crow saves baby pigeon for later

News that a crow has saved the life of baby pigeon is a Daily Mirror scoop. Ben Griffiths says the "have-a-crow hero" "rescued" the baby pigeon by dragging it out of the path of on-rushing vehicles... More »

2nd, April 2012 TV & Radio

Arthur is the beaten cat with a cone on his head

Arthus the cat is not feeling all that good right now... More »

2nd, April 2012 TV & Radio

Brazil's Alexia Twister performs Madonna's entire Super Bowls act better

And the best bit is that it was not interrupted by men in leggings... More »

2nd, April 2012 Reviews

Correction of the Week - Carlo Padavani is John Travolta's drugs baron

"Several readers have pointed out that alleged crime lord Carlo Padovani (Metro Friday) is said to have modelled himself on Tony Montana..." More »

2nd, April 2012 Celebrities

Tulisa flees UK via Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1

Tulisa does not QUIT UK - breaking.... More »

1st, April 2012 Reviews 5

Faces of the day: The Navratri festival in India

Ram Navami is a celebration of the birthday of the Hindu God Lord Rama. Other Hindus carry knives and flex their muscles… More »

1st, April 2012 Flashback 3

Blue Jeans magazine and naming those 1980s heartthrobs

Blue Jeans magazine was great. There photo casebooks were how a generation learnt about sexual relations and how to match two types of denim (tip: tuck your jumper in)... More »

1st, April 2012 Key Posts

Ministers save Royal Mail with GCHQ powers to snoop on your emails and web porn

The end of the free internet is nigh. The Government is to monitor all emails, phone calls, text and websites you view. Of course, GCHQ already does just that. But soon it will be legal... More »

1st, April 2012 Sports 47

RIP Chris Ralph, the man we never knew but whom football will mourn

RIP Chris Ralph, the 47-year-old footballer who collapsed during a football match between Chagford and Topsham Town. Mr Ralph died playing for Chagford in the Devon Veterans' County Cup final at Newton Abbot... More »