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15th, March 2012 In Pictures 1

Barbara Windsor

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15th, March 2012 Flashback 4

Nightmare On Fleet Street: Action And Battle In The Comic Books

Half a century ago, an influx of lurid American horror comics prompted a major backlash in 1950s Britain More »

15th, March 2012 Technology 6

The Sun spot Active Region 1429 - incredible photo

Makes you feel warm all over... More »

15th, March 2012 In Pictures

Kate Middleton play hockey - photos

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15th, March 2012 Reviews

Paul McBride: News round-up of top Scottish lawyer's sudden death

Paul McBride died suddenly in Pakistan. He was 43. More »

15th, March 2012 In Pictures

Miley Cyrus Hunger Games premiere - in photos

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15th, March 2012 Celebrities 11

The Beatles Butchered: How The Beatles Were Carved Up

The Beatles albums are the cornerstones of the popular music canon. Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles For Sale, Help!, Rubber Soul… They sold in their millions all over the globe... More »

15th, March 2012 Celebrities

Katie Price leaves off Hunger Games premiere for the sake of her kids

"How many parents of children/disabled children know the importance of being able to be contacted if something happens in an emergency???"... More »

15th, March 2012 Photojournalism 2

Cats dressed as people - in photos

Are the cats dead or alive? ... More »

15th, March 2012 Madeleine McCann 2

Madeleine McCann: The Smith family and media distortion

Below the headline "Local family may be key to new Maddie probe", we are told... More »

15th, March 2012 Money 2

Why you can't have free trade and price fixing - its kills NHS patients

There's a good piece here about the life and business of a parallel drug importer. Nice Austrian lad getting rich by buying drugs in cheap places (yes, we're talking about prescription drugs, not the fun ones) and selling them on in expensive places... More »

15th, March 2012 Sports

Football chief Sir Dave Richards falls fully clothed into hotel pool - thieving foreigners impressed

Sir Dave Richards, the chairman of the Premier League and a member of the FA board, shows the watching knobs and knobesses massed in Qatar for a football bun fight just what Brits get up to overseas... More »

15th, March 2012 In Pictures

Celebrity Love Dolls

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15th, March 2012 Sports

Cheating Chelsea striker Didier Drogba's greatest dive

Drogba beats his personal best with Barcelona audition... More »

15th, March 2012 TV & Radio

The nuclear boy scout

Once upon a time, boy scout developed an interest in nuclear technology. You might have enjoyed those Atomic Bomb Kits mum and dad gave you for Christmas. This boy scout went further... More »

15th, March 2012 Politicians

When David Cameron met Obama it was all showbiz all of the time

SO. David Cameron went to the White House and met with Barack Obama, ate with Barack Obama, kissed Barack Obama and watched men in tank tops play netball with Barack Obama. The press pack looked on. There was pretty much nothing else to report on other than the celebrity stuff.... More »

15th, March 2012 The Consumer 3

Receipt calls woman a 'ugly itch'

When Shanae Lewis looked at the receipt for good purchased at Radio Shack in Maryland she saw the words “ugly itch, ghettohood, usa, tattoville, Maryland” typed at the bottom... More »

15th, March 2012 Reviews

Asma and Bashar Assad's amazing emails - The Guardian's scoop puts Right Said Fred on the map

According to 3,000 emails allegedly intercepted by rebels between June 2011 and February 6 2012 and now released for the world's horror, Asma and Assad bought... More »

15th, March 2012 In Pictures 1

Tattoos - On Your Tongue

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15th, March 2012 Celebrities 12

Coronation Street Ken's 1,000 Women - Bill Roache's nickname is 'Cock Roache'

William Roache, Coronation Street's Ken Barlow, has slept with 1,000 women - and not all of them as part of the plot... More »

15th, March 2012 Flashback 2

14 Neglected Beatles' Gems

Now that The Beatles catalogue has been re-mastered in mono and stereo, attention is once again focussed on The Beatles' masterpieces... More »

15th, March 2012 In Pictures

Ugly Pets

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14th, March 2012 Film 2

Hunger Games: A Map of Panem

In the dystopian post-USA north America, demonic leaders living in Capitol City get taught-skinned, photogenic teens to kill each other on the TV. But where is Panem?... More »

14th, March 2012 Politicians

David Cameron says Obama will look at the 2003 extradition treaty

Cameron says Barack Obama will look at the 2003 extradition treaty that steamrolls British justice and has sent Christopher Tappin to a US prison... More »

14th, March 2012 Key Posts 4

TV Cameraman kills rare rabbit with no ears while filming news story

Til had the making of a media darling. Cute. Fury. Edible. But now sadly dead... More »