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5th, March 2012 Politicians

Putin denies contact with sun-dried tomatoes - follows all Russians on Twitter

And the winner of the Presidential elections in Russia is… More »

5th, March 2012 Sports

Harlequins' Danny Care urinated on steps of Leeds' Queens Hotel

Yeah, on the steps. Not in the doorman's hat. Not in the winger's pint. On the steps... More »

5th, March 2012 Sports

London Olympics brings enlightenment to Whitley Bay

London gets the Olympics. The north east gets an electric rainbow designed by American artist Yvette Mattern... More »

5th, March 2012 Celebrities

Michael Jackson files stolen by hackers?

Does anyone want this blank tape of unreleased MJ songs off us?... More »

5th, March 2012 Madeleine McCann 2

Madeleine McCann: a Paedophile and a song

Barry James Shaw has appeared at Belfast Crown Court, charged with downloading and swapping images of children being sexually assaulted... More »

5th, March 2012 In Pictures 3

Lady Gaga - Before She Was Famous

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5th, March 2012 Flashback

Every Top Of The Pops in one video

This was the show that was... More »

5th, March 2012 Celebrities

Bobby Brown lived in a car so Whitney Houston could go to rehab

So. Now that Whitney Houston is dead, we can all say what we like about her because she has no feelings... More »

5th, March 2012 Money

Will people please stop blaming Greece on the Neoliberals?!?

As a fully paid up neoliberal myself it does irritate immensely when we get blamed for things that are absolutely none of our fault... More »

5th, March 2012 TV & Radio 1

Mother throws knives at child - 1950s video gold

In this video, the mother throws knives at her young leotard-clad child. The crowd ooos and aahhhhs... More »

5th, March 2012 Key Posts

Prince Harry does the Bahamas - Bahamas yields (photos)

Harry has made it to the Bahamas. There he was presented with a portrait of himself. It wasn’t a caricature done by a precinct Picasso in black ink... More »

5th, March 2012 Sports

Alan Hansen: Why Manchester City and Manchester United will win the Premier League

Hansen does not spend all week slumped on the Match of The Day sofa. He spends some of his working week writing for the Daily Telegraph... More »

5th, March 2012 The Consumer

Paris Fashion Week Autumn / Winter 2012 - the must-have looks (photos)

Bared nipples and dressing as mobile wallpaper samples are very en vogue... More »

5th, March 2012 Gifs

Gifs of the day - The groom is sick with love (literally)

Look, mum - I'm not on the telly... More »

5th, March 2012 Key Posts 2

Baby P's father gets £75,000 for being called a child rapist in print

The father of Baby Peter Connolly – for now and for ever the tabloids’ Baby P - has been awarded £75,000 against the publishers of The People... More »

5th, March 2012 Strange But True 1

Teenager Gemma Barker posed as boys to trick other girls into sex

Barker was 19 when she created fake Facebook profiles in the names of Aaron Lampard, Connor McCormack and Luke Jones to facilitate sexual encounters with girls... More »

5th, March 2012 Key Posts

Lockerbie: Innocent Abdulaset Ali al-Megrahi was looking for sex not murder in Malta

AbdulBaset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person to have been convicted of murdering 270 in the Lockerbie bombing, may get another appeal. More »

5th, March 2012 Strange But True

Massive gorilla spotted in Witchford, Cambridgeshire

Who dumped the 12ft gorilla statue on a bridleway in Witchford, Cambridgeshire? More »

5th, March 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - still no regrets about Batman's sexy bum?

Photos of the day - no regrets about Batman's sexy bum... More »

5th, March 2012 In Pictures

Grandma's tips for using the internet

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5th, March 2012 Politicians

Barack Obama's transgender nanny was a prostitute - Evie tells all

Ever hear of Barack Obama's "transgender ex-nanny outcast"?... More »

5th, March 2012 Celebrities

Charlotte Church and other shape-shifting hacking victims

Hugh Grant no longer bears the image of solipsistic depressive, forever on the point of movie retirement. We think of him now as valiant champion of celebrity victimhood, outward-looking and lethal as he unleashes his Latymer-engineered prosodics... More »

5th, March 2012 In Pictures

Weird Crisps And Chips

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5th, March 2012 Reviews 11

Lottery winner Matt Topham's estranged mum opens her heart to the Sun

When Matt Topham and his lover Cassey Carrington won $£45m on the lottery the tabloids set about looking for misery to inject into his happy, happy life... More »

5th, March 2012 In Pictures

Battle of Britain In Pictures

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