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30th, January 2012 Sports 2

Gary Speed's accidental death - coroner sticks to the facts

Why did Gary speed kill himself? Was it wilful? Was it an accident that he died? We don't know... More »

30th, January 2012 Sports

Gary Glitter to star at Superbowl

. The social pariah and twitter twatter also known as Paul Gadd Paul Gadd, a convicted child abuser, is to hear a cover of his hit 1972 track Rock And Roll Part II played at this year's Superbowl... More »

30th, January 2012 Reviews 7

Father and son murdered daughters Zainab Shafia, Sahar Shafia and Geeti Shafia for honour

Mohammed Shafia, 58, his second wife Tooba Yahya, 42, and their son Hamed, 21, drowned Shafia’s first wife Rona Amir Mohammad, 52, and their daughters Zainab Shafia, Sahar Shafia and Geeti Shafia... More »

30th, January 2012 Celebrities

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt make love on the SAGA red carpet - photos

Unless Miss Piggy and Kermit reunite, adopt a baby vampire and score a celebrity portmanteau (Permit?) or Prince Harry squires Jennifer Aniston (Hansiton, as the butler might say) *, Brangelina are the hottest.... More »

30th, January 2012 Film

The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards - in photos

The winners at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are... More »

30th, January 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - the snow bikini Institute of Oral Love

Photos of the Day are brought to you by: the way to "trap" a man; money from undergarments may not be acceptable; salda is hi-lar-i-ous; Aunty Jane is a good swimmer; the best view at Spurs; The Institute of Oral Love; and snow bikinis... More »

30th, January 2012 In Pictures

European Figure Skating Championships 2012 - in photos

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30th, January 2012 Key Posts 3

Network Rail killed Olivia Bazlinton and Charlotte Thompson - on the level

state-funded private company Network Rail will admit responsibility for the deaths of Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, when the case comes before the Beak... More »

30th, January 2012 Strange But True

Stupid burglar wore neighbour's stolen jumper

More evidence that what remains of Great Britain will miss Scotland when it's gone as we meet "Scotland’s thickest robber", Jamie Alexander... More »

30th, January 2012 Strange But True 4

Men had baby's head in bag of tomatoes

To Niger, where Tanko Haruna and Muhammed Yusuf, reportedly, have been found in possession of a polythene bag... More »

30th, January 2012 TV & Radio

Irish Horse trainer celebrates horse win with another kind of ride

To Leopardstown Ireland, where horse trainer Peter Casey is thrilled with his win... More »

29th, January 2012 Key Posts 3

Star Tips are here to help your life swing

Star Tips are NOW! magazines way of saving YOU! money and helping you to look GREAT! This is what you need to know... More »

29th, January 2012 Technology 6

Goodnight Captcha - a bedtime story made from website register words

Capatcha those weird words ou need to work out that appear on website register forms - has been turned into a story. It's a nice idea... More »

29th, January 2012 Sports 10

Woman 'steals' Novak Djokovic's shirt at Australian Open

Who is the woman in the crowd at the Melbourne Open nabbing Novak Djokovic's shirt from the grip of its intended recipient?... More »

29th, January 2012 Strange But True

Cannibal says oysters taste like human eyeballs

Thanks to the testimony of Tyree Lincoln Smith we know that human eyeballs taste like oysters. Smith has been arrested fon suspicion of murdering one Angel "Tun Tun" Gonzalez... More »

29th, January 2012 Reviews

Climate change creates more child rape

Climate change, has been held responsible for many ills of now and the future. But did you know that climate change creates more child abusers and child rapists?.. More »

29th, January 2012 Sports

Serbia's Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to win thrilling Australian open - photos

Who knew is was so utterly enthralling, uplifting and mesmeric? It's not about clubby HRT-addled men and women in blazers screaming "Come on Tim!" or Scottish patriots clenching for Andy Murray. It's about sport... More »

29th, January 2012 Film

India bans The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Daniel Craig's Enya dies horribly

The anal rape scene in the Hollywood remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo means the film will not be screened in India.... More »

29th, January 2012 Key Posts 23

Liverpool fan arrested for calling Manchester United's Patrice Evra a monkey? Call the race police

And so it came to pass that one man in the stands saw fit to grunt and make monkey noise towards Patrice Evra, the Manchester United captain... More »

29th, January 2012 Strange But True

Fish cover Northern Ireland Farm

To Northern Ireland, where farmer Gordon Flinn spots his field covered in fish. His daughter Louise tells the Belfast Telegraph... More »

29th, January 2012 Strange But True 3

Strange blue balls fall on Dorset

To Bournemouth, Dorset, where local man Steve Hornsby is pointing to the sky. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. It's 3cm diameter jelly-like blue balls raining down during a hail storm... More »

29th, January 2012 Strange But True

Wanted CCTV thief captured on camera

Can you help police identify the man who stole a CCTV camera in Bakersfield, California? More »

29th, January 2012 Sports

Kickboxing best friends settle the fight - video

When two friends ended up facing each other in a knock-out kickboxing contest, their reaction was more Corinthian than Mourinho in spirit... More »

28th, January 2012 Celebrities 5

Has Chloe Moretz turned Daily Mail writers into paedos?

What does the Daily Mail think of the film Kick Ass and its young star Chloe Moretz, a talented actress on the rise? More »

28th, January 2012 Key Posts

American Express offers card members trip on Costa Concordia

Can American Express outdo the newspapers and Google with their Costa Concordia promotion?... More »