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21st, January 2012 Strange But True

Dante Autullo shoots nail into head and doesn't notice (x-ray photos)

Dante Autullo did not realise his nail gun had fired a 7.62cm nail into his head... More »

21st, January 2012 TV & Radio

Britain's Got Talent Manchester auditions in photos: Alesha Dixon is Alesha Beacon

Alesha Dixon was Alesha Beacon for the first auditions of 2012 Britain's Got Talent at the Lowry Theatre in Salford, Manchester. Well, so says the blurb... More »

21st, January 2012 Reviews

The Colbert-Cain campaign: a ticket to ridicule Republicans

The day before the 21 January South Carolina Republican primary, comedian Stephen Colbert held a rally urging voters to elect Herman Cain.... More »

21st, January 2012 Celebrities 2

Paul Daniels mystery finger - much confusion over which finger magician lost in accident

Daniels has made the top of his finger disappear. While making a safety device (a sled) for his circular saw he lost the top of his third finger, the ring finger, and his index finger. Or did he? More »

21st, January 2012 In Pictures 1

Heidi Klum's Halloween Costumes

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21st, January 2012 Reviews

Charlie Williams writes a letter about his cancer

Charlie Williams has beaten medulloblastoma. So Charlie Williams wrote a letter about his experience while at school inn Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk. The letter goes like this... More »

21st, January 2012 Strange But True

Islington council erects tree sign warning against erecting tree sings

"Please do not attach or affix any structures or objects to the park furniture and trees at Highbury Fields including the benches and lamp posts..." More »

21st, January 2012 Strange But True 1

Why did man shoot change machine at Busy Bubbles laundromat? (video)

To Winter Haven, Florida, where police are looking for man who walked into the Busy Bubbles laundromat on Cypress Gardens Road and shot the change machine... More »

21st, January 2012 Strange But True 1

Mug Shot: Russell Hofstad ate cat he'd skinned with butter knife

Hofstad has been arrested in Phoenix for skinning and gutting a cat with a butter knife, and then sporting the feline's tail as a necklace... More »

20th, January 2012 Politicians

Atlanta Jewish Times wants Barack Obama murdered

The Barack Obama Death Cult returns with news that Andrew Adler, publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, has used his January 13, 2012 column to says that one way of sorting out Iran is to murder Barack Obama.. More »

20th, January 2012 The Consumer

Man arrested for selling Saddam Hussein's bum

Ely, who lives in Herefordshire, says the a 2ft lump of bronze chunk of arse is his.... More »

20th, January 2012 Reviews 3

The Manchester Mole Gang tunnel in - photos of a daring ATM raid

Do we have a sneaking admiration for the gang who dig a 100ft long, 4ft-high tunnel in Fallowfield, Manchester, and robbed the ATM by the Blockbusters... More »

20th, January 2012 Reviews 1

Dorset man tries to murder wife with petrol tanker

To Wool, Dorset, where, reportedly, Hugh Billington, the driver of a fuel tanker that crashed into Christine Billington's bungalow and burst into flames, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder... More »

20th, January 2012 Music

Daily Mail mocks Etta James in death

James has died. The Daily Mail signals this passing by announcing: "At Last singer Etta James dies after battle with leukaemia"... More »

20th, January 2012 Celebrities 1

Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, no more?

REJOICE! Well, rejoice through crocodile tears because, you people who have a fantasy about somehow getting Johnny Depp or Vanessa Paradis to fall in love with you, will have to pretend that the news of their potential split is really sad... More »

20th, January 2012 Reviews 4

Costa Concordia: Crew told passengers to return to cabins (video)

RaiNews24 has featured a female member of the crew stating “everything is under control”. The electrical fault has been fixed.... More »

20th, January 2012 Reviews 4

Neville Thurlbeck says Rupert Murdoch spiked stories that upset his friends

"THERE has been a request on the blog for examples of stories where a lot of time and money was spent getting nowhere. Examples are rare but I can think of a couple..." More »

20th, January 2012 Celebrities

Rosie Nixon explains how OK! and Hello! work

At the Leveson Inquiry, Hello! editor Rosie Nixon explains just how the glossy magazines industry works... More »

20th, January 2012 TV & Radio

A man runs along the beach (video)

How was your Christmas break? Go anywhere hot. Keep fit? We did... More »

20th, January 2012 Celebrities 1

Gary Glitter twitter jokes in full

Those Gary Glitter twitter jokes in full More »

20th, January 2012 Key Posts 1

Costa Concordia: Was Francesco Schettino drinking with dancer Domnica Cemortan?

Cemortan is the 25-year-old Moldovan dancer and interpreter for Russian passengers alleged to have been dining with Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino the night the ship went down with loss of life... More »

20th, January 2012 TV & Radio

Simon Cowell offers BGT winners a Branson Botox

Cowell, eye licker and peddler of great format telly that has for years spiced the bland ITV schedules with two massive hits is on the cover of the red-tops... More »

19th, January 2012 Film

In photos - London Critics' Circle Film Awards winners, dresses and losers

It's the 2012 London Critics' Circle Film Awards, at BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, London. Not to be confused with the Critics Choice Awards, the Golden Globes or the Oscars... More »

19th, January 2012 Celebrities

Bruno Mars: Arrested with bag of cocaine but law doesn't care

Inspid, vapid pop-goon Bruno Mars has done very little for this planet apart from sell millions of awful records that have utterly polluted the air and damaged the brains of all those that have had the misfortune to hear them... More »

19th, January 2012 Sports

Fifa orders Brazil to sell watery beer at World Cup

FIFA, eh? Watching over us all with ever-loving grace. Fighting the good fight. Tackling the real issues that threaten to undermine our beloved game with feverish haste and ruthless efficiency. Racism? Dealt with... More »