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9th, January 2012 Reviews

Plymouth wants to ban foreigners from city centre shops

This will cut down on shoplifting and anti-social behaviour - because what is more pro-social than treating all foreigners like thieves?... More »

9th, January 2012 Sports

Did Wayne Bridge shop John Terry to the police? Race row gets Taiwanese animation treatment

The Taiwan-based media group NMA has produced a Luis Suarez / Patrice Evra / John Terry / Anton Ferdinand animated racism video... More »

9th, January 2012 Strange But True

Durham police release photo of robber's bum crack

Do you recognises this man, who was dressed in a black balaclava and dark clothing when armed with a knife he demanded cash from the cashier ar the Total Garage on St Cuthbert's Way in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham?... More »

9th, January 2012 Reviews

Leopard scalps man in Guwahati, India (photos)

The leopard being chased by people in has Guwahati, north-east India, has scalped a rickshaw driver... More »

9th, January 2012 TV & Radio

The Delivery - a John Lewis boy with a box film

First came the John Lewis boy and his head in box Christmas gift. Now comes the Laughing Basset comedy group and their weepy box... More »

9th, January 2012 Flashback

Elvis Presley - happy birthday photos

resley was born on January 8 1935. We've got 10 great photos from the life of the King of Rock 'n' Roll… More »

9th, January 2012 Reviews

Erin Langworthy falls 111m into Zambezi River when bungee snaps

Erin Langworthy was on holiday from Australia. On December 31 she thought it a good idea to jump off a platform above the crocodile-infested Zambezi Rive and bounce up and down in a strip of elastic... More »

9th, January 2012 Celebrities 9

Antony Worrall Thompson arrested in TV shoplifting pilot

No shame in this, Wozza. The recession hits us all. And, then, the purchases: cheese and wine. Not crab sticks and turkey twizzlers. Money is transitory. Class is indelible... More »

9th, January 2012 In Pictures

Kate Middleton's Changing Looks

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8th, January 2012 Reviews

Stephen Lawrence: A Michael Bunn in the media oven

"Detectives are reportedly letting them “stew” for a month before attempting to question them in their high-security prison. It’s there that they will be told that their sentences will be extended if they refuse to cooperate with police..." More »

8th, January 2012 The Consumer

How to make a 3ft high salad tower (video and photos)

How do you take advantage of the all-you-can eat salad bar? How do you build a 3ft-high and rising tower of salad?.. More »

8th, January 2012 Reviews

Gauchito Gil was Argentina's Robin Hood (photos)

Gaunchito Gil, nee Antonio Mamerto Gil Nunez, was executed on Jan. 8, 1878... More »

8th, January 2012 Celebrities

Huon Hoang (Junie Hoang) sues IMDB for revealing her real age

Huon Hoang, aka Junie Hoang, the 40-year-old Vietnam-born Texan suing the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for reporting her real age... More »

8th, January 2012 In Pictures

Manchester United beat Manchester City 3-2: FA Cup 2012 photos

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8th, January 2012 Key Posts

Cheryl Carter gets 'even with the sun': What will Rebekah Brooks' 'gatekeeper' not tell?

Cheryl Carter has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Cheryl Carter was a former executive assistant to ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, ex-News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner, and former NoW deputy editor Neil Wallis... More »

8th, January 2012 Celebrities 1

Jeremy Clarkson, the EDL and a liberal anti-racist Daily Star

Clarkson is in a "NEW RACE ROW" says the Daily Star, the paper that until recently supported of the English Defence League and warned us of Muslim only toilets in Rochdale. Has Top Gear presenter Clarkson been not racist enough?... More »

7th, January 2012 Strange But True

Yarn bombing Clitheroe Castle in photos

Yarn bombers are planning to cover Clitheroe Castle in knitting.... More »

7th, January 2012 Sports

Banque Populaire V wins Jules Verne trophy: round the world in 45 days 13 hours 42 min 53s

Highlights of the adventure are: Santa delivers two French chocolates and a knife for very crew member; in mid-Atlantic a plastic bag attaches itself to a rudder; Thompson communicated in “schoolboy French”... More »

7th, January 2012 Key Posts 1

Tom Adeyemi 'race storm': Police and state want to re-educate the Liverpool bigot

On what planet is an idiot calling someone names equated to the brutal, pre-mediated murder of a man because he was black? Is everything now seen through the prism of a racist murder 18 years ago? Is it always racism and not prejudice?.. More »

7th, January 2012 The Consumer

Dubai's Circuit Factory gym says Holocaust was a good thing

arkinson runs the Circuit Factory’s Facebook group which featured a black-and-white photo of the rail tracks leading to the Auschwitz Nazi death camp and the legend: "KISS YOUR CALORIES GOODBYE"... More »

7th, January 2012 Strange But True

Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop is our Mug Shot of the Day

Shot of the Day features the face of Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop. The thrice double-barrelled Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop was arrested Reynolds Park on Madison's Near East Side on Thursday... More »

6th, January 2012 Key Posts 4

The 10 sexiest men calendars for 2012

: Hairy Men; Nice Jewish Men, Dick of the Month, Hot Older Male, Hot Guys With Dogs, Mormon Men, Ruff & Ready Men... More »

6th, January 2012 TV & Radio

RIP Bob Holness: with Konnie Huq and The Two Pauls

During yesterday’s episode I turned to my boyfriend and asked: “Is Bob Holness still alive?”.. More »

6th, January 2012 Politicians

Michael Gove bores the children to sleep (video)

Hey, kidzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... More »

6th, January 2012 In Pictures

Justin Bieber's tattoos in photos (with added Jesus)

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