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2nd, January 2012 Key Posts

Dear God, even the Telegraph Can't understand Corporate Tax

We sorta expect this sort of thing from the Guardian or the Mirror. Not just whipping up people into paroxysms of rage about companies not paying their tax but not actually understanding what's going on in the first place... More »

2nd, January 2012 Celebrities

Occupy Ellen Barkin: Rich actress joins the 99%

Barkin is the latest multi-millionaire to join the Occupy Wall Street Movement. The 1% are also the 99%. The rich really do want it all... More »

2nd, January 2012 In Pictures

John Lennon - Rare and wonderful photos of The Beatles great

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2nd, January 2012 Reviews

The Coney Island Polar Bear Swim (photos)

The Coney Island Polar Bear Swim, the say when the Coney Island Bear Swim club wade into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day... More »

2nd, January 2012 Politicians

Kim Jong Un leads North Korea into 'Socialist fairylands'

Send for the giant! More »

2nd, January 2012 Reviews 10

BMW driver says Lancashire 20mph speed limit hurts her car

Diane Greenwood, says being made on pain of law to driver her BMW at 20mph will damage her car... More »

2nd, January 2012 Reviews

Sahar Gul shows us how Afghanistan has changed

Gul is the 15-year-old Afghan wife tortured by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law in their effort to make her a prostitute.... More »

2nd, January 2012 Reviews

African sex slaves in Qatar's World Cup

Did you know that gay Kenyan men are being sold as sex slaves to wealthy Arabs living in the Gulf states?... More »

2nd, January 2012 Reviews

Anuj Bidve: Vain Kiaran Stapleton bills himself as 'Pyscho Stapleton'

Stapleton, the man accused of murdering Anuj Bidve has appeared at Manchester Magistrates' Court... More »

2nd, January 2012 Flashback

Photos of the day: Playboy Sex with Zsa Zsa Gabor

Photos of the Day hark back to the golden age of lads maga, when "Arabs are lousy lovers" Zsa Zsa Gabor had slept with "six husbands", and we all got to see what kind of man reads Playboy... More »

2nd, January 2012 The Consumer

Man tries to spend $1million bill in Walmart

Michael Anthony Fuller, 53, attempted to pay for his shopping with a $1million note. He was shopping at a Walmart in Lexington... More »

2nd, January 2012 Reviews 4

Replacing all PIP breast implants on the NHS is a must

The story of the faulty Poly Implants Prostheses (PIP) breast implants - the ones filled with industrial silicon - is gaining momentum... More »

2nd, January 2012 Celebrities

Why Katy Perry and Russell Brand divorced - the truth

Perry and Russell Brand are to divorce. Wan to know why? Want to know what they're going to do next? Well, read on... More »

1st, January 2012 Reviews 4

Muslim MPs attacked for no Halal in Palace of Westminster

"Angry MPs" are, for the Mail, not Muslim MPs. You cannot be both... More »

1st, January 2012 Key Posts 6

Anuj Bidve murder: public sector made Kiaran Stapleton do it?

The Telegraph is no fan of the BBC and somehow manages to shoehorn it into the explanation as to why a man murdered Anuj Bidve... More »

1st, January 2012 Key Posts 4

Anuj Bidve murder: GMP therapists, creepy Hazel Blears and saving Manchester's education industry

Anuj Bidve: a look at the murder of the Indian student in Salford on Boxing Day: creeping police, Hazel Blears and money... More »

1st, January 2012 Reviews

Marina Shnip killed her baby with breast milk

To the Novgorod region of Russia, where 30-year-old Marina Shnip has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years prison for being drunk whilst breastfeeding her two-week old son... More »

1st, January 2012 Reviews

Alcohol can help you and your liver defy gravity (Video proof)

HAPPY NEW YEAR from the good people at the British Liver Trust (BLT) who say abstaining from booze in January does not work... More »

1st, January 2012 Strange But True

Lena Paahlsson finds lost wedding ring attached to growing carrot

Lena Paahlsson lost her ring 16 years ago. She's just found attached to a carrot growing in her garden... More »

1st, January 2012 Sports 10

FA Evra Racism Report Saves Liverpool Player Luis Suarez's Career

Liverpool's Luis Suarez a racist? It might depend who you ask... More »

31st, December 2011 Reviews 2

2011 in a bag of looted rice

We were going to do the big review of the year 2011. But instead we distilled it into two things... More »

31st, December 2011 Sports

Manchester United 2 - Blackburn Rovers 3 - Steve Kean is a hero

United have lost 3-2 at home to Steve Kean's Blackburn Rovers, a team universally derided as being rubbish and managed by man the fans want out... More »

31st, December 2011 Reviews 1

Happy New Year!

New Year! Bring on the fireworks a la France... More »

31st, December 2011 In Pictures

2011: A Year In Great Photos

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31st, December 2011 Reviews

Who is the Burnley Bum Slapper?

The Burnley Bottom Slapper has, to date, slapped a 45-year-old woman jogging along Padiham Road; , a 19-year-old woman was walking along Ighten Road; and a 24-year-old woman was walking alone in Watt Street... More »