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18th, December 2011 Strange But True 1

Severn Trent water showcases teeth lost down toilets

The people at Severn Trent's sewage treatment works in Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, have showcased a job lot of dentures recovered in the system.... More »

18th, December 2011 Madeleine McCann 7

Madeleine McCann: When Hush Money Becomes A Donation

The dread News of The World paid £125,000 to Madeline McCann fun.... More »

18th, December 2011 Key Posts 1

Roy Keane on Manchester United: Which managers are in Manchester United's Alex Ferguson's pocket?

Roy Keane no longer talks to Manchester United's manager Alex Ferguson. The Sunday Times says Keane declined to attended Ferguson's 25th anniversary party. Why?... More »

18th, December 2011 Music 1

Daily Mail says 'At Last' Etta James is going to die

All news organs like to be first with news that a star has died - but does the Mail need to be obvious in its enthusiasm? More »

18th, December 2011 Politicians

Tory MP Aidan Burley sacked as Cameron's PPS for Nazi Stag do

So, farewell Tory Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley, sacked from his job as a parliamentary private secretary for being on Stag so in France with lots of white people dressed as Nazi Party SS officers... More »

18th, December 2011 TV & Radio

How many workers does it take to stop an out of control concrete buffer?

This get better and better... More »

18th, December 2011 Royal Family

Prince Harry targeted in Battersea mugging drama

The Mail says Prince Harry was on the phone to Thomas van Straubenzee when the man with a name like a prescription upper had his BlackBerry stolen... More »

18th, December 2011 TV & Radio 3

Harry Judd wins Strictly Come Dancing as McFly make it a pro-celebrity two-step

Congratulations, then, to Harry Judd. Before the baffled eyes of Bruce Forsyth, Judd accepted his massive Glitterball trophy, and blessedly did not use the word "journey" in his valedictory speech... More »

17th, December 2011 Politicians 1

The Barack Obama Mannequin is the Muslim fundamentalist's wet dream

The Barack Obama mannequin is not a sex doll to use with Obamagasm vibrator... More »

17th, December 2011 Flashback 2

Tips for single women: how to get and keep a man

Tips for Single Women from 1938 are a valid today as they were then. More »

17th, December 2011 Celebrities

Scarlett Johansson is now known as Loobum: ScarJo is dead

Johansson wants us to know that she hates being called ScarJo.In conversation with USA Today, ScarJo says so... More »

17th, December 2011 Sports

Wigan fan wears turkey hat at Chelsea match

Is it a cry for help and to put out of his misery of watching the Latics? Look out for him wearing grouse hat on the Glorious Twelth... More »

17th, December 2011 In Pictures

Lesbian pulp fictions: the covers

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17th, December 2011 Celebrities 1

How I fell asleep with Cheryl Cole and her 4,000 shoes

Last week Heat magazine's fashion presenter Mark Heyes sat down with Cheryl Cole and tried to make a wet noodle sound interesting... More »

17th, December 2011 Flashback

Lesbian pulp fiction turned on men and released women

Before on-demand internet hardcore pornography was piped into every home and lipstick lesbianism sold records there was the popular erotic fiction of the 1950s and 1960s... More »

17th, December 2011 Reviews 7

Egypt riots: soldiers strip and beat woman in public

The protestors kicked out the leader but got not closer to power. Kicking out Hosni Mubarak was not a revolution it was just changing the glove on power's dead hand... More »

17th, December 2011 Sports

Chelsea footballer Michael Essien appears at the world darts championships

To the World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace, where Chelsea footballer Michael Essien is the star attraction... More »

17th, December 2011 The Consumer

Christmas means sex with grandma

You might have seen mummy kissing Santa, but grandma had the decency to shut the kitchen door... More »

17th, December 2011 Key Posts 15

Sam Main Fights Alan Pollock In The Game Of Sympathies

Sam Main versus Alan Pollock is the dinner party chat of the day. Sam Main is the student who was forcibly thrown off a Scotsrail train for having the wrong ticket. Alan Pollock is the man who did the throwing... More »

17th, December 2011 Key Posts

Jyoti Amge photos: world's shortest woman

Jyoti Amge, previously the world's shortest teenager, is 62.8cm (24.7in tall. She is a full is 7cm shorter than the previous record holder Bridgette Jordan... More »

17th, December 2011 Strange But True

Drugs dealers smuggle cocaine in Swastikas

White powder pride plot goes badly... More »

17th, December 2011 TV & Radio

Man demolishes tower like game of Jenga

In this video a man attempt to demolish a Tower as if playing Jenga whil doing an impression of Fred Dibnah meeting Buster Keaton... More »

17th, December 2011 Celebrities 3

Jesy Nelson's brother Johnny in cocaine sting: Little Mix star attacked

Jesy Nelson's brother has, allegedly, sold cocaine to a reporter. (Well, it is Christmas in Wapping)... More »

16th, December 2011 Reviews 6

'Whatever' is the most annoying word in the English language: fact

The most annoying word in the English language is "whatever". It isn't. It's "no", followed by "can't"... More »

16th, December 2011 Reviews 5

The 25 Best Newspaper Headlines

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant More »