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4th, December 2011 Politicians 1

Iranian Goons Held British Council Reps At Gun Point In Tehran Embassy Siege

The attack on the British embassy in Tehran was worse than reported by the BBC... More »

4th, December 2011 Sports

How Corporate Sponsors Bought Up The Rights For Their Staff To Run With The Olympic Torch

Are you one of the 8,000 people carrying the Olympic 2012 Torch around Great Britain? Did you inspire your corporate colleagues..? More »

4th, December 2011 Reviews

Tian Tian And Yangguang Make Panda Mania At Edinburgh Zoo (Photos?)

You'll be able to follow the Chinese envoys on the internet, their movements captured by hidden cameras... More »

4th, December 2011 TV & Radio

Dougie Poynter Wins I'm A Celebrity: Will Fatima Whitbread Be A Late Entrant To BBC Sports Personality Of The Year?

Poynter, the bassist from McFly, is this season's King of the I'm A Celebrity jungle. But the real winners are the Sushitty Grub and bush pig penis he ate in the interests of good telly, Look out for Dougie advertising the frozen penis grub ring for Iceland next year... More »

4th, December 2011 TV & Radio 1

Bad TV: Georgia On My Mind Sung In The Style Of A Murderous Clown

Music to commit murder by... More »

4th, December 2011 Reviews

Flesh-Eating Bananas Strike Mozambique

Readers of an email claiming that bananas from KwaZulu-Natal in neighbouring South Africa contained necrotising fasciitis, aka the flesh-eating bacteria, are wide of the mark... More »

3rd, December 2011 Sports

Premier League In Photos: Mario Balotelli's Hot Shoulder And Nine Other Hits

This week's Two Ten Premier League Photos are brought to you in association with Manchester City strikers Mario Balotelli's joyless shoulder, Gareth Bale's boot (Spurs)... More »

3rd, December 2011 Reviews 1

Graham Linehan On Tony Parsons At The Leveson Inquiry

Graham Linehan has been reading Daily Mirror columnist Tony Parson's views on celebrities appearing at the Leveson Inquiry into media standards... More »

3rd, December 2011 Celebrities

Tom Cruise Puts Taj Mahal In His Shade: Photos Of A Mission Impossible Achieved

Given the angles and perspective - note Cruise's decision to stand with one leg raised conqueror like on the "Princess Diana Seat" - it all appears that the actual aim is to make Cruise appear larger than one of the world's foremost landmarks.... More »

3rd, December 2011 Reviews

Bullshit.com: How The Dail Mail Won The Web

The Daily Mail online is the most-read news site in the Western world. The website is the subject of a piece in Esquire entitled "Bullshit.com". The best bits are... More »

3rd, December 2011 Key Posts 9

Lover Tattoos Massive Shit On Cheating Lover's Back (Photos)

When Dayton, Ohio, tattoo artist Ryan L. Fitzjerald heard his lover Rossie Brovent was cheating on him he offered to ink her back... More »

3rd, December 2011 The Consumer

Did Groupon Really Trigger A Fight At Santa's York Grotto?

Has Groupon stolen your Christmas? News from York, where 2,000 parents and present-hungry kids rocked up to the St. Nicholas Fayre... More »

3rd, December 2011 Reviews

News In Photos: December 3 2011

Images of the news you might have missed... More »

3rd, December 2011 Reviews

Local News Story Of The Week: Happy Theo The Ely Cat Of Joy

Local News Story of The Week is the Cambridge News's story on Theo the cat who went missing 18 months ago. Theo went missing from Ely, Cambridgeshire, and turned up 136 miles away in Margate, Kent.... More »

3rd, December 2011 Strange But True

'Lost' Puffin Walks Into Winchester Sex Clinic

The BBC says the puffin was "lost" and "blown off course".... More »

3rd, December 2011 Reviews

Santa's Ship Sails In To Port Phillip Bay - 22 Days Early

This ship had not made the run from Lapland; it picked up from surrogate elf workshops in Shanghai, Ningbo, on China's east coast, Hong Kong and Taiwan... More »

3rd, December 2011 Key Posts 52

Is Emma West A Victim Of A Twitter Hunt? Tweeters Want My Tram Experience Woman Raped, Shot And Knifed

Emma West, 34, of New Addington, has been changed with a racially-aggravated public order offence for her racist rant on the Croydon-to-Wimbledon Tramlink route. Twitter narks and liberals want her dead... More »

2nd, December 2011 The Consumer

Melchior Rietveldt's Music Was Used 'Illegally' On Anti-Piracy DVDs In Holland

Rietveldt, a musician, says his music was illegally used on an anti-piracy warning at the start DVDs distributed in Holland.... More »

2nd, December 2011 The Consumer 1

Beachy Head Christmas Jumper Is The Suicide's Brew Of Last Resort

Who fancies a restoring bottle of Beachy Head Christmas Jumper beer brewed by the Beachy Head Brewery in Eastbourne, Sussex?... More »

2nd, December 2011 Strange But True

Siegfried K. Robs Former German Bank With Toy Gun

Is Siegfried K., the man who tried and failed to rob a bank in Walchum, Germany, the world's most stupid bank robber...? More »

2nd, December 2011 Reviews

Teenage Sex Makes You A Depressed Adult

Boffins at Ohio State University College of Medicine have been watching adolescent hamsters mating. Oh Brave New World... More »

2nd, December 2011 Celebrities

Peter Andre Wins Libel Damages For Katie Price: Harvey Cashes In

In the week's OK! magazine leads with an old photo of Katie Price and Peter Andre, and the headline "WE'RE FRIENDS AGAIN FOR THE SAKE OF THE KIDZZZZZZZZZZZ", the BBC reports that Jordan has paid sentimental Peter libel damages for alleging that he cheated on her... More »

2nd, December 2011 Celebrities

John Lennon 'To Do' List Up For Auction (Beatles For Sale)

So what amazing things will we find on this list? 'Promote World Peace With The Wife' maybe? 'Punch that swine Macca' perhaps? One thing that isn't on there is 'Don't Get Shot By Crazed Fan Outside House'... More »

2nd, December 2011 Photojournalism 2

Views From My Airplane Window Are Wonderful

The journey is better than the arriving... More »

2nd, December 2011 Celebrities

Brad Pitt Helps Suicidal Fan At Screening Of His Film By Quoting The Little Book Of Calm

Hollywood is full of idiots and simpletons, but Brad Pitt seems like a good enough chap. And that idea was only furthered when he had some supportive words for a suicidal fan following a special screening of his new movie, Moneyball... More »