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24th, October 2011 TV & Radio

America Is Being Attacked By A Giant, Confused News Reporter

You may have seen the weather reports and thought 'Look. There's some clouds. There's some sunshine. A little snow in Scotland. Ireland still doesn't have any weather. Same old, same old.'... More »

24th, October 2011 Key Posts 4

Laying In A State: Gaddafi Hit With Fatwa To Rot For Libya: Photos

The official Egyptian news agency said Libya's office for fatwas, or religious decrees, had declared Gaddafi was not a Muslim as he had denied the teachings of Prophet Mohammad and so should not be given an Islamic funeral... More »

24th, October 2011 Key Posts 1

Is Jessica Donaldson And Prince Harry's Romance A Publicity Stunt?

"Prince Harry and his Californian cocktail waitress spent the night together in his £80 hotel room… Tattooed Jessica Donaldson, 26, was seen leaving Harry's suite at 10.30am before getting into a waiting car..." More »

24th, October 2011 Sports 7

Carlos Tevez Is Heading To Spurs - If Harry Redknapp Will Pick Him

"It's all right people refusing to condone his behaviour but, to be honest, I'm only interested in what he does when he plays." That so, Harry..? More »

24th, October 2011 Sports

Mark Hughes Should Be Manchester United's BBC Reporter: Roberto Mancini Might Laugh

Can we chortle that not long after the Sir Alex Ferguson has ended his spat with the BBC he is forced to tell TV viewers how Manchester United came to be thrashed 1-6 at home to Manchester City?.. More »

24th, October 2011 Reviews

Writers wanted for Anorak's new London Project

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24th, October 2011 In Pictures

Mug Shots: Granny Got Arrested

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24th, October 2011 In Pictures

Terrible Family Photos

There but for the grace of God... More »

24th, October 2011 Key Posts 3

Hillary Clinton Wants Lockerbie Bomber Slammed Up: Megrahi Might Wish He Were Dead

The USA Secretary of State, wants the United Kingdom's worst mass murderer convicted of the Lockerbie bombing back in a Scots jail... More »

24th, October 2011 Celebrities

Occupy Willie Nelson: What Does UK Uncut Make Of Singer's Tax Song?

Occupy Wall Street is putting on quite a show. While Occupy London has skipping, New York has Pete Seeger and now Willie Nelson, who's getting poetic.. More »

24th, October 2011 Reviews

Local News Photo Of The Day: Millie The Magic Mushroom Dog (And Angus)

Local News Photo of The Day features Millie, an 11-month-old border collie in Australia, who ate "magic mushrooms", and his owners Angus (14) and Sophie Olding (13) who didn't... More »

24th, October 2011 Key Posts 3

X Factor 'Bully' Misha B Will Kill The Sunshine If She Does Not Win

The Daily Mirror leads with news of Misha Bryan, the Manchester wannabe dubbed Misha B by the marketing-minded judges and a nod to text messaging.The front-page headline informs us: "I WAS A BULLY..BUT I'LL CHANGE"... More »

23rd, October 2011 Reviews 1

One Palestinian Is Worth 20 Grams Of Israeli Soldier: Gilad Shalit Is Not An Arab

"It is not a secret at all that the value of an Arab person in the stock-exchange of Arab regimes is sort of nil. He is as valueless as an onion’s peel..." More »

23rd, October 2011 Film

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn Premiere In Photos

Featuring: Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Cary Elwes, Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Nick Frost and... More »

23rd, October 2011 Reviews

Never Trust A School Prefect

"You should never trust a western convert to Buddhism, just as you should never trust anyone who was a prefect at school"... More »

23rd, October 2011 Celebrities

Cheryl Cole Pays Lip Service To The Beauty Obsessed

Cole is in Los Angeles. She puckers up for the camera wearing a pair of giant pink rubber lips…on her face... More »

23rd, October 2011 Strange But True

Brighton Zombie Walk 2011 Photos: Gaddafi Lives!

To the Brighton Zombie Walk 2011 - and some shock to see that Gaddafi lives!... More »

23rd, October 2011 In Pictures

Manchester United 1 Manchester City 6: October 23 2011 - Photos

The end of an era... More »

23rd, October 2011 Money

How To Have Good Sex At Occupy Wall Street: Open A Czech Bank Account

Are you having good sex with the love vibes at Occupy Wall Street?... More »

23rd, October 2011 Reviews

New Libya Is No Place For Black Men

Four more bodies lay at the other end of the pipes. All black men, one had his brains blown out, another man had been decapitated, his dreadlocked head lying beside his torso... More »

23rd, October 2011 Reviews

News In Photo: October 23 2011

What you need to know... More »

23rd, October 2011 Reviews

Colonel Gaddafi's Kicking: Libya's Graffiti Artists Celebrate His Death

To Libya, land of tribal murder and naked tabloid revenge. The artists have been having their say on Gaddafi's killing... More »

23rd, October 2011 Royal Family

Jessica Donaldson Tells All: Who Is Prince Harry's Other Women?

Donaldson, the American bikini-clad barmaid seen up close with Captain James Hewitt impersonator Prince Harry, has proved less than impossible to track down... More »

23rd, October 2011 Key Posts 3

Gaddafi Unleashes Weapon Of Mass Destruction - Libya's Tribalism

This is a huge and fractured desert tribal state with the only vestige of urban civilisation in the coastal cities. More »

23rd, October 2011 Sports

Manchester City's Mario Balotelli's Home Catches Fire: The Fireberk Is A Flare Player

Balotelli, the Manchester City striker, has "torched": his £1.3m Macclesfield home after fireworks were let off in his bathroom... More »