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16th, October 2011 Sports

Premier League Photos Of The Week: Mario Balotelli's Tummy Tickles And West Brom Are All Ears

It's a lot better than rugby, isn't it..? More »

16th, October 2011 Reviews

Occupy London Day 1 Photos: Two For One On Guy Fawkes Masks

Cheap Olympic accommodation this way... More »

16th, October 2011 Strange But True 1

Pre-Op Transsexual Arrested For Impersonating Katie Price

Kerry Marshall, of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, faces three counts of fraud by false representation... More »

16th, October 2011 Strange But True

Good Samaritan Returns Lost Bag After Stealing Camera

The good soul who returned Jeremy and Sally Weaving's lost bags kept their camera as a "reward"... More »

15th, October 2011 Strange But True 1

This Is what English Sounds Like To Non English Speakers: Skwerl

Brian Fairbairn's film Skwerl speaks English like it might be spoken if it were a foreign language... More »

15th, October 2011 Key Posts

Occupy Rome Turns Violent: Photos To Make Big Media Cheer

The Occupy Wall Street protest movement has produced no images to make the media sit up and notice. But that was before Occupy Rome... More »

15th, October 2011 Reviews

Now The Daily Mail's Regular Lament

Now is the sound of exasperation, the Daily Mail turning to the group, clacking its marmalade-coated tongue and rolling its eyes... More »

15th, October 2011 Key Posts 1

X Factor Legend Kitty Brucknell CBE Retrospective: Photos

Brucknell says that she is an "inspiration". Kitty Brucknell tells us that she owes her fans - the "most important people in her life".... More »

15th, October 2011 Money

How to Quit Your Job Like A Boss: Joey Quits And The What Cheer? Brigade

Want to know how to quit your job...? More »

15th, October 2011 In Pictures

Occupy London October 15 2011: Photos

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15th, October 2011 TV & Radio

X Factor Week 2: Tulisa Murders Misha B And Johnny Is Freddy Krueger

It's the second live show. Highlights are.... More »

15th, October 2011 Key Posts 1

Is the Daily Mail Stalking Amanda Knox? Nadia Gilani Has News On Foxy's Burka Disguise

Another day and with it another chance for the Daily Mail to reports on Amanda Knox, the innocent American who never did take part in a demonic sex orgy and murder Meredith Kercher.... More »

15th, October 2011 Reviews

Occupy Wall Street: Those Demands In Full (With Added Photos Of Violence)

What do we want? Hmmmm... When do we want it? Now! More »

15th, October 2011 Key Posts

Occupy Wall Street's Guide To Hand Gestures

You out your left hand up, your left hand down, you shape it it into a grip and w*** it up and down... More »

15th, October 2011 Key Posts

Julian Assange Hijacks Occupy The Stock Exchange: Photos

Like most things American, Occupy Wall Street is now a global franchise... More »

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ITV's Biased Studio Experts Say Sam Warburton's Red Card Was Wrong: Spine Injuries Are OK With Steve Rider's Team

On ITV, referee Alain Rolland's decision to dismiss Warburton was castigated. Listening to the monocular experts in the blinkered ITV studio, you might have forgotten the rules - and sport is all about rules... More »

15th, October 2011 Reviews

Arctic Sunshine Lashes Britain, Say Tabloids

All the weather that's fit to print... More »

15th, October 2011 TV & Radio

RIP Betty Driver: Coronation Street Betty's Hotpot Off The Menu

Betty Driver the 91-year-old actress who played Betty Williams/Turpin as Coronation's Street's barmaid and Lancashire hotpot maker in the Rover's Return is dead... More »

15th, October 2011 TV & Radio

Why Investing In Maria Fowler Is Shrewd: TOWIE Escort's Sex Secrets

"MARIA Fowler’s future on The Only Way Is Essex looks bleak after bosses warned: “Any more seedy stories about your past and you’re out”... More »

15th, October 2011 Key Posts 1

Can Bacon Can Improve Anything? A Gallery Of Love

Just as any news story can be improved with the inclusion of a dwarf, any part of life can be improved with bacon... More »

15th, October 2011 Strange But True

Satan Arrested In Washington

Satan has been arrested in Marysville, Washington... More »

15th, October 2011 Strange But True

Escaped Criminal Breaks Agrement To Surrender For Chips

Francis is cornered. The fugitive has scaled a 40ft pylon. He is drinking beer. Police, three fire engine crews, ambulance staff and gawpers look on.... More »

15th, October 2011 Sports

Saudi Arabia's Moral Police Arrest Footballer For Showing Jesus Tattoo: Rooney To Riyadh

To Saudi Arabia, where Colombian footballer Juan Pablo Pino's Jesus tattoos have led to his arrest... More »

14th, October 2011 Film 2

Hurray! Anchorman 2 Is Scrapped!

ANCHORMAN. It's about as funny as watching an orphanage burn down. Disagree all you want because if you like Anchorman, you're opinion on humour isn't worth listening to. Hell, you shouldn't even be trusted with the air you breathe... More »

14th, October 2011 Strange But True 2

Brother And Sister Filmed Having Sex At Motherwell Station Escape Jail

Richard Finlayson, 21, and his younger sister Kirsty, 18, last spotted having sex in the toilets at Motherwell train station have escaped a jail sentence... More »