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13th, October 2011 Key Posts 2

The Only Way Is Dalston: The Stars Of MTV's Hoxton Hipster TV

Essex has The Only Way is Essex. Chelsea has Made In Chelsea. Newcastle has Geordie Shore. Belfast has yet to air Loyalist And Lovin' It. But EastLondon does have The Only Way Is Dalson. The call to arms goes out... More »

13th, October 2011 Reviews

News In Photos: October 13 2011

Silvio, oh, Silvio... And Paul Gascoigne's shirt.. More »

13th, October 2011 Music

Who Needs Lyrics? Not This Lot

LYRICS. Who needs 'em? They're just dumb words getting in the way of a perfectly decent melody (much like the way these words are getting in the way of the video they're promoting - what a world!)... More »

13th, October 2011 Money 1

Boris Johnson To Privatise London's Fire Services

Sounds just absolutely appalling, doesn't it? Letting private companies make money off saving lives, there ought to be a law against this sort of thing... More »

13th, October 2011 Sports 4

Ridiculously Greedy Liverpool Want To Sell Their Own TV Rights

Liverpool FC have hit on a neat idea. They want more money than the supposedly lesser teams because they want to compete in Europe... More »

13th, October 2011 Strange But True 2

Name That Creature

PUZZLE: What are these two creatures found at Sunset Park, Rocky Mount, North Carolina... More »

13th, October 2011 Key Posts 2

Cameron Must Chop Liam Fox Before The Army Does

If Cameron hasn't got the bollocks to dismiss the man soldiers now believe to be a total tosspot from all Ministerial positions and ranking, the Premier should also go to ground... More »

13th, October 2011 Technology

Fantastic Photographs Of Animals' Eyes

How do you see the world? More »

13th, October 2011 Gifs

Woman Of The Year Catches The Baseball: Gifs Of The Week

Move over Coco Austin - Anorak has a new Woman of The Year... More »

13th, October 2011 Strange But True 3

26-Year-Old Woman Turns 70 'Overnight'

Nguyen Thi Phuong is 26. But the Vietnamese woman looks much older. AsiaOne says he looks 70. (Joan Collins may beg to differ.)... More »

13th, October 2011 Key Posts

Rob Sloan Is No Cheat: Sunderland Marathon Runner Just Picked Wrong Sport

TO some, Rob Sloan embodies the spirit of clear thinking, common sense and innovation. Sloan ran a commendable 20 and a half miles of the Kielder Marathon. The course, however, was 26.2 miles... More »

13th, October 2011 Reviews

Birmingham City Bonfire Night To Go Ahead Without Bonfire

The Birmingham City Council Bonfire to be staged this Bonfire Night will not be featuring a bonfire... More »

13th, October 2011 Key Posts

Porn Gang Kidnap Saddam Hussein Lookalike For Sex Video Work

An Iraqi gang kidnapped Bishr with the intention of making him a porn star... More »

13th, October 2011 Key Posts 2

Dr Liam Fox Poses For The Greatest Photo Ever

Dr Liam Fox is in the mire over his relationship with an “advisor” Adam Werritty. No, not adviser... More »

12th, October 2011 Celebrities 1

Katie Price's Oxford Union Address: The MILF Speaks

Price, famous for her gigantic Jordans, marrying sentimental orange-hued men, eating kanagaroo anus on the telly and getting awards for being a mother and looking after her own children, has addressed the Oxford Union... More »

12th, October 2011 Celebrities

Want To Pull Ashton Kutcher? Sex Him With No Protection And Talk Politics On His Wedding Anniversary

Right, now the lawyers have gone, we can get into the nitty-gritty of Ashton Kutcher's alleged one-night-stand with the 23 year old Sara Leal... More »

12th, October 2011 Film

Javier Bardem To Try And Kill James Bond

Have you seen No Country For Old Men? If you have, you surely agree that Javier Bardem is one of the most sinister humans to ever grace a screen... More »

12th, October 2011 Reviews 2

Cheer Up Zablon Simintov: Thousands Of Jews Are Living In Afghanistan

There is one Jew living in Afghanistan. He's called Zablon Simintov. The US State Department's Report on International Religious Freedom says so... More »

12th, October 2011 Celebrities

Nappy Days With Jessie J

Quote of the Day: Jessie J, the singer... More »

12th, October 2011 Strange But True

Portsmouth Over-60s Safe Sex Club Shuts For Lack Of Interest

Portsmouth City Council's Generation Sex safe sex class for the over-60s is cancelled*... More »

12th, October 2011 Money

Property Porn: Photos Of Bill Gates' Holiday Home

Want to know what Microsoft boss Bill Gates is getting for the $600,00 a month rent he's lashing out for his eldest daughter's home?.. More »

12th, October 2011 Key Posts 13

West Ham Want You To Pay For Their Local Greed: We're Backing Spurs And Orient

West Ham want to move into the Olympics Stadium. Tottenham also want to. If Spurs get the nod, then West Ham are stuffed... More »

12th, October 2011 Politicians

Photos Of The Day: The Libyan Ding Dong

Mental health break... More »

12th, October 2011 Politicians 4

Rick Perry Recalls America's War With The Tudors And Stuarts

Get back to Bong-Bong-istan, Herman Cain, Rick Perry is taking his chance to be the biggest idiot in the Republican race to the White House... More »

12th, October 2011 Celebrities

Hilary Swank Upsets Already Upset With Visit To Chechnya

"We must remember the disgrace Mariah Carey, Nelly Furtado, Beyoncé and 50 Cent were exposed to after singing for the Gadhafi family and earning millions of dollars for it," said Thor Halvorssen, president of the Human Rights Foundation... More »