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17th, September 2011 Celebrities

Cheryl Cole Warned To Stay Out Of Muslim Toilets

Cole is in Afghanistan. The Star in Sunday leads with news that she is being targeted by the enemy. No, not Nicole Scherzinger. It's even worse than that.... More »

17th, September 2011 Strange But True

Philadelphia Burglars Deny Stealing The Lion

Philadelphia, where 19-year-old lovers Harley Rose Gifford and Britney Singleton, have admitted burgling 29 homes... But no lion... More »

17th, September 2011 Key Posts

The 2011 Oktoberfest Fest In Photos: Babes In Dirndls And Big Sausages

The Bavarian "Oktoberfest" beer festival has kicked off in Munich, southern Germany. It is the world's largest beer festival... More »

17th, September 2011 Sports

Floyd Mayweather v Victor Ortiz In Photos

The brutality in photos... More »

17th, September 2011 TV & Radio

How Will Heather Trott Leave EastEnders? You Decide

EastEnders is to muddle on without Cheryl Fergison, who plays Heather Trott. She will leave "in dramatic circumstances", according to The Mirror... More »

17th, September 2011 Key Posts 2

Amelia Hill Will Beat The Corrupt Metropolitan Police And The Civil Servants: Remember Sally Murrer

In 2008, Murrer, a part-time reporter on the Milton Keynes Citizen newspaper, was booked to appear in the dock Kingston Crown Court. Her apparent crime was to have received information from Thames Valley police detective sergeant, Mark Kearney... More »

17th, September 2011 Key Posts 1

Arsenal Fans Have Never Had It So Good Under Wenger: The Delicious Pain Of Being Spanked

Disappointingly, defeat to Blackburn Rovers will not earn the Gunners travelling support a refund, as it did when the Londoners were spanked at Manchester United. The benchmarks has been set: you need to lose by six to get your money back.. More »

17th, September 2011 Sports

Mansfield's New Boss Carolyn Still 'Worked As An Escort': John Terry And Wayne Rooney Sign For Notts Club?

The chief executive of Mansfield FC, one Carolyn Still, 29, used to be an escort, allegedly. The Sun says she "enjoyed steamy dates with scores of male punters"... More »

17th, September 2011 Sports

Ireland's Little People See Off Australia In Rugby World Cup: Photos

The Rugby World Cup has just created its first highlight. Look beyond Mike Tindall's dwarf story and see Ireland defeat Australia. Yeah - the so-called little people have just taken one of the game's biggest scalps... More »

17th, September 2011 In Pictures

Optical Illusions Are Incredible

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17th, September 2011 Reviews

Axe Killer Thomas McCulloch Gets Job Chopping Down Trees

McCulloch went on the rampage with his lover Robert Mone at the State Hospital, Carstairs, in 1976. Armed with homemade weapons and an axe, they butchered a nurse, a patient and a young policeman... More »

17th, September 2011 Strange But True

Sussex Donkey Painted To Look Like A Zebra

The donkey at the Sussex Horse Rescue Trust centre in Hempstead Lane, Uckfield, is sporting a black and white coat of paint... More »

17th, September 2011 Strange But True

Predatory Toe-Sucker Strikes Again

To Conway, Arkansas, where a phantom toe-suck is at large... More »

17th, September 2011 Celebrities

Dina Lohan And Lindsay Lohan Are An Item? Mum And Sister Smooch In Club

Is Dina Lohan putting the mother in Motherwell?... More »

17th, September 2011 Key Posts 2

Bullingdon Britain: Where Political Looters And Paedophiles Escape And Rioters Are Made To Pay

Robinson was handed a 6 months' prison sentence for rioting. He admitted to being"ashamed of his actions". The water retails at £3.50. Lord Hanningfield was relieved from prison, where he served 9 week of a 9 months sentence for nicking £14,000 in a a fraudulent parliamentary expense... More »

17th, September 2011 Key Posts

Horrible Food Photos: Shredded Children With Herpes Soup

Food. Can you be tempted by our menu of delicacies? What about the cock mints? The herpes soup - it's a Saudi delicacy. Would sir like the shredded children? A range of hearty soaps for madam?... More »

17th, September 2011 Key Posts

Photos Of The Day: Mega Clitz For Jesus

Because Jesus cares... More »

17th, September 2011 Key Posts

Tulisa's X Factor Sex Session Shames Shagging Simon Cowell And Cocaine Taking Gary Barlow

Doubtless inspired by Simon Cowell's three-in-a-bed sex session, four budding bands have been booted off the X Factor... More »

16th, September 2011 Celebrities

Brad Pitt Says Marriage To Jennifer Aniston Is Like Being Stoned To A Slow Death

Pitt tells Parade that being married to Jennifer Aniston is like sitting on a sofa too stoned to move while being smothered by a wet blanket... More »

16th, September 2011 Celebrities

Dina Lohan's Car Crash Interview: Lindsay Sister Act Is Born To Entertain

Dina is wearing a dress by an Australian designer she can't talk about. You might snort with derision and make a snide and wholly wrong comment about Lindsay having ripped the label off when she got it out the store... More »

16th, September 2011 Reviews

A Nobel Laureate Reacts Against Global Warming Racists

"The official position of the American Physical Society (APS) supports the theory that man’s actions have inexorably led to the warming of the planet, through increased emissions of carbon dioxide..." More »

16th, September 2011 Film

The Reviews For Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It Are Beyond Parody

"Indeed, I am honoured by my fleeting contribution to the book. After a working lunch with its author, Allison Pearson, I reached into my bag for my wallet and pulled out instead a child's urine sample. The rest is literature..." More »

16th, September 2011 Strange But True

Are These The Greatest Mug Shot Photos Ever? The Amish Joyless Riders

Eight faces of the Swartzentruber Amish sect jailed by Kentucky District Court Judge Deborah Hawkins Crook for refusing to pay fines for failing to stick orange safety triangles to their horse-drawn buggies... More »

16th, September 2011 TV & Radio 1

Phoenix Nights To Shout Garlic Bread Pointlessly At You From The Silver Screen, Potentially

GARLIC BREAD! Hahaha! Garlic bread, of course, is the food that made everyone from outside of Bolton, believe that everyone from inside of Bolton thought it was the most glamorous, exotic thing they'd seen since the town was awarded a microwaveable chicken korma... More »

16th, September 2011 The Consumer 3

Amy Winehouse For Sale At Bonhams' Urban Art Auction (Photos)

You can buy Cyclops's Amy at the Bonhams' Urban Art Sale. Banksy is well represented for those of you keen to own a slice of smart graffiti to hand on your wall… More »