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7th, September 2011 Key Posts

Nathan Hageman Is Tabloid Villain Of Th Month: Media Beats Villain Red And Black

Hageman is front-page news. He won £1million on ITV's Red Or Black. The Show is best described by Dec of Ant 'n' Dec: "There's no skill or talent involved"... More »

6th, September 2011 Celebrities

GQ Men Of The Year Award Winners 2011 In Photos

As GQ supremo Dylan Jones tells us: "If I wanted to give an award to the man who has down the most to improve Anglo-Latvian relations in a basement club setting it would be Old Mr Anorak every time"... More »

6th, September 2011 Celebrities

Jessie Wallace Has Soap Opera Of A Honeymoon After Being Cheated On

Jessie has beggared off on the Honeymoon with chums so she can cry in the sun as well as getting Max Clifford to represent her (presumably, so she can recoup some of that money she lost)... More »

6th, September 2011 Royal Family

Pippa Middleton At 28: Photos And Reader Offer

Middleton's backside is 28 years old today. Happy birthday! Look out for an exhibition of Pippa's wedding outfit - that dress! those knickers! - at Buckingham Palace.... More »

6th, September 2011 Reviews

Sea Eagles Snatch Children In Scotland - Scare Story Of The Day

Scare Story of The Day is created in the Scottish Gamekeepers Association which wonders whether sea eagles are able to differentiate between children and other prey.... More »

6th, September 2011 Reviews 1

Dale Farm: Why Not Pay The Travellers £5m To Clear The Land?

The council says a representative of the travellers' community has made them an offer: pay them £6m and they will leave now... More »

6th, September 2011 Celebrities

Puke, Sex And Boobs: Adele Is Opening Her Mouth Again

“I puke quite a lot before going on stage. Though never actually on stage. But then, I shit myself before everything..." More »

6th, September 2011 Strange But True 3

Massive Man-Eating Crocodile Caught In Philippines: Photos

To the Philippines where a 21-ft long 12,370lb slat water estuarine crocodile has been caught... More »

6th, September 2011 Money

George Monbiot Completely Misunderstands the Housing Market

Monbiot completely misunderstands the housing market isn't all that much of a surprise of course: the list of matters economical that George can misunderstand is fairly long... More »

6th, September 2011 Key Posts 29

Ian Wright On Garry Cook And 'Shambolic' Manchester City Is The Most Stupid Thing You Will Read This Year

Ian Wright wades into the self-awareness and guile of a Glastonbury camper with diarrhea heading to the portaloo... More »

6th, September 2011 Money 1

How Can You Plan In The Face of Uncertainty?

I've been having an extended shouting match with a bloke called Richard Murphy for years now... More »

6th, September 2011 Strange But True

Colonel Gaddafi Is Hiding In Sheffield On Way To Gateshead: Photo

Something is amiss at The Party Town shop on Ecclesall Road... More »

6th, September 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day - How To Remove A Tattoo With A Hot Iron

Photos Of The Day are presented by: Barack Obama's missing teeth; spelling tattoo error of the day; how to remove a tattoo with a hot iron; terrifying dogs; a man can fly; the Peter Meter; cat scales; mum knows you smoke cannabis; the Afghan driving school; and guns for hire... More »

6th, September 2011 Sports

Jack Wilshere' Injury: Daily Mail Twists Fabio Capello's Words To 'Hit' Arsenal

Jack Wilshere is injured. The Arsenal star is out for a few weeks.The tabloids seek sensation. Can they find any..? More »

6th, September 2011 Strange But True

Man Eating Pigs Run Riot In Ghana

The pigs then drink from the local river, thus polluting it with bits of dead human flesh... More »

6th, September 2011 Gifs

Gifs Of The Day - Torturing A Dog Can Be Fun

GIFS of The Day - is that a dog in the third Gif? Is that a dog being sent own a ramp and made to fly into a small pool of water? If so, who did it? The Mary Bale Fan Club has much to answer for... More »

6th, September 2011 Celebrities 1

Keanu Reeves Is Sad On His Birthday: Photos To Make You Laugh

These really are very funny... More »

6th, September 2011 Strange But True 3

Man Kills Hunting Partner For Eating Dog Killed By Monkey

The Phnom Penh Post has news of the man who at his friend's dog after it was killed by a monkey has been shot dead by the dog's owner... More »

6th, September 2011 TV & Radio

Seal Man Is Her To Save The Day: Video

The British on holiday - a joy to behold.... More »

6th, September 2011 Sports 6

Man City's Garry Cook's Email To Anthonia Onuoha Was Sent From His iPad: Do They Work In South Africa?

Can Gary Cook hang on to his job as Manchester City's £1.8 million Chief Executive? Haven't Man City got a spare CE in a storeroom on £1.6m a year they can call upon while Cook nurses an injury. Given the trend of City to buy anything Arsenal, has anyone seen David Dein?... More »

5th, September 2011 Celebrities 1

Jane Fonda Wanted To Shag T-Shirt Model Che Guevara: The Pope Still Available

Did you know that while at a rally for goodness, Jane Fonda declared: "My biggest regret is I never got to fuck Che Guevara"..? More »

5th, September 2011 The Consumer 3

Laugh Of The Day: The Laughing Women's Laughter Lines

Says she: "I especially don't like the laugh lines. And I kinda miss the fullness I had in my face"... More »

5th, September 2011 Sports

Bolton Wanderers Cash In On Gary Cahill - Spurs And Arsenal Finally Get To Laugh

The Daily Mirror produces the most misleading headline of the week, as it declares: "Petrov amazed Cahill's still at Bolton".... More »

5th, September 2011 Strange But True 10

Craig Williams Drives A Vauxhall Frontera Up Mount Snowdon (You Might Try The Land Rover)

Craig Williams attempted to drive to the top of Snowdon, the highest mountain in England and Wales . He failed, stopping 400 yards short of the summit. Says the driver of a Vauxhall Frontera... More »

5th, September 2011 Music 1

New Order To Reform Without Peter Hook

MADCHESTER, la la la. That's the cry of a man who really ought to have a little trip to Dignitas for failing to move on with his life. His pink pallor, glowing in the summer sun poking from his knock-off parka... More »