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9th, August 2011 TV & Radio 1

London Riot Fail Of The Day: The Pub Umbrella Tosser (Video)

The London riots would be more fearsome were the protagonists not so painfully stupid... More »

9th, August 2011 Royal Family 1

Sophie Winkleman And Zara Phillips Learn Their Lines In Hello!

"…a couple of times we've been to visit a friend with a very beautiful little island off Vancouver"... More »

9th, August 2011 In Pictures

London Riots: The Jokes In Photos

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9th, August 2011 Sports

London Riots: British Youth Embrace Olympic Torch Rally

Even youth in Toxteth and Birmingham have embraced the spirit of a cheaper, freer, Olympic Games, going for gold - literally! - at the jewellers and pawn brokers... More »

9th, August 2011 Strange But True

Essex Boy Juggles With Live Bombs

As the youth riot in London, Ben Stannard, 13, tosses the World War Two bombs in the air over Margaretting, Essex, and starts to juggle... More »

9th, August 2011 Reviews 3

London, Toxteth And Birmingham Riots In Photos: Glaziers Never Had It So Good

As the riots erupted in London, Toxteth, Liverpool and Birmingham, the Chancellor is pondering one question: Can glaziers and window replacement rescue the economy... More »

9th, August 2011 Reviews

London Burns: Riots Rooted In Middle Class Hatred Of The Establishment

But, with so many of us openly contemptuous of the "establishment", that attitude communicates downwards and reflects in what we see now. The middle class has vacated the field, and left the streets to the mob... More »

8th, August 2011 TV & Radio

Hackney Woman Talks Sense To the Dirty Thieves: Video Of Hope

Is this the sound of social unity..? More »

8th, August 2011 Politicians

Nick Clegg Warned Of Riots if Conservatives Were Elected: Video

Nick Clegg cranks up the fear and then salves it... More »

8th, August 2011 TV & Radio

The Invisible Emu Trips Up The Athlete: Video

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8th, August 2011 Celebrities

Nazis March On Edinburgh Festival: Kanye West Shoo-In For Soundtrack

Performers from Hitler the Musical act out part of their play as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival near Edinburgh's Royal Mile... More »

8th, August 2011 The Consumer

Cathay Pacific Looks Into Alleged Cockpit Sex Photos

The airline Cathay Pacific is looking closely at what are rumoured to be two leaked pictures that allegedly show a stewardess performing oral sex on a uniformed man in the cockpit of a plane... More »

8th, August 2011 Celebrities

Kanye West Is Hitler Without The Charm

Kanye West is like Hitler - but less prissy about zer creases in his jeans... More »

8th, August 2011 Celebrities

Outkast's Big Boi Has His Viagra Swiped By The Cops

RAP is a very, very macho world. And so, the news that Outkast tunesmith Big Boi has been arrested in Miami for possession of drugs - including Viagra - won't be good news for his cred... More »

8th, August 2011 Key Posts 15

Mark Duggan, Anders Breivik And Jean Charles de Menezes: Cressida Dick's Dum-Dum Police Shoot To Kill

After Norway's mass-murderer Anders Breivik started firing few of those who were hit had any chance of survival. He was using hollow point ammunition or ‘dum-dum’ bullets during his killing spree – like the police who shot Mark Duggard... More »

8th, August 2011 Sports

West Ham's Karren Brady Is 'The Devil With A Set Of Tits'

Quote of The day comes from the busy mouth of Benni McCarthy, the South African strike offloaded by Karren Brady for being "fat".... More »

8th, August 2011 Sports 3

Manchester United Are The Goods Guys As The Sun Says It's OK To Hate Manchester City

We can hate Manchester City because they are rich... More »

8th, August 2011 Money

The Gender Pay Gap Will Always Be With Us

Part time women earn 1% more than part time men and never married, no children women in their 40s and above earn 1% more than their male compatriots... More »

8th, August 2011 In Pictures

Mark Duggan In Photos: Reactions To A Killing

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8th, August 2011 Sports

Olympic Volleyball Comes To Horse Guards Parade: The View From Prince Harry's Window

The Olympics are coming to London. London 2012 will be great. And thank to beach volleyball, there's even something for the dads to watch - and Prince Harry to tune into as he gazes from granny's bedroom windows at Buckingham Palace... More »

8th, August 2011 In Pictures

Broadwater Farm Riot In Photos

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8th, August 2011 Key Posts 3

Media Use Photos And Mark Lambie To Bury Mark Duggan In Tales Of Torture And Lies

The paper was quick to label Duggan a "gangster". This term served to buy into the glamour of the gangsters - so much better than a mere drugs dealer or villain... More »

8th, August 2011 Photojournalism 1

Angela Merkel Can Makes Things Fly: Photographic Proof

When the world is in turmoil... Send for Angela Merkel's floating handbag!... More »

8th, August 2011 Key Posts

Brixton Riots - Don't Blame Twitter. Blame Morrissey and St Trinians

Star plays Meat is Murder in Brixton, then local Nandos gets trashed. Coincidence? More »

8th, August 2011 Celebrities 5

Harper Seven Beckham Colonies Her Dad's Chest (Harper Six Takes Africa)

David Beckham's newest accessory is a daughter named Harper VII. News from the Harper colonies is that Harper I has infiltrated Africa and remains hopeful of retaking Namibia from Brangelinas by October... More »