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4th, August 2011 Celebrities 2

Kelly Osbourne Calls Christina Aguilera 'Fat' While Everyone Bites Knuckles

Remember when Kelly Osbourne was some kind of (self proclaimed) voice for the disaffected kids of the world. Y'know, those kids who were a bit different or those that got bullied for being fat or ugly. More »

4th, August 2011 The Consumer

Osama Bin Laden's Number 1 Fan Is Made In China

Question: who buys this stuff..? More »

4th, August 2011 Sports

Birmingham City FC, Rational FX And Carson Yeung's Money Laundering Issues

Oh. The. Irony.... More »

4th, August 2011 Strange But True 1

Monkeys Create Amazing Mind-Boggling Secret Ritual At Colchester Zoo (Open For The Holidays!)

Did you know that when mandrill monkeys at Colchester Zoo do not want to be disturbed they cover their face with a hand? You did? WTF??! More »

4th, August 2011 Key Posts 4

Hege Dalen And Toril Hansen Prove That Gays Aren't All Mass Murderers Like Anders Breivik

Anders Behrin Breivik would have murdered more people had it not been for Hege Dalen and her spouse, Toril Hansen. They are lesbians... More »

4th, August 2011 Sports 10

Manchester United's Alex Ferguson Tells The Daily Mail To F*ck Off Over Wesley Sneijder (Video)

Ever wondered what it's like being football journalist? More »

4th, August 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Snooki's Pickle Sucks

Photos The Day are presented by: no swimming in the whirpool; Snooki's pickle suck; why you like girls; a massive legs lake; and why cops fine drivers - explained... More »

4th, August 2011 Celebrities 3

Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals The Best Place To Smack Your Head Into A Wall In Paris

"She walks into a room and there’s this ray of light, this energy,” says actor Matthew Morrison of his sometime Glee costar Gwyneth Paltrow. “She brings sunshine everywhere she goes.” And then we went to eat... More »

4th, August 2011 Money 5

Why Is Car Insurance So Expensive?

No, seriously, in a competitive insurance market the insurance companies don't make a profit writing insurance. They almost always make an underwriting loss in fact... More »

4th, August 2011 Reviews 4

Sean Price And Cleaning Up With The Police's Super Cops

Chief Constable of Cleveland Police, one Sean Price - a recipient of the Queen's Police medal - and his deputy Derek Bonnard have been arrested... More »

4th, August 2011 Key Posts 1

Heather Mills V Piers Morgan: Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!

Every so often you get story you can watch untrammelled by the need to feel sympathy for any of the protagonists. Morgan is the media high flyer now working in the US. Mills is the woman castigated in the tabloid press for having the temerity to marry one of The Beatles... More »

4th, August 2011 Key Posts 4

Sun Uses Nazi Singer Saga To Link Anders Breivik To The BNP

Heard the story that links the BNP to Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer and EDL fan?... More »

4th, August 2011 Strange But True 3

Bromley Council Declares Man's Toilet Now Open To The Public

In its wisdom, the council shut the public toilets in Station Square, Petts Wood. They then erected a sign displaying the nearest public loos... More »

4th, August 2011 Strange But True 4

Romford Road Rage Cyclist Captured On Camera (Video)

Someone call the mayor of Vilnius - a cyclist needs you help... More »

4th, August 2011 Reviews 6

School Bans Children From Rolling Up Sleeves (Cufflinks Still Optional)

To Australia's Gold Coast, where William Duncan State School has banned students from rolling up jumper sleeves... More »

3rd, August 2011 Celebrities 3

Lady GaGa Is Going To Show You EVERYTHING In Her New Book (One Star One Cup)

The hitmaker says that the new book, which will feature 350 black and white pictures taken by American fashion photographer Terry Richardson over a 10-month period - will be "completely unfiltered" and even feature intimate moments... More »

3rd, August 2011 Reviews 4

If You Crave Curry You've Probably Got Parkinson's Disease (Says Daily Mail)

Anna Hodgekiss hears the story of 59-year-old Elsie Campbell, "whose breast cancer was detected after she developed an unusual appetite for salad." If you like salad you have cancer?... More »

3rd, August 2011 Reviews

Did Ka Yang Microwave Her Daughter Mirabelle Thao-Lo To Death?

The child was was found dead in her home with "extensive thermal injuries" on March 17... More »

3rd, August 2011 Sports

Juventus Signs Invisible Footballer - CNN Reports

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3rd, August 2011 Sports 1

Daily Mail Hack David Gerges' Amazing Report On Liverpool V Valarenga

It's like he wasn't even there... More »

3rd, August 2011 Celebrities 1

Kim Kardashian's 15 Year Old Sister To Make You Feel Like A Perv In Swimsuit Shoot (Kendall Jenner Photos)

So then, to Kim Kardashian's younger sister who, while she may not own the curves of her older siblings, has undertaken a swimsuit photoshoot which is certain to make some of you have very confused feelings indeed... More »

3rd, August 2011 Reviews

How Newspaper Photographers Hunt Out Photogenic Blondes At A And O Level Results Time

"Last year, I received an unsolicited voicemail from the press liaison at Badminton School in Bristol...'wanting to give ...some details of some absolutely beyootiful girls we've got here who are getting their A-level results tomorrow'..." More »

3rd, August 2011 Money

The Taxes Are Too Damn High|: John Redmond's Laffer In

It has to be said that John Redwood does have an argument there. We've got a higher tax rate and we're getting less tax revenue from having that higher tax rate... More »

3rd, August 2011 Sports

False Start Of The Day: Hamza Labeid Can't Fly

Try not to laugh as you watch it for the third, fourth or fifth time... More »

3rd, August 2011 Reviews

Why Did Stephanie Knight Lure Two Teenagers Into A Rape Trap In Lancashire?

Knight, of Blackburn, Lancashire, was 17 when she lurid two 16-year-old girls on a night out in December 2009 to be raped by three men... More »