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6th, July 2011 TV & Radio

Bus 62 Is Here To Help: Video

Bus drivers. A breed apart. Perhaps, the missing breed... More »

6th, July 2011 Key Posts 10

Crested Black Macaque Monkey Named As News Of The World Editor

When wildlife photographer David Slater left his camera on a trip to North Sulawesi, Indonesia, one of a group of crested black macaque monkeys took this self-portrait... More »

6th, July 2011 Money

Bermuda Sun Needs Chief Reporter: Reformed Phone Hackers Apply Within

The News of The World might soon be looking for some new blood. (Don't bother with the CV - they and their mates in the police, big business and the State know all about you)... More »

6th, July 2011 Money

European Parliament Goes Bonkers Trying To Rid EU Of Speculators Betting On Greece Going Bankrupt

It's bad enough that we're being ruled by foreigners but why do they also have to be either ignorant or bonkers?The European Parliament is attempting to rid the EU of speculators betting on Greece going bankrupt, voting for a ban on the practice of naked short-selling of credit default swaps... More »

6th, July 2011 Technology

Hackers Hit PayPal On Twitter: Now To Break Into The News Of The World's Phones

ayPal only needs a Twitter account for its PR - and the PR is that PayPal is not secure. The hackers might not have got the big one, but they did try to damage the brand... More »

6th, July 2011 Reviews

Local News Story Of The Day: Noisy Toilets In Blackburn School OK Now

Nafeesa Shan brings Lancashire Telegraph readers the Local News Story of The Day: "STAFF at a school were banned from using toilets during GCSE exams to avoid disturbing pupils".... More »

6th, July 2011 Photojournalism

Pictures Of The Day: Paradise Is A Plank On Earth

Pictures of The Day are brought to you by the naked planker (3), the greatest hair cut ever (8), the Harry Potter FAce Off (9), and a toilet that tests your need to go (5)... More »

6th, July 2011 Celebrities

Kerry Katona Is Not Shagging Neville Hendricks: Also Not On Drugs, Not Dating And Not Acting

Katona tells OK! that she only speaks to the magazine "I TRUST". The obvious questions are: Horse & Hounds? Argos Mail Order? No. It's OK!. Trust with what? Her kidzzzz? Her stash?... More »

6th, July 2011 Key Posts 10

Phone Hacking: The Police And Media Are Symbiotic - It's The State You Should Fear

Be very careful what you wish for in this latest outcry. The Government of Great Britain is the largest holder of information on each and every one of the Queen's subjects... that is what UK residents are... subjects, not one is a citizen in the true sense of a country which has no Bill of Rights... More »

6th, July 2011 Royal Family

The Greatest Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Photo Ever: A Meme Is Born

Day 6 of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's trip to Canada and we get the photo that will used to for years to come... More »

6th, July 2011 In Pictures 1

Cats Cannot Be Trusted

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6th, July 2011 Strange But True

Man Tries To Escape Prison By Hiding In Lover's Bag

Mexican prison authorities discover jailed man curled up in lover's suitcase... More »

6th, July 2011 The Consumer 2

Roland Bunce Wins Modelling Contest

Bunce is the winner of high street fashion outlet Next's search for a model. He is the Next Model. Roland Bunce, 24, from Belfast, scooped 66,000 FAcebook Likes - the chap in second place scored 89 votes... More »

6th, July 2011 TV & Radio 1

Leaves On The Line: A Video To Shame Train Operators With

Next time the station announcer blames leaves on the line for your disrupted train service, show him this video... More »

6th, July 2011 Celebrities 1

Marilyn Monroe Was A Skinny Half-Person: Data Reveals Truth (Photos)

How voluptuous was film star Marilyn Monroe? Ok, ok! In keeping with the curent tend for the world "curves" - how big were Monroe's curves?.. More »

6th, July 2011 Reviews

Phone Hacking Latest News: Rebekah Brooks In Bed With David Cameron And The Police

The phone hacking scandal: Anorak's at-a-glance look at the story of Rebekah Brooks and illegality at Rupert Murdoch's News of The World: Today we wonder if the paper spied on the familes of two young girls murdered by Ian Huntley in Soham... More »

5th, July 2011 Reviews

Did Rebekah Brooks 'Hire' News Of The World's Milly Dowler Private Investigator

Things are not looking good for Rebekah Brooks. On the BBC's Newsnight show, former News of the World journalist Paul McMullan alleges his editor and knew of the phone hacking... More »

5th, July 2011 Celebrities 5

Simon Cowell Witnesses The Extent Of Paula Abdul's Lunacy

It must take a hell of a lot to shock Simon Cowell. He's worked in the music industry for years and has to deal with Louis Walsh all the time. He's probably seen horrors that would make a soldier cry. However, he obviously has a limit... and that is Paula Abdul... More »

5th, July 2011 Reviews 4

Casey Anthony Not Guilty Of Murder: What Now For Terri Horman, Victim Of Another Media Witch Hunt?

Casey Anthony did not kill her three-year-old daughter in 2008. And that is a shocker - because aspects of the media has been hinting at her guilt for months... More »

5th, July 2011 Royal Family

Face Of The Day: Camilla Duchess Of Cornwall Does Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

Face of The Day belongs to the dandelion-haired woman stood behind Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall... More »

5th, July 2011 Film

Jessica Alba's Spy Kids 4D Smells Of Dad's Fantasies And Used Tissues In Aromascope (Gifs)

Alba stars in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (aka Spy Kids 4). It follows Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (aka Spy Kids 3) Without irony, the film will be first to use Aromascope, a technology that lets punters in the cinema smell odors and aromas from the film... More »

5th, July 2011 Key Posts 3

Mac McClelland's Haiti Rape Becomes A Satire

When she was in Haiti to report on life after the earthquake, Mother Jones writer Mac McClelland spent time with Sybille, a woman who alleged she'd been raped. The writer then hired someone to rape her... More »

5th, July 2011 Key Posts 1

Will Rebekah Brooks Apply The Same Standards She Demanded Of Sharon Shoesmith To Herself?

The matter of Rebekah Brooks and what she may or may not have known about the Milly Dowler phone hacking outrage, bears an uncanny resemblance to the matter of former Haringey boss Sharon Shoesmith and what she knew or ought to have known about Baby P. More »

5th, July 2011 Sports

The World According To Manchester City Businessman Gael Clichy

Arsenal have sold wantaway (and overrated) left back Gael Clichy to Manchester City. Why did he got there?... More »

5th, July 2011 Money 3

Joseph Rowntree Peeps Go Stark Staring Bonkers: You're Poor If You Can't Afford Sky TV

This is the time of year that living wage campaigners, economics geeks and other assorted fools look forward to: for it's when the Joseph Rowntree Foundation releases its estimates of how much you need to live in the UK... More »