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4th, July 2011 Celebrities 1

Cheryl Cole And Ashley's Pregnancy Is Proof Of God's Love For Humanity: Photos

Cole (a "nation's sweetheart" who failed to be the "nations' sweetheart") and Ashley Cole (Chelsea and England footballer allegedly into kinky vomit-fuelled sex) are having a baby. Just two national newspapers lead with the news... More »

3rd, July 2011 Strange But True 1

Anti-Helmet Campaigning Biker Dies of Head Injuries From Crash

RIP Philip A. Contos of Parish, N.Y.. He was protesting about the mandatory use of safety helmets when he crashed his motrobike and died... More »

3rd, July 2011 In Pictures

Novak Djokovic Wins Wimbledon 2011: In Photos

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3rd, July 2011 Reviews 1

Media Plays Baseball Outside Dominique Strauss-Khan's House In New York As It Waits To Feed Off The Maid

Had only Strauss-Kahn been accused of attempting of raping someone as famous as, say, the Dali Lama, Pippa Middleton or Michelle Obama's dog. We'd have lapped it up. So long as some high and mighty sort is being undone, we'll take it... More »

3rd, July 2011 Key Posts 10

Guardian Columnist Kia Abdullah Tweets For Joy That Max Boomgaarden-Cook, Bruno Melling-Firth And Conrad Quashie Are Dead

Abdullah says she "smiled" when she learnt that students Max Boomgaarden-Cook, 20, Bruno Melling-Firth and Conrad Quashie, both 19, had died in a coach crash in Thailand last Tuesday... More »

3rd, July 2011 Key Posts 4

Prince William And Kate Thrash The French At Cooking: Quebec Resistance Routed Over Crispy Duck (Photos)

The plot was clear: the French speakers would get the roast beefs in the kitchen and laugh at their chips and curry sauce. But Prince William was ready... More »

3rd, July 2011 Money

Burton Woman Banned From Working At Iceland Because Tattoo Makes Her Look Like A Customer

Sarah Garton of - get this - Occupation Road, Albert Village, Burton, Derbyshire, did not get the job as a part-time cleaner at the branch of Iceland Foods in Swadlincote because she has the tattoo of a lily and vine on her left hand... More »

3rd, July 2011 Politicians

Female Mayor Punches Sheriff In The Face: Democracy In Action (Video)

To the Philippines, where Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte wants to discuss the removal of 500 shanty dwellings that were erected in the wake of flash flooding with Sheriff Abe Andres... More »

3rd, July 2011 Royal Family 1

Duke And Duchess of Cambridge Give A Tree To Canada: Because Canada Needs More Trees (Photos)

Day 3 of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's trip to Canada. And the time is ripe to plant a tree. Because what more do the Canadians need than trees? Answer: a backpacking moose dipped in syrup… More »

3rd, July 2011 Sports

Did David Haye Break His Toe Trying To Swallow His Foot? Wladimir Klitschko Wins (Photos)

Haye lost the heavyweight boxing unification bout to Wladimir Klitschko because he broke the little toe on his right foot three weeks ago... More »

3rd, July 2011 Film

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Talks Knickers And Teasing Lips (Photos)

To help counter claims that she's more than Megan Fox's hot pants with an English accent, Transformers' film star and model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley tells GQ magazine about her inspiration... More »

3rd, July 2011 Celebrities 3

Kerry Katona Is Not Pregnant And Living By A Drugs Dealer In Warrington

Katona is "desperate". Not our judgement but that of the News of The World which says "DESPERATE Kerry Katona is back with her Take Me Out ex Dan Foden"... More »

2nd, July 2011 Celebrities

Cheryl Cole Does Lap Dance For Ashley Cole: Mum Joan Approves (Photos)

Cole and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole have proven life after death - and now they prove their love for one another at Chezza's 28th birthday party.. More »

2nd, July 2011 Key Posts

Gay Pride Parade London Pays Tribute Prince Albert of Monaco And Charlene Wittstock: Photos

Anorak was among the revellers taking part in the annual Gay Pride parade in central London. Gay police were there? Gay sailors where there (who knew?)... More »

2nd, July 2011 Key Posts

David Haye v Wladimir Klitschko- The Fight In Photos

If Haye has achieved anything in the build up to the bout, it is to have made boxing more interesting to the masses.... More »

2nd, July 2011 In Pictures

Prince Albert Of Monaco Marries Charlene Wittstock - The Gayest Royal Wedding Ever

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2nd, July 2011 Key Posts 1

Charlene Wittstock Marries A Butch Cake Decoration In Monaco: Prince Albert's Wedding Photos

Day two of Prince Albert 2 of Monaco's wedding to Charlene Wittstock... More »

2nd, July 2011 Reviews

Photos Of The St Paul's Carnival In Bristol: The Ladies Lay The Pavement

Picture 4 gives new meaning to the phrase 'laying the pavement'… More »

2nd, July 2011 Key Posts 2

Why Sheikh Raed Salah ('The Gandhi Of Palestine') Was Arrested In The UK And Deported Back To Israel

The Guardian's editorial defends Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel . The British Government is deporting him because his presence in the country was not "conducive to the public good"... More »

2nd, July 2011 Reviews 2

Lindsay Ann Hawker's 'Murderer' Tatsuya Ichihashi Faces Bill Hawker (Photos)

Lindsay Ann Hawker was 22 when she was murdered in Japan. Today, Bill Hawker set off on a trip to face the man accused of murdering her... More »

2nd, July 2011 The Consumer

TSA Approves Vibrators less Than A Foot Long For Plane Travel

News is that the TSA - the official gropers of the US entry system - says that vibrators, and other sexual aides are fit for travel... More »

2nd, July 2011 Politicians

Lord Hanningfield Jailed: Former Essex Pig Farmer Caught Troughing In Parliament

On one occasion, he said he was in London when he was in actual fact aboard a flight to India... More »

2nd, July 2011 Film

Daily Express Does PR For Mohammed Al Fayed's Princess Diana Murder Film

There's a film of her death?llen talking up his film - the one he calls a - get this - “provable conspiracy”. It's the film is funded by Mohammed Al Fayed. He's as benign a backer as any documentary maker producing a film about the death of the Dodi Fayed could wish for... More »

2nd, July 2011 Reviews

Edinburgh Tram Project Is An Affront To Democracy: 16 LibDem Votes Win The Day

After a heated five hour debate, the final decision on the future of the tram project, to pursue a line to St Andew Square, was made on the basis of just sixteen Lib-Dim votes - a party which picked up just 627 votes in the Inverclyde by-election, with the candidate losing his deposit... More »

2nd, July 2011 Politicians

Conservative Party More Elitist And Undemocratic Than Communist Party Of China

The Conservative Party should look beyond Christopher Shale's memo on attracting new members and look East to the Chinese Communist Party of China. It has 80.3 million members. It's 90 years young this month... More »