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Ziggy and Chanelle Explore Big Brother’s Dark Places

IMPRISONED in the Big Brother house, Ziggy is faced with a choice.

He can spend his days bonding with the other lads. He can talk with Seány and wonder how the … (read more)

Posted: 12th, June 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comments (13)

£2 Hayfever Pill Too Expensive For NHS

NOTHING beats the great British Summer – the wasps, the Henmania, the inedible barbeques and of course, the hayfever.

Yet the NHS could have the cure to this annual affliction in … (read more)

Posted: 12th, June 2007 | In: Money | Comments (2)

Britain Paying For Domestic Bliss

THEY were once the exclusive preserve of the very wealthy and the aristocracy, but now it seems that even commoners, apparently too lazy to clean their own house, are hiring … (read more)

Posted: 12th, June 2007 | In: Money | Comments (4)

Madeleine McCann And Cash For Criminals

AN interesting little twist on the Madeleine McCann story, via AGW in the Anorak Forums.

As the parents Kate and Gerry McCann were in Morocco, finally publicly following up early hints … (read more)

Posted: 12th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (36)

Scotland The Poor

A NEW report by the Federation of Small Businesses has put Scotland at the bottom of a list of 10 similar-sized countries in terms of its economic performance.

Countries with populations … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Money | Comments (2)

I Nd Bck Up: Northamptonshire Police Text For 02

HAVE things really come to this for the humble Bobby? In an effort to reduce the spiralling costs of using walkie-talkies, police have been advised to send each other … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Money | Comments (4)

Al Hashimi And Kroenke To Check Out Gunners

THE race is on to make Arsenal the latest Premiership giant to succumb to foreign money.

With American billionaire Stan Kroenke continuing to sniff around the Emirates stadium, news that Mohammed … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Property Ladder Missing First Rung: Low Housing Stock

WHAT with interest rate rises and inflated house prices, the lot of a first-time buyer is rarely a happy one. Now, to add to their problems, it seems that … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Women Getting Wealthier Than Men

IN a report that will have chauvinistic City boys kicking their Porsches in frustration, Barclays Wealth Management predict that women millionaires will outnumber their male counterparts by 2020, when, … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Anneka Rice Challenged Over Charity Show

THE sight of Anneka Rice running around in her trademark yellow jumpsuit piqued many a young boy’s interest in the opposite sex but now the TV icon is at the … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Money | Comments (5)

Smoking Ban Hits Bingo: Unlucky For Some

AHEAD of next month’s introduction of the smoking ban, pubs and clubs are steeling themselves for what could be difficult times ahead.

The bingo industry in particular is expecting the ban … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Money | Comments (2)

Free Speech Banned In Otisville, N.Y

IN prison your body is free. And neither is your mind:
Inmates at the federal prison camp in Otisville, N.Y., were stunned by what they saw at the chapel library on … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

What’s In A G8 Summit Journalist’s Goody Bag

NO , not rotten tomatoes, toy water cannon or bricks in the journalists’ G8 goody bag. The Guardian’s Patrick Barkham divulges:
(Strictly for research purposes I picked one up: it says … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Little Rupert Murdoch To Save Us From Big Bad Google

RUPERT Murdoch is in negotiations to buy Dow Jones & Co., and its newspaper, The Wall Street Journal. The paper wants to know what lies ahead. So it interviews Murdoch. … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Watch Isreal And Ignore Darfur

WHO sets the news agenda that says every explosion in Israel must feature on the BBC’s national news? From Idan:

… (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Privacy International Slams Google

GOOGLE is watching you. London-based watchdog Privacy International compared the world’s top 22 web destinations (Yahoo! Msn, Anorak etc.) and says Google is “achieving status as an endemic threat to … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Would G8 Please Stop Giving Aid to Africa

SENDING aid to Africa does more harm than good, says Kenyan economics expert James Shikwati.

As he tells Spiegel:
Mr. Shikwati, the G8 summit at Gleneagles is about to beef up the … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

Charley Uchea Says: I Am Big Brother’s Spice Girl

CHARLEY was vacuuming. Someone should tell her that Wags don’t vacuum. But then, a little voice seem to have told Charley that if she doesn’t look at least a little … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comment

The Sopranos: The Return Of John Gotti And The New York Mob

TONY Soprano’s televised life of crime may have come to an end, but wise guys are still rubbing each other out on the streets of New York.

Last week, the son … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (4)

All Aboard The X-Coaster

“YOU could tell who got off the (X-Coaster) because their faces were red,” said Angela Salter.

You join us in Springs & Crystal Falls amusement park, Arkansas, where a dozen riders … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)

The Sopranos Sing Sing At The End

AMERICANS don’t get irony. Americans make trash telly. Americans are all dumb. Oh, how we like to mock. But it’s nonsense. Deep down we know it.  Americans make the Sopranos. … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

George Bush Mobbed In Albania

SOME people like George Bush. They see him as a hero. Maybe they remember Kosovo. Hey, they may ever like America…
TIRANA, Albania (AP) – President Bush, enthusiastically welcomed as the … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Paris Hilton Tunnels Into Prison: Barbara Walters’ Constipation Blues

“PARIS is on hunger strike,” says the Sun’s headline. Fearful of being photographed on the toilet, Paris is not eating anything.

Of course, Paris is now an old hand in jail. … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (4)

London Olympic Logo Is A Zionist Conspiracy

THE Jews are everywhere. Get this:

The Zionist tentacles are everywhere. Even the new Olympic logo spells Zion!

I hope you all sign the petition to change it.

It’s no surprise that ‘fatwaworthy’ … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (9)

Why British Universities Boycott Israel

THE problem with free speech and a people who enjoy debate is that not all Israelis and Jews think the same:
When it comes to anti-Semitism, the British, like many nations, … (read more)

Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

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