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Penalty Pointless: Insurance Firm Ignores Penalty Points

BOY-RACERS will be revving their souped-up engines in joy today after it emerged that drivers with penalty points could see their insurance premiums fall.

In a move that is predicted to … (read more)

Posted: 17th, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Big Brother’s Orlaith McAllister Swallows Her…Pride

“BIG Brother star emeritus Orlaith McAllister is today conducting “The most outrageous celebrity interview ever”.

Orlaith, who appears on the cover of the Daily Sport organ dressed in a thong and … (read more)

Posted: 17th, May 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comments (10)

Jagger And Hall Can’t Get No Satisfaction

MONEY is consistently cited as one of the biggest causes of arguments in a marriage. And for Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall the subject is still a bone of contention … (read more)

Posted: 17th, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Quiz Show Scandals Hurt ITV

ITV, home to such intellectual luminaries as Jeremy Kyle and Vernon Kay, has admitted that the recent phone-in and quiz show scandals have seriously damaged consumer confidence.

Following the revelation back … (read more)

Posted: 17th, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Water Companies Get River Of Complaints

HOSPIPE bans and apparent water shortages have become as synonymous with the British summer as a Tim Henman failure at Wimbledon and wasps.

A new report reveals that many companies … (read more)

Posted: 17th, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Credit Goes To Graham Norton

TV funny man Graham Norton has been persuaded to disassociate himself from presenting an unpopular award at a finance industry bash to be held on Thursday evening.

The Irish presenter had … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment (1)

A Kewell Customer: Liverpool Backer Wins

LIVERPOOL FC’s oft-injured Aussie star Harry Kewell helped a punter to £178,000 after netting a last-gasp penalty in the Reds’ 2-2 draw with Charlton Athletic.

The unnamed gambler from Sawston in … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Over-The-Odds Home Insurance

HOME insurance may make us all sleep a little bit better at night, but new research by the Post Office is sure to give us all a wake up call.

According … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Tally-Ban! Prince Harry’s Not Going To Iraq

HOW close we came to winning the war in Iraq. Prince Harry wasn’t even going to fight. His presence in Iraq would trigger the Army to don red wigs. The … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)

President Ahamdinejad’s Windsor Knot

PRESIDENT Ahamdinejad’s range of Man At Ahmadinejad suits and prisoner ware have captured the mind of office workers in the US.

Does it come with a tie?

… (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Pope On The Ropes: Rewriting History’s Wrongs In South America

THE Pope is in South America. And he is speaking.

Get a load of this:
Yesterday, as his Brazilian sojourn drew to a close, Benedict described the forced conversions and massacres of … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Not Pushing Lindsay Lohan

LINDSAY Lonhan (if she were British she’d be Phil Mitchell’s sister in EastEnders) has bene pictured, apparently, breaking the law. Her mother speaks:

US Weekly: How is Lindsay holding up with … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

The Perverted Web: Spiderman And Mary Jane’s Pearl Necklace

THERE could be a lot more than just a Spider-sense tingling when prepubescent boys get a load of Marvel comic’s latest figurine of Peter Parker’s wife Mary Jane.

The 14-ins action … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (10)

Bass Relief: Catching Up With Big Brother’s Michelle

WHO knew that when Michelle Bass entered the Big Brother house she would go on to dye her hair an orangey yellow?

Back then celebrity for Michelle was so much dreaming. … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)

Russia Faces Up Top Her Past: Boris Berezovsky Writes

BORIS Berezovsky, the London-living, exiled, anti-Putin businessman, is writing about Russia in the Telegraph (billionaires…come over here…take our writers’ jobs):
Last week saw the commemoration of Victory Day in Russia, which … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Oranges And Lemons: The OK! Party

THE OK! party is in full swing. As ever this year’s theme is Oranges and Lemons.

On the front of the magazine are three Oranges: Danielle Lloyd, Jade Goody and the … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comment (1)

Madeleine McCann: A Long Story

MADELEINE McCann: a tale of urban myth, xenophobia, and baseless accusations. Carol Sarler in the Times:
Down there in the aching panic of Portugal, there are many things they do not … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (7)

Gordon Brown – As Green As He Makes Out?

GORDON Brown’s no greenhorn. He’s been in the business for ten years. So when he tells us his plans for five new carbon neutral “eco towns”, we wonder why he … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Madeleine McCann: Watching Robert Murat

MADELEINE McCann is missing. Still missing.

But now the police have a name. And, more importantly, so do the papers.

Robert Murat is all over the front pages. He is a suspect … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (23)

Enemies At The Gates: Spoon Feeding Chris Tarrant’s ‘Pilau Fight’

THE eleventh rule of tabloid journalism states that all investigations of suspected wrong doing must feature the word ‘gate’. Now this pseudosuffixation brings us the words “SPOONGATE” and “CURRYGATE”. … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (6)

Flash Katie: Middleton Prepares To Bare All

WHO knew Kate Middleton would see the light and embrace her fame?

The Star (“QUEEN OF FLASHIN’…”) spots Prince William’s old flame out at jeweller’s Asprey for the launch of Simon … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment (1)

Wardrobe Of Court: Crime In Jean Hutchinson’s Bedroom

LIKE the magical entrance to Narnia, the wardrobe in Jean Hutchinson’s bedroom was the gateway to a weird, wonderful and, in her case, illegal world.

The Telegraph reports that 65 year-old … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)

Don’t Bank On Justice: Illegal Overdraft Charges

WITH banks settling out of court left, right and centre over their infamous illegal overdraft charges, it seemed that finally, the big boys were getting what they deserved.

However, news that … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment (1)

Watching You: Child Support Agency Spies

IT seems that hardly a day goes by without some security bungle or other by a government agency.

This time it’s the Child Support Agency in the firing line after it … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Money | Comments (2)

Big Brother Danielle Lloyd Goes Television X-Directory

BIG Brother bully Danielle Lloyd is to appear in an “X rated telly show”.

And the better news is that she can come as she is. Indeed, there is every reason … (read more)

Posted: 16th, May 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)

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