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Amish Beard Cutting Crime

October 14, 2011 at 10:45 pm

With apologies, but this has got to be a contender for Weirdness of the Month: Four men from Bergholz, Ohio, were arrested this week suspected of an Amish beard-cutting attack. Authorities say a rival Amish group held their victims down against their will and gave them unwanted cuts to their […]

Question Time LiveBlog 13th October 2011

October 13, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Question Time tonight comes from London and features a panel so dreadful it will make your eyes bleed. On the panel we have Andrew Lansley, Red Ken Livingstone, former chief press spokesman for the Liberals Mark Littlewood, NHS-focussed ‘comedian’ Phil Hammond and deputy editor of the Evening Standard Sarah Sands. […]

UK Citizenship Test Updated

October 13, 2011 at 6:56 pm

So after much ridicule of the daft, plain stupid and politically “correct” questions in the old Labour government’s so-called Citizenship Test….it has been re-written by the Coalition. Can we expect questions like “how much does the UK waste each year by belonging to the EU” or “name the religion responsible […]

Novel Ways To Murder Someone (Pt 73)

October 7, 2011 at 1:11 am

First, kill a bear. A fortnight ago, Clyde Gardner was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for plotting to kill his ex-girlfriend after a friend he asked to do the job ratted him out to the police instead. The plan involved faking a car accident. So far, so […]

Not Very Cleverley

October 6, 2011 at 11:54 pm

Brilliant journalism in yesterday’s Super Soaraway Sun. For a paper specialising in celebrity gossip you’d think that Not-A-Footballer Tries It On is really feeble. And who is Tom Cleverley anyway? Hat-tip: Matthew Moore

Question Time LiveBlog 6th October 2011

October 6, 2011 at 8:26 pm

On the Question Time panel from where the Conservative conference was held – Salford – tonight we have the inclusivity box-ticking Baroness Warsi, Shadow Junior Minister for Drains Andy Burnham, Charles *hic* Kennedy, Hello! and Sun journalist Jane Moore and, returning to our BBC screens after an absence of at […]

Knox Escapes

October 3, 2011 at 8:26 pm

Amanda Knox was in court in Perugia today, protesting her innocence over the killing of Meredith Kercher. She was in tears, speaking in fluent Italian. Verdict? Sexy And so Foxy Knoxy walks free from an Italian court having been acquitted of murdering the person she now seems not to have […]

Bad Joke O’ The Day

October 2, 2011 at 11:37 am

From the BBC: An ultra-light plane has crashed into a Ferris wheel in a village north of Sydney, trapping four people, Australian officials say. Some people dream of being a pilot, others simply fail to see the attraction. Is that my coat? Thank you… UPDATE: Police say the pilot is […]

Question Time LiveBlog 29th September 2011

September 29, 2011 at 5:45 pm

On the Question Time panel from the Labour conference in Liverpool tonight we have Grant Shapps, housing minister; Tim Farron, president of the Liberal Democrats; Caroline Flint, shadow communities and local government secretary; toothy freak Janet Street-Porter; and columnist and commentator Peter Oborne. TheEye is unable to join you this […]

What Do They Know

September 24, 2011 at 8:01 am

According to ‘new research’, a tipple of red wine makes no positive difference to high blood pressure … rejecting previous ‘expert’ advice that red wine has the ability to fight heart problems, lower cholesterol and the risk of diabetes.  Researcher Ilse Botden said: “Our findings do not support the idea […]