London - It's set the Argentine Tango benchmark since 1994 when Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tia Carrere - as Juno Skinner - danced their rocks off to The Tango Project's rendition of Por una Cabeza.
"For sheer animal magnetism you just can't beat it...
Guten tag, darts fans, it's your friendly Chancellor Angela Merkel here. Grab yourself a beer and turn up the oompah band, and let's enjoy that very German game, darts.
Since the demilitarisation of Deutschland in 1945, Germans have not been allowed to fire weapons, blow things up, or act in the slightest way improperly, without being severely punished. So it is that every German loves to go do...
Rome - The most famous video game character the world has ever known has been appointed prime minister of Italy. In the latest attempt to get Italy's debt crisis under control, Nintendo's Mario has been put in charge of Europe's third-largest economy...
X Factor fans have been burning up the internet airwaves with furious exchanges as the rumour mill threw up blonde bombshell Amelia Lily as the most likely eventual winner, in what many are referring to as the FiX Factory.
Fan rage erupted when Am...
London - They're squirming at MoD HQ in London today amid claims a Middle Eastern nabob has scooped up the entire 74-strong fleet at the bargain basement price of $1 billion.
Retired Air Commodore Sir Monty Dam-Busta is said to have acted as the M...
Bradford councillor, Robert Payne, 36, who brutally killed four cats in his rented home by repeatedly smashing them against the walls, ought to be sentenced by the courts to play with the Siberian tigers in Marwell Zoo, according to local man, Martin...
With all of their leftover disposable income being spent on college tuition rate hikes, students all over America are finding it harder and harder to find the money for extras to make themselves more appealing to potential partners.
"We were count...
X Factor judge, Tulisa Contostavlos today laughed off a series of death threats, saying quite frankly that she doesn't give a toss.
It is believed that Tulisa has received the death threats via text messages and on her Twitter account, with promis...
London - The cosmetic secrets of Kate Middleton's pearly gnashers were revealed at a press conference at lunchtime today.
A perfect alignment of all 32 teeth is mostly due to their part-time role that regularly ends at bedtime, orthodontic sources...
Mexico - Stargazers at Mexico's National Institute for Anthropology, History and Mayan Calendar Rants have published new evidence from temple ruin brick fragments at Tortuguero, Tabasco State.
Glyphs representing a Venus conjunction 'with a myster...
Don't get me wrong, because I really enjoy Christmas. It's a time out from work, a time to share with the family, a time to eat, drink, and be merry, and hold the real world at bay for a few days.
Remembering all the while that Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus, and hopefully a time to stop the violence and insanity in the world, albeit temporarily.
The flip side of this is th...
Oxon - It's an offer no Prime Monster can possibly refuse when a plot at the bargain price of £140,000 is suddenly available courtesy of an old chum and party donor.
Reports this week say David Cameron's next door neighbor Lord Chadlington has sud...
In a move that is bound to face relief or criticism the Government has pledged to end the National Health Service.
This move cuts the ground from under the protesters who never end their complaints about Government cuts and waiting times.
'In o...
The sad tale of the distress caused by England's Rugger Buggers has not been fully recognised. Until now! Today we can reveal the inside story. It is shocking reading and boys at public schools should be warned to go no further!
We tell the tale of Jack Weed whose prowess at school in Rugby football was admired by all. He could tackle, he could score tries, he kicked penalties, he even played a...
A new survey has revealed that British women are the fattest in Europe, and that British men are the second fattest (after Malta, who don't really count). PM David Cameron welcomed the report, saying, "This proves the recession is truly over and the...
BOISE, Idaho - Lady Gaga performed before a sell out crowd at The Mashed Potatoes Arena. She was thrilled about her brand new opening act Pia Toscano, who many feel should have been the winner of this past season's American Idol.
Toscano is not bi...
20 Nov 2011: Ministers deny claims of cutting clinical jobs in NHS
The Guardian
The main nursing union was embroiled in a furious row with ministers last night after claiming that 58,000 doctors, nurses, midwives and other NHS staff have lost or are due to lose their jobs, despite David Cameron's pledge to protect front line health workers from the brunt of the cuts.
Analysis by the Royal...
Dissatisfied by the meager wages they receive for their services delivering tweets all around the world, Twitter birdies have become entrepreneurs and have trademarked their own version of the dreaded "over capacity" message sometimes displayed on th...
The inventiveness of a Nottingham man, with the help of the Job Centre Plus staff, and a grant from the Alcoholics Support Group, has opened a new take-away in the local City Centre situated Arboretum.
Built in the collapsed old Gents toilets wooden building, and fitted out with equipment from closed down Old Peoples Homes, Fire bombed Police stations, and the recently closed Soup Kitchen, it...
Oh, you thought it was just the "gobble, gobble" kind? Think again!
After he completed the traditional White House pardoning of two turkeys of the animal variety this week, President Obama confided to friends that he was forcing himself to pardo...
That nice Nick Clegg has announced that in a bid to combat youth unemployment, and prevent future outbreaks of rioting and looting by disaffected teens, that the government will foot half of the wage bill for employers who hire young people on minimu...
Local man, Martin Shuttlecock today expressed his utter disgust with lowlife press hacks and internet media muggers who have been suggesting that George Michael may have aids.
The former Wham! singer, currently in a Vienna hospital has had to canc...
HOLLYWOOD - The movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 is the top movie in the nation and the two main stars Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are totally thrilled but behind-the-scenes it's another story altogether.
According to Tahiti Z...
BEVERLY HILLS - Vanessa Hudgens was getting her hair done at the Hair of Haven Hair Salon on Rodeo Drive while chatting with the salon's owner and hairdresser to the stars FuFi Fondue.
Fondue who knows a lot about a lot of Hollywood's biggest cele...
Genetic scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in increasing our understanding of the human genome, now being able to identify genes which are directly responsible for specific personal attributes.
Dr Xyy Chromo-Some, who has led the resear...
HARFOLD, Vt.--Students and adjunct instructors at Harfold State College reacted with disgust to a study released by the University of Calgary which states that painful migraines are linked to a higher chance of depressive episodes. The finding recent...