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Wayne & Coleen & world affairs

  Comments (0) Friday, Nov 6, 2009

Who knew Wayne and Coleen Rooney were such close students of world affairs? Some say they named their son Kai because it means “keeper of the keys” in Welsh and Scottish. Read Full Entry

ON OUR PITY LIST: A BUNCH OF DAMNED FOOLS

  Comments (0) Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009

I was going to call this “People who need to be stabbed in the face”, but apparently we have to be responsible tabloid journalists.   Read Full Entry

Ross Bloody Kemp

  Comments (1) Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009

Sky are giving it the big one at the minute about Ross Kemp: Behind The Story, plugging it by saying of the former thespian's stuff from Afghanistan: "He's spent more time on the ground than any British journalist"Really, Ross Kemp?I've been there more than you have, son.And ... Read Full Entry

A Town called Hope

  Comments (0) Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009

It would be fantastic if this story that England women's coach Hope Powell is getting the Grimsby Town job turns out to be true.She'd have her work cut out mind.Not only is Hope a woman, she's also black.And her colour might be a bigger issue than her gender to some of the locals. Read Full Entry

Tories, your gays and hot Italian babes

  Comments (0) Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009

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EXCLUSIVE: Berlin harder hit by the war than Swansea

  Comments (0) Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009

Just back from a lads' trip to Berlin, where absolutely no mischief was got up to, no, not at all.I'd issued a strict rule to the boys - don't mention the war.But it's pretty difficult when the whole city is a living landmark to everything that happened then and since.Growing ... Read Full Entry

Helicopters, Helmand and Hampshire

  Comments (0) Saturday, Sep 26, 2009

The scene: RAF Odiham in Hampshire, home to the UK's Chinook force, where we'd arrived to hear about new engines and digital cockpits for the fleet.The speaker: Tory turncoat Quentin Davies, defence equipment minister, who opened the press conference with the line: "You may think you're in Hampshire but you're not.  This is the hinterland of Afghanistan."<... Read Full Entry

Typhoons to the Falklands

  Comments (0) Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009

We failed to ge... Read Full Entry

And now, the lovely Chloe....

  Comments (0) Friday, Sep 18, 2009

WHo she?  See below... Read Full Entry

X Factor v Strictly

  Comments (0) Friday, Sep 18, 2009

So it's the big one tomorrow night - the showdown between Simon Cowell on X Factor and Alesha Dixon's Legs on Strictly.And it's been interesting to see how both sides are playing the PR game with us tabloid kids.The X Factor flacks have been a bit cheeky this yea... Read Full Entry

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