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Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

Women secretly love cheesy chat-up lines, a study revealed today. Although many women claim to find them naff, researchers have found that almost two thirds actually like it when a guy uses one on them. Almost four.

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Marilyn Monroe named greatest blonde of all time

Image: Getting Ready, Los Angeles, 1960 C Eve Arnold & Magnum Photos Marilyn Monroe was today hailed as the greatest blonde of all time. The ‘Some Like It Hot’ star’s classic wavy locks were her trademark during.

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Women go for geeky guys over well-groomed men

Women prefer geeky, practical guys to athletic well-groomed men, a study revealed yesterday. A poll of 3,000 women revealed most were more attracted to ‘geek chic’ than a bulked-up gym monkey. Almost three quarters of the 3,000.

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Mums hate people who undermine their authority

Six out of ten mums hate it when other people ‘undermine their authority’ by telling their children off, a study revealed today. Researchers found millions of mothers grit their teeth and count to ten when someone.

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Couples have sex 104 times before falling pregnant

The average couple has sex 104 times before falling pregnant, a study found yesterday. Research revealed it takes a typical woman six months to conceive her first child, during which she has sex around four times.

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Women try on 21,000 outfits in a lifetime

Woman will try on more than 21,000 items of clothing in a lifetime – but will only actually buy half of them, a study revealed today. On average, women hit the shops four times a month.

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Dumped mistress pours paint stripper over lover’s car

Dumped mistress pours paint stripper over lover’s car A spurned mistress has been given a restraining order after she poured paint stripper over her married lover’s car when he dumped her. Jilted Corinna White, 20, vandalised Michael Blower’s Citroen Picasso after he ended their two-and-a-half year fling. Love rat Michael, 41, confessed to the affair

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Police chief’s warning over budget cuts ‘Armageddon’

Police chief’s warning over budget cuts ‘Armageddon’ A retiring chief constable has warned that the coalition government’s savage spending cuts will cause ”Armageddon” in the fight against crime. Julie Spence, 54, chief constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, said the cutbacks are the ”biggest challenge to policing” since she joined the service in 1978. She revealed

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Thugs kills man during snowball fight

Thugs kills man during snowball fight A thug who killed a dad with a single punch during SNOWBALL FIGHT has been jailed for four years. Callous Ashleigh Hanbury, 29, pelted Kevin Lowry, 54, with hard snow balls as he  play-fought with kids on January 10. Mr Lowry slipped and fell as he came

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Rogue builders charge £70,000 for £250 worth of work

Rogue builders charge £70,000 for £250 worth of work A callous traveller gang which conned a pensioner out of £70,000 for building work worth just £250 have been jailed for 19 years. The 94-year-old was one of 11 elderly victims swindled out of £200,000 for bogus building work by David Evans, his sons Buddy and

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Man hitches a ride – on bonnet of drunk friend’s car

Man hitches a ride – on bonnet of drunk friend’s car A drink driver faces jail after he was caught careering down a road whilst twice the legal limit – with a friend desperately clinging to the bonnet. Reckless Peter James, 23, had been boozing with mates when he jumped behind the wheel of his BMW in

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Soldier who nursed meningitis-struck daughter is jailed for going AWOL

Soldier who nursed meningitis-struck daughter is jailed for going AWOL A courageous Army medic was demoted and jailed after being posted AWOL while he kept a round the clock vigil at his seriously-ill new born baby daughter’s hospital bedside. Acting Corporal Ben Peters, 28, of the 2nd Medical Regiment, returned to the UK to be with

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Hero granny pins mugger down by his lapels

Hero granny pins mugger down by his lapels A great-granny has been hailed a hero after fighting off two muggers by pinning one against a wall – by his LAPELS. Brave Marion Walter, 77, grabbed the thief as he tried to swipe her purse from the back seat of her car outside a Waitrose

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Real Life

Online ‘Del Boy’ set to become eBay millionaire

Online ‘Del Boy’ set to become eBay millionaire

A former City high-flyer who quit his £55,000-a-year job to become an eBay trader is set to make £1million this year – as an online ‘Del Boy’. Savvy Anthony Ponsford, 40, quit his lucrative job as a corporate lawyer in 2003 after becoming disillusioned with the...

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Britain’s oldest newly-weds have combined age of 183

Britain’s oldest newly-weds have combined age of 183

A couple in a long-distance relationship have finally tied the knot and become Britain’s oldest newly-weds – with a combined age of 183. Loved-up Edna Holford, 95, met her ‘toy boy’ Harry Corton, 88, at a tea dance in Brighton fives years ago. Harry, from Barnsley, Yorkshire,...

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Benefits cheat’s bizarre courtroom punishment

Benefits cheat’s bizarre courtroom punishment

A serial benefits cheat was ordered to sit at the back of a courtroom for a whole day – as a PUNISHMENT. Scrounger Tara Howard, 31, was even told she faced JAIL if she went to the toilet without asking an usher for permission first. The bizarre...

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Celebrity

Rowan Atkinson’s space-age house gets go-ahead

Rowan Atkinson’s space-age house gets go-aheadTV star Rowan Atkinson’s neighbours were furious today after he won planning permission to build a space-age house – in a 7th century village. Atkinson has...

Aug 26 2010 / 1 comment / Read More
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Animals Massive moths hatch at UK butterfly sanctuary

Massive moths hatch at UK butterfly sanctuary

Staff at a butterfly sanctuary were celebrating after nine of the world’s largest moths hatched. The giant Atlas moths – which boast an impressive 10in to 12in (25cm to 30cm) wingspan – hatched from...

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Bizzare JCB digger thief jailed for nine months after 5MPH police chase.

JCB digger thief jailed for nine months after 5MPH police chase.

A thief who stole a JCB digger and led police on a 5MPH car chase has been jailed for nine months. Dozy Gareth Twigg, 23, was spotted pinching the one-and-a-half tonne digger from a...

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Celebrity Rowan Atkinson’s space-age house gets go-ahead

Rowan Atkinson’s space-age house gets go-ahead

TV star Rowan Atkinson’s neighbours were furious today after he won planning permission to build a space-age house – in a 7th century village. Atkinson has been given the go-ahead to demolish his 1930s...

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Funny JCB digger thief jailed for nine months after 5MPH police chase.

JCB digger thief jailed for nine months after 5MPH police chase.

A thief who stole a JCB digger and led police on a 5MPH car chase has been jailed for nine months. Dozy Gareth Twigg, 23, was spotted pinching the one-and-a-half tonne digger from a...

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World Gone Mad Town criers locked in turf war

Town criers locked in turf war

Two rival town criers are locked in a ‘ding-dong’ row after one accused the other of invading his territory – by performing at the opening of a shop. Mike Kean-Price, 67, has been the...

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Romance Jilted boyfriend bombarded ex with 2,000 calls a week

Jilted boyfriend bombarded ex with 2,000 calls a week

A jilted boyfriend repeatedly phoned his ex-girlfriend begging to be taken back – more than 2,000 times in a WEEK, a court heard. Relentless Jason Annis, 27, bombarded his former lover with hundreds of...

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Crime Rogue builders charge £70,000 for £250 worth of work

Rogue builders charge £70,000 for £250 worth of work

A callous traveller gang which conned a pensioner out of £70,000 for building work worth just £250 have been jailed for 19 years. The 94-year-old was one of 11 elderly victims swindled out of...

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Tragic Man died attempting ‘Starsky and Hutch’ style car stunt

Man died attempting ‘Starsky and Hutch’ style car stunt

A 20-year-old died in a failed ‘Starsky and Hutch’ style stunt after trying to jump 30ft across a harbour – in his car, an inquest heard. Jamie Hocking tried to use his white Rover...

Aug 23, 2010 / More
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