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If it's a summer month in California's-worth of rain then we're fine with that, says confused UK population.

'Scottish git' employed aides to hurl epithets that could have been delivered free by members of the public.

Public comprehends words 'dude' and 'Bollinger' in otherwise mysterious event.

New royal protocol ranks Duchess of Cambridge below the star of Pimp.

Creator of the classic 'suitcase full of fifties in the attic' routine slams modern comedians' offshore accounts as 'boring'.

Solstice revellers told no caps, sportswear or flowing robes imprinted with runic symbols.

Britons happy to accept their fate as tea consumption is linked to cancer.

Just when you thought it was safe to go fishing.

Internet giant to chart mysterious realm of the psyche and make it into something you can zoom in on.

Gay marriage OK if it's to a heterosexual person of opposite gender in heartbreakingly sad circumstances, confirms Church of England.