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Darth Vader joins Fathers for Justice

The organisation Fathers for Justice gained a high-profile new member today as Darth Vader attended their Annual General Meeting and recounted the harrowing story of how he lost contact with his children.

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French food experts discover you really can taste cruelty

just knocking up some lovely foie graaaaaaaargh!Biologists in France claim they have discovered a sixth flavour that can be tasted by humans. Almost 25 years after the discovery of ‘umami’ (the flavour of ‘pleasant savoriness’), experts now claim that our enjoyment of food can be enhanced by the taste of cruelty.

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Man mistakes chasing his children up the stairs shouting ‘Raarrr!!!’ for parenting

'dads get tired too'A father from Solihull has encountered a barrage of criticism after his long-suffering wife revealed that ‘chasing the children up the stairs on all fours going ‘Raarrr!!!’ every evening’ was his sole contribution to their upbringing. The nightly routine – which Dan Hurrell, 37, described as, ‘Just a bit of fun, that’s all’ – has, after six years, finally driven his wife, Debbie, to breaking point.

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Leytonstone mum: ‘Why I photo-shopped my daughter’

picture was originally only suitable for widescreenIt has been described as a moral dilemma no parent wants to confront: whether there are circumstances when you should ‘shop’ your child. But for Leytonstone mum Jaqui Privas, it was the only way to save her 14 year old daughter Viki’s future.

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Woman actually dates man for his sense of humour

may have to wait years for the punchlineExperts are celebrating a major breakthrough in modern dating after Suzanne Roberts, a single woman from Nottingham, met and fell for a man she conceded was ‘not conventionally attractive,’ but did possess a great sense of humour.

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