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  • Bill Clinton hospitalised in California with infection

    Bill Clinton hospitalised in California with infection

    He was admitted to hospital on Tuesday The former US President Bill Clinton is currently in hospital, according to reports. The 42nd president was taken to University of California Irvine Medical Center’s intensive care unit for a urinary tract infection (UTI) that spread to his bloodstream. BREAKING: NBC News confirms former President Bill Clinton hospitalized […]

    4 years ago

  • Road is so shit 11 vehicles crash on it in four weeks – even a cop van

    Road is so shit 11 vehicles crash on it in four weeks – even a cop van

    Welcome to Woodmere Avenue: the road that’s taking names and writing off cars like no one’s business This road in Watford is causing some serious damage among local motorists, so much so that a total of 11 cars – including one police van – have crashed at the sticky spot in the past four weeks. […]

    4 years ago

  • Rainbow Six Siege streamer Michael ‘KiXSTAr’ Stockley dies aged 24

    Rainbow Six Siege streamer Michael ‘KiXSTAr’ Stockley dies aged 24

    The caster, streamer and former Esports pro has sadly passed away The Esports caster, Twitch streamer and former professional player Michael Stockley, known in the gaming community as ‘KiXSTAr‘, has sadly died aged just 24. KiXSTAr, who made his name as a professional Esports player on the hugely popular first-person shooter Rainbow Six Siege, suddenly […]

    4 years ago

  • UK school evacuated after pupil brings in hand grenade to history lesson

    UK school evacuated after pupil brings in hand grenade to history lesson

    The explosive situation was defused quickly A school in Chesterfield has been evacuated after a student brought an old hand grenade into a history lesson, according to police. As per the BBC, police officers were called to Parkside Community School in Chesterfield, Derbyshire at around 11:00am on Wednesday (October 13) after teachers and staff were […]

    4 years ago

  • Call of Duty announce new anti-cheat system, ‘RICOCHET’

    Call of Duty announce new anti-cheat system, ‘RICOCHET’

    CoD is cracking down on cheaters Call of Duty developers and publisher Activision have announced a new anti-cheat system that implemented into Warzone and the latest instalment Vanguard. The new system, dubbed ‘RICOCHET’, aims to be a “multi-faceted approach” to anti-cheating that uses a PC kernel-level driver designed to not only assist in the identification […]

    4 years ago

  • Two men appear to pretend to be police to ‘enter a woman’s home’

    Two men appear to pretend to be police to ‘enter a woman’s home’

    As well as sporting ‘police hats’, at least one man can be seen wielding a telescopic police baton A video of two men seemingly impersonating police officers is circulating on TikTok, as they allegedly attempt to try and rob a woman in Tower Hamlets, London. The footage captured by the homeowner shows two men being […]

    4 years ago

  • Prince William slams billionaires and calls for end to space race

    Prince William slams billionaires and calls for end to space race

    The Duke isn’t exactly a poor man himself but he thinks billionaires should be putting their money towards more important goals The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, has come out to criticise billionaires – namely the likes of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk – for how they spend their money, calling for an end to […]

    4 years ago

  • New interactive battle royale is Black Mirror meets Squid Game

    New interactive battle royale is Black Mirror meets Squid Game

    Think a Bandersnatch-esque ‘choose your own adventure’ with added Hunger Games and ‘battle royale’ vibes ‘Battle royale’ is almost a bit of a dirty word these days: everyone seems to have done their version of what the likes of PUBG, Fortnite and even Call of Duty: Warzone have spent the last few years dominating online […]

    4 years ago

  • Real life Squid Game has started in South Korea

    Real life Squid Game has started in South Korea

    Calm down, people aren’t actually dying in this one. That would be wrong It was always going to happen, wasn’t it? Squid Game is happening in South Korea in real life—well, kind of… As reported in the Korea Times, St. John’s Hotel in Gangneung will be hosting a real-life version of the show in an […]

    4 years ago

  • Huge £250m indoor water park and spa opening in UK

    Huge £250m indoor water park and spa opening in UK

    A Therme spa and resort is coming to Manchester and it looks mint The first images of the brand new indoor water park, spa and resort coming to Manchester have been released and it looks absolutely incredible. Therme Manchester is a £250 million development that spans 28-acres (the size of 19 footy pitches) and includes […]

    4 years ago

  • Disabled Black man dragged from car by police despite screaming ‘I’m paraplegic’

    Disabled Black man dragged from car by police despite screaming ‘I’m paraplegic’

    Warning: distressing images The man was pulled over on suspicion of possessing drugs A disabled Black man in Ohio was pulled over by the police and dragged out of his car despite telling them “I’m paraplegic”. Clifford Owensby, 39, was stopped by local police in Dayton, Ohio last month after he was reportedly seen driving […]

    4 years ago

  • Home Alone reboot trailer released and fans are already not happy

    Home Alone reboot trailer released and fans are already not happy

    The ‘reimagining’ drops on Disney+ November 12 It may be the remake no one asked for but whether you like it or not, Disney is rebooting the Home Alone series. Safe to say, plenty of people are already not too happy about it. Home Sweet Home Alone – which will technically be the sixth film […]

    4 years ago

  • Mum says it’s not right for parents to charge adult kids rent

    Mum says it’s not right for parents to charge adult kids rent

    The mother has split opinion A mum online has come out to suggest that charging children rent or board after they turn 18 isn’t right, stating that it is “very strange” to charge your kids money “no matter their age”. The anonymous mother posted the opinion on Mumsnet and it has since received over 640 […]

    4 years ago

  • Drivers face fines and three points on their licence after new motorway camera charge

    Drivers face fines and three points on their licence after new motorway camera charge

    The latest addition to smart motorways Drivers could face fines of up to £100 and three points on their license thanks to new motorway cameras that can identify when you are driving in a closed lane. Smart motorways have been introduced incrementally across the UK since 2006 – however many people often disobey the digital […]

    4 years ago

  • Nicki Minaj hits out at Little Mix amid Jesy Nelson blackfishing outrage

    Nicki Minaj hits out at Little Mix amid Jesy Nelson blackfishing outrage

    Minaj features on Nelson’s first solo single Nicki Minaj has come out to defend Jesy Nelson, the former Little Mix singer, who has been accused of ‘blackfishing‘ in her latest single, ‘Boyz’. The term ‘Blackfishing’ is commonly used when white entertainers attempt to adopt the appearance of black people or other cultures within their work. […]

    4 years ago

  • People are realising Raven was the UK’s original Squid Game

    People are realising Raven was the UK’s original Squid Game

    What a throwback! Squid Game is undeniably massive and though people may have already made the Battle Royale/Hunger Games meets Takeshi’s Castle comparisons, social media users are pointing out an extremely nostalgic alternative. Given the competitive gameshow nature of the show in which (spoilers) those eliminated are never seen again, people are casting their minds […]

    4 years ago

  • Gritter driver shortage could leave roads as huge safety risk this winter

    Gritter driver shortage could leave roads as huge safety risk this winter

    Another day, another shortage Last week had reports of possible shortages of toilet roll and Quality Street – but this week the fear turns to gritter vans and an apparent lack of people to drive them. As per the Mirror, there are approximately 100,000 vacancies among HGV drivers and in the haulage industry in general […]

    4 years ago

  • England could see Northern Lights today as geomagnetic storm hits Earth

    England could see Northern Lights today as geomagnetic storm hits Earth

    Keep your eyes peeled and your fingers crossed Us Brits could be in luck and catch a glimpse of the famous Northern Lights that people from all over the world travel thousands of miles to see every year. As per a number of outlets, the Aurora Borealis (to give it its proper name) could apparently […]

    4 years ago

  • UK promises to pay France £54m ‘within weeks’ to help stop migrant crossings

    UK promises to pay France £54m ‘within weeks’ to help stop migrant crossings

    The Home Office continues to tighten Britain’s borders and blamed the ‘administrative process’ for delays The UK government is set to pay the £54 million the Home Office promised France to prevent small boat migrant crossings within the coming weeks. The initial €62.7m (£54m) payment, which was announced back in July, was to provide added […]

    4 years ago

  • You can now buy sheets that stop your partner’s farts stinking out the bed

    You can now buy sheets that stop your partner’s farts stinking out the bed

    That’s virtually everyone’s Christmas prezzies sorted Sick of your partner stinking out the bed? You’re in luck: you can now get yourself anti-fart sheets – and just in time for Christmas, no less. Shreddies is a flatulence filtering fashion and home brand that specialise not only in anti-fart sheets but underpants, jeans, pyjamas and even […]

    4 years ago

  • R. Kelly’s sales soared 500 per cent after guilty verdict

    R. Kelly’s sales soared 500 per cent after guilty verdict

    Kelly was found guilty of sex trafficking, exploitation, kidnapping and more on September 27 R. Kelly’s record sales went up by more than 500 per cent following the guilty verdict in his long-running sexual misconduct case in late September. As per a piece by Rolling Stone, the latest figures shows that not only did Kelly’s […]

    4 years ago

  • Jimmy Carr slams heckler who goes too far “Get him out the f*****g building”

    Jimmy Carr slams heckler who goes too far “Get him out the f*****g building”

    Usually, Carr is famously willing to indulge hecklers Jimmy Carr‘s patience was worn thin during a recent stand-up gig thanks to an incessant heckler, leading him to order security to: “Get him out the fucking building”. On a regular day, the 49-year-old comedian is famously willing to engage with hecklers – he dedicates entire sets […]

    4 years ago

  • Treasury source denies talk of energy crisis support package

    Treasury source denies talk of energy crisis support package

    The Business Secretary said that the government had been in talks over a support package, but an insider suggests otherwise A source from inside the Treasury has rubbished reports that a potential support package could be delivered to energy companies struggling to keep up with demand as both electric and fuel prices soar. Brits were […]

    4 years ago

  • BBC under fire over ‘misinformation’ in iPlayer description for Dreyfus Affair drama

    BBC under fire over ‘misinformation’ in iPlayer description for Dreyfus Affair drama

    The broadcaster has been slammed for misinformation in the description of one of its latest historical dramas The BBC is facing criticism and calls of “misinformation” after the description for BBC Four’s new historical drama, Paris Police 1990, incorrectly labelled an important historical figure a “notorious Jewish spy”. The show itself is a Parisian period […]

    4 years ago

  • 16 dead and six injured in Russian plane crash

    16 dead and six injured in Russian plane crash

    The aircraft crashed in Russia’s Tatarstan region At least 16 people have been killed and at least six injured after a plane crashed in Russia’s Tatarstan region. The reason for the crash has yet to be ascertained. As per to multiple outlets, the aircraft was said to be carrying a group of 21 parachute jumpers […]

    4 years ago

  • Deontay Wilder taken to hospital after suffering brutal KO against Tyson Fury

    Deontay Wilder taken to hospital after suffering brutal KO against Tyson Fury

    The US heavyweight was dealt a knockout blow by Tyson Fury Deontay Wilder has been taken to hospital as a precaution after his third and final fight in the trilogy against Tyson Fury ended in a brutal knockout blow. The US fighter looked barely conscious as he hit the canvas for a third time, having […]

    4 years ago

  • Harrowing footage shows woman narrowly escaping burglar following her home

    Harrowing footage shows woman narrowly escaping burglar following her home

    WARNING: viewers may find this footage distressing A terrifyingly close call A terrifying video has been released showing a woman being followed home by a man who then attempts to break into her apartment. In the clip released by police, a  50-year-old woman is seen returning home to her Claremont Village apartment in New York […]

    4 years ago

  • Jake Gyllenhaal says filming sex scenes with Jennifer Aniston was ‘torture’

    Jake Gyllenhaal says filming sex scenes with Jennifer Aniston was ‘torture’

    Sex scenes really aren’t as sexy as you think Jake Gyllenhaal recently described filming his sex scenes with Jennifer Aniston as “torture”. Speaking on The Howard Stern Show about his new film, The Guilty, the 40-year-old actor admitted that, like many over the past 20 years or so, he had a huge crush on the […]

    4 years ago

  • Joaquin Phoenix teases potential Joker sequel

    Joaquin Phoenix teases potential Joker sequel

    Would you like to see more of Phoenix’s Joker? Joaquin Phoenix has teased a potential Joker sequel in a recent interview. The film split opinion when it dropped back in 2019 but rumours of a follow-up have been circulating ever since. Speaking to Playlist, Phoenix was asked if there had been any movement around the […]

    4 years ago

  • Raab: ‘Misogyny is wrong whether it’s man against woman or woman against man’

    Raab: ‘Misogyny is wrong whether it’s man against woman or woman against man’

    Oh dear… It seems the recently appointed Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, may not understand the definition of a fairly important socio-political prejudice after he claimed “misogyny is absolutely wrong whether it’s a man against a woman, or a woman against a man”. Speaking live on BBC Breakfast earlier this morning (October 6), Raab was asked his […]

    4 years ago

  • Vegan cries while eating fish for the first time in two years

    Vegan cries while eating fish for the first time in two years

    She was advised to start eating fish for ‘medical reasons’ A vegan woman has shared a video of herself eating her first bit of meat in two years. Safe to say, she didn’t enjoy it. Lamar or @lamarchairez, is a TikTok creator and streams on Twitch. She posted the clip of herself eating a fillet […]

    4 years ago

  • Priti Patel to give police powers to stop disruptive protesters going to demos

    Priti Patel to give police powers to stop disruptive protesters going to demos

    Priti’s putting more pressure on protestors Protesters will be prevented from moving around the country in a plan by Priti Patel to stop further disruptions on motorways. The Home Secretary is expected to announce boosting police powers at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Tuesday, as Insulate Britain continues to cause chaos, despite a […]

    4 years ago

  • First trailer for Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon released

    First trailer for Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon released

    There are a couple of familiar faces in there… After the rollercoaster of the last season, many of us would rather leave Game of Thrones behind us. That being said, this trailer has roped us in. The first trailer for the inaugural spin-off and GoT prequel series, House of the Dragon, dropped earlier this morning and […]

    4 years ago

  • MMA fighter Justin Thornton dead aged 38 weeks after brutal KO

    MMA fighter Justin Thornton dead aged 38 weeks after brutal KO

    Thornton was knocked unconscious during a fight on August 20 MMA fighter Justin Thornton has sadly passed away aged just 38. His death comes just over a fortnight after he was knocked unconscious and seriously injured in a bare-knuckle fight against Dillion Cleckler. As first reported by Eric Kowal of MyMMANews, Thornton died after the […]

    4 years ago

  • You could have completely misunderstood Squid Game, all because of a Netflix glitch

    You could have completely misunderstood Squid Game, all because of a Netflix glitch

    A subt(it)le slip-up Squid Game is almost certainly the biggest TV show on the planet right now, with every man and his dog watching the extra gory The Hunger Games meets Takeshi’s Castle thriller. However amid the viewing frenzy people might literally be losing the plot – both on screen and off. The hit Netflix […]

    4 years ago

  • Woman almost dies after high-cut jeans give her a wedgie

    Woman almost dies after high-cut jeans give her a wedgie

    Self-inflicted atomic wedgie A woman in North Carolina has told her followers on TikTok about a shocking story involving her high-waisted jean shorts and a trip to the intensive care unit. Three years ago, Sam, 25, was going out on a date and started to notice she was feeling particularly uncomfortable around her, well, arse […]

    4 years ago

  • Rats filmed crawling over croissants at Sainsbury’s

    Rats filmed crawling over croissants at Sainsbury’s

    Swiftly drops pain aux ‘raisin’ A video of rats invading the pastry section of a local Sainsbury’s in London has gone viral on social media. The clip, captured by filmmaker Anthony Mitson on his Instagram story, shows two rats crawling all over ‘fresh croissants’ at a location along Essex Road in Islington. The rodents are […]

    4 years ago

  • Serving Met police officer appears in court after being charged with rape

    Serving Met police officer appears in court after being charged with rape

    The alleged incident took place in September 2020 A Metropolitan police officer has been remanded in custody after appearing in court on Monday charged with rape. PC David Carrick, of Stevenage, is accused of attacking a woman in St Albans during the night of 4 September 2020. The 46-year-old, who is based within the Met’s […]

    4 years ago

  • Artist who drew controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoon killed in mystery crash

    Artist who drew controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoon killed in mystery crash

    He famously sketched a cartoon of Muhammad’s head on a dog’s body Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist who sparked uproar back in 2007 when he sketched a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad’s head onto a dog’s body, has been killed in a traffic incident on Sunday (October 3). It is unclear what caused the high-speed […]

    4 years ago

  • Schools could open on weekends to help kids catch up after Covid closures

    Schools could open on weekends to help kids catch up after Covid closures

    What a truly terrifying prospect Schools could be opening up on weekends as the education looks to catch up after the extended Covid closures. According to The Times, new figures estimate that between 90,000 and 135,000 children did not return to school this term. It should be noted, however, that these figures are based on […]

    4 years ago

  • Only four per cent of Brits think Brexit has gone ‘very well’

    Only four per cent of Brits think Brexit has gone ‘very well’

    14 per cent said it was going ‘fairly well’ Approximately four per cent of Brits think Brexit is going “very well”, apparently. This is according to a recent YouGov poll that surveyed a total of just 6,546 people – an admittedly small sample size in comparison to the approximately 46.5 million people that voted in […]

    4 years ago

  • ‘Trainspotting’ spin-off TV series about Begbie in the works

    ‘Trainspotting’ spin-off TV series about Begbie in the works

    We can always do with more Robert Carlyle We’ve gone from wanting a Trainspotting sequel, to then actually getting one with 2017’s T2: Trainspotting (alongside rumours of a potential third film) and now there’s talk of a spin-off TV series about the notorious Begbie. Aren’t we a lucky lot? Speaking to NME in an interview promoting the […]

    4 years ago

  • Jeremy Vine deletes tweet defending guest who said ‘minorities have to be squashed’

    Jeremy Vine deletes tweet defending guest who said ‘minorities have to be squashed’

    He defended his guest Jeremy Vine has now deleted the tweet he posted after a guest on his Channel 5 show, Mike Parry, suggested this morning that “minorities have to be squashed“. The clip caused uproar on social media and numerous calls made for Ofcom to investigate. Responding to the outrage, Vine initially tweeted out […]

    4 years ago

  • The 10 Greatest FIFA Songs of All Time

    The 10 Greatest FIFA Songs of All Time

    The Jam, Chumbawamba, Foster The People, Bastille — just some of the names that somehow didn’t make this list. Let chaos commence Right, let’s start this off by stating the obvious: this is an IMPOSSIBLY hard task and we have no idea why we subjected ourselves to it – but FIFA is on our mind […]

    4 years ago

  • Instagram account ‘Upsetting Pints’ is here to ruin your weekend

    Instagram account ‘Upsetting Pints’ is here to ruin your weekend

    Some of these could put you off God’s nectar for life An Instagram account entitled ‘Upsetting Pints‘ dedicated to chronicling (you guessed it) – poorly poured brews – has left beer fans on social media seriously dismayed. We don’t know why we’re choosing to show you this on a Friday – it could literally rack […]

    4 years ago

  • Dog the Bounty Hunter ‘taunts’ Brian Laundrie with banner over campsite

    Dog the Bounty Hunter ‘taunts’ Brian Laundrie with banner over campsite

    Safe to say the TV personality isn’t keeping his search efforts under wraps Dog the Bounty Hunter is now taunting Brian Laundrie after he claimed his search has supposedly entered its “last day” and has now flown a banner over the area where he believes the 23-year-old is camping out. Reality TV star Dog, or […]

    4 years ago