London Aquarium invites you to swim with sharks in the dark this Halloween

October 20, 2015, 8:28 am

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If the idea of submerging yourself in a dark tank and waiting to come face to face with over 15 sharks chills your blood, then we’ve got the perfect Halloween treat for you.

This Halloween, Sea Life London Aquarium is offering a unique opportunity to swim with the big fishes – in the dark.

You’ll be snorkelling in a pitch black tank which is home to 15 sharks, including two 2.7-metre sand tiger sharks, eight blacktip reef sharks and two 2.2-metre brown sharks.

Groups of up to four will be given wetsuits and snorkels before getting into a small rope-cage with a Perspex bottom which is then dropped into the tank.

So, don’t worry, there’s rope to protect you.

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These mild-mannered life curses are the greatest way to take down your enemies

October 20, 2015, 8:28 am

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For when ‘oh, do f*** off’ is a bit too intense.

Some genius of insults has created a set of mild-mannered but totally brutal life curses, to utter at all those who wrong you.

Because you know what? Wishing someone had all their biscuits filled with raisins instead of chocolate chips is cruelty at its peak.

Mysterious insult expert, who goes by the name ‘noteveryoneisac***’, shared his set of curses on Imgur, where everyone marveled at just how truly evil they really are.

Because this is a fate we wouldn’t wish on our worst enemy.

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Feminist porn director Erika Lust tells us the secret to pleasing women in bed

October 20, 2015, 8:48 am

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Erika Lust is a feminist porn director, screenwriter and producer.

The 38-year-old’s latest project has just seen a theatrical version of her latest project, XConfessions, screened at Raindance Film Festival.

She turned the public’s raciest anonymous sex confesssions into films for the project.

The Swedish mum-of-two found her calling after her 2004 short film The Good Girl was downloaded two million times within two weeks.

Metro.co.uk caught up with Erika to find out what really goes on in the life of a feminist porn director…

How did you get into this line of work?

I didn’t like what I saw in mainstream porn but I loved films and cinematography.

So, I decided to make erotica that I liked, with creative and cinematographic aesthetics using the… Read the full story

These striking portraits will change the way you see homeless people

October 20, 2015, 9:16 am

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Back in 2008 Lee Jeffries took a picture of a homeless girl sleeping in a doorway in London, and it changed his life.

Since then the amateur photographer (although his work is anything but amateur) and full time accountant has travelled all over the world photographing homeless people and listening to their stories.

When Lee took his very first picture of the homeless girl (below) it was a snatched picture he took without her permission.

Talking to Time, Lee recounted: ‘She spotted me and started shouting, drawing the attention of passersby… I could have just walked away in an embarrassed state, or I could have gone over… Read the full story

Subway’s footlong sandwiches will now actually be a foot long

October 20, 2015, 9:21 am

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Good news, fans of massive sandwiches. Subway’s footlong sandwiches will now actually be a foot long.

Wait. What?

In case you missed the sneaky goings on over at Subway, they’ve just settled up a lawsuit that’s been in process for the last two years.

It all started when people tweeted photos of their Subway sandwiches next to rulers and tape measures, showing quite clearly that their foot long sandwiches were coming up short.

Those pictures went viral, and a movement formed. A movement against bullsh*t sandwiches pretending to be something they’re not.

Footlongs are really only 11.5 inches. I did some math and figured… Read the full story

Meet Pom Pom Chewy, the puppy that will steal your heart

October 20, 2015, 10:03 am

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You better have your heart under lock and key, because otherwise Pom Pom Chewy is about to steal it.

The Pomeranian pup has some of the strongest Instagram game around – and he has 26,000 followers to prove it.

His teeny frame, fluffiness and sweet nature alone is enough to melt even the stoniest of hearts.

But it’s the snappy outfits that really have everyone swooning.

That’s right, Pom Pom Chewy loves to get dressed up. He even lists one of his personal interests as ‘wearing pyjamas’.

Just look at how much he loves hanging in his PJs

Though he can be persuaded out of them for a… Read the full story

Lads hold mock funeral for their mate after he gets a girlfriend

October 20, 2015, 10:10 am

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A group of lads staged a mock funeral for their mate after he… got a girlfriend.

20-year-old Keiran Cable from South Wales dropped off the radar around 18 months ago, after meeting his… Read the full story

We tried sexy Halloween costumes to see what the fuss was about

October 20, 2015, 10:33 am

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‘In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.’

But when it comes to Halloween, I’ve always taken the Cady Heron of Mean Girls approach.

I’m the zombie bride with full-on death face make-up and ridiculous teeth.

Every year I choose scary over sexy and I am always covered in more fake blood than there is on the set of a B-list horror movie.

Realising I might have become a little self-righteous about wearing non-sexy Halloween outfits, I thought it was only fair I gave sexy a go before continuing to… Read the full story

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20 jobs that all teachers are expected to do but get no thanks for

October 20, 2015, 10:40 am

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An urban legend once went round that teachers have a bit of a cushy number – working days of 9 til 3, oodles of work-free holidays and plenty of perks.

But while most teachers would laugh hysterically in your face in between pulling out clumps of their own hair, even they don’t realise quite how much they do in a day.

Teachers may have opted for education as a career, but little did they know that they would be taking on half of the roles available at Job Centre Plus too.

Here are just twenty of the extra jobs expected of every teacher which they never get credit for.

1. Counsellor

When you deal with human beings through your working day, especially ones going through that horrendous… Read the full story

Craft beer advent calendar is here for a very hoppy Christmas

October 20, 2015, 11:03 am

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You could get a tiny chocolate advent calendar like you always do to count down to Christmas this year.

Or you could opt for something more grown up – one packed with beer instead.

For, behold, this is the Craft Beer Advent Calendar, which features 24 top bottles and cans from around the world.

Better than a minute square of choc but probably best saved until the end of the day.

The craft beers hidden behind the windows include Flying Dog’s American IPA, Raging Bitch, Anchor, and Brooklyn Brewery’s luxuriously dark Black Chocolate Stout.

Let’s have a look at some of them, shall we?

The Craft Beer Advent Calendar costs £74.99 from craftbeeradventcalendar.co.uk.

Bottoms up!

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October 20, 2015, 1:04 pm

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We very rarely see Kate Middleton wearing a crown – in fact, the last time can recall was her wedding day – but the Duchess of Cambridge was spotted wearing a very sparkly number at Buckingham Palace ahead of the state banquet to honour China’s President Xi Jinping.

It was the first full day of his state visit to the UK but all focus will surely be on Kate’s impressive headgear – and her resemblance to a certain animated character.

Yep, we just can’t shake off the fact that she is the spitting image of Anastacia, from the film about the missing Romanov daughter. You can see it, right?

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Give yourself a bleeding eye socket with this gruesome Halloween makeup tutorial

October 20, 2015, 11:49 pm

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Don’t worry, this isn’t a makeup tutorial gone wrong. No one’s gouged their eye out with a misplaced makeup brush.

Sydney beauty vlogger Chloe Morello (who looks a little like the lost Kardashian sister) meant to look like this.

Her Halloween makeup tutorial on how to create a bleeding eye socket using all the things you can find in your local party shop has now been viewed over 189,000 times online.

The look is, she says, perfect for a ‘wedding, formal, prom or Kylie Jenner’s 18th birthday’.

She first applies a semi-circle of spirit gum under the eye (don’t go too close), before adding scar wax to create flaps of skin.

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10 common myths about adoption quashed

October 21, 2015, 12:00 am

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It’s National Adoption Week, a brilliant time to discuss the fact that there are still so many misconceptions about adopting a child. 

With thousands of children needing a loving home, it is extremely important for those interested in welcoming a young person into their family to be able to access all of the facts and embark on the process with as much ease as possible.

If you are interested in becoming an adoptive parent but are worried that you don’t fit the criteria, are any of your fears busted in this list of 10 common myths provided by First4Adoption?

1. I’m single, so I can’t adopt 

Single people can adopt, whatever their gender. Many single people and unmarried couples have… Read the full story

Gwen Stefani and Urban Decay have teamed up to make a new palette

October 21, 2015, 12:58 am

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Nothing gets beauty-addicts on the internet more excited than a new Urban Decay palette.

The only way to make it better? Gwen Stefani. Because she is the greatest.

Urban Decay just revealed the news today, announcing on Twitter that they’d be launching a palette of 15 eyeshadow shades picked by Gwen herself.

Which is pretty exciting really, because Gwen Stefani knows her makeup. There’s… Read the full story

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October 21, 2015, 1:02 am

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You know when people talk about the dream 9-to-5 working week and you just down another glass of Pinot while your soul gently weeps?

The ideal 9-5 Monday to Friday job, where you actually get to have a life outside work and maybe catch the end of Hollyoaks from time to time, is like Birthday Cake Oreos. You know they exist somewhere in the world, you’ve just never met anyone who’s had one.

According to a survey of 60,000 employees by careers site Glassdoor, workers in 2015 report an average work-life balance satisfaction of 3.2, down from 3.4 in 2012 and 3.5 in 2009 (where 1.0 means ‘very dissatisfied’, 5.0 means ‘very satisfied’ and 3 is ‘I have to do this to live and sometimes it’s okay’).

But if you do want to improve your chances of finding that elusive work-life balance, Glassdoor have helpfully shared the list of jobs you should be… Read the full story

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Couple whose pregnancy video went viral have delivered their son at 24 weeks

October 21, 2015, 1:31 am

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They’ve asked people to keep them in their prayers.

Remember Dana and Arkell Graves? You know, that really gorgeous couple with the tear-jerking pregnancy announcement video? The one where Dana hid some buns in the oven and then Arkell burst in to tears? See – now you have it.

Well, it seems their son has arrived a little earlier than expected.

Writing on the couple’s Facebook yesterday, Arkell wrote: ‘Today, our baby will have to be delivered, at 24 weeks and one day… Please keep us in your prayers today and always.’

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This Instagram account matches hot dudes with food

October 21, 2015, 1:52 am

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One Instagram account has brought together two of the internet’s favourite things: attractive people and food.

Meet Dudes and Food, an Instagram with a strange knack for tracking down photos of men and matching them to the food they most resemble.

We love it. We just wish they’d expand their offering to average-looking people, too, because we’d really like to find out if we’re more like a slice of pizza or a huge pile of biscuits.

Because Dylan O’Brian IS a mug of delicious oreo-based something.

 

Could stare at this all day, TBH. The burrito, we mean.

 

Justin Bieber IS avocado toast. Yes,… Read the full story

‘I became a child drug addict after suffering sexual abuse from age nine’

October 21, 2015, 2:08 am

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Robyn Hennessy and her identical twin sister Ashleigh lived a normal, happy life, up until the age of nine.

Around that time, the family moved from London to Surrey in the pursuit of a better life but, soon after the move, the twins started to get bullied at school.

At the same time, the two girls, who both went to judo classes, were training for an international judo competition.

They settled on the idea that losing weight would help them to perform better and, aged nine, they began skipping meals and cultivating their hunger.

The twins’ neighbour, a boy of seven, had been prescribed Ritalin diet pills for his ADHD. He didn’t like taking them because they suppressed his appetite, so he gave them to… Read the full story

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October 21, 2015, 2:11 am

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You met through an app, a website or IRL – and the moment has arrived for the big first date.

As has that other moment you weren’t expecting: the sudden and powerful realisation that this person is NOT for you.

At all.

And now you’re wasting time.

Because out of some insane British notion of not wanting to come across as rude (to a person you’ll never see again) you’re pretending to listen to them as you plan your escape in your head, nodding at moments you hope coincide with pauses that require your vague acknowledgement.

So, for those moments of realisation where you have a very sudden allergic reaction to another… Read the full story

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