Yorkshire Day: Our guide to the perfect week in and around the Dales

August 1, 2016, 2:24 am

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Malham Cove, Yorkshire Dales national park, England, UK. (Photo by: Geography Photos/UIG via Getty Images) — Malham Cove, Yorkshire Dales national park (Picture: Getty)

Yorkshire is well known for a range of brilliant things – puddings, terriers, cricket, Sean Bean – but there is plenty more to God’s own county than that.

At nearly 12,000sq kmand with well over five million people living there, the biggest county in the UK has more to offer than you might have thought.

It’s not necessarily the first place you would consider for a week’s holiday, but there is plenty more to see and do in Yorkshire than on a boring beach break in Spain or a cheesy romantic trip… Read the full story

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Two-year-old throws tea party for the police officer who saved her life

August 1, 2016, 2:31 am

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Little girl 2 — Just two old friends catching up over Oreos and Apple Jacks (Picture: PlanetoftheAtheists/Reddit)

More tea officer?

Two-year-old Bexley Norvel wanted to do something really special to thank police officer Patrick Ray on the anniversary of the day he saved her life.

So, she put on her best frock and pearls and threw an exclusive tea party for two.

On July 26, 2015, Corporal Ray came to Bexley’s aid at her home in Rowlett, Texas, after the little girl choked on a coin and stopped breathing. ‘I could not believe how fast he got here,’ mum Tammy says of the response to her desperate 911 call.

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Minimal packing, maximum fun – 15 tips for a stress-free city break

August 1, 2016, 2:36 am

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Yuor days of overpacking could soon be behind you (Picture: Getty) — Your days of overpacking could soon be behind you (Picture: Getty)

I live in a relatively small town, so every now and again I save my sanity by escaping to the city.

I always try to make the most of my time by packing in as many activities as possible, which used to mean lugging a suitcase full of washbags, makeup and clothing options.

Fine if I’m taking the car, but as I often use the train, I’ve learnt the hard way that minimalism is the way to go.

I can now do a three-day break with nothing but a handbag and a tote – here’s how.

1.… Read the full story

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This cat keeps putting her paws in the air like she just don’t care

August 1, 2016, 2:44 am

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Most cats just go around scratching up and then snoozing on furniture. But Keys is a cat with a difference.

This black-and-white moggie has a habit of putting her paws in the air and nobody actually knows why.

According to her owner Peter Mares, she threw her paws up one morning and continued doing it every day from then on.

She’s since been nicknamed Goal Kitty and has become an Instagram sensation, with nearly 1,000 followers hanging on to her every stretch.

Is she practising Ardha Candrasana – the second step of Bikram Yoga?

Are… Read the full story

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Yorkshire Day: 10 reasons Yorkshire is the absolute worst

August 1, 2016, 3:09 am

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XX reasons Yorkshire is the absolute worst — The Yorkshire Dales. What a waste of space (Picture: Getty)

Yorkshire Day?

Yuck.

Supposedly every August 1 we’re supposed to celebrate this ‘historic’ English county.

But why should anyone bother?

After all, there’s all these reasons it’s the absolute worst.

1. It’s grim up north

It’s true what they say, it really is grim… Read the full story

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Wildlife photographer takes daughter diving with 200lb crocodile

August 1, 2016, 3:43 am

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JARDINES DE LA REINA, CUBA: INCREDIBLE video and still footage shows how a wildlife obsessed father took his daughter swimming up-close and personal with a potentially lethal two-hundred-pound crocodile. The eight-foot-long reptile opened its mouth, flashed a glimpse of its razor-sharp teeth and flexed its long, strong legs when the camera came within two inches of its mouth. In a bid to prove how impressive these fearsome hunters can be, the up-close images provide a close view of the large predator while the video shows the crocodile try to gobble up the camera. The shots were taken by one of the worldís leading underwater photographer and publisher of Alert Diver magazine Stephen Frink, (67)… <a href=

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This fast food birthday cake is disgustingly genius

August 1, 2016, 3:53 am

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Sometimes in life, a Colin the Caterpillar cake just doesn’t cut it.

Sometimes you just need something more. More calories. More flavour. More layers. More taste.

Well one guy has developed an actual fast food cake to satisfy all of your cravings.

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Milton Lai from Syndey, has even come up with some rules for other chefs to follow in order to re-create his work of art and to keep it ‘authentic’.

These include the cake being made entirely out of food from fast food outlets – Domino’s, McDonald’s and KFC.

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The cake has got to hold… Read the full story

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Does your skin age actually match your real age?

August 1, 2016, 4:04 am

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Apparently our skin can be a different age to our biological one – despite the thousands of creams and potions on the high street and in Harley Street claiming to give us younger looking skin.

And we all know that certain things like smoking and excessive tanning can speed up the aging process.

According to leading industry expert Dr Alexis Abramson, our skin starts to change visually from the age of 45, losing elasticity and becoming more leathery.

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But how do you tell whether your skin age matches your actual age?

How to tell your skin age:

Dr Abramson… Read the full story

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12 reasons August is the best month to have a birthday

August 1, 2016, 4:19 am

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Unless you’re massively worried about ageing, most of us usually look forward to a birthday.

Presents, cake, a lie-in, a night out – however you want to celebrate it’s your special day.

But those of us lucky enough to have entered the world during August surely have the best birthdays of all?

1. You’ll have been one of the youngest in your year at school, meaning all those mates you’ve been hanging out with since forever are all getting older before you. You’re still playing cute catch up on the big numbers.

2. It’s probably sunny on your big day, so you can plan for beer gardens and outdoor parties.

3. But even if it’s not… Read the full story

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Tesco is opening a trendy pop-up wine bar

August 1, 2016, 4:33 am

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tesco finest — True story (Picture: Tesco)

Tesco is opening a pop-up wine bar in Soho, serving only Tesco’s Finest.

No, this is not a joke.

For 11 days during August, you will find the Tesco Finest Wine Bar nestled in between Soho stalwarts Kettner’s and Waxy’s Little Sister on Wardour Street.

More than 50 wines from the Tesco Finest range will be available to taste by the glass (for free), with wine experts on hand to offer advice to novices.

Visitors will also be able to choose from a series of ‘discovery wine flights’ – ‘designed to introduce consumers to exciting alternatives that are beyond their usual repertoire, each wine flight will comprise three glasses of similar or… Read the full story

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Hari Nef is the first trans model to feature on the cover of Elle UK

August 1, 2016, 4:53 am

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(Picture: Hari Nef) — (Picture: Elle UK)

Next month, Elle UK will be featuring a transgender model as its cover girl for the first time in its 31 year old history.

Hari Nef, 23, will be joining the magazine’s other ‘icons of change’ – chosen because they’ve all rejected society’s conventions of gender, success and sexuality.

The model, actress and trans activist will feature in September’s magazine – traditionally thought of as the most important edition in the fashion magazine calendar.

Speaking to Elle, she says that in an ideal world, ‘I wouldn’t have to change my body. I wouldn’t have to do all this stuff. I wouldn’t have to be pretty,… Read the full story

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‘Sexist’ GapKids ad somewhat undermined by unfortunate spelling mistake

August 1, 2016, 6:14 am

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Gap has been accused of everyday sexism after sharing the promotional shots for its new toddler range online.

In one image, a little boy is seen modelling grey tracksuit bottoms and a navy Einstein T-shirt under the strapline: ‘The Little Scholar: Your future starts here’.

Contrast this with the picture of a little girl in a cream jumper and black bottoms, with the headline: ‘The Social Butterfly: Chambray shirts + logo sweaters are the talk of the playground’.

The new ad campaign, which currently appears on the Gap UK website, was spotted by PsychScientists Andrew and Sabrina, who called them out for ‘everyday sexism’.

Just…no. @LetToysBeToys… Read the full story

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This woman’s ‘mum bod’ selfie was deleted from Facebook and people aren’t happy

August 1, 2016, 6:29 am

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Facebook and Instagram have some pretty odd rules when it comes to what they delete or leave up online.

They remove nipple pics, for example – even if they’re photos of breastfeeding babies. And yet on Instagram at least, there’s plenty of porn under hashtags like #vegan or #pizza.

And now, apparently, Facebook has deleted blogger Constance Hall’s ‘mumbody’ selfie.

‘Australian blogger, freedom fighter and queen lover,’ Constance is renowned for her regular posts on being a wife and a mother, as well as womanhood in general.

Last week, she posted a status to her 820,000+ following, saying that one of her previous photographs had been taken down by the social media site.

‘Facebook… Read the full story

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New mum posts hysterical ad for ‘whimsical bassinet’ she bought before realities of motherhood kicked in

August 1, 2016, 7:02 am

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Bassinet 2 — Pretty, not that practical (Picture: Gumtree)

A new mum is advertising a slightly impractical antique bassinet on Gumtree, after realising motherhood was not the ‘holy, other worldly experience,’ she thought it would be.

Baby not included. As far as we know.

The mum from Munday Way, western Australia, believes the 100+ year-old bassinet ‘was designed in a time when babies were men, and those man-babies didn’t need no comfy, flat, safe cradles to sleep in. Co-sleeping? Pffttt… Put a blanket in a cauldron and those man-babies will have water boiling for your morning cuppa when you get up to feed them.’

She goes on to explain that she bought it ‘in a whimsical moment in… Read the full story

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National Girlfriend Day: 10 people who are tweeting what we’re all thinking

August 1, 2016, 7:33 am

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Today is supposed to be about female friendship (Picture: Getty)

The internet has spoken – today is National Girlfriend Day.

It’s trending on Twitter and already dividing opinions.

It began as an American annual celebration of female friendship, technically called National Girlfriends Day.

But the ‘s’ has been dropped and now nobody really knows if it’s about boyfriends or girlfriends having to buy their partners flowers, women celebrating sisterhood or what.

Anyway, despite it being a very important annual event, amazingly not everyone on Twitter appears to be on board.

Here’s 10 top comments from people tweeting what we’re thinking on National Girlfriend Day.

1. Because we are all just lonely tuberous roots on this bleak and pointless planet

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PSA: Aldi is restocking its £2.99 Wagyu beef burgers this week

August 1, 2016, 7:35 am

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Wagyu Buergers — Gird your loins (Picture: Aldi)

Aldi sold 1.5 million of its Wagyu beef burger two-packs last year.

In June, the supermarket sold out of its prime cuts of Wagyu ribeye steak (released for Father’s Day) in a matter of days.

So, it’s fair to say that restocks of its luxury – and generous-sized – Wagyu beef patties are going to be pretty popular.

They go on sale from this Thursday, August 4. So, we know where you’ll all be going after work.

According to Aldi, the beef comes from cattle that are bred and grass-fed on open New Zealand pastures.

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In other words, it’s not quite as fine as… Read the full story

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This is why your younger sibling is more likely to become a millionaire than you

August 1, 2016, 7:45 am

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How fake are you? Quiz — (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Being the youngest can have its downsides. There are hardly any baby photos of you. You were forced to wear hand-me-downs ’till you were 15. And your older brothers probably bullied the crap out of you until they left for uni.

But all of this might actually have paid off, because it now turns out that you’re more likely to become the millionaire entrepreneur of the family.

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According to academics at Birmingham and Reading universities, the youngest children of non-entrepreneurial families are more likely to become risk-taking business people later in life.

Lord Sugar, for example, might have come from humble beginnings but… Read the full story

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World Breastfeeding Week: 15 surprising things nobody tells you about breastfeeding

August 1, 2016, 8:19 am

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So it’s the start of World Breastfeeding Week (Monday, August 1- Sunday, August 7).

The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (Waba) is promoting the week.

They’re hoping to raise awareness of links between ‎breastfeeding‬ and the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.

These are a set of suggestions, set out by the UN, on how best to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030.

For Breastfeeding Week 2016, Waba is encouraging people to think about how breastfeeding might help us value our wellbeing from the start of life, how to respect each other and care for the world.

Opinions on breastfeeding differ around the world but, as a mum-of-two who has tried boobs and bottles, I… Read the full story

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Drunk man gets into furious argument with himself after helpful note goes awry

August 1, 2016, 8:36 am

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Drunk Steve — Sober Steve had high hopes (Picture: @Tarryntino/Twitter)

It can be a bit annoying when your well-meaning advice gets thrown back in your face. We guess it’s even more frustrating when you realise you’ve completely ignored your own advice.

Introducing Steven Davidson, 30, from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

Since leaving his 20s behind, Steven has noticed his hangovers are getting longer and more painful as every year goes by.

To lessen the pain, he decided to leave a polite note for his drunk self, advising him to drink a bottle of water before bed. ‘Hangover Steve will thank you,’ he wrote to his future self.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t legislated for drunk, angry Steve.

A friend shared drunk Steve’s brilliant –… Read the full story

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How I transformed into a bronzed, shredded bikini fitness champion in just 20 weeks

August 1, 2016, 8:51 am

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Deni on stage (Picture: Lowell Mason / Galaxy Universe Organisation)

When I set myself the challenge of competing in a fitness bikini competition 20 weeks ago, never did I think I would actually go and win.

At 10st I was way off peak condition. I was well aware of bikini fitness athletes, and while I admired them, I never thought I could be one.

But a friend of mine, Vicky Hadley, had signed up to compete in the Miss Galaxy Universe European Championships 2016 and asked me to join her – and I decided to go for it.

I had gone vegan about a year before and had been… Read the full story

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