Mother praises kind Aldi staff who gave her bouquet of roses after toddler had a ‘full meltdown’

August 17, 2016, 11:01 am

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A speechless mother has written a heartfelt Facebook post to thank staff in Aldi who made a shopping trip with her upset child a little more bearable.

Ashley Holmes was doing her weekly grocery shop at Aldi, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, when her 3-year-old son began crying.

His tears turned into a tantrum – he was screaming and having a ‘full-blown meltdown’.

As Ashley also had her 6-year-old son alongside her and a full trolley of groceries she decided against taking him home – despite other customers whispering and glaring at the family.

Hoping her son would settle down, Ashley carried on with the shop. But he didn’t settle –… Read the full story

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August 17, 2016, 12:54 pm

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You know how ever since the Olympics started you’ve been Googling ‘tennis clubs near me’ and ‘how can I start judo’ before sinking back on to your sofa to watch the replays?

Well. sofa surf no more, my friend – your time has come.

Budding 2020 athletes, if you like working out to banging tunes, boxing your heart out and bootcamp beasting til you drop, this is the event for you.

Nike’s Unlimited You is a groundbreaking running and training experience held in East London from 19-21 August –… Read the full story

11 things that dawn on you during Freshers’ week

August 17, 2016, 3:38 pm

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Starting university is a rude-awakening, never more prominent than during Freshers’ week.

It’s the initial initiation into uni life – meeting new people, partying in new places, settling into your new home and, above all, getting to know your university.

But it’s not just about nights out with random people you met in your halls of residence corridors or about seeing who can win at Touch Cup – loads of other realities will dawn on you during your first couple of weeks at uni.

Whether you’re soon to become a fresher or you look back on your fresher years as the… Read the full story

Mum asks for help replacing discontinued T-shirt for daughter with autism; gets sent 78 identical tees

August 18, 2016, 12:03 am

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After a mum appealed for help replacing her daughter’s favourite T-shirt after it was discontinued, she has been overwhelmed by the response.

Deborah Grimshaw Skouson from St. George, Utah, is mum to Cami, who has autism. 

In a Facebook post last week, Deborah explained that for the past 4-5 years, her daughter has been ‘fixated’ on one particular T-shirt – a pink floral design, purchased from Target. Cami likes to wear it after school and as a pyjama top. ‘It brings her a lot of comfort and security, which is sometimes… Read the full story

The reason you get car sick is because your brain’s worried it’s being poisoned

August 18, 2016, 12:36 am

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Ah, the joys of car sickness. It takes me back to the summers of my youth and hours spent driving through French countryside in a super-hot car trying not to puke on my brother.

#Memories.

But, have you ever wondered what causes us to get sick in the back of cars? Apparently, it’s our brains. They get so confused by mixed signals from our bodies that they think they’ve been poisoned and need to vomit up the toxins.

The science behind the motion sickness is explained by Dr Dean Burnett, from Cardiff University, in his new book ‘Idiot Brain: what your head is really up to’.

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New gym Fe Fitness takes you back to school – and suspends you if you don’t lose weight

August 18, 2016, 1:36 am

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One gym takes their body transformations so seriously that they actually kick you out if you don’t lose weight.

Sounds barmy but Fe Fitness, which opens in London next month, takes members right back to school with lessons on diet and fitness – even imposing penalties for bad grades (on the scales) or for not following the 12-week programme properly.

Fe (Iron on the periodic table, duh) provides science-based goal assessments to prescribe the right diet and training schedule to maximise clients’ individual potential.

‘Headteacher’ Justin Maguire believes most of us need severe re-educating when it comes to diet and fitness for optimum health and goal-smashing.

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Kanye West is opening pop-up Pablo merchandise shops across the world this weekend

August 18, 2016, 1:58 am

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Got plans this weekend? Cancel ’em.

Kanye West is opening 21 temporary Pablo stores around the world this weekend, each selling Pablo merch for this weekend only.

The Pablo stores will appear in Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, Toronto, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Cape Town, Berlin, Amsterdam, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, and – most excitingly for UK-based fans – London.

All the shops are set to open… Read the full story

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August 18, 2016, 2:12 am

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A Washington animal shelter is helping its residents socialise and potentially find new homes by treating them to a weekly coffee morning at Starbucks.

Every Tuesday, Molly Clark, one of the volunteers at the Kitsap Humane Society, takes one lucky pup to Starbucks for a puppuccino (a small cup of whipped cream).

Not only is it just a lovely way to pamper the pups, many of whom have had a pretty bad start in life, it also gets them out into the community, increasing their chances of finding a new home.

The local Starbucks also puts up signs telling people about the Puppuccino… Read the full story

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This awkward cat has just realised she’s made a terrible mistake

August 18, 2016, 2:19 am

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A poor little cat got one of her paws stuck behind her scratching post and another on her owner’s bed – leaving her looking like she was in the latter stages of a game of Twister.

Milk-chan’s hilarious predicament and extraordinarily-long looking legs were shared on Twitter on Saturday, and since then, has been shared over 150,000 times.

And since then, obviously, the Internet has been losing its goddamn mind trying to Photoshop her into all kinds of appropriate scenarios.

キャットタワーとベッドに同時に爪が引っかかってしまった猫ちゃん pic.twitter.com/tzgFKW7YST

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She’s been seen sitting on Jesus, completely ruining the Last Supper.

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105-year-old just had one birthday wish – a visit from a hot fireman

August 18, 2016, 4:08 am

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At the age of 105, Ivena Smailes knows what she wants.

And what she wants is a hot fireman with tattoos to bring her cake.

Fair enough.

Ivena, who is known locally as ‘Aunty Ivy’, celebrated her 105th birthday on Wednesday (August 17 – she’s a feisty Leo, obviously) at the Addison Court Care Home in Wesley Grove, Crawcrook, with her family, including daughter Jane, and friends.

Her birthday wish was fulfilled when a burly fireman from the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service climbed through her… Read the full story

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August 18, 2016, 4:18 am

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Hurry up and book your plane ticket. Your dream holiday just got a touch more exhilarating.

Niagara Falls finally has the mode of transformation we’ve always dreamed of: the zip-line.

Yup. From now on, visitors hoping to take in the wonders of the Niagara… Read the full story

Your smartphone might be ruining your memory but it’s also freeing up loads of brain space

August 18, 2016, 4:18 am

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Remember the dark days before you had a phone that could hold City Mapper, Google Maps and the ability to answer any question? Back when you were late and lost to everything.

God bless technology.

But our ultra-smartphones – which remind us to do everything and let us Wikipedia anything – might actually be having a detrimental effect on our memories.

Apparently, we’re not able to record facts as we used to because we’ve become used to offloading ‘to-be-remembered’ information like shopping lists etc, onto our phones.

Researchers Professor Evan Risko, of the University of Waterloo and Dr Sam Gilbert, from University College London, have been looking… Read the full story

Someone’s invented a tiny Pilates machine for strengthening toes

August 18, 2016, 4:22 am

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If you’re worried that your toes are weaker than the rest of your hench body, then fear no longer.

Because someone’s come up with a ‘toe corrector’ – a piece of Pilates equipment which claims to correct toe misalignment, strengthen your foot and can even improve bunions.

So, how does the 50 Shades of Grey-looking equipment work?

The apparatus consists of two leather straps which you loop over your toes, with a resistance spring in the middle. There are two versions – one with a heavy spring (and black loops) or a light spring (red loops).

You simply move your toes or feet from side… Read the full story

Nando’s is treating anyone who got their A Level results today to free chicken

August 18, 2016, 4:50 am

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Whatever the question, Nando’s is (nearly) always the answer. Even in the midst of the stress of results day. 

If you’ve received your A Level results today, we have some glorious news for you: you could be on the receiving end of some free Nando’s chicken.

Yup. Just for today, August 18, Nando’s is giving away a FREE 1/4 chicken to all students who received their A Level/Higher results today.

If you don’t fancy chicken, you can pick an appeateaser (other than wing roulette or All Together Now) of your choice.

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August 18, 2016, 5:56 am

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After being added to the family WhatsApp group, this Irish mam came in like a goddamn boss.

This, my friends, is how you announce yourself in a group chat.

Dave McGinn from Tallaght, South-West Dublin, tweeted earlier this week to say his dad had just bought his mum Rita a new smartphone for her birthday.

It seems she then downloaded Whatsapp and was invited to the family group chat.

You might think someone brand new to Whatsapp might need a few moments to get to grips with the etiquette of instant group messaging, but nope, Rita’s definitely got this.

My dad bought my mam a smartphone for… Read the full story

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Men are sharing photos of their manicures using the hashtag #MalePolish

August 18, 2016, 6:11 am

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If you think that manicures and polish are exclusively for women, think again. Because loads of guys are sharing photos of their enviable acrylics, gels and bright colours.

It’s nothing new of course.

Men have been wearing nail polish since 3,200 B.C – with different colours for different social classes.

Musical geniuses Kurt Cobain and David Bowie were both keen on varnish, to say nothing of Eddie Izzard, Johnny Depp, Harry Styles and Pete Wentz.

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However, now civilians are getting in on the act and are taking to Instagram to share their nail art.

And it was none other but Marc… Read the full story

People confess to all the bad things they do when their flatmates aren’t home

August 18, 2016, 6:48 am

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How do you feel about leaving your flatmate at home on their own? 

You’d probably never given it too much thought, right? It’s their home just as much as yours – what could possibly go wrong…?

We felt exactly the same way. Until we read a heap of confessions from the sneakiest of flatmates who have made us want to run home and check on our own as quickly as possible.

So if you’re pretty happy chilling out in your own flatmate bubble, then you keep doing you.

Just don’t read this article.

 

These sneaky flatmates have been confessing to their house sins on the Whisper app

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The Arabic message on this tote bag is trolling Islamophobes in the simplest way

August 18, 2016, 7:09 am

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You might have seen people regramming this tote bag over the last few days.

One product shot of the bag, shared on Instagram by the designers, Israeli print studio Rock Paper Scissors, has received over 200,000 comments online, with requests to ship the bags all across the world.

So, you’re wondering what that script says, aren’t you? Well, handily, Berlin-based journalist Nader Al-Sarras, who spotted someone carrying the bag on the U-Bahn, shared the translation on Twitter.

It reads: ‘This text has no other purpose than to terrify those who are afraid of the Arabic language.’

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Woman tells of the horrifying time she unknowingly shared a shower with a bug

August 18, 2016, 7:20 am

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Everyone’s scared of something. 

Sometimes it’s monsters, sometimes it’s little things that don’t mean any harm.

For one woman, it’s bugs.

When taking an early morning shower, she was struck down by her worst nightmare. An insect had crawled into the shower with her and was lurking behind her shampoo bottle.

Not knowing what to do, she acted fast and drowned the little guy in some shampoo, leaving the body there for her boyfriend to find later.

She was so shaken up by the experience that she left her boyfriend a note to let him know what had happened, before assigning him a quest to identify the culprit.

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19 things every stay-at-home parent will understand

August 18, 2016, 7:24 am

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You have a baby, enjoy your time at home with them, and then a tough decision has to be made about whether you go back to work or take a career break and become a stay-at-home parent.

You love the idea of getting stuck back into your career, but then you also realise time with your baby is too short and you’ll never get it back.

You decide to embark on a new chapter of your life as a stay-at-home parent and as much as you enjoy it, you realise it comes with many more challenges than you initially thought.

Here are 19 things every stay-at-home parent will understand:

1. Pre-baby you thought stay-at-home parents were on… Read the full story