They played Mary and Joseph in the school nativity and now they’re getting married, 30 years on

July 8, 2015, 6:53 am

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We wonder if the three wise men have been invited?

They played Mary and Joseph in the school nativity at five-years-old. And, 30 years on, Lindsay Taylor and Paul McGann are getting married.

‘Paul was chosen to be Joseph because of his good behaviour and I was picked as Mary, for some reason, because I was blonde with big blue eyes,’ explains Lindsay.

She adds of her childhood co-star: ‘Paul used to say he was going to marry me. It’s incredible that he actually will.’

The two became firm friends while at St Bennett’s Primary (now St Benedict’s) in Netherton, Merseyside, but lost touch when the went to secondary school.

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July 8, 2015, 7:31 am

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There are millions of dogs living and working in the UK, you can’t avoid them, you probably stumble across at least a couple a day.

For those of us out walking and living with our pooches we regularly have to deal with comments and questions about the animal on the end of our lead. And of course it’s usually lovely to stop and chat about your hounds but sometimes you meet someone who apparently knows more about your dog than you do or the jokes, questions and anecdotes aren’t really needed.

And so here are some things that dog owners really don’t need to hear (again):

1. Wow, it’s true what they say, dogs really can look like their owners. 

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13 things you only know if you have a summer cold

July 8, 2015, 7:55 am

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Summer: the season of barbecues, bikinis and generally enjoying the great outdoors – unless you have a summer cold, of course.

Stupid germs!

It’s bad enough getting a Rudolph red nose and sandpaper throat in winter but this time of year it’s twice as bad.

Here’s 13 things you only know if you have a summer cold.

1. Everyone else is outside (and you hate them for it!)

While you lie in the dark, in bed, you are all too aware of how much fun people are having out there in the daylight.

2. You don’t trust your own body temperature

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Richard Herring: A spa break leads to a mobile fiasco

July 8, 2015, 9:15 am

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Last Saturday, we were going on a break at a countryside spa. I would take care of Phoebe so my wife, Catie, could be pampered. That was the plan, but typically an attempt to eradicate stress had the opposite effect.

We were both knackered: I’d driven from Bristol early that morning while Catie had been kept up late by a party next door. We were only half ready to leave by 4pm. Hoping to make the most of dwindling time, we cajoled each other, sniped a little and tried to rush things. Tensions were rising.

Once we got on the road, the traffic was terrible. We live near Westfield shopping centre in up-and-coming Shepherd’s Bush. And I am… Read the full story

How do you stop a shark attack? One woman has some really excellent advice

July 8, 2015, 11:57 pm

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A Tennessee woman’s hilarious (yet actually very logical) advice on how to avoid shark attacks has made her an internet star. 

Veronica-Pooh Nash Poleate’s ‘Summer Safety Tips’ video has now been viewed by over 11 million people on Facebook.

Veronica (aka Sister Pooh) was inspired to make her video after a shark attack in Surf City, on the North Carolina coastline. There has been a spate of shark attacks in the area in recent weeks.

‘I’m on my way to church this morning, but I wanted to make a quick video because my spirit was troubled this morning,’ she begins. ‘I had the news on and it was talking about somebody else done got ate up by a shark.’

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This hot tub hammock is where we want to be right now

July 9, 2015, 12:41 am

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As you fight to get onto a bus today, and wedge yourself in the space between a sweaty armpit and a spiky rucksack, we bring you news that someone’s invented a hot tub hammock.

Try not to die a little inside.

The Hydro Hammock gives you the ‘bliss of a hot tub’ and the ‘freedom of a hammock.’

Genius inventor Benjamin Frederick from Ashland, Oregon, has created a gas heating system that can heat water from a garden hose, draw from a lake or stream, or just heat water already in the hammock, allowing you to enjoy a warm bubbly bath wherever you are.

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Women are celebrating their ‘flaws’ with the #BeautyInAllChallenge

July 9, 2015, 1:41 am

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It seems we can’t go a day without a viral beauty challenge, but this one has substance to it.

Last week, we had the confusing #DontJudgeMeChallenge. While it purported to be an anti-body shaming campaign, it was criticised by many because it showed people wiping away their flaws, rather than accepting them.

The ‘challenge’ was to change your appearance with makeup, hair, and clothing in order to look ‘unattractive’. Then, people filmed themselves wiping away their acne, unibrows and scars, as if to say, ‘don’t worry, I’m still still attractive underneath’.

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Potbox: It’s the monthly marijuana subscription box stoners have been craving

July 9, 2015, 2:43 am

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Stoners have first world problems too. Like having to get off the sofa to find more weed.

But, thanks to a new premium marijuana subscription service, the people of San Francisco and LA can finally relax.

It’s Birchbox for weed.

While there have been marijuana delivery services before, Potbox is all about high-end luxury. If Whole Foods did marijuana, this is what it would look like.

The monthly subscription service promises ‘the highest quality, most ethically grown, fresh from the farm.. cannabis available’ delivered direct to your door.

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27 things that surprise you about motherhood

July 9, 2015, 3:39 am

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So you’ve given birth for the first time. Before the contractions started you were pretty damn confident about the whole thing.  After all, you’re a human adult person, it can’t be that hard?

You’ve read the books. You’ve downloaded the apps. You’re a fully paid up NCT class member.  Hell – you are READY for motherhood.

What surprises could there be in store? Erm ….

1. Getting a baby in a vest is harder than completing a Rubik’s Cube (without taking the stickers off)

2. Just how much poo is involved

3. Babies have freakishly sharp finger nails no matter how frequently you attempt to cut them

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Australian zookeepers are taking overweight wombats for walks and it’s adorable

July 9, 2015, 4:14 am

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Turns out, wombats are a lot like us. They’re a little bit lazy and prefer to just loll around in the sunshine.

But, in an attempt to shed a few pounds before the Australian summer, the wombats at Queensland’s Rockhampton Zoo have put themselves on an intensive exercise regime.

Well, wombat-level intensive.

The zookeepers have been taking the overweight wombats for walks on leads, like dogs, to help them trim down during the winter.

And, apparently, they’re loving it.

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Sainsbury’s criticised for placing ‘modesty cover’ over gay lifestyle magazine but not FHM

July 9, 2015, 4:32 am

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Why I don't shop @sainsburys anymore. Naked women OK but @AttitudeMag Pride Hero's cover indecent. pic.twitter.com/Fl6eKwOe3X

— JP London (@jprinlondon) July 7, 2015

Sainsbury’s have been criticised for placing a copy of gay lifestyle magazine Attitude magazine behind a modesty cover, whilst making no effort to conceal FHM.

This apparent bias was highlighted when twitter user Jon Rowles tweeted a picture of the magazine rack in Sainsbury’s Mid City Place branch in Holborn, London, along with the comment, ‘Why I don’t shop @sainsburys anymore. Naked women OK but @AttitudeMag Pride Hero’s cover indecent.’

Furthermore, whilst the FHM cover in question features a bikini-clad woman, everyone on the cover of August’s Attitude magazine (which happens to be their Pride Heroes edition) is fully clothed.

Talking to Pink News, Mr Rowles explained: ‘What struck me was how it made the publication look… Read the full story

Mug cake sachets are the best thing to happen to baking since Mary Berry

July 9, 2015, 5:35 am

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Good news for your sweet tooth, bad news for your waistline.

Mug cakes (you know, cakes you make in a mug) are already the ultimate in lazy cake making, and now they’ve got even lazier.

Because the guys at Dr. Oetker have just launched a range of mug cake mixes.

The mixes, which come in three flavours – rich chocolate, vanilla chocolate chip and lemon – just require you to add milk, and take just 70 seconds to cook in a microwave.

MORE: Easy recipes: How to make a three-course meal in a mug, in the microwave

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July 9, 2015, 6:24 am

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There’s a war going on – a war against unacceptable female nipples.

Both Facebook and Instagram have strict anti-nipple policies that ban photos of topless women unless they are breastfeeding or showing a mastectomy scar.

Topless men and their nipples, however, are deemed perfectly fine.

Because unlike acceptable male nipples, unacceptable lady nipples sit on sexy lady breasts, whose sole purpose – apart from you know, providing infants with nutrition – must be to titillate men.

The social media states are apparently nervous that pictures of lady nipples will turn us all into sex-crazed beasts. But is one any more offensive than the other?

And more importantly, can you, an ordinary nipple-owning member of the public, spot the difference between an obscene lady… Read the full story

Important: The nation has decided on its favourite ice creams (and lollies)

July 9, 2015, 6:34 am

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Ben & Jerry’s or Haagen Dazs? Pink or white Magnum? Calippo or Twister?

There are few decisions more important – or, indeed, more taxing – than what frozen treat to go for on a hot day (or a cold day, or a sundae).

It’s frankly impossible to choose a favourite.

Except, apparently, the nation has.

A survey of 8,000 Just a Score app users has determined the nation’s top 20 ice creams (and lollies).

While we agree with the top five, we’re not sure we’d put Haagen Dazs top. Also, what’s a Nobbly Bobbly? We clearly need to do more research.

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This artist paints striking portraits on the palm of his hand

July 9, 2015, 7:11 am

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Who needs canvas when you have your own palms?

Well certainly not Russell Powell, who has a talent for painting beautifully detailed portraits on to the palm of his left hand.

Russell – who works full time as a teacher in San Jose, California (yes, he’s a good person too) – has to work quickly, as once his portraits are complete he stamps them on to paper.

The resulting prints have a ghostly feel, with the lines on Russell’s hands merging with the faces he’s drawn.

Here are some familiar faces as you’ve never seen them before…

Bob Marley

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Oprah Magazine says only people with flat bellies can wear crop tops; the internet disagrees. Strongly

July 9, 2015, 7:56 am

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A magazine style Q&A has said women should only dare to wear a crop top ‘if (and only if!) they have a flat stomach.’ Patronising? Yep. Bodyshaming? Definitely. Shocking? Not really.

That is, until, you realise the magazine is the monthly magazine founded by positive female role model Oprah Winfrey – ‘O, The Oprah Magazine’.

Et tu Oprah?

Writer Tamar Anitai was perusing the April issue of the magazine when she came upon a style Q&A with creative director Adam Glassman. A reader had asked ‘can I pull off a crop top?’ to which he responded: ‘If (and only if!) you have a flat stomach,… Read the full story

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July 9, 2015, 8:56 am

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Here’s what happened when I used Craig David lyrics as chat up lines on Tinder

July 9, 2015, 9:14 am

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It’s never easy knowing how to start a conversation on Tinder.

Open with ‘Hi, how are you?’ and you’re dooming yourself to a flirt-free back and forth with all the excitement of an episode of The Canal Trip.

Go too far the other way and you’ll be inundated with unrequested dick pics and filth that will make you want to forget dating altogether and fill the hole in your heart with cats instead.

So what to do? Well the obvious answer is use pre-written, solid gold chat up lines by the king of dating himself, Mr Craig David.

His results speak for themselves – meet on Monday, drink on Tuesday – you know the rest.

Here’s what happened when I used Craig David lyrics as chat up lines on Tinder.

1. Mr Unimpressed

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KFC is killing us with the ‘Chizza’, a pizza with a fried chicken crust

July 9, 2015, 11:41 pm

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KFC, you’re killing us with kindness.

Just when you thought the world couldn’t get more confusing, KFC has invented the Chizza, a pizza with a crust of fried chicken.

And somehow the world keeps on spinning.

Following swiftly on the heels of the groundbreaking pizza/chicken hybrid, Napoli Crispy Pizza Chicken (a pizza rub for your fried chicken drumstick if you will), KFC has not rested on its laurels.

It may however have lost its mind – the ad which features a Filipino version of I Will Survive is a case in point.

The Chizza replaces pizza dough with fried chicken. That’s a base of golden Original Recipe fried chicken, topped with… Read the full story

10 perfect pina colada cocktail recipes with a twist for National Pina Colada Day

July 10, 2015, 12:00 am

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If you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain then this is the recipe roundup you’ve been waiting for.

Yes, it’s National Pina Colada Day (July 10) so what more excuse do you need to crack out your coconuts?

The kitsch cocktail of white rum, coconut cream and pineapple juice is a year-round classic but feels particularly right in summer.

While there’s nothing wrong with the original it’s fun to shake things up.

So here’s 10 amazing pina colada cocktail recipes with a twist for National Pina Colada Day.

1. Getting Caught In The Rain by Michelle Ruocco

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