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Chinese New Year 2017: 5 craft ideas you can try at home

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You need nimble fingers for this one (Picture: Getty)

Want to get into the Chinese New Year spirit? Try these craft ideas.

Chinese New Year is an important time of celebration for people of Chinese descent around the world.

Chinese New Year 2017 – What animal will it be?

While most of the celebrations revolve around food and family, many also like to decorate their homes to get into the festive spirit.

This includes a myriad of charms and trinkets, always in red, that are designed to bring luck.

The Chinese character for blessing is the most popular and it’s always hung upside down to signify that good… Read the full story


Biologists named this newfound crab after one very famous Harry Potter character

Here’s how much you should have saved by the time you’re 30, according to the experts

These newlyweds were forced to be celibate after bride was diagnosed with cervical cancer just days after honeymoon

Holland & Barrett have just launched vegan eggs made from algae

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(Picture: Instagram/organic_angelina/ vegan egg)

The chicken and egg conundrum has long been a question pondered in pubs and philosophy classes around the world.

And the answer to which came first, if we’re talking about the eggs at Holland & Barrett, is neither.

Holland & Barrett have just launched vegan eggs made from algae

That’s because they’ve just launched a ‘faker’s dozen’ made from agal flour – an ingredient derived from water-dwelling algae.

Vegan Egg comes in the standard cardboard packing but rather than containing six of the standard, easily… Read the full story

If you’re having a bad day, this daddy-daughter-duo’s rendition of ‘You’ve Got a Friend In Me’ will cheer you up

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(Picture: Dave Crosby)
(Picture: Dave Crosby)

If you’ve started the day off feeling moody and quick to anger, stop what you’re doing for five minutes and carry on scrolling down. 

Bacon has been voted the most important part of a full English breakfast

Because we promise you that by the time you’ve reached the end of this article, you’ll be leaving with a huge smile on your face.

And if not a smile, at least a realisation that kids can be cute as hell when they want to be. Or so Claire Ryann has proved.

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It turns out your sex toys are safer than children’s toys

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Congratulations to your vagina, which may now rest assured that it’s only being given the safest, vagina-friendliest toys to play with.

Daddy-daughter-duo's rendition of 'You've Got a Friend In Me' will make you smile

A recent study has found that sex toys tend to be cleaner and safer than children’s toys, containing fewer banned chemical substances such as lead.

The Swedish Chemical Agency found that 2% of the 44 surveyed sex toys imported to Sweden contained banned chemicals, while… Read the full story

This Paralympian is challenging JD Sports over their lack of accessible facilities

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(Picture: Lizzie Williams/Facebook)
(Picture: Lizzie Williams/Facebook)

This is Lizzie Williams.

She’s a paralympian wheelchair racer who hopes to compete at the 2020 games in Tokyo.

Holland & Barrett have just started selling vegan eggs made from algae

Last year, she finished her first competitive season by winning bronze at the Diamond League series in Zurich…

…and this year, she’s hoping to challenge stores like JD Sport over their apparent lack of accessible facilities.

Earlier this week, Lizzie visited her local JD Sports branch in Uxbridge where she intended on trying out some of the new Nike kids range… Read the full story


McDonald’s is launching a magical ATM that gives out free Big Macs

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Be aware: heaven is real, and it’s a small square in Boston on 31 January between the hours of 11am and 2pm.

What does heaven look like? A Big Mac vending machine.

WIN: 1 of 5 bottles of limited edition 'Holiday Spirits'

But not any old Big Mac vending machine. This particular burger ATM gives out Big Macs for free.

That’s right. We’re talking a magical ATM that dispenses free Big Macs at the touch of a button.

It’s part of McDonald’s launch of the Grand Mac (a bigger Big Mac) and the Mac… Read the full story

This mermaid is holding her own convention for all UK merpeople

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(Picture: Aqua Studios UK)

As you may have heard, mermaids are in, and unicorns are somewhat out.

Alexandra Shulman is stepping down as editor of British Vogue

But we’re not talking makeup looks, hair, nails or even cupcakes – oh no, we’re talking real-life. Real people.

Ever since she can remember, 26-year-old Jessica Pennington, from Brentwood, Essex, has loved mermaids.

As a child, she’d sit and idolise Ariel from The Little Mermaid, just wishing she too had a beautiful tail that she could flip around in the ocean.

But a couple of years ago,… Read the full story

10 tweets that everyone suffering with January blues will relate to

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(Picture: Twitter)

January has got to be the worst month of the year.

Holland & Barrett have just started selling vegan eggs made from algae

It’s cold, it’s dark, it’s gloomy – and it’s full of January sales that funnily enough, nobody can afford because we all spent far too much on Christmas presents and a snazzy New Year’s Eve outfit.

But year, after year, we never learn.

Instead, we put up with it – spending minimal money on food and accepting the fact we… Read the full story

This guy got a huge tattoo of #SaltBae on his arm and his commitment is inspiring

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(Picture: @mikaryantattoo/@nusr_et)

If you don’t know about Salt Bae – otherwise known as ‘Sprinkle Chef’ – do you even know how to use the internet?

This Para-athlete is challenging JD Sports over their lack of accessible facilities

No, but seriously. Let us just brief you on this. Salt Bae is a meme that is overcrowding social media, inspired by Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe, who got people all hot and bothered after he sprinkled some salt onto some meet in… Read the full story

10 Australian foods you need to try right now

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We have a lot of great things in Australia: Uluru, beautiful beaches, unique flora and fauna.

The following foods may not be what puts Australia on the map, but you won’t be living your best life until you give them a go.

This Para-athlete is challenging JD Sports over their lack of accessible facilities

It’s Australia day and to celebrate, here are 10 Australian foods you really need to get into your life.

 

1. A barbequed snag, ideally in a sanger

You can find a good sausage sizzle just about anywhere on a Sunday, Bunnings… Read the full story

To the parents who hate dinnertime: Here’s why I quit

Firebox is now selling a deeply annoying Valentine’s Day card that won’t stop playing music unless you smash it up

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Valentine’s Day is a lovely occasion for celebrating love, commitment, and chocolate. *

*Unless you’re single, in which case it’s a load of sh*t and it needs to be bloody well banned.

The perfect way to honour such a wonderful day? By giving into the part of you that loves only destruction and despair, infuriating everyone you know, and destroying your relationship through a very, very silly act of commercialism.

This deeply annoying Valentine's Day card won't stop playing music until you smash it up

So romantic.

Firebox has… Read the full story


These zoos are having a #CuteAnimalTweetOff and it’s absolutely glorious

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Too much. (Picture: Jacqueline Conrad, Smithsonian’s National Zoo)

This is the only Twitter drama we want to see on a Thursday morning. Alright, Donald?

Yesterday Smithsonian’s National Zoo officially announced the birth of a new baby grey seal, born on 21 January at 12.43am.

They posted the announcement and a photo of the pup on Twitter, where, like most perfectly innocent tweets, it sparked an intense tweeting battle.

This is what really happens when you suffer a miscarriage

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Miscarriages are a lonely, frightening time (Picture: MylesGoode)

The subject of miscarriage doesn’t get spoken about much, not socially or in the media.

Pregnancies and babies are celebrated – and so they should be, it’s one of life’s most amazing miracles.

However, on the flip side miscarriages are happening and they’re happening a lot.

Heartbreaking photo series shows what it's like to have a miscarriageHeartbreaking photo series shows what it’s like… Read the full story

26 things you’ll only understand if you’re an Australian in London

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Happy Australia Day! (Picture: Pexels)

Ahhh, Australia Day.

The bbq is smoking away, burning your snags to a crisp, while you’re floating around in a kiddy pool, chilling to Triple J’s Hottest 100.

This Para-athlete is challenging JD Sports over their lack of accessible facilities

That is if you’re in Australia.

When you’re in London, you’re much more likely to be hiding from the dark and cold in your office all day, maybe you’ll go out for a few cheeky pints after a day of trying to explain to people what fairy bread is.

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Frito the dog is searching for his siblings so they can have the best puppy play date ever

This woman painted the entire Hogwarts castle on her body

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