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Vaping 101: The best beginner vape kits to get you started with vaping

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Many who start out in the world of vaping feel a bit lost.

Adjustable airflow, wattage, Ohms law, PG vs VG in e-liquids…it can all be very confusing.

Vaping 101: Which liquids should I get for my vape? PG and VG explained

For those who want to find out what vaping is like, without spending a fortune on a massive tank that they don’t know how to use, a starter kit could be a great solution.

All you have to do is squeeze some liquid into the vape, charge it up and inhale – no fancy adjustments needed.

Once you know vaping is for you,… Read the full story


You could soon open your hotel room with your phone

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Whether it’s a card or – clutch your pearls – a traditional metal one, hotel keys are astonishingly easy to lose.

HH17 Digital Key Screensaver_Frame3_UnlockedYou could soon open your hotel room with your phone

There’s nothing worse than deciding to hit the hay in an unusual city only to have to sheepishly explain to reception what you went and did.

But keys – as physical items, anyway – could soon be a thing of the past as hotel empire Hilton is launching ‘mobile-enabled room key technology’ to its branches.

In other words, the ability to unlock your… Read the full story

Asda has started selling magnums of prosecco for just £14

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Never has the nation gone more wild for prosecco.

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Memories of drinking cava or asti are but a fleeting dream, and Brits are drinking a third of the world’s stocks of our favourite fizzy wine.

Which is an opportune time for Asda to rear its beautiful head and say ‘hey, why just sell conventional 75 centilitre bottles when you can sell 1.5 litre ones?’

And thus, the supermarket has started selling magnums (huge bottles) of prosecco.

Most importantly, for the low, low price of £14.

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When do schools break up for summer? Not long to go now…

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School is almost out for summer… but not quite yet.

Schools to hand out fixed penalty fines if pupils are late to lessons

The summer holidays are just a few weeks away at the end of July for most school pupils, with them usually lasting until September.

While most state schools generally have similar starts and ends of term, they can vary.

Here’s a rough guide to dates, according to the government website, but it’s worth double checking with schools to be sure.

When do the summer holidays begin in 2017?

Please stop putting so much padding into every bikini top and sports bra

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The other day I was sent a beautiful gym kit.

The leggings made my arse look like an emoji peach; it was a beautiful outfit.

Please stop putting so much padding into every bikini top and sports bra

But when I went to try on the crop top (a size 10), the cups were padded out to what I imagine would be about a DD. I could have fitted an orange between my modest B cup boobs and the fabric.

I felt like a prepubescent boy…and I don’t actually have tiny tits.

Why did the label have to make the boobs so big and stick… Read the full story

Mac ‘n’ cheese pizza is finally a reality

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The Classic One (Picture: Pizza Hut)

Just when you think pizza can’t get any better, some cheese-loving genius does this.

That’s right, it’s a mac ‘n’ cheese pizza with a cheese stuffed crust.

Pizza Hut Restaurants has come up with two variations on the mac ‘n’ cheese theme.

First, behold The Classic One, pictured above, which has bechamel sauce instead of your standard tomato.

It’s topped with macaroni, cheese sauce, onions and, er, cheese.

Second, The BBQ One, featuring a BBQ base, macaroni, cheese sauce, cheese, onions and BBQ sauce.

More than just deep fried Mars Bars – why Scotland needs to embrace its local produce

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The full Scottish breakfast – a classic, but not the best example of Scottish cuisine (Picture: Getty)

‘So you’re a chef AND a comedian?’

Poor lad. He was having some trouble processing the concept of a portfolio career.

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‘Yes. I’m a comedian. And I’m a chef.’

I was hoping that by switching the words around for him that they might suddenly suggest some sort of sense.

Hope was dashed by reality. He just wasn’t getting it. The alcohol wasn’t helping.

‘Hold on,’ he drawled, his almost full pint swaying in a contra-motion to the rest… Read the full story

1.5 million Brits admit to watching porn on their work devices

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We’ve all had a mate who’s gone to work and accidentally opened up the night before’s porn session on their work laptop.

It happened to a pal of mine only last week.

Bottle of proseccoAsda has started selling magnums of prosecco for just £14

I thought that she was in the minority of foolishly horny devils who are indiscriminate about where and when they watch porn; if you’re going to settle in for an evening of visually aided masturbation, surely to God you’d do it on your own device?

But it turns out that she’s merely one of the 1.5 million Brits who watches porn on their work devices.

New research has found that 65% of us use our work smartphones, tablets or laptops for ‘extra-curricular’ activities.

Mobile phone insurer, Insurance2go, polled the nation to find out what they used their devices for and found… Read the full story


‘Designer’ lattes are the latest coffee art trend

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Those heart-shaped patterns seem rather bland now (Picture: Instagram/coffeenclothes)

Just when we thought chocolate sprinkles were good enough, latte art began having its big moment.

1.5 million Brits admit to watching porn on their work devices

Featuring everything from beautiful floral illustrations to prints of your own face.

Though the latest chapter in the latte art story involves something a little more upmarket – designer latte art.

Whether it’s Gucci or Chanel that adorns your body, the coffee artist behind these creations can create a brew to match your favourite brand.

The Designer Lattes Instagram does exactly what it says on the tin; posts photos… Read the full story

Quiz: Can you guess which fruit this is?

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Can you recognise all of these? (Picture: Getty)

When it comes to all things fruity there is much more to it than just the standard apples and pears.

Please stop putting so much padding into every bikini top and sports bra

There is a whole world of fruit out there, a lot of which we’ve probably never tried.

But when it comes to spotting these little marvels, just how clued up are you?

Are you someone that gets your fill of the famous five a day, and therefore has no issues in recognising all types of fruit?

Or do you just stick to the classics like the humble orange?

Take our… Read the full story

Wynwood, Downtown, Little Havana and South Beach: The best places to visit in Miami

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Miami is one of my favourite places to visit in the world.

I love the way that it’s almost always sunny, I love how the architecture is so vibrant and colourful, and I love the fact that there’s so much culture in such a tiny city.

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Having last visited Miami almost a decade ago, I was a little apprehensive about how the city has changed over the years.

If anything, the city is now even better than it was when I visited it.

But don’t just take my word for it – book a trip to the sunshine state and experience it for yourself. And while you’re there, don’t miss these spots in the city.

Wynwood Arts District

The Wynwood Arts District is one of the hippest places in Miami right now, largely thanks to the Wynwood Walls.

Almost… Read the full story

A toothbrush has been released that only takes ten seconds to clean your teeth

Drinking three cups of coffee a day could add years to your life, suggest studies

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Drink up.

Two new studies – one in the US, one in the UK – have found that drinking three cups of coffee a day can lengthen your life.

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This is down to links between drinking coffee and a reduced risk of liver disease, circulatory issues, heart disease, strokes, and diseases to do with the digestive tract.

Researchers reckon the benefits are due to the antioxidant plant compounds in coffee, not the caffeine hit, as the connection held up even when people were drinking decaffeinated coffee.

The UK study, led by Imperial College London and the UN… Read the full story

12 reasons to sail off to Portsmouth this summer

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My earliest memories of Portsmouth are of a ship’s lower deck painted crimson to hide the blood stains from the Battle of Trafalgar.

This legend has since been poo-pooed, but, as a bloodthirsty six-year-old, I loved the idea.

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We were on board Admiral Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory, before taking the ferry over to the Isle of Wight for a family holiday.

Portsmouth is full of surprises and historical gems. I discovered that the road near the historic dockyard, mysteriously named ‘The Hard’, was a slipway for boats, when workmen dumped clay in the sea at low tide then rolled it until it was hard.

Portsmouth is in fact the UK’s only island city and situated mostly on Portsea Island.

Home to great sailing, Portsmouth has always had an ongoing love affair with the sea, and it makes a great day out for sailors… Read the full story

Most people first say ‘I love you’ three months into the relationship

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How soon is too soon to say something stupid like ‘I love you’?

For some people, there’s never a right time.

A toothbrush has been released that only takes ten seconds to clean your teeth

For others, it’s an exact science, with love only an acceptable thing to express after months of serious dating.

And for some laidback, super chilled people, there’s no official timeline. You just say it when you feel it, you know?

Prompted by the speedy lovefest that is Love Island, YouGov asked 3,947 people about the earliest they’d ever said ‘I love you’… Read the full story


Dirty Bones is debuting Instagram Kits to help you take the perfect #foodporn pic

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When you’re out eating something truly glorious, you want to take a snap of it.

You want to upload it to Instagram for the world to see just how beautiful and delicious that meal was.

metro illustrationsMost people first say 'I love you' three months into the relationship

Unfortunately, your phone rarely makes food look as good as it did in real life. It looks flat, dull, ordinary – even with a tonne of filters applied.

But not anymore at Dirty Bones.

Because the London restaurant is equipping customers with ‘Instagram Kits’ to help them take the perfect #foodporn picture.

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Cosmetic doctor squeezes filler out of a cyst on the lip caused by bad technique

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Nothing fills us with dread, disgust, and intrigue quite like watching bodily fluids and buildup of substances being popped, squeezed, and sliced out of someone’s skin.

Watch a cosmetic doctor squeeze filler out of a cyst on a patient's lip

We hate them. But we love them. We grimace when they appear on our screens, but will watch them the whole way through, unable to turn away.

We watch in horror as Dr Pimple Popper bursts yet another giant spot. We gaze at deeply satisfying earwax removal videos.

This particular video is a little different, as it’s… Read the full story

Tinder match has been in a beautiful text-only relationship for three years

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Few Tinder matches actually result in people meeting up.

Still more rare are the matches that turn into fully fledged relationships.

metro illustrationsMost people first say 'I love you' three months into the relationship

For most people, they end up trapped in a circular text conversation for about a week of ‘Y’alright?’, ‘Yeah, y’alright?’ before they start again.

But one couple has managed to keep their text conversation going on longer than most.

In fact, they’ve been chatting for three years and have still never met.

Josh Avsec shared a screenshot of their conversations – the 21st century’s answer to those Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor love… Read the full story

Chinese airline’s new haute couture uniforms make other companies look like absolute trash

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When you’re travelling, you want to be comfortable.

You need to be able to contort your legs into all kinds of yogic poses to avoid cramp. You need to be able to stay in the same clothes for hours and hours.

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Often that means that you’re flying in a properly wretched outfit – the baseness of which is only exacerbated by the flight crew’s immaculate uniforms.

But there’s one airline that has blown all other companies out of the sartorial water.

Hainan Airlines has collaborated with designer Laurence Xu to come up with a uniform that belongs on an haute couture catwalk,… Read the full story

People are slamming Eater for calling mince meat on toast a ‘quintessential British comfort classic’

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You know the drill. You’ve had a crap day at work, you’re feeling a bit sorry for yourself, so you rush home and make yourself a classic British comfort food: mince meat on toast.

Drinking three cups of coffee a day could add years to your life, suggest studies

Wait, what?

Have you ever eaten mince meat on toast? Have you ever thought about doing so? Have you ever been stressed out, in need of comfort, and thought ‘I could really do with some mince meat on toast’?

While we’re fairly certain the answer to these questions is ‘no’, food website Eater has a different… Read the full story

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