The iconic 90s show will be returning Ant and Dec have confirmed they are producing a reboot of Byker Grove, 17 years after the last series of the show aired. The iconic children’s series, set in Newcastle, aired from 1989 to 2006 and told the story of a group of youngsters who attended the youth […]

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The actor said he was ‘deeply distressed’ Robert de Niro has released a statement following the death of his 19-year-old grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez. On Monday, his adopted daughter, Drena De Niro, confirmed the tragic news of her teenage son’s passing. Leandro was the son of Drena, 51, and artist Carlos Rodriguez. In an Instagram […]

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Just three question to establish whether you’re the wheat or the chaff Most tests to establish your intelligence are long and let’s be honest quite boring. So, here’s the solution if you can’t be bothered to sit through 50 questions asking you to find the pattern in a sequence. Psychologist Shane Frederick got 3,428 students […]

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He learned how to control the plane through video games A baggage handler with no flight experience managed to steal a plane and take off in it back in 2018, before perishing in a crash 30 miles away. On August 10, 2018, at 07:32pm, Richard Russell, 29, managed to steal an Alaska Airlines Bombardier Q400 […]

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Two shop workers had tried to cash in the winnings themselves A man who purchased a lottery ticket half a year ago is finally able to claim his millions after the ticket was stolen by two shop workers. Paul Little, from Massachusetts, went into the Lakeville Market & Liquors on January 17 and purchased two Mega […]

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He had been initially investigated for the murder A man waited until his 15 year prison sentence was over before he admitted to an unrelated cold case murder of a pregnant woman and her son more than two decades previously. Lewis Ladon Spivey, 39, was in jail for robbery and aggravated assault charges. But after […]

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McDonald’s may have some competition Greggs has revealed plans for to open its first-ever 24-hour shop in the UK. We’re all familiar with the joys of a 2am kebab or a trip to a 24 hour McDonald’s at the end of a night out, but there may be a day in the near future when […]

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She enjoys the ‘adventure of it’ A woman has gone viral after revealing that she flies to her internship every week because it’s cheaper than renting a place somewhere within commuting distance. Sophia Celentano took to TikTok to share her unusual journey to work which allows her to save money on renting on the expensive […]

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It’s Neil – Neil the Baby! Viewers of The Voice Kids got a brilliant dose of television nostalgia when the boy who played Neil the Baby in Gavin & Stacey auditioned for the show. Oscar Hartland, who is now 14-year-old, appeared on Saturday night’s episode of the singing show, and left viewers stunned when he […]

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They’ve been together since 2014 Sir Mick Jagger and his partner Melanie Hamrick have reportedly got engaged. The 79-year-old music legend has been in a relationship with the 36-year-old choreographer since 2014, with the couple welcoming a son Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger two years later. According to reports though, the pair have decided to take […]

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‘If your team could use someone who isn’t afraid to dive in, I’d absolutely love to connect’ A Lord’s steward who tackled a Just Stop Oil protestor to the ground during the second Ashes test has turned the moment into a witty LinkedIn post. On Wednesday, three environmental activists ran onto the field of play […]

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He compared his show to a Ricky Gervais stand-up set Creator and star of Mrs Brown’s Boys, Brendan O’Carroll has hit back at critics of the show, saying he doesn’t “give a f**k” if they’re insulted. O’Carroll created the BBC sitcom and plays the titular Mrs Brown in the show. Since it first aired in […]

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The government has offered up the venue There is a possibility that Elon Musk’s proposed cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg could be given a gladiatorial setting by taking place at the Colosseum in Rome. The Tesla boss has The Musk and Zuckerberg beef was born on social media, seemingly as a joke, but has quickly […]

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It could be an issue for some users Apple will remove an entire photo album section from people’s iPhones next month. The company announced it was getting rid of My Photo Stream, an album that automatically stores all your pictures from the last 30 days. Introduced in 2011, My Photo Stream uploaded up to 1,000 […]

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He said he is ‘very close to becoming a dad’ PewDiePie has announced he is taking a break from YouTube ahead of the imminent birth of his first child. In February this year, the YouTuber, real name Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, announced he is set to become a dad. In a minute-and-a-half video, the YouTuber […]

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Time to Bazball another quiz For those of you who don’t follow cricket, let me try and put what is happening at the moment in the Ashes into some quizzing context for you. Normally on this quiz, I’d imagine most of you will read the question, then read all three answers. Then, if you know […]

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Every corner of the globe covered Artificial intelligence has once again been given the crucial task of informing us what peak physical attractiveness is. Whilst experts argue over whether this tech is going to guide us into a golden new era or end up killing us all, the good people of the internet are having […]

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Debris was loaded onto trucks by crane Pieces of the imploded Titanic submersible have been seen for the first time after they were brought to shore. Metal wreckage from the OceanGate-owned Titan sub was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St John’s, Canada, on Wednesday. Photographs and footage from the scene showed metal pieces […]

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Choose your drink, pour it, and pay, all in half a minute Self-serve taps have arrived at the famous Kia Oval, thanks to Drink Command, the global leader in self-serve beverage technology. It’s one of the great fears when you’re watching live sport, that the moment you get up to buy a drink you’ll miss […]

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‘If I’m going to allow this to keep happening, I think I should be financially rewarded as well’ A man has sparked anger after saying his girlfriend should pay him ‘royalties’ for the money she earns through OnlyFans – because he allows her to do it. Despite the fact that he doesn’t feature in any […]

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The man was airlifted to hospital A warning has been issued after a man was dragged into the water from his boat by a shark which had latched onto his arm. A fisherman, who has been identified only as Nick, was leaning over the side of his boat after catching and releasing a fish he […]

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She had spent her entire life in a cage This is the moment a chimp who had spent her entire life caged up saw the open sky for the first time. Vanilla the chimp had been raised as part of an animal testing programme at New York’s Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates […]

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He was pronounced dead at the scene A man has died as a result of “self-inflicted wounds” in a shocking incident at a London tube station. It is believed that the man stabbed himself at Sloane Square Underground station on Wednesday morning. In a statement, British Transport Police said : “Officers were called to Sloane […]

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The voice of authority has spoken It’s rare nowadays for topics to have a clear cut answer. But this debate has always been black and white: where do you keep your ketchup – in the fridge or the cupboard? There’s no sitting on the fence, no middle ground, no murky grey areas. We all know […]

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She was reportedly absent for the entirety of her first 10 years at the school A secondary school teacher who was fired after it came to light that she had been absent for 20 years of her 24-year-long career has defended herself. Cinzia Paolina De Lio taught at a school near Venice, Italy, and reportedly used […]

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‘She couldn’t handle it’ A chef who banned all vegans from his restaurant has detailed the toll the decision has taken on his personal life. In a post on Facebook last week, UK-born celebrity chef John Mountain – who has appeared on shows such as Great British Menu and Chef Race UK v US – […]

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‘Infamously bad situation to find yourself on the end of’ A man looking to become the first person to run the length of Africa has revealed he was robbed at gunpoint during his journey. Since April 22, Russell Cook has been running roughly 31 miles (50km) a day as he aims to run from the […]

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He offered to pay her back the money he stole because she was ‘too pretty to rob’ A woman has told how she was ‘robbed at gunpoint’ by a man who then ordered her to add him on Facebook – before later asking her out on a date. Amber Beraun was checking her mailbox outside […]

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‘It’s somewhere of a mix between a rocket and an airplane’ A European company is aiming to develop a hypersonic passenger aircraft that can fly from New York to London in just 90 minutes. Of course, it wasn’t that long ago that you could make the trip across the pond in as little as three […]

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‘My wife heard terrible screaming and then silence’ Tributes have poured in for an “awesome” airline pilot who died when his hot air balloon plunged hundreds of feet to the ground. Peter Gregory, 25, was flying over Ombersley, Worcestershire, at 6.20am on Sunday (June 25) alongside his brother when his balloon suddenly deflated. Witnesses watched […]

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They’ve had three children together A woman who married her cousin said the revelation that they were blood relatives made her “sick to her stomach.” Celina Quinones, 37 and her husband Joseph, 44, from Colorado in the US, met at a Halloween party and got on like a house on fire. After agreeing to go on […]

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There was no sign she had been harmed or assaulted An inquest has heard that Nicola Bulley was alive when she fell into the River Wyre and died as a result of drowning. The inquest into Ms Bulley’s death began today at County Hall in Preston. Giving evidence, Home Office pathologist Dr Alison Armour said […]

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“Everyone was going: ‘Are you sure?’” Jennifer Lawrence was more than willing to throw herself into anything as part of her new comedy, No Hard Feelings. The Oscar-winning actor’s latest project sees her play 32-year-old Uber driver, Maddie, who finds herself out of work when her car is repossessed for unpaid property taxes. To make […]

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The worker’s identity has not been publicly released A worker at an airport in the US died after being sucked into the engine of a plane on Friday, officials have confirmed. The worker’s death occurred around 10.25pm at San Antonio’s international airport. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a statement that as […]

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He had planned to solve a Rubik’s Cube when they reached the wreck The mother of the teenager killed on the OceanGate Titan sub has revealed he took her place on the vessel to go with his father. Speaking to the BBC in her first interview, Dawood said she had planned to go with her […]

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It was before a not-so-secret set on the Pyramid Stage Dave Grohl decided to hop on the train to get to Glastonbury Festival for a surprise performance at the legendary festival. The Foo Fighters frontman caught the 11:00 Great Western Railway service from London to Bath Spa on Friday morning, along with 40 others. They […]

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The death is not currently being treated as suspicious A British holidaymaker has died after he fell from the balcony of a hotel in Ibiza. John McKenna, from Carlisle, Cumbria, was killed after the fall at the one-star hotel in the party resort of San Antonio on Friday (June 23) morning.  The 22-year-old was pronounced […]

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The actor had considered an expedition to the Titanic wreck for a documentary Ross Kemp turned down the opportunity to venture to the Titanic shipwreck on OceanGate’s Titan sub due to safety concerns about the vessel. Five people aboard the OceanGate vessel were killed instantly in a “catastrophic implosion” during its dive to the Titanic […]

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‘They probably had warning’ James Cameron has said the five passengers on board the doomed Titanic sub will have known the hull was “starting to crack.” Five people aboard the OceanGate vessel were killed instantly in a “catastrophic implosion” during its dive to the Titanic on Sunday. Communications were lost with the Titan one hour […]

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‘It’s becoming clear the Arctic Monkeys we loved are gone’ People were left divided following the Arctic Monkeys’ headline set at Glastonbury, with some saying the band ‘butchered’ their set. The Sheffield group were headlining the iconic festival for the first time since 2013, and performed an hour-and-a-half set featuring songs from all seven of […]

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Welcome again quizzers Rare occasion here where I’m going to go against my better nature and not waffle on to you for 200 words this week. The sun is out, time is precious, there are quiz questions to answer. You know the drill, you know what we do here. So, quiz away! Related links: QUIZ: […]

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The coast guard has confirmed the discovery A debris field has been discovered within the search area near the Titanic in the search for the missing Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard has just announced. Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information. A statement from the Coast Guard says the Horizon Arctic’s ROV […]

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There is still no sign of the vessel A deep water robot submersible has reached the wreck of the Titanic just minutes before the missing Titanic submersible is thought to have run out of oxygen. French research vessel L’Atalante has arrived in the search zone at around 2am GMT, carrying the Victor 6000, an unmanned remote […]

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There is still no sign of the vessel The missing Titanic submersible carrying with five people on board has likely run out of oxygen. The OceanGate-owned vessel, with five people on board, lost communication with tour operators less than two hours into its dive on Sunday while about 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland […]

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People think The Simpsons has done it again The Simpsons has become famous for some of its eerie ‘predictions’ over the years, and people are convinced that the show has done it again, by foreshadowing the missing Titanic submersible. A massive search and rescue operation is underway in the mid-Atlantic after the OceanGate tourist vessel, the […]

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New details have emerged revealing that the pilot of the missing Titanic submersible has a connection to two passengers who were on the doomed ship in 1912. The OceanGate-owned vessel, Titan, with five people on board, lost communication with tour operators less than two hours into its dive on Sunday while about 435 miles south […]

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‘I have lost faith in humanity’ A news channel in the US has come under fire for running an on-screen countdown timer to when the five people onboard the missing Titanic submersible are expected to run out of oxygen. The OceanGate-owned vessel, with five people on board, lost communication with tour operators less than two […]

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He’s asked questions about the ‘ownership structure at Chelsea’ Gary Neville has called on the Premier League to halt the transfer of players to Saudi Arabia until it can be sure that the integrity of its competition is not at risk. In recent days and months, Saudi Pro League clubs have made big money moves […]

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A number of rescue vessels have joined the search The U.S. Coast Guard has released the first image from the missing Titanic sub search site, showing rescue ships in the middle of the Atlantic. A massive search and rescue operation is being carried out in the mid-Atlantic after the OceanGate tourist vessel, the Titan, went missing during a […]

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He said his ‘confidence went up by an order of magnitude’ when he heard that sounds had been detected An expert has said that sound signals detected from the search area of the missing Titanic tourist submersible could be a sign that the vessel is near or at the surface. A massive search and rescue operation is […]

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