Temperatures in the hot springs can reach boiling point Yellowstone national park is one of the most breathtaking areas of natural beauty in the world. The area is perhaps best known for its hot springs and geysers, but whilst spectacular, they can also prove to be very dangerous. Yellowstone sits above one of the largest […]

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‘I haven’t seen the cheques in years’ A man who had a fleeting but memorable role in Titanic as a child has revealed that he still gets paid for his appearance, but hasn’t cashed in any of the cheques recently because of a change of address. When Reece Thompson was five-years-old he played the role […]

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Another weekly quizzing treat for you footy fans The FootballJOE Pub Quiz is once again here to give you the quizzing boost you need. Here’s five faces from football past, just tell us who they are. These are the same five questions that you’ll see some of the good folk at FootballJOE and special guests taking on in […]

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‘How dare you cancel anybody?’ Brian Cox has launched an impassioned defence of his “old friend” Kevin Spacey, claiming it’s “not right” he has been blacklisted in the entertainment industry. Spacey hasn’t appeared on stage or screen since 2017, when actor Anthony Rapp accused him of sexually abusing him in 1986. Spacey would have been […]

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She’s urged people to get themselves checked Danielle Lloyd has revealed she has been diagnosed with skin cancer in an emotional video on social media. Sharing the news with her followers on Instagram, the model said she was “really shocked” by the news and would require an operation. She said: “I don’t really know how […]

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It comes amid fears over a reduction in US support for the country. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said an “armed forces of Europe” should be created. The Ukrainian president was speaking at the Munich Security Conference, and raised the possibility that Europe could no longer rely on America for its support. For three years, Ukraine has […]

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Sinner had been cleared of any wrongdoing over two positive drugs test last year World number one Jannik Sinner has been banned from tennis for three months after reaching a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). The 23-year-old Italian, who won the Australian Open just last month, will be suspended from the sport from […]

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The local government said the tourist had been ‘trying to engage’ with the shark A tourist reportedly lost both her hands after being the victim of a shark attack in the Caribbean. The woman, believed to be a Canadian national, had been on holiday in the Turks and Caicos islands when the attack happened last […]

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“When your fiance isn’t much of a flowers girl.” Selena Gomez was gifted a bath full of nacho cheese by her fiance Benny Blanco for Valentine’s Day. Sharing the unusual gift in a video on his Instagram, Blanco filmed himself following a trail of corn chips to the bathroom, where ‘I love you’ is written […]

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A quiz made with love Flowers. Chocolates. The pub quiz. I think it’s widely accepted these are the classic Valentine’s Day gifts, right? Nothing says love and romance like 25 general knowledge questions. And for this week’s pub quiz, we’re giving you two of the most romantic rounds possible: country spellings and The Inbetweeners. Be […]

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‘Dear Stormzy, help us take genocide off the menu’ Jeremy Corbyn has called for Stormzy to end his collaboration with McDonald’s due to the company’s ties Israeli. In an open letter to the rapper, the Peace and Justice Project, which was founded by Corbyn in 2021, says it is “hugely disappointing” to see him partner […]

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Another weekly quizzing treat for you footy fans The FootballJOE Pub Quiz is once again here to give you the quizzing boost you need. Here’s five faces from football past, just tell us who they are. After you’ve had a go at the questions yourself, you can see how the FootballJOE team got on at […]

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All aboard the gravy train…or rather boat A Gravy Boat restaurant, with a menu including gravy cocktails and gravy-inspired dessert, is coming to London. The unique opening is a result of a collaboration between gravy kings Bisto and Wallace & Gromit, and is inspired by the final chase scene in the Oscar-nominated Vengeance Most Fowl. The […]

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The petition will now be considered for parliamentary debate. A petition calling for the United Kingdom to rejoin the European Union “as soon as possible” has reached 100,000 signatures. We’re more than five years on from Brexit officially happening, and it’s safe to say everyone hates it. From celebrities such Alan Sugar and Jeremy Clarkson to most of the British public, including some […]

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MPs salaries were just under £80,000 at the start of the last parliament. MPs are set to get a 2.8 per cent pay rise this year, the body in charge of parliamentary salaries has announced. The above-inflation pay increase will see their annual salaries rise to £93,904, up from £91,346. The move was announced by the Independent […]

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The mountain is now recognised as a ‘living and indivisible whole’ A New Zealand mountain has been legally recognised as a person by the government. Mount Taranaki has been legally granted all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of a person as part of an agreement between New Zealand’s government and the indigenous Maori tribes. […]

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The plane was attempting an emergency landing Two people have died after a plane crashed into a bus in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. The tragic incident took place at around 7.20am local time on the Avenida Marques de Sao Vicente in Barra Funda, sparking a huge fire. The small King Air F90 aircraft […]

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‘If the probability remains this high then we will have to make a decision’ Professor Brian Cox has warned humanity could “have to make a decision” regarding an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. Earlier this year, asteroid ‘2024 YR4’ was given a 1.3 per cent chance of hitting Earth after it was spotted […]

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‘If a person pays for an ostrich dish, then they should be given ostrich’ A takeaway restaurant in North Yorkshire has been fined more than £1,500 for serving sheep meat in what was meant to be an ostrich curry. Abdul Malik Ali, of Amalik Cafe Ltd, Thirsk, pleaded guilty to offences under the Food Safety […]

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Friday quiz again allez allez, Friday quiz again allez allez! No messing this week. We’re a week into February, wagons are rolling, we’re cooking on gas, and it’s full steam ahead. It’s a hell of a weekend of sport as well. From the FA Cup 4th round starting on Friday evening, all the way through […]

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Another weekly quizzing treat for you footy fans It’s a Monday, you need a pick me up, so how about some football-based quizzing for you? This week, Sky Sports’ European football brainbox Dougie Critchley was the guest of honour on the FootballJOE quiz, which you can watch at the bottom of this page. Critchley is […]

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‘This is the most horrendous betrayal our education system has ever perpetrated.’ David Mitchell has labelled Gen Z “f***ing morons” after a Channel 4 poll found they have a preference for a dictatorship in the UK. Last week, the broadcaster’s ‘Gen Z: Trends, Truth and Trust’ poll found that 52 per cent of 13-27 year […]

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He was trapped upside down for more than 24 hours A dad who died after getting stuck upside down in a cave is described as having had the “worst death imaginable.” John Edward Jones lost his life in 2009 at the age of just 26 after he became stuck in Nutty Putty Cave, about 55 […]

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Your quizzing fix is once again here You’ve waited all week for this. You might have dabbled in an in-person pub quiz, but it lasted three hours and you got annoyed after your team finished 6th. You’ve googled quizzes, but they just don’t have the variety you’re after, or they’re far too news-y. You’ve searched […]

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How closely were you watching the weekend’s football? It’s been another busy weekend of football, and we’ve got one question for you on the FootballJOE Pub Quiz: were you watching? The Liverpool machine keeps marching on, the Spurs machine keeps blowing up, and Arsenal keep getting players sent off – rightly or wrongly. There really have […]

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The film is based on a real-life story A horror film on Netflix is so scary and horrifying that people are struggling to watch it all the way through. If you fancy yourself as the sort of horror fan who can stomach pretty much anything, this could be your version of Everest, the final horror […]

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‘He’s taking the p**s out of real farmers’ Jeremy Clarkson has been criticised for charging £199.99 for a pie at his Cotswolds farm shop. For the last few years, Clarkson has been attempting to run his Diddly Squat farm, a business venture that has been the subject of the hit Prime video series Clarkson’s Farm. […]

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It’s one of the best British comedies of recent years A hit British comedy drama which has been praised as a “tsunami of filth” and the “new Shameless” is streaming on Netflix in all its glory. The series in question is Brassic, which first hit screens on Sky One in 2019 and has ran for […]

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Stephen King asked for the book to go out of publication himself One of Stephen King’s books will never be printed again because of the controversy it generated. One of the most successful authors of all time, Stephen King has earned the title of the King of Horror thanks to novels such as It, Pet […]

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The measures are ‘essential to protecting flocks’ the government has said A spike in bird flu cases has seen a prevention zone extended across England to try and mitigate the risk of further outbreaks. On Friday, the government announced an avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) had been extended across the entire nation due to the […]

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The simulation was ‘meticulously engineered’ to find the toughest animal Artificial intelligence has crowned the toughest animal on planet Earth after it was asked to simulate a fight between 256 different species. Animal Match-up asked the AI technology to simulate a knockout tournament involving 256 animals to find out which one was the toughest of […]

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The dinosaur fossil has been described as ‘exceedingly rare’ A incredibly well-preserved fossilised dinosaur embryo which was still inside its egg has given palaeontologists new insights into the evolutionary links between modern birds and dinosaurs. The 72 to 66-million-year-old oviraptorosaur embryo was found in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, in southern China, and has been named “Baby Yingliang”, […]

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The ride is purely hypothetical A man has designed a ‘euthanasia rollercoaster’ that would kill anyone who rides it. The macabre invention came from the mind of Lithuanian designer Julijonas Urbonas. He wanted to come up with an exhilarating but humane way that someone could voluntarily end their life if they wanted to. Urbonas has […]

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The brand looks set to disappear from the British high street Major UK retailer WH Smith is set to close hundreds of its stores. One of the most recognisable retail brands in the country, WH Smith could disappear from towns across the country after starting “secret talks” to sell its 500 high street stores, Sky […]

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‘This is one of the most insane X-rays I’ve ever seen’ A doctor has shared stomach-turning X-ray images of a man who had tapeworms breeding inside of him after he made a serious kitchen error. Sam Ghali, an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida, shared the shocking images in a post […]

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Check those tickets Brits are being urged to check their lottery tickets after a UK ticket holder has won more than £83million. The mind-blowing sum was won on Friday’s EuroMillions draw after the lucky ticket-holder matched all five main numbers and both lucky star numbers to win the £83,474,081.80 jackpot. The winning main numbers were […]

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A traveler has revealed what it was like going on a 2,000-person nude cruise. In a post on Reddit the 67-year-old man invited other users to ‘ask me anything’ about the experience. He explained that he booked a cruise via the Texas-based travel company Bare Necessities, which has been operating clothing-optional ship charters since 1990. The holiday maker said he […]

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We quiz at noon You’re after some silliness aren’t you? I’d know that look anywhere. The weather’s bad, the world’s mad and somehow it’s STILL JANUARY. All together now: ARGGHHHHHHH. Better? Good. Time to knuckle down and quiz. This week, there’s a round on beaches, for those of you dreaming of sun and sand, and […]

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‘Trump just abolished all men.’ Donald Trump’s executive order on gender identity means that every person in the US is ‘legally classified as a female.’ The Republican was inaugurated as president for the second time in Washington on Monday, and spent his first day in office signing off a number of executive orders. This included […]

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How closely were you watching the weekend’s football? It’s been another busy weekend of football, and we’ve got one question for you on the FootballJOE Pub Quiz: were you watching? Bournemouth and Forest fans continue to dream of European football, United and Spurs fans continue to wonder whether they could actually get relegated – what a […]

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The first hostages are set to be released by Hamas today as part of the ceasefire deal British citizen Emily Damari will be one of the first hostages to be released by Hamas today as the long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza comes into force. The 28-year-old will be released along with Romi Gonen, 24, and Doron […]

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The duo had to be separated in the arena KSI and former England footballer Wayne Bridge have agreed to face each other in a celebrity boxing bout later this year. The fight was announced during a Misfits boxing event in Manchester on Saturday, where the pair had to be separated by security after KSI taunted […]

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Sir Mark and her daughter described her as ‘one of the funniest and (most) inspiring women’ Theatre director Claire van Kempen has died at the age of 71, on the 65th birthday of her husband, Sir Mark Rylance. She passed away on Saturday morning in the German town of Kassel after being diagnosed with cancer. […]

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Everyday’s a school day People have been left stunned after finding out the use behind the little button on a seatbelt. There’s a lot of stuff in life that we just accept and don’t question. You could drive yourself mad by trying to actually understand how TV works, how wireless earphones pipe music into our […]

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‘I said A and I still think A. I don’t understand how it’s not.’ Viewers of The 1% Club have been baffled thanks to one particularly confusing question. The 1% Club first began to air back in 2022, and has become a staple of Saturday night TV since. Each show begins with 100 contestants, but […]

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Proceeds from the lawsuit will go to Liam’s son Bear Liam Payne‘s dad is being sued for defamation by a friend of the late singer who was with him in Argentina on the night of his death. Payne died on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of his room at the CasaSur hotel […]

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Dozens more have been hospitalised Authorities have issued a warning after dozens of people died from alcohol poisoning in Istanbul. On Thursday, local authorities said 35 people have died after consuming bootleg drinks laced with methanol since the start of the year. On Wednesday, Turkish authorities said 23 people had died in just 48 hours […]

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‘When I got there it was a free-for-all’ A man who queued for hours in the hopes of having sex with Bonnie Blue has explained why he couldn’t go through with it in the end. This week, the OnlyFans star claimed to have broken a world record by having sex with 1,057 in 12 hours. […]

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It’s understood to be one of the ‘most lucrative sporting contracts ever’ Erling Haaland has committed the majority of his career to Manchester City after signing a huge nine-and-a-half-year deal with the club. The new deal, reported by the Athletic, will keep the Norwegian striker at the Etihad Stadium until the summer 2034, when he […]

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