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Metal detectorist dubbed Batman after reuniting hundreds with lost items
A metal detectorist who has reunited more than 200 people with lost items has been called Batman by a teenager he helped.Darren Wiles, 52, set up a website in 2011 called Bournemouth Detecting Club to recover and reunite people with their misplaced items for free.Since then, Mr Wiles, who lives in Winton, Bournemouth, has documented his finds on Facebook and has recovered more than 250 items for people across Dorset, and sometimes further afield, including East Sussex and Surrey.He balances the project alongside his full-time job at software company Netcall, and has rescued items ranging from washing line brackets to...
Student aims to become first woman to row solo from Europe to South America
A university student has said she hopes to become a record holder for youngest person and first woman to row unsupported from Europe to South America to encourage people to “do things you’re scared of”.Zara Lachlan, 21, from Cambridge, will attempt to row by herself from Portugal to French Guiana in October, facing the dangers of orcas, sharks and pirates while raising money for Women in Sport, a charity aiming to address gender inequality in sport.The physics student at Loughborough University said she has “never seen an ocean rowing boat before” and admits she is “terrified” of the challenge ahead...
An ATM dispensing sausage rolls has popped up in the UK
A mysterious ATM has drawn crowds in Newcastle, and not because it's hand out free cash - it's dishing up sausage rolls.Located on Grainger Street, members of the public can walk up to it, select either a regular or vegan sausage roll, and walk away with a tasty treat.But it's not just a fun gimmick to lift spirits, it's part of a new initiative by Greggs and Monzo, who have teamed up to give customers a weekly treat from the high street bakery chain.Not only that, but every 100th customer at the pop-up cash point was rewarded with a £50 gift voucher, so they can enjoy year-round goodies.Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletterHave your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
Oscar Piastri's mum's hilarious comments watching son win Hungarian F1 GP
Oscar Piastri's mum made a hilarious comment while watching her son win his first feature length Formula One race at the 2024 Hungarian GP and kept the great content flowing in her celebrations afterwards.The Australian started the Grand Prix second on the grid and got the jump on his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris into the first corner.From there, Piastri led for most of the race but he was jumped by Norris in the final round of pit stops; the Brit was given priority so that McLaren could cover other drivers and secure a one-two finish for the team.Norris was told...
GTA 6 studio Rockstar Games almost released Bully on Nintendo DS
Rockstar Games is reported to have considered releasing the cult classic Bully on Nintendo DS and another hit game in The Warriors on Game Boy Advance.In an interview with Time Extension, a former Rockstar employee lifted the lid on a couple of titles that almost made their way onto Nintendo's handheld consoles.Bully, also known as Canis Canim Edit, is a 2006 open-world action-adventure game which follows teenager James 'Jimmy' Hopkins who is involuntarily enrolled at boarding school for a year.The Warriors is a 2005 action-adventure beat-em-up game based on the 1979 film with the same name - this later released...
Oscar Piastri's mum's hilarious comment watching son win Hungarian F1 GP
Oscar Piastri's mum made a hilarious comment while watching her son win his first feature length Formula One race at the 2024 Hungarian GP.The Australian started the Grand Prix second on the grid and got the jump on his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris into the first corner.From there, Piastri led for most of the race but he was jumped by Norris in the final round of pit stops; the Brit was given priority so that McLaren could cover other drivers and secure a one-two finish for the team.Norris was told to give the place back at his own convenience and...
Why Gen Z is calling for people to stop using 'unsettling' and 'hostile' thumbs up emoji
Nothing seems to be safe from what Gen Z wants to cancel, change or question (rightly and wrongly in certain cases it must be said) and a popular emoji can be added to that ever growing list.For those not in Gen Z, the thumbs up emoji is frequently used to agree with something, give approval or even to mark that something has been read.But those in Gen Z seem to interpret it rather differently, with views ranging from "unsettling", "passive aggressive" and even "hostile".In a post that's since been deleted on Reddit, one user asked the question: "Am I not...
Rockstar Games' GTA San Andreas has a secret opening sequence
Although Rockstar Games' GTA: San Andreas came out two decades ago, with it being a Rockstar game, players are still finding out loads of previously unknown little details.GTA: San Andreas first released on PlayStation 2 in 2004 and has since been released, re-released and remastered on a number of different platforms.Even though the game is almost 20-years-old, Reddit user EldenRingBoi98 asked in the GTA: San Andreas Subreddit: "What's your favourite fun fact or facts about GTA: San Andreas that people might not know?"And one of the answers in particular about a secret opening sequence caught the eye. ...
Couple divorce just 3 minutes into their marriage after groom's comment about bride during wedding
A couple may have just broken the record for one of the most short-lived marriages, lasting just three minutes. Reports claim that the couple from Kuwait called it quits when the groom mocked his bride as they were pronounced husband and wife, who he allegedly called 'stupid' for tripping up. Subsequently, they didn't even make it out of the wedding ceremony as newlyweds.The bizarre story soon surfaced on X/Twitter, with one person writing: "I went to a wedding where the groom spent his speech making fun of his wife like it was some kind of roast, as did her father....
Riley Reid reveals why she stopped filming porn with men
Pornstar Riley Reid has opened up about the reasons why she stopped filming certain pornographic videos, particularly with men.Reid rose to stardom in the world of adult entertainment during the 2010s and has become a big name in the industry. Recently, however, she quit shooting scenes that involved her having sex with male performers.The 32-year-old spoke during an appearance on the What They Don't Tell You podcast with Jordyn Jones, where she explained how filming boy-girl scenes has impacted her off-screen relationships and talked about her decision to stop doing them.Jones asked Reid if she’s had boyfriends in the past,...
'Penis facials' remain Hollywood's most alarming beauty trend
It’s becoming increasingly clear that there’s nothing celebrities won’t do for beauty, especially when it comes to their skinFrom Kim Kardashian’s famous predilection for so-called “vampire facials” to Victoria Beckham’s enthusiasm for bird poo-infused face cream, society’s elite seem willing to go to any lengths to preserve their glowing complexions.However, Cate Blanchett’s preferred treatment must surely be the winner in the weirdness stakes. It is known simply as “the penis facial”.And no, this is not a misleading name, it really involves penises – more specifically, the foreskins of newborn Korean babies (you can’t make this stuff up).Sign up for our...
'Embarrassed' mum speaks out after son's 'mile high club' video goes viral
The mother of a young man caught joining the mile-high club on an EasyJet flight has spoken out against his antics. The viral clip, which has made rounds across social media, shows a flight attendant opening the plane's toilet door and revealing two travellers at it to the entire plane. Fellow passengers can be heard cheering and laughing, as the staff member stands there in utter shock. The 23-year-old has since been identified as Piers Sawyer, who was travelling to Ibiza to celebrate his birthday. According to his mum, Elaine, he had only met the woman at the airport before...
The Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth and it's beginning to impact us
The Moon is a constant in the night sky, but all is not actually as it seems. It turns out that scientists have discovered the Moon is drifting away from Earth, and it’s changing everything we thought we knew about our planet’s relationship with its only natural satellite. It’s also having a very real impact on the length of days on our planet – albeit at an incredibly slow rate. By moving away from Earth over the course of millions of years, the Moon is simultaneously making the length of the average day longer.A study by a team at the...
Hawk Tuah girl Hailey Welch has brilliant reaction to Jake Paul beating Mike Perry
Hawk Tuah girl Hailey Welch was sat close to the ring for the Jake Paul v Mike Perry fight and gave a brilliant response when asked for her reaction to Paul winning.Welch became the 'Hawk Tuah girl' for a response in a viral video where she was filmed by street YouTubers TimandDeeTV responding with a hilarious answer to a NSFW question and shot to instant fame with the original clip being reposted and reshared a lot.She recently said she felt "embarrassed" to leave the house or go to work during the first week the video went viral but learned to...
Tories condemned for ‘disgraceful’ approaches to opposition after promising to behave 'professionally'
If you thought the Conservative Party may have been humbled by its historic and devastating defeat at the polls earlier this month – which saw them lose more than 250 seats and slump to just 121 MPs – and having to sit in opposition, then you thought wrong, as two members of the shadow cabinet temporarily led by Rishi Sunak have been slammed for their recent antics in the House of Commons.First, Kemi Badenoch – previously business and trade secretary, and now shadow housing secretary – was up against her Labour counterpart Angela Rayner as part of a debate on...
Donald Trump thanks Elon Musk for donations of "$45m per month"
During Donald Trump's speech at Grand Rapids in Michigan on July 20, the former US President thanked X / Twitter owner Elon Musk for his contribution of "$45m a month".In his first rally since his assassination attempt after a number of speeches at the Republican National Convention, Trump boasted about Musk's financial support to his campaign.It comes soon after Musk endorsed Trump amid reports he had created a super PAC (political action committee, a tax-exempt organisation) to pledge millions and millions a month to his campaign.During the rally, Trump said: "Elon endorsed me the other day, and I read, I...
The best Jake Paul v Mike Perry memes as Conor McGregor wades in
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sQb2al4B8I0?rel=0As with all big sporting events, social media has been reacting with some amazing memes to the Jake Paul v Mike Perry fight, and with Paul being involved, there are certainly some spicy ones, including from Conor McGregor.Paul beat Perry by technical knockout (TKO) in the sixth round of their highly publicised fight at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on July 20.Perry was knocked down twice in the opening two rounds and while he briefly came back at Paul with an aggressive tempo, Paul always had the upper hand.Perry took a lot of blows through the six rounds before...
Blind teenager with brain tumour completes ‘brilliant’ skydive for charity
A blind teenager with a brain tumour was brimming with joy after completing a “brilliant” skydive to raise money for a cancer charity.Jack Thompson, 16, was diagnosed with a low grade glioma, a type of brain tumour, on his optic nerve when he was four months old, which left him registered blind.He has since undergone seven rounds of chemotherapy, proton therapy and needs to have regular brain scans and growth hormone injections every night.However, the teenager, who lives in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, has always remained positive and since the age of seven has raised more than £160,000 for the...
Blue-tinted glasses given by John Lennon to be auctioned with Abbey Road photos
Round blue-tinted glasses given by John Lennon to a man who was visiting the Abbey Road studios where the Beatles recorded are to go on sale.The John Lennon-style glasses were handed to the man, who was with his girlfriend, in 1968 and are expected to fetch £2,000 to £3,000. It is not clear who they belonged to at the time.A Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers spokesperson said: “The young man saw the spectacles lying on the piano and went to pick them up but was told by his then girlfriend to leave them, to which Lennon replied ‘it’s OK, he can have them’.”The spectacles will go under the hammer alongside a collection of 33 black and white photographs taken at Abbey Road in 1968 and 1969, including some snapped on the day of the photoshoot for the Beatles’ album cover where the band walked across a zebra crossing.The photos, some featuring Paul McCartney, George Harrison, George Martin and Ringo Starr, will be sold with the copyright for an estimated £200 to £300.The items will go up for auction on July 31 at Farleigh Golf Club in Surrey.
Liz Truss takes her strange speeches Stateside and discusses shower heads in Milwaukee
It was a decade ago that former Prime Minister Liz Truss bragged about pork markets and slammed the “disgrace” that was the state of British cheese exports, and now she’s offered up another bizarre speech for the history books by discussing shower heads at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee.It’s just one part of a truly wild July for the politician, who has already been mocked for her selfie outside a polling station, lost her South West Norfolk constituency seat to Labour and had her mini-budget slagged off as a “disaster” in government documents on the King’s Speech.Now she’s...
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