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In 2007, father-of-three Gary Newlove stumbled across a group of drunken teenagers vandalizing his car outside his home in Warrington, Cheshire. He confronted them and they turned on him, viciously beating him to a pulp. Newlove was taken to hospital but sadly died a few days later. What followed became…
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Airbnb has been at the centre of a few worrying stories about the treatment of lodgers who use the service. South African photographer Zanele Muholi published shocking footage showing her friend, filmmaker Sibahle Steve Nkumbi, being pushed down a flight of stairs in July 2017. According to reports, Nkumbi was…
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Since we were mere tots, we've been ingrained with the belief that our soulmate and veritable life partner must fulfil several roles to make them "love-of-life" worthy: not only must they be your lover and partner, but they also have to fulfil all of the qualities of a best friend.…
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There's an age-old saying that goes thus: "No man is an island". We live in a society and have to make allowances for others we share public space with, even when they rub us the wrong way. Unfortunately, people can be experts at rubbing you the wrong way, especially when…
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Uber has not had a great 2017. The embattled company, which was valued at around$70 billion by private investors according to a New York Times report published in March, has faced a string of scandals since the year began. The company's former CEO was caught in a row with a…
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Let's start by my prefacing that I've got dead straight hair. In my younger years, I tried mixing things up for special occasions by taking to my locks with a curling wand and once even a crimper (goodness knows why). I always wanted to have lovely, voluminous curls that bounced…
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There is a Korean film called Okra, about a young girl who owns a gigantic genetically-engineered pig. The pig, however, is soon seized by government forces taking him to slaughter, and the young girl must cooperate with a terrorist environmentalist group to save her beloved friend. This science fiction story…
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Having a child is a special moment in any parent's life. However, some children are all the more unique due to the one-in-a-million circumstances in which they are born. In 2014, 32-year-old Catherine Howarth gave birth to her son Jonah. Catherine is a black woman of Nigerian heritage, while her…
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By now, you've probably heard the news: Kylie Jenner's pregnant, you guys! The 10th season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians is now just hours away, and we've got a great bombshell to go with that milestone in pop culture. Kylie Jenner is only 20 years old, and she's only…
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Chris Pratt's career has gone from strength to strength in the last couple of years. The Minnesota-born actor had appeared in small roles on television before being catapulted to fame and critical acclaim in the award-winning Parks and Recreation - the NBC sitcom which ran from 2009 to 2015. During…
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It's hard being a student. Not only are you taking your first tentative steps into something approaching adulthood, you're doing so with a brain in the final hellish throes of adolescence, pressure from all directions in a manner never seen before or again, as well as barely any money to…
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They say that love is the most powerful emotions in the human experience, and I tend to agree. Over the course of human history, there have been many amazing things done in the name of love, not to mention some horrible atrocities. The most common outcome of love-motivated decision-making, however,…
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Netflix has had to scramble to remove an episode of one of their children's cartoons after a crude drawing of male genitalia was found in one of their episodes. An episode of Maya the Bee, a French-German-produced cartoon that has been airing in the United States via Netflix, was pulled…
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Ahead of the milestone 10th season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, there's set to be tons of drama with respect to America's most-talked-about family. The season premiere is set to air this weekend, and not only do we have to deal with more fallout from Rob and Chyna's acrimonious…
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Multiple outlets are reporting that Kylie Jenner is pregnant. Broken by TMZ, the story claims that “multiple sources” have said that the 20-year-old has been telling close friends that she is expecting. She allegedly knew in early September, at the Day N Night Fest in Anaheim. The Kardashian-Jenner clan would grow…
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There's one critical error you could be making in your CV that will decide whether you get asked in for an interview, or whether you'll be receiving yet another generic "We're proceeding with other candidates at this time" rejection. Is it your font choice (*insert comic sans joke here*)? The…
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When you think of people who use magic mushrooms, it'd be fair to say that the common depiction would be a pretty flamboyant character. You think of a tie-dye t shirt, some dreadlocks maybe, and 100% someone that knows way too many conspiracy theories regarding why drugs are illegal and…
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Despite being a perfectly natural and biological process, sex can get pretty awkward at times. And whilst we're given sexual education at school, university and the like, I think we can all agree that not only was the "talk" terribly inconclusive, but it also failed to go into all of…
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Jonah Hill is one of Hollywood's favourite comedy actors. He's well known for playing the chubby and awkward geek in films such as Superbad and Get Him to the Greek. But he's showed much diversity with his performances across films like Moneyball, Wolf of Wall Street and 21 Jump Street.…
