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The texter, known only as Brandon, awkwardly tried to ask out a female classmate – only he ended up accidentally getting in touch with an unamused moustached male. Taking to Reddit, unimpressed user...

Cancer Research UK swaps the word ‘woman’ for ‘everyone with a cervix’ in smear test campaign to avoid offending transgender people Cancer Research UK changed the word ‘woman’...

Don’t let the sun go down on this opportunity: Striking house overlooking Scottish bay famous for its sunsets hits the market for £950,000 Carsaig House, which overlooks the island of Jura on Scotland’s...

Tory rebels claim giving MPs control of Brexit is the only way to avoid ‘apocalyptic’ break from the EU as May braces for titanic Commons battle Theresa May struggling to contain a Tory Remainer...

Surprised fishermen have described the moment they caught a monster 23 stone shark which "jumped out of the water". The 8ft porbeagle shark was captured on Tuesday – and is believed to...

Anyone else pass the time by shading in the bar graph? GCSE students joke about their exam disasters after finishing school for the summer After months of revision and weeks of exam after exam, GCSEs are...

A tragic mum-of-two and her new man were killed on their first date in a horror motorway crash. Dad-of-two Tim Grace, 31, was taking Sarah-Jayne Thomas, 28, for a drive in his BMW X5 when the tragedy...

EXCLUSIVE: First pictures inside the £160-an-hour Mayfair brothel at the heart of allegations that brought down advertising mogul Sir Martin Sorrell The brothel is a flat on the first floor of a building...

Yet again, Waffle House is under fire for an incident believed to be racially charged.  Waffle House is once again under fire for calling the police on black customers. As Vox documented, this recent...

The heartbreaking silence beat on for 72 seconds, one for each life lost a year ago in the Grenfell tragedy. At the base of the white-shrouded tower at midday today, the only sounds were a crying baby...

A terrorist planned to bomb a swingers’ club in France – but authorities were able to thwart his attack, they said Thursday. Cops found a handmade explosive device inside the unnamed man’s home last...

He recalled: “We were dealing with soldiers with horrific injuries because, basically, they had just stood on a bomb. “It is really, really difficult. If you think of the injured soldier as an individual,...

Donna Finegan-White had a double mastectomy to reduce her breast cancer risk due to a family history of the disease. She expected to wake from the operation with no breasts, but was devastated to find...

A Banksy print worth $45,000 was stolen from an unsanctioned art exhibit in Toronto this week, according to police. Surveillance video released Thursday shows a man swiping the highly-prized piece —...

St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School in Maidenhead, Berks., sent a desperate email to families with a link to its Amazon 'Wish List' page. It has 17 essential items it says it cannot afford,...

Despite feeling as if he was the one cheated, Douglas Kelly was the one arrested. When the police catch someone with illegal drugs in their possession, they are going to follow the law and dole out the...