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Christian Candy is pictured above with Emily Compton. The luxury property developer has, I can disclose, just got the better of the taxman in the latest round of a protracted battle over almost £2 million stamp duty Among his greatest triumphs was selling a single Knightsbridge apartment for £100 million. But Christian Candy is now … Read more
Gazoontite! Time-lapse video reveals a glass sponge sneezing more than 12,000 feet below the surface in order to expel sea particles from its inner canals Time-lapse was used to study sponges more than 12,000 feet below the surface It captured a glass sponge sneezing, which has never been witnessed The creature expands and contracts a … Read more
People in China have abandoned traditional handshakes and started to greet each other by tapping their feet together to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Trending videos show residents of the country using their shoes to touch others’ shoes as they meet during the health crisis. The new form of social greeting has been … Read more
Giant male humpback comes within feet of crushing a boat as it flings itself out of the water to ‘warn’ sailors away from a mother and its calf off of Hawaii Humpback whale almost crushed a catamaran as it flung itself from the water off Kaanapali Beach in Hawaii Don McLeish was sailing on February … Read more
A mother lost her hands, feet, nose, lips and tip of her tongue to sepsis after she was bitten between her thumb and index finger by a mongoose. Shaninlea Visser, 36, from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, cleaned the wound after she was attacked at her former boss’s home and thought nothing of it. The mother, … Read more
Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier has ‘three guns of warm water’ surrounding it threatening to destroy the ice sheet and raise global sea levels by up to two feet. A team of scientists from Oregon State University made the most of ice free waters in West Antarctica to look under the glacier – which is about the … Read more
The night is bitter but Fay Ripley has a heartwarming story to tell as she waits by a Manchester canal to film the final scene of what Event has learned may be the last series of Cold Feet. ‘A couple of weeks ago I found myself crying with a complete stranger on a beach in … Read more
Drinking hot chocolate could help over 60s stay on their feet after a study shows cocoa boosts blood circulation in the legs. Those who drank a mug of cocoa three times a day for six months were able to walk significantly further in a walking test at the end of the study. Cocoa is abundant … Read more
A mother-of-two has been left distraught after a £12 hair toner burned through two feet of her hair. Shanon Kent, 23, from Immingham, Lincolnshire, said she applied the silver toner to her blonde hair for ten minutes hoping it would make her platinum locks more vibrant. Her scalp then started to itch and she washed … Read more
I’ve had an email from my friend Suzanne who’s on a speed awareness course. (Something to do with learning to drive slowly, I believe.)