All news by author: John Bett

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World's oldest person shares life advice that helped her get to ripe age of 115
Maria Branyas Morera from California is 115-years-old and described her life as a "gift", and now she's shared her life advice - and it turns out she doesn't have time for the haters
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Woman 'loses 30kg' from hypnosis and now offers gym-based hypnotherapy
A holistic hypnotherapist is helping people hit their gym goals and dream their way to fitness, and said a little bit of sleep therapy is just what some people need to keep the motivation up
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Woman given three years to live is now cancer free thanks to 'miracle' treatment
Judy Perkins, 56, from Florida, was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer and turned to an experimental treatment at the National Institute of Health in 2015 - and now she's cancer free
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Man shares parking position hack that would stop a lot of accidents in car parks
A man posted a video explaining a game-changing parking technique after collecting a vehicle from a manufacturer, where they implement a strict car park policy that makes so much sense
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Man lived in shopping centre for years after making 'secret flat' in unused room
Michael Townsend created a secret apartment in the shopping mall, furnishing it with a sofa and a PlayStation, and lived in it for four years before he was found be security and found himself facing criminal charges
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Wetherspoon's boss Tim Martin was 'born to work' and 'will retire aged 104'
Tim Martin is the boss behind the iconic pub chain and he's been named among the UK's biggest taxpayers - but speaking in an interview he said that he had no plans to retire just yet
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Man shares picture of 'UFO' but people are torn as some claim it's 'one of ours'
Shane Draper, 30, believes the truth is out there but his friends aren't so sure, as he shared a photo of something strange he spotted on his way to work that many think is just a plane
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Woman dates men based on how close they live to her favourite food spots
Lauren Tenner, 26, lives in London and prefers to date men who live near her favourite eateries and she leaves their place each morning in time to make the breakfast special
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Behind Tim Martin's £448million fortune as Wetherspoons' boss' tax bill shared
Tim Martin is the boss behind the iconic pub chain and he's been named among the UK's biggest taxpayers - here's how he started out in life and built his high street empire of 872 pubs
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Al Capone's £565k home on sale with hidden feature that would suit a mob boss
Al Capone's Georgian-style mansion has gone up for sale for a whopping £565,000 - and if you're lucky enough to be able to snap it up, you'll soon discover it comes with a hidden feature
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Bride seats ex-boyfriends at the same table so they 'see what they're missing'
The glum guests were all put together at a table with a sign reading "Table Of Ex-Boyfriends" at the wedding reception and after a video was shared online the bride's bold move went viral
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Experts warn AI could 'kill everyone' and human race would be like 'the dodo'
Experts believe that artificial intelligence could pose a real threat to mankind and needs to be kept in check before it's too late, as a rush to perfect the technology might already be underway
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Woman 'can't recognise' herself in the mirror due to 'weird ageing phenomenon'
Natalie Thomas has been praised for sharing her views in a TikTok video, where she explained she is struggling to come to terms with the ageing process and can't recognise herself any more
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Woman fumes as partner puts 'ugly dog filter' on while filming her during labour
Sarah Griffith thought her partner was capturing some sentimental footage so they could both look back on the special time together, but he had actually enabled an 'ugly dog' filter
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Pet fish expose YouTuber's credit card details as he livestreams Pokemon game
A YouTuber who runs the Mutekimaru Channel ran an experiment where he managed to get his fish playing a computer game with basic controls, but soon things went wrong and the fish took control
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Professional cuddler earns £75 for an hour-long hug and hosts 'cuddle puddles'
Trevor Hooton, 30, who goes by 'Treasure', set up their cuddle therapy business in May 2022 and offers 'connections coaching' to help people who struggle to build relationships with others
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Four biggest threats to humanity as Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight
Originally intended to warn of the threat of nuclear armageddon, the Doomsday Clock now looks to reveal how close humanity is to self-annihilation, due to factors such as climate change
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Asteroid travelling at 33,300mph set to enter Earth's atmosphere this week
Asteroid 2023 BU was only discovered on Saturday (January 21) but will enter our atmosphere and fly by Earth later this week in one of the nearest misses ever recorded
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Mum who breastfeeds her 5yo hits back at cruel trolls - 'it's completely normal'
Lauren McLeod, 29, had her first child, Bowie, in August 2017 and hoped she would breastfeed him until the age of two - but now she's vowed to only stop when he's ready
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'We caught one!' US military investigating 'UFO' found over active conflict zone
The strange sighting was made over the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2016 and was photographed by a US spy plane - and military officials are investigating as they believe it could be a genuine UFO sighting.
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Mum of 16 opens up school for 200 poor kids with best friend after raising £350k
Teacher Dora Moono Nyambe, 30, adopted 13 children and fostered three others after deciding to move to the village of Mapapa in Zambia to help alleviate poverty and open a free school with money she raised through TikTok
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Student who is allergic to almost everything can only eat nine types of food
Jenna Gestetner has been having intense reactions including intense cramping pains, bloating, nausea and frequent malaise since she was a child, and eventually she realised they were tied to what she was eating
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Woman mortified as she has to admit 'cancer scare' was lovebite from steamy romp
Annabel Fisher was referred to a specialist in Robe, southern Australia, when she grew concerned about the 'rock-solid' bruised mass, which was about the size of a 50p coin
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Britain's most dangerous serial killer set to 'die in underground glass box'
Serial killer Robert Maudsley, now 69, has been locked away in a glass prison cell since 1979 after he was sent down for murder
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Startled walker shares photo to prove he spotted a 'Puma' - can you spot it?
Two residents of the Welsh town of Denbigh claim to have spotted a 'puma' within days of each other with the big black cat 'scaring the life' out of one of them