All news by author: Julia Banim

The owner of a supposedly 'cursed' £20 charity shop picture claims the eerie artwork has an 'enchanting' power she likens to the ring from Lord of the Rings, which has left her mum 'transfixed'

A new optical illusion is challenging puzzle lovers to pick out a solitary 'F' in a sea of 'Es', and you'll need to have laser-sharp vision to spot it in 18 seconds or less

An expert has shared their top tip for losing weight fast without sticking to a strict diet, and claims this tried-and-trusted method will help you trim 5cm of belly fat in just one week

A bride-to-be says she's happy for children to be at her upcoming wedding, but draws the line at her cousin's unruly daughter, who she fears could end up ruining her special day

A passenger says they had no choice but to wake up a sleeping woman on a plane as she was making the trip absolute 'hell', only to end up being confronted by a man on the same row

A careers expert has warned jobseekers of a major red flag they should be keeping an eye out for during interviews, which could well be a sign the workplace might not be quite as friendly as it first appears

An influencer who claims she was chucked out of a shopping centre because of her skimpy clothes says she felt 'humiliated', and feels she was targetted because of her big breasts

To mark National Burger Day, a former royal butler has shared how you should eat burgers and chips should you ever get an invite to dine with the Royal family

As nervous students up and down the country today open their GCSE results, The Mirror has set readers three tough-as-nails math questions to solve, and you'll have to be pretty sharp to get each one right

A woman has expressed serious regret after getting an upside-down pineapple tattoo inked on her arm, having been completely oblivious to its hidden cheeky meaning

A mortician has opened up about her personal experiences preserving and disinfecting dead bodies in the morgue, and claims to have encountered some supernatural occurrences

An obsessive cleaner has declared that her toilet is so sparkling clean, she thinks nothing of licking the rim, even demonstrating that she's happy to do so in front of a camera crew

After 17 years in Emmerdale, the character of David Metcalfe, played by actor Matthew Wolfenden, will reportedly be leaving the fictional Yorkshire village for pastures new, and ChatGBT has a few ideas about how exactly his exit will come about

A single mother who used to live on benefits now pulls in a six-figure salary thanks to her highly profitable snail breeding business and says her life has 'totally changed'

A near-impossible Only Connect question has left quizzers utterly stumped, with host Victoria Coren Mitchell declaring it to be 'the most difficult question we've ever had'

A woman who decided to give her baby son her surname tells the Mirror how she ended up feeling the wrath of her in-laws after they found out, and claims they even threatened to have nothing to do with her grandson until his name was changed

A mum-to-be says she's been left pondering over what her life would have been like had she never gotten pregnant, and says she can't help but wonder how differently things might have turned out

To mark Hair Loss Awareness Month, a haircare expert has come forward to debunk a widely held hair loss myth, all while warning of a 'common culprit' you should be avoiding

A new brain teaser is putting puzzle lovers' powers of observation to the test, challenging them to pick out three lionesses hidden among a pack of hungry lions, and it's far trickier than it first appears

Two young embalmers have spoken out about why they intend to dedicate their working lives to their chosen profession, and why days spent in the mortuary have taught them so much about living their lives to the fullest

A 12-year-old millionaire has left people astonished after sharing her extraordinarily decadent birthday cake, which was packed full to the brim with a long string of bank notes

A pair of 'psychic' parrots have apparently left zookeepers utterly dumbfounded after accurately predicting the results of every England women's game right up to the battle against Colombia in the world Cup

Kind-hearted restaurant staff have left people 'tearing up' following their kind gesture to a brave couple facing a terminal cancer diagnosis on their 50th wedding anniversary

A woman fed up with dealing with 'screaming customers' decided to quit her call centre job and enroll on what some scorned as a 'Mickey Mouse degree', and has since managed to quadruple her salary in just five years

A bullied teenager who was forced to drop out of school at the age of 15, without getting any qualifications, went on to run a £1million company and has offered some reassurance to those who've failed their A-levels today