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CRAIG BROWN: Top 10 weed facts… we’re knot kidding 1 There are now 50,000 known outcrops of Japanese knotweed in the UK. Its appearance changes with the season: in the autumn it is yellow, in the winter it is dark brown, in the spring it has red shoots and in the summer it tends to wear a straw hat and […]

Somewhere in the multiverse, Brendan Fraser landed the role of Superman in the early 2000s when Warner Bros. recruited then-screenwriter J.J. Abrams to pen a new film about the Man of Steel. In our world, Fraser lost out on the role. The Oscar nominee recently opened up to Howard Stern about what it was like being a contender for Superman. […]

Watch the adorable moment a little boy enthusiastically thrusts a bouquet of flowers at King Charles King Charles visited institution’s new medical teaching hub and spoke with staff  Upon arrival, he was enthusiastically handed a bouquet of flowers by a toddler READ: Princess of Wales ditches her Zara blazer to try her hand at tyre pulling as she hears about […]

For most people, sex education starts with being shown confusing medical diagrams of genitals and ends with awkwardly putting a condom on a cucumber while a teacher watches. Oh, and don’t forget some shockingly cringey videos along the way. However, it needn’t be this way, says sex education activist, author and podcaster, Evie Plumb. Speaking on this week’s episode of Metro.co.uk’s podcast Smut […]

In 1968, the Tanzanian runner John Stephen Akhwari cramped midway through the Olympic marathon and fell to the ground. Struggling to stand, he resumed the race, finishing an hour after the other competitors when just a few thousand spectators remained in the stadium. Captured by the television cameras, Akhwari said: “My country did not send me 10,000 miles just to […]

Elijah Wood is not a fan. Shortly after AMC Theatres announced that it would be charging moviegoers more money for a better view of the screen, the “Lord of the Rings” star unloaded on the cinema chain. “The movie theater is and always has been a sacred democratic space for all,” Wood wrote on Twitter. “This new initiative by AMC […]

DEAR DEIDRE: NOW I’ve got a boyfriend, my friends don’t want to know me. Two of us are 34 and our other friend is 35. We met through our kids, who all go to the same primary school. I’m a divorcee so was glad to find mates when I moved to our new town. I loved that they were so […]

A seriously neglected dog, who was covered in fleas and nearly bald from the waist down, has found a new loving home. Bobby, aged 13, was found with an untreated flea problem that his rescuers say is the ‘worst they’ve seen’ on a single animal. The poor pooch was saved from his previous home by inspector Anthony Joynes after he […]

The lawsuits against Kanye West are continuing to mount, but the rapper is going to have to find new representation, as his legal team has reportedly informed him that they’re quitting. According to Insider, Greenberg Traurig LLP has been trying to track down the rapper for months to serve him with a judge’s order that explains why the firm is […]