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All news by author: Ethan Blackshaw

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UK Ministry of Defence secretly investigated UFOs and had 'strong' conclusion
People are only just realising the UK Ministry of Defence has investigated UFO sightings - it all started with the formation of a secretive organisation called the Flying Saucer Working Party
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Met Office weather maps show heatwave hitting 31C in UK this week
Temperatures are expected to rise above 30C in some parts of the UK this week as a heatwave appears to be on the cards, before conditions 'temporarily' cool down
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El Chapo's beauty queen wife goes back to old job after prison release
Emma Coronel, the wife of jailed Mexican drug lord El Chapo, appears to be getting back to work in the beauty industry following her release from prison in the US last year
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Tupac fans convinced he's alive 28 years after funeral as odd clip resurfaces
Some Tupac fans remain convinced the rapper did not die in a drive-by shooting in LA in 1996, with the wild conspiracy theory still going strong on what would have been his 53rd birthday
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'I caught two ghosts in chilling holiday snap and only realised when I got home'
A woman reckons she managed to capture two ghosts on camera while on holiday in Tunisia 19 years ago - she only realised there was something spooky in the snap when she returned home
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Tesco workers share how 'lazy' customers enrage them with 'very annoying' habit
Anonymous and enraged Tesco workers have taken to Reddit to vent their fury about a 'very annoying' habit some 'lazy' customers do while shopping at the supermarket
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UK weather 'pattern change' means 'very high risk' of 35C July heatwave
Despite a disappointing June in terms of warm weather, one leading forecaster says we're still on course to see a temperature surge in July as a 'mega heatwave' could send the mercury above 35C
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'I married man I met online after two days – I'm 19 and have never been happier'
A 19-year-old woman has explained how she married a man she met on a popular internet forum after just two days - but she hasn't told many people because she is scared of being judged
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People are only just realising why Super Mario is called Mario
All of us will have played video games featuring Nintendo's iconic character Mario, but you may not know the fascinating story behind why the gaming company opted to call their mascot that
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Bigfoot believers go wild over mysterious 'fresh humanoid prints' found in woods
A man has shared images of 'fully formed humanoid footprints' he believes might belong to Bigfoot - some reckon a young Sasquatch is responsible, others say it could be something 'scarier'
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Man thought bug in home was 'just termite' – it's actually scorpion-eating beast
A man found a creepy-looking critter in his home and took to Reddit for help identifying it - he though it was just a 'termite', but it turned out to be a scorpion-eating beast with an agonising bite
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'African plume' heatwave could send UK temperatures 'above 30C' this month
A leading weather forecaster reckons a heatwave could come to the UK this month, with temperatures potentially 'surpassing the 30C mark or higher' in some parts of the country
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People are only just realising what tiny balconies outside windows are for
You see them all the time - tiny balconies that sit on the outside of windows that can't be walked on or used as storage - but people are only just realising that they have an actual purpose
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'Drug dealer asked me to buy Tesco meal deal for him – his choices were wild'
A bizarre text exchange between a drug dealer and his client left the internet in stitches. It all kicked off after the dealer requested 'the worst Tesco meal deal ever' as part of the illicit trade
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'Ghost of a dog' seen walking through fences and car in spooky CCTV footage
Ghost enthusiasts are divided over a spooky CCTV clip that shows a shadowy figure walking through fences and a car at night - some reckon it's the 'spirit' of a dog or a cat
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Royal fans wowed by Princess Margaret's 'daily routine' with 'vodka pick-me-up'
An excerpt of a book describing Princess Margaret's daily routine - which included a 'vodka pick-me-up' - has got Royal Family fans talking after it was shared on Reddit
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'I've hidden photos of Nicolas Cage in my office for years – no one has noticed'
An anonymous office worker has confessed to secretly placing printed pictures of Nicolas Cage around his place of work for two-and-a-half years - and nobody has noticed them
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'I saw woman glug nine bottles of wine on flight – she had wild 11-word excuse'
Canadian comedian Kevin Finn said he was amazed by how he saw Brits behaving on a recent trip to Greece, using 'well, I'm on my holiday' to get away with just about anything
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Security cam snaps ghostly figure staring at child one month after grandad died
A man has shared a spooky image picked up by one of his internal home security cameras that appears to show a ghostly figure standing over his son while he sleeps
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'I took this snap at haunted jail and wouldn't go back after spotting ghost'
EXCLUSIVE: Tania Woods has shared an image she believes shows a ghost at Bodmin Jail, one of the spookiest spots in Britain where the spirits of executed prisoners are said to still lurk in the corridors and cells
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Man who got £22m from 40p lottery ticket shares 5 things you must do if you win
Timothy Schultz was just 21-years-old when he won more than £22m on the lottery – but he now runs a podcast and YouTube channel where he interviews other winners and gives advice
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YouTube star kidnapped in Haiti after trying to meet Barbecue gang boss
Addison Pierre Maalouf, known online as YourFellowArab, was reportedly kidnapped in Haiti after trying to interview notorious gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier
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Inside gang-ravaged country that's a 'real-life Mad Max' on brink of collapse
The Caribbean nation has been engulfed in chaos following a series of natural disasters and political unrest, with the latest wave of violence sparked by the freeing of nearly 4,000 prison inmates
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Forecaster shares where 'most severe' snow will hit UK - within next 10 hours
This week has seen a huge number of severe weather warnings hit the UK as an Arctic blast of air has brought gale force winds, snow and ice sending temperatures plummeting below freezing
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Mum who bought two XL Bullies says she'd rather go to prison than give them up
Aichaa, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, fears her two XL Bullies will be taken away from her. It comes as the government continues its crackdown against the breed following a spate of attacks
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