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A SHOWROOM full of brand new Fords from the 1980s has been frozen in time and recently discovered – to reveal a rather sad story.
Touching story reveals how wife of late owner cleaned the dealership and kept the tyres pumped in honour of late husband for years
Just when you thought their sausage rolls couldn’t get any better…
Just when you thought their sausage rolls couldn't get any better....
Have a break… you might need it once you discover how a shipment of chocolate wafers mysteriously disappeared.
Have a break... you might need it once you discover how a shipment of chocolate wafers mysteriously disappeared.
Check out the most beautiful abandoned places on Earth including a Soviet prison, a city under water and a lighthouse...
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All you need is a magnet and some spare time to make some cosmic cash.
Need some Christmas inspiration? How about a classic car.
Check out this crazy barn-find going under the hammer
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See the cottage renovation from Britain's most iconic and heart-warming advert.
The Dorset cottage has undergone a major renovation and is now up for £530,000
Artist spent £4,000 converting his skip and is now living in it.
Artist spent £4,000 converting his skip and is using it to highlight the cost of living crisis in the capital
A gold brooch worth £10,000 which may have been lost after a sword fight has been found nearly a millennium later by a metal detectorist exploring a harvested pea field.
Metal detectorist from Spalding finds 800-year-old artefact in a field of peas.
Check out this incredible abandoned Soviet bunker, like something from a bond film, designed to withstand a nuclear war and carved into the side of a mountain.
The Željava Underground Air Base has been left to rot for 30 years, but it may soon be open to the public.
Who knew the 300ft bronze behemoth was built in France before being shipped to the Big Apple? Not us anyway
I fought the law… by getting drunk with a cow.
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Small wine maker on an industrial estate in East London has received a rather surprising letter from France!
Small wine maker on an industrial estate in East London has received a rather surprising letter from France
This is one of the best beers in the UK and it costs an extremely palatable 83p a bottle
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Weekly shop of horrors: The supermarket self-checkout dream has failed
After flagging down an assistant to verify you really are old, or putting the wrong item in the bagging area, you may agree it's time for the self-checkout to check out.
After flagging down an assistant to verify you really are old, or putting the wrong item in the bagging area, you may agree it's time for the self-checkout to check out.
Meet the man drinking 2,000 pints in just 200 days – and doing us all a favour
Jon May has shrugged off the health risks, and his job, to take on the impressively daft challenge – but how’s it going down?
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Pub of the Week: Home to ‘Elizabeth Taylor’s fat arse’ and the Great Train Robbery – it’s Belgravia’s Star Tavern
The Star was where the bourgeois and the bad boys rubbed shoulders while being served – and abused – by tough talking Irish gambler Paddy Kennedy.
The Star Tavern, Belgravia
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The Star was where the bourgeois and the bad boys rubbed shoulders while being served - and abused - by tough talking Irish gambler Paddy Kennedy.
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Check out this abandoned mansion bigger than Buckingham Palace left to rot in the Suss*x countryside!
The £40m house hasn’t been touched for two decades after an alleged row involving its owner – dubbed ‘Britain’s most toxic landlord’ and an architect.
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The £40m pad hasn't been touched for two decades after an alleged row involving its owner - dubbed 'Britain's most toxic landlord' and an architect.
Sweet revenge: Bride files for divorce day after wedding following groom’s ‘mean’ cake prank
The bride had one request to not have cake shoved in her face in the ridiculously trendy smash prank. Her response sounds fair play to us after groom broke his promise just minutes into their marriage.
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Pub of the week: A 17th-century illegal drinking den where smugglers hid in secret tunnels
This week we follow in Robert Louis Stevenson’s footsteps and head to the once-notorious Admiral Benbow in Cornwall.
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Man ‘kidnapped’ by own runaway electric car
In a chilling warning of the fate that awaits us all, a terrified motorist reveals his £30,000 brand new EV started driving itself after malfunction.
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Think you know your Stella from Staropramen? Take our beer logo quiz and see if you are Beer-illiant!!
From Flatpack to Flat Eric. IKEA warehouse becomes one of the world’s biggest nightclubs
Flagship store in Tottenham is repurposed into a cavernous new rave venue – Drumsheds.
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The London pub with a secret tunnel to an island on the Thames
The secret passage from the Inn was believed to be an escape route for Oliver Cromwell from the Cavaliers. It is also Swift Half’s pub of the week. 👇
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Reassuringly surprising: Stella Artois vs Aldi’s knock-off version
Aldi are at it again, creating a product that is similar but not quite the same (is often better) for a fraction of the price. This time they’ve tackled the UK’s most popular lager, Stella Artois.
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Very few people know Netflix started as a DVD subscription service 25 years ago. Even fewer know it only stopped being one last week.
Thirty years ago an amphibious s*x scandal rocked the north of England. Alan Cooper, an animal rights activist, was accused of molesting a dolphin. The story is back in the spotlight thanks to a new podcast.
A 900-year-old pub in Slough that saw a string of murders by money-obsessed husband and wife is, believe it or not, Swift Half’s pub of the week.
Ostrich Inn
A 900-year-old pub in Slough that saw a string of murders by money-obsessed husband and wife is, believe it or not, Swift Half's pub of the week.
Couple paid for the wrong property but decided to keep it and fix it up themselves. And now you can stay there…
Couple paid for the wrong property but decided to keep it and fix it up themselves. And now you can stay there...
A retro radio-controlled Van for £110 is one of the products Hamleys are hoping will tap into the £1.2b trend of ‘kidults’ buying for themselves.
A retro readio-controlled Van for £110 is one of the products Hamleys are hoping will tap into the £1.2b trend of 'kidults' buying for themselves.
The Beatle bought the electric Höfner for just £30 in 1961 before it vanished eight years later. Now a campaign has been launched to find the priceless instrument.
The Lost Bass Project
The Beatle bought the electric Höfner for just £30 in 1961 before it vanished eight years later. Now a campaign has been launched to find the priceless instrument.
The model which was actually used for close-ups in the 1977 classic been hailed by experts as one of the most significant Star Wars artefacts ever to go on sale.
The last coach house before you cross London Bridge and enter the city. The George Inn in Southwark is a real hidden gem now owned by the National Trust
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The George Inn
The last coach house before you cross London Bridge and enter the city. The George Inn in Southwark is a real hidden gem now owned by the National Trust.
Judges of a prestigious international wine competition were tricked into awarding this year’s gold medal to a cheap supermarket wine they deemed as ‘exceptional’.
Judges of the prestigious Gilbert et Gaillard international wine competition were tricked into awarding this year’s gold medal to a cheap supermarket wine they deemed as 'exceptional'.
A YEAR behind bars for a five-month bender where you s***k around £1m of someone else’s money on booze, private jets and parties for you and all your mates?
Tough one…
Dan Saunders wild story is now being made into a film
Swift Half’s Pub of the Week is this historic beauty in Oxford, where the famous – and infamous – have frequented.
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THE TURF TAVERN
Swift Half's Pub of the Week is this historic beauty in Oxford, where the famous - and infamous - have frequented.
The ‘Queen of the skies’ has been grounded for 20 years. So are dreams of her flying again just high hopes?
The 'Queen of the skies' has been grounded for 20 years. So are dreams of her flying again just high hopes?
Italian lager Peroni goes head-to-head with Aldi’s Rossini, and it’s extremely close…
Premium Italian lager Peroni Nastro Azzurro goes head-to-head with Aldi's Rossini, and it's extremely close...
BURN BEFORE READING! Mushroom foraging books on Amazon may be written by AI – and could KILL you
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A dilapidated mansion in Cambridgeshire, boasting 16 bedrooms is now available for purchase and slated for auction.
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Panic over! We’ve found the cheapest beer in Europe If the price of a pint is driving you to drink, then read on to find out where exactly you might just be able to afford one. Hopefully they won't have a massive head like in the video below! Read more here 👇
