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Plasters can be rendered useless if they don't correctly fit. A Japanese Twitter fan, @ponzuyo, has been sharing how to keep a Band-Aid firmly in place with a simple cutting technique.

If you think that taking a hot shower in the morning sets you up for the day ahead, think again.

In a memo marked top secret, he wrote to one of his trusted aides in North Africa saying that in the extreme conditions of being kept separate from their wives, the terrorists could masturbate.

Rare archive footage shows the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation day in 1953. She was cheered along by thousands as her great procession made its way along Pall Mall.

The motorist, who has not been identified, noticed that she had parked next to another silver Ford Kuga at Melbicks Garden Centre in Coleshill, Warwickshire.

The Met Office is warning of snow in the Highlands and ice causing treacherous driving conditions today, while it also expects the weather to become very windy with 75mph gusts in Scotland.

Celeste Smith, 19, from Cornwall, was due to meet the father of her child and attend a meeting about the pregnancy the day after her disappearance - but failed to show for both.

Unemployed Zakaria Bulhan, 19, targeted 64-year-old retired teacher Darlene Horton on the evening of August 3 last year.

The child, who was deemed in extremely serious condition, was a passenger in a Polaris off-roading vehicle that flipped over as part of a hunting trip she was on, TMZ reported.

Rioting has broken out on a tinderbox French council estate after a policeman was accused of sexually assaulting a black youth with a truncheon.

Shelia Fedrick, 49, rescued a girl from human trafficking after spotting the disheveled teen on a plane. The Alaska Airlines flight attendant noticed she was sitting next to a well-dressed man.

Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins (pictured) has hit back at former England and Manchester United star David Beckham after he allegedly branded her OBE award in 2014 a 'f****** joke'.

Just one short week ago, David Beckham was one of the most celebrated people in the land. The former England football captain was adored and admired by fans around the world.

The arm, created by scientists at Imperial College, London, detects spinal nerve signals rather than current models where the user twitches remaining muscle to move the limb.

Peter Scotter, 55, of Roker, Sunderland, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court to admit racially aggravated assault by beating and a separate charge of racially aggravated harassment.

Bodybuilder Richard King and Patrick Allen filed a claim stating they were strangers who had been involved in a serious car crash in Carnoustie, Angus.

Investigator Mark Williams-Thomas has spent 18 months delving into the case files of two of the most high-profile unsolved cases - Jill Dando and Claudia Lawrence - to finally uncover the truth.

Van der Westhuizen, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest scrum-halves in the sport's history, died in hospital on Monday at the age of 45. He played 89 Tests for the Springboks.

Research by the British American Tobacco R&D; Center found lungs exposed to e-cigarettes suffered just two gene mutations - compared to the 123 genes changed by exposure to tobacco.

The long-running cartoon, that also said Donald Trump would one day be president back in 2000, even had the singer wearing similar knee-high boots and playing the piano.

The platinum blonde rocked several costume changes as she rocked the Houston stadium during the face off between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots.

NHS trusts are not meant to have more than 85 per cent of their beds occupied - but 137 of the 152 trusts are currently operation above this, according to an analysis of figures by the BBC.

The Chas & Dave star, 73, has started immediate treatment to battle the disease after doctors found it in the early stages.

Wealthy landlord David Lubin, 59, was jailed for eight months at Cardiff Crown Court after he invented bogus tenants to take the blame for speeding in his Jaguar.

Pretty Jessica Hunt, from Plymouth, discovered her image had been 'catfished' - used by someone online to secure dates - but they'd unusually swapped out her face for another.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The fly-blown corpses of ISIS militants have been left to rot on a main street in Mosul because of fears that their suicide bomb belts could still explode.

For many people, having children is one of the best and most rewarding decisions of their lives - however there are others who feel very differently.

Trump has been burning up White House telephone lines calling his world counterparts and, during those talks, has committed to several trans-Atlantic trips.

President Donald Trump left a Super Bowl viewing party while the Patriots were still struggling 28-3 against the Falcons - but congratulated New England quaterback Tom Brady later on.

Sam Burbidge is said to have left her partner Adrian Bayford's £6million home near Cambridge last month with the animals and an expensive horse box.

The company's website proudly states: 'We are the only motorbike tour company that hires young and beautiful lady drivers' and goes on to say 'Our mission is to provide a service like no other.'

The Prime Minister is hosting Benjamin Netanyahu at No10, with tensions likely over settlements on the West Bank and the Iranian nuclear deal.

A 12-year-old girl, named Tania (pictured), died after being drugged, raped and drowned in a canal, her family claim - but say police in Pakistan are refusing to investigate.

Support for Angela Merkel shrank to a just 4 percentage points, an opinion poll showed on Sunday - her lowest lead in almost three and a half years.

A photo shared on social media of of three Australian electricians changing a light bulb with an unusual looking setup has divided the internet.

Ministers yesterday vowed to make it 'easier' for older homeowners to move into sheltered accommodation. Pictured is housing minister Gavin Barwell.

An error-strewn weather report on Countryfile raised eyebrows amongst viewers. Schafernaker, 37, was pictured next to a screen telling viewers the weather would be 'dier' instead of 'drier'

Appearing on BBC Woman's Hour on Monday, Dame Margaret Barbour revealed the Queen was offered a wax jacket on her Diamond Jubilee but insisted she wanted her old one back instead.

Lindsey Paradiso, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, took to Facebook to share her emotional story of having an abortion at 23 weeks. At 18 weeks doctors noticed baby Omara had a tumor.

Julia Bushby, 46, and Natalie Murray, 35, from Dewsbruy, appeared on This Morning ahead of the BBC drama The Moorside about the abduction of Shannon Matthews.

Abra Woods, 25, from Shildon, County Durham, appeared on This Morning to thank viewers for liking her brother Troy Mackinlay's social media photo which revealed the extent of his burns.

Valerie Pecresse, pictured, president of Ile-de-France, said Brexit is opening up 'fierce competition' between Europe's capital cities vying to take business from the City.

In the race to build a commercially available flying car, Uber has hired Mark Moore, an advanced aircraft engineer from Nasa's Langley Research Centre in Virginia.

A family of four can enjoy a week's holiday in Paphos, Cyprus, for £1,130, according to Post Office Travel Money. the island of Lanzarote was the second cheapest, coming in at £1,663.

Knox is known all over the world because of the notorious killing of Meredith Kercher, for which she spent four years in jail but was later acquitted.

Placards declared that wearing a veil is a personal choice, and protesters claimed that the measure is both sexist and anti-Muslim.

Ruslanas Solovjovas, 39, took aim at passers-by and shoppers from a third floor window in Boston, Lincolnshire, injuring his victims and leaving another woman traumatised.

Spooky footage appears to show a creepy black spectre floating in and out of the walls of a maximum-security Brazilian prison. Guards at the Rio de Janeiro jail believed it was an inmate trying to flee.

Syria's army and its allies advanced towards the northern Islamic-State held city on Monday, cutting off the last main supply route that connects to militant strongholds further east towards Iraq.

Sometimes you don't have to travel far to experience something weird and wonderful. It can be right on your doorstep - as internet users have been explaining on a US-based forum thread.

Jack Mitchell, 24, died at the Warehouse Club in Stroud, Gloucestershire at the weekend and a 28-year-old local man has since been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in police custody.

Maria Christofi, 42, from London, was diagnosed with a fibroid - a benign tumour - a decade ago. She made the decision to have surgery last month after the symptoms became too much.

British Transport Police has released video of Elliot Nash ranting at a female train worker before kicking and lashing out at her colleague on a London Midland service.

Police Constable Christian Ciobanu, based in Barnet, north London, received a penalty notice on his car - so made a false entry on the police database to support an application to have the notice quashed.

Ben Thomas, 15, who has autism, was last seen in his school uniform in a shop in the village of Stokenchurch, in Buckinghamshire.

Single mother-of-three Leanne Keating, from Abergale, North Wales, claims 10-year-old daughter Tia was left with an angry, itchy rash which developed five days after using the product.

Some 2,348 appeals for British cancer patients were launched on JustGiving in 2016 - a seven-fold increase in just one year, figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 live revealed.

Victoria Riley chased burglar Lee Cheney out of her home in Hedon, Yorkshire, after coming back to the property to find him in her kitchen. Cheney was later sentenced to 10 months in prison.

Charles Declan Lindley (pictured), trawled through Instagram and Facebook asking girls as young as 13 for explicit selfies. The 20-year-old was jailed for three years at Teesside Crown Court.

Dawn Wilkinson-Russell, 32, who lives on the Isle of Wight, wanted to help others after having five children of her own over 12 years and has now helped to create two boys and four girls.

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania professor, Dr Adam Grant, and researcher Reb Rebele, explain that selflessness at work ends up hurting the very people you intended to help.

The amazing images were taken at the Mara River, Masai Mara, Kenya by 46-year-old dental technician, Elmar Weiss, who captured the 400kg predator's powerful attack on the helpless Wildebeest.

Sir Kevin Barron, John Healey and Sarah Champion sued Jane Collins (pictured), MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, for libel and slander.

Pet owners in a neighbourhood in Wallsend, Northumbria, believe a resident is cruelly targetting pets after becoming angry with dogs barking and cats roaming around their garden.

Bishop of Guildford Andrew Watson said he had endured a 'violent, excruciating and shocking' beating at the hands of John Smyth QC - and he has now told Hampshire Constabulary about it.

Jacqueline Cox (pictured with her niece), 69, visited the supermarket in Levenshulme, Manchester, to pick up a few groceries when she asked for an employee to help her on the tills.

The 313-mile-wide moon (504 kilometers) has been of great interest to scientists in recent years, with Cassini's observations revealing possible signs that it could support life.

Francois Fillon and Penelope Fillon, originally from Wales, face prison after French prosecutors launched a corruption investigation of abuse of public funds, embezzlement and concealment.

Extremer skier Jeremie Heitz is reduced to a tiny spec as he swoons downs Switzerland's nigh vertical Obergabelhorn mountain making him difficult to spot in a set of stunning photos.

Here, the experts have shared the surprising foods you should eat to get you in the mood - including red wine, chocolate and avocados.

Shocking CCTV footage shows a police officer smashing a handcuffed man's head through a car windscreen, outside a Tesco store in Dublin. Guardai suspected the man of shoplifting.

The model, who appeared on the French version of the show, was modelling a Vercella Vita bra but it seems viewers were distracted from the lingerie she was trying to sell.

Brendan Wells, 22, filmed himself and his brother, Todd, took the incredible footage while paddling down rapids on the White Salmon River and Outlet Creek in Washington State.

A survey of 2,000 adults found that some 47 per cent defined themselves as JAMS, with Coventry the city with the highest concentration (70 per cent).

David Gallacher will appear before a magistrates after the Somalian woman, who was wearing a headscarf, was attacked outside the Co-op in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire.

Consuming grapes for just six months also helped to boost memory, according to research funded by the California Table Grape Commission - designed to expand markets for fresh Californian grapes.

Viewers were not happy with the news that fan favourite Shelagh Turner could lose her baby. She was told by doctors after she started bleeding that she could 'abort spontaneously'.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spoken out a year after a United Nations' working group found he was being 'arbitrarily detained' by the UK and Sweden.

A new Australian-based study says sitting is not as bad for you as previously believed because of the varied difference between TV sitting time and other sitting behaviors.

Bolebec House in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, sits at the foot at the ruins of Bolebec Castle, which was destroyed before 1651 under the orders of Oliver Cromwell in the Civil War.

British schoolgirl Xia Vigor has wowed Filipino talent judges with her impersonation of Ariana Grande. She starred in the popular reality show, Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids.

Limshin Chung Ching Wan was arrested with four laser pens at a house in East Finchley, North London. Upon sentencing, he could receive a fine or a maximum five-year prison term.

A senior paramedic opens up anonymously about the back-breaking work every day working in the British ambulance services and what lies in store for the future with the increasing pressure on our NHS.

Jian Zhicheng was described as a 'butcher with beauty' and inundated with threatening messages after it emerged that she had been forced to euthanise more than 700 pets in two years.