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Britons have confessed to being a nation of cheats. A study found more than half the population admit to bending the rules in their favour at one time or another in their lives. In fact, overall Just 43 per cent said they were completely honest in relationships, careers, quizzes and board games. Over one third of 'bad sports' have found a way to cheat during a pub quiz, and more than one in ten have turned the tides of a...

You’d be frightfully fortunate to peek the sneaky feline in this fiendish puzzle. Lurking deep within this creepy melange of bats, rats and witches hats – can you track the black cat hidden in the haunted mansion? This spooky scene, created by Casumo.com, is unlikely to receive many willing Trick or Treaters this Halloween night, as witches fly overhead and vampire bats hang in the trees. Even an ominous fog helps to shroud the mog, tiptoeing through the mansion grounds...

Joanna Lumley, Ray Winstone and Richard Wilson are among celebs who will appear in a series of short films which aimed at getting more military veterans into 'civvy street'. Downtown Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville, DIY SOS star Nick Knowles and ex-EastEnders Larry Lamb and Michelle Collins also highlight the skills, attitude and knowledge ex-soldiers, sailors and airmen can bring to employers. Entitled, ‘Veterans Work’, the films, by The Drive Project, were produced to encourage UK businesses to consider veterans as viable...

London is a phenomenal city to visit, that goes without saying. You will, however, want the proper kind of luxury accommodation to take care of you in between your shopping sprees and legendary landmark visits. The Montcalm Royal London House Hotel is a centre for deluxe ingenuity and class hotel development. It is a “new chapter” in the capital city’s provisions of opulent and sensationally refined living spaces. An Introduction You can find The Montcalm nestled in the heart of...

An acid-attack victim horrifically scarred by her father in an assault that killed her mum is appealing for £35,000 to pay for operations to rebuild her face. Brave Shabbo Sheikh, 23, was disfigured when her face was drenched in acid after her father allegedly threw it on her mother, while the two-year-old was in her lap. Her mother died the next day but Shabbo miraculously survived - only to be abandoned at the hospital and left to grow up in...

Dust off your broomstick and knock back some potions because London is getting seriously spooky this Halloween. Here's our list of the best Halloween parties in London: Secretsundaze ‘Club Kids’ Halloween Party When? Sat 28th Oct Get tickets here This is the place for a cooler than cool night of tasty beats, electrifying surroundings and minimum need to cover yourself in fake blood. Taking place at the Oval Space Secretsundaze’s party theme is ‘Club Kids’. Celebrating party scene starters Amanda...

Dermawell is an unashamedly serious skincare range. The brand’s no-frills approach means there is not a hint of pink in the packaging. It does not make outlandish promises that its products will deliver eternal youth in lotions and potions. Instead the range, born out of a partnership between Well pharmacy and leading Italian derma-cosmetic experts Unifarco, is focussed on the science, not the pretty packaging. Dermawell has paired high quality ingredients with proven formulas and it’s after a place in...

Socialising with family and friends, eating out and DRIVING have emerged among a list of activities we would miss most if we could no longer do them. Researchers who carried out a detailed study also found we would rue an inability to cook, play with the kids and exercise if our health were to go downhill. Working and, bizarrely, food shopping also made the list. The study also revealed as many as two fifths of Brits have never considered the...

A receptionist has been hailed a hero after she saved the life of a baby boy she helped deliver in a hotel car park. Cool-headed Karen Dyass, 46, sprang into action when Heather McSharry’s waters broke outside a Travelodge as the family stopped for a toilet break en route to hospital. Mum-of-two Karen and Heather’s husband Matthew teamed up to bring little Michael into the world as paramedics talked them through the delivery from the other end of the line...