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At least 80 dead in Nice, France

And more than 150 people have been injured by the attack.
Dozens reported dead in Nice, France

At least 80 people have been killed in France and more than 150 are injured after a truck ploughed into a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice.

The truck was reportedly loaded with weapons, including guns and grenades.

Police allegedly opened fire on the truck, crushed revellers and sent people running for their lives.

The truck’s driver was shot dead and a second suspect is on the run according to French authorities.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to unconfirmed reports in the French media.

More to come.

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Prince Harry gets an HIV test live on Facebook

The young royal also said he was "quite tempted" to get a full sexual health check up too.
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Prince Harry demonstrated how simple it was to get tested for HIV by having a test himself and broadcasting the experience live.

Both the test and the young Prince’s results streamed on Facebook as a live post for the world to see from Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital in London.

Harry used the opportunity to urge everyone to go and have a test whether they think they might have the disease or not.

“So whether you’re a man, woman, gay, straight, black, white, whatever – even ginger – why wouldn’t you come and have a test?” he said, making light of the situation.

Prince Harry got walked through all the instruments required for the simple test.

The 31-year-old royal admitted he was nervous before having the test done.

But it was explained to him by the person taking his test, councillor Robert Palmer, that the test only involved a tiny, quick needle prick.

“Once you’ve got people through the door, that’s the hardest bit out the way,” Harry said.

Prince Harry awaits his results.

Robert emphasised how usually there would only be the tester and the person being tested in the room for privacy, but with the media there to cover Harry’s visit, that wasn’t the case today.

“You can see for yourself the result while you’re in the room,” Robert continued. “And we can respond to that right away.”

The young prince laughed off the offer of a band-aid, saying “It’s fine, I’ll be alright, you’ve covered me in my own blood!”

Harry’s too grown up for a band-aid!

Harry was amazed at how quick the whole process was.

“Some blood tests you have to wait weeks for,” he said.

After a tense wait, Harry was informed he had a HIV non-reactive result, meaning he was free of the disease.

Watch Harry talking about his mother when she visited a HIV hospital. Post continues.

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Later on Harry met with some of the lab technicians, who offered the cheeky royal a full sexual health check-up.

“I’m quite tempted!” laughed Harry.

After the visit, Elton John shared a post on social media, praising Princess Diana’s son for furthering his mother’s cause.

Harry met with the other technicians to praise them for their diagnostic work.

Elton John was very close with Princess Diana when she was doing her work with AIDS victims.

“In 1991, Princess Diana moved a mountain by addressing the stigma surrounding people living with HIV/AIDS,” the Candle in the Wind singer wrote.

“She showed the world we could safely wrap our arms around AIDS patients, by shaking hands with a patient without gloves.”

He continued: “Today in London, Prince Harry gave that stigma a knock on the head by showing the world how easy and simple it is to take an HIV test.

“Bravo Prince Harry! Your mother would be so proud of you.”

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McLeod’s Daughters star Zoe Naylor reveals heroin addiction

“I was a heroin addict.”
McLeod’s Daughters star Zoe Naylor reveals heroin addiction

McLeod’s Daughters star Zoe Naylor has revealed she once battled a serious drug addiction.

“In my late teens and early 20s, I was a heroin addict,” the 39-year-old, who played Regan McLeod on the Aussie drama, revealed on The Daily Edition yesterday.

Zoe explained in the interview that she became addicted to heroin before she found fame as an actress, blaming her boyfriend at the time.

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“I was a clichéd overachiever – I was head girl of my school, had a scholarship to uni,” she said.

She admitted she had a “history of addiction” and would have “termed myself a party girl or a good time girl.”

The cast of McLeod’s Daughters

However, seven years ago, she hit the addiction on the head and is now focused on her journey of awakening, and encouraged others to connect with themselves and find their own centre.

She now has two children with her husband Aaron Jeffrey who she met on McLeod’s Daughers.

Zoe and Aaron

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Hospital misdiagnosed baby who swallowed button battery

She woke in a pool of blood.
Hospital misdiagnosed baby who swallowed button battery

A one-year-old baby girl had been sent home from hospital on three separate occasions after a button battery became lodged in her oesophagus.

Little Isabella Reese died on February 4, 2015 – three hours after her mother Allison found her ‘saturated’ in her own blood, a Victorian coroner heard.

She died from multiple cardiac arrests while on the operating table at Sunshine Hospital, The Age reports.

The coroner heard Isabella’s family had first taken her to the hospital in January after she was crying and vomiting.

While her father says he told the hospital she had swallowed something, it was not recorded anywhere.

She was sent home but returned two days later with a fever.

Doctors said she had a urinary tract infection and was given antibiotics.

On January 21, she finished her course of antibiotics and the hospital noted she was improving.

However, she sadly passed away two weeks later.

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Photo of fatal accident shows victim’s spirit in the air

This is unbelievable.
Photo of fatal accident shows victim’s spirit in the air

A photo showing a fatal motorcycle accident in America has gone viral with viewers claiming to see the victim’s spirit leaving his body.

The image was captured by Saul Vasquez as he travelled past the scene.

“I took this picture just a few minutes ago from the cab of my truck it was an accident between campon and Stanton on the service road just off of the mountain parkway,” Vasquez wrote.

“Zoom in and pay attention to the shadow just off the top of the state trooper hat. All I say is I hope everyone involved is okay.”

The image has already been shared over 11, 000 times.

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Queen Elizabeth reportedly shocks locals by turning up to a pub for dinner

One will have the bangers and mash, please!
Duchess Catherine Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth walks into a bar… it sounds like the start of a joke but apparently according to reports out of the UK, it’s totally serious!

Locals couldn’t believe their eyes when the Queen arrived at a pub in Edinburgh for a quiet dinner after a royal engagement in the area.

According to reports in Hello magazine, the usually prim and proper monarch called an hour ahead before popping in to the joint, to ask the staff at the Sheep Heid Inn to prepare for a “small royal party”.

The party reportedly dined on two portions of lamb rump, a seabass fillet, half a bottle of wine and a martini.

Was cheeky Queen Liz the one who knocked back the martini?

The cosy-looking pub where the dinner supposedly took place.

It’s not clear what the Queen herself ate, or whether indeed the meals were just for her party.

Staff were apparently told to keep mum on Her Majesty’s visit, but one local who was dining at the Inn at the time left a detailed account on a TripAdvisor review.

Check out what the Queen’s EPIC dining room table looks like in the video below. Post continues.

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Queen Elizabeth, pictured here with Barack Obama, is probably more used to dining under different circumstances.

A user named RosC17 wrote: “What a lovely lady. Security guards everywhere but so unobtrusive that you hardly noticed them.

“What an honour for your exvellent front of house and kitchen teams,” she wrote.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip had been at Musselburgh Racecourse earlier in the day to celebrate its 200th birthday.

“We have enjoyed many visits ot the Sheep Heid Inn bit this was particularly memorable. Five stars plus a gold star!”

A Kensington Palace spokesperson would only confirm that the Queen dined “privately” on the night.

She might dine at a pub, but the Queen is still proper enough to give William a proper scolding! Check out the hilarious video below. Post continues.

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Meanwhile, if you’ve ever dreamed of working for royalty, Queen Elizabeth is on the hunt for a new dishwasher for Buckingham Palace.

While a dishwasher doesn’t sound like the most glamorous job, the lucky recipient of the work will get to live in the palace itself while helping to clean the kitchen and prep her food.

Want to live here? Then brush up your resume!

You could help wash all the dishes on the royal table.

The position, listed on the royal residence’s website, comes with a salary of £16,755.56, allows for 33 days of annual leave and benefits on top of that.

Not only that, but they will also have all their meals provided for them too.

The person may also be required to travel with the royals to other residences. Be right back, we’re brushing up our resumes!

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Shane Warne erupts in a foul-mouthed rant on social media after losing World Series of Poker

And along with the loss came the loss of a fair chunk of change too.
Shane Warne

He’s one of the greatest sportsmen our country has seen, but it seems Shane Warne isn’t a good sport when it comes to losing.

Warnie let it rip on Twitter after losing a few hands, and a lot of cash, at the World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas.

The father of three raised more than a few eyebrows when he blew off some steam as his big loss on the social media platform.

“Never been so angry in all my life,” the 46-year-old said. “Got Aces two hand in a row and both cracked. Once by two pair (KQ). Next hand sixes found a six on the flop!”

It all went downhill from the start of the game for Warnie.

He accompanied his first message with an angry face emoji. But he wasn’t finished there.

“Still in shock at what just happened, so sick!” he continued.

Shane is a regular poker player at the World Series.

“If anyone says that’s poker I will put one on their chin, game of skill my a**, get f#@?#%.”

Watch Shane size up his competition for the tournament in the interview clip below. Post continues.

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Check out the price on Shane’s entry ticket! Turns out losing doesn’t come cheap.

The King of Spin still couldn’t let it go and posted another update, still fuming at losing his money.

“Has it ever happened in the history of the #WSOP main event that a player gets Aces two hands in a row and both get cracked?”

Check out the, um, awkward poker-related present Warnie’s mate gave him for a housewarming present in the video below. Post continues.

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The star was left fuming after a run of bad luck.

The star had previously snapped a picture of his buy in ticket earlier in the week, which showed he’d payed a whopping $10,000 down the drain.

That’s a lot of money to lose just to be allowed to play!

At the time, his social media followers were quick to wish the sportsman luck, or marvel at his extravagance.

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Inside a radioactive ghost town

A photographer went inside the nuclear town of Fukushima which has been deserted for five years.

Five years ago, Fukushima became frozen in time after it was evacuated after a nuclear disaster.

Japanese towns in the area became frozen in time since March 11, 2011, the largest nuclear disaster since Cheronbyl.

A 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the land that day, followed by a tsunami – 20,000 people were dead or missing.

The Japanese government keeps surrounding towns locked down for fear of radiation contamination – but photographer Keow Wee Loong and two colleagues managed to sneak in.

Click through to see the incredibly eerie pictures.

Pics via Keow Wee Loong.

People left the town in such a hurry they left their laundry.

The movie posters in the store window show films from 2011.

The moment time stood still

The damage of the earthquake.

Barriers locking people out.

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Hollywood’s shortest marriages

'Til death do us part is so old-school. In Hollywood, it's a huge achievement to make it past a year of marriage.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, Drew Barrymore and Tom Green, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito, Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson

‘Til death do us part is so old-school. In Hollywood, it’s a huge achievement to make it past a year of marriage.

If you thought Kim Kardashian’s 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries was short-lived, you’re in for a treat!

From Britney Spears to Cher, we take a look back at some of Hollywood’s most fleeting flings that ended in divorce.

Click through to see which celebrity holds the record for the shortest marriage ever.

55 hours: Britney Spears’ time spent as Jason Alexander’s wife lasted less than three days. The childhood friends said “I do” in Las Vegas in 2004 but quickly realised their mistake, calling for an annulment.

Four months: Lisa Marie Presley’s third marriage was also her shortest. The daughter of Elvis married Nicolas Cage in August 2002 after the pair met at a friend’s house party in 1999. They called it quits in November 2002.

9 months: Drew Barrymore and Tom Green announced their shock marriage in 2011. 9 months later, the pair announced their divorce. Opening up about the relationship, Tom said, “All of that was part of that sort of crazy, whirlwind of a time.”

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Six weeks: Drew Barrymore’s marriage to Jeremy Thomas made her 9-month stint with Tom Green seem like a lifetime. It was the actress’ first marriage and happened when she was just 19 years of age.

Eight months: Opening up about their short-lived marriage in New York magazine in 2014, Elisabeth Moss said the whole experience was “extremely traumatic and “awful and horrible”. The actor himself also told Howard Stern that he was a “terrible husband” during their tumultuous relationship.

72 days: Kim Kardashian married basketball star Kris Humphries in an extravagant wedding in 2011. It’s believed she made $2.7 million from the televised event.

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Nine days: That’s right, just nine days after she wed Gregg Allman in Las Vegas in 1975, Cher filed to have the marriage dissolved. She had also just finalised her divorce from Sonny Bono three days before.

Four months: Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito was married in December 2006, with the actress filing for divorce in May 2007. Fast forward to 2014 and Jennifer released a book in which she slammed an ex… Bradley. She went so far as to call him a “master manipulator” and said she was “walking on eggshells”.

Five months: Former One Tree Hill co-stars Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray married in 2005. When asked about her ex in an interview on Watch What Happens Live, the actress said, “We were two stupid kids who had no business being in a relationship in the first place.”

Four months: Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock were married in July 2006 and split just before Thanksgiving the same year.

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Artificial sweeteners contribute to weight gain

There’s nothing sweet about the popular sugar substitute with new research indicating artificial sweetener leads with weight gain.

You may think you’re doing the right thing by eliminating sugar from your life, but replacing it with a sweetener can be more detrimental to your health.

The University of Sydney reported in a new study published in Cell Metabolism that, “Both animals and humans have suggested that consuming artificial sweeteners [sucralose, specifically] can make you feel hungry and actually eat more.”

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This huge insight into the ingredient was previously a discussed back in 2013, when a study discovered that artificially sweetened beverages can contribute to being overweight, advising that those looking to lose weight were better of steering clear from “diet” foods.

While sugar is all kinds of delicious, there’s no need to bid adieu to the sweet life just yet… Here our top three picks for sugar substitutes that will keep you AND your doctor smiling!

Natural sugars are the crowning jewel… so give artificial sweeteners the flick!

1. Raw Honey

It has incredible health benefits including, it’s a natural antibacterial, boosts the immune system, promotes digestive health, and is high in antioxidants. Sadly it is high in sugar, so make sure you have it in moderation!

2. Coconut palm sugar

This goodie is extracted sap of the coconut palm, boiled and dehydrated. It has a very low fructose content, high in potassium and vitamin C but it does have fructose and the same carbs and calories as sugar.

3.Date sugar

It’s basically just dried dates that have been blitzed into a fine powder. While it doesn’t melt (so you can’t add it to your tea/coffee) this is a fab ingredient to use when baking – it is very sweet so you only need about 2/3 of the amount in place of the sugar.

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