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What look like regular coat hooks being placed in women's public toilets might be far more sinister. Usually if we don't have anything to hang up, we don't give a second glance to the hooks on the back of doors. But you might want to look more closely at hooks in public restrooms and dressing rooms, if police reports are anything to go by. Last year a force in Florida warned that clothing hooks with tiny cameras inside were being attached to walls in women's public toilets , including one at a beach. The 'spy' hooks - which are also readily available to buy in the UK - look innocent enough but contain miniature cameras inside, which film through a small hole at the top of the plastic.   The camera hole is visible at the top of the hook   (Image: Amazon ) Whoever has placed the hook in the room can then retrieve it and download anything it has filmed to their computer. At the time, the Florida Keys sheriff said: "Anyone who has a public res...

ncover the terrifying truth about where you live by putting your postcode into our paranormal map of  Britain …if you dare! Our database is crawling with thousands of spine-tingling real-life tales of  ghost-sightings across  the nation. All you have to do to reveal the scariest stories from your area is to put your postcode into the search engine below. Perhaps the ghost of a murdered landlady stalk the corridors of your local pub – or maybe a monk wanders around the  cemetery  near you at night? Site boss Darren Mann, 44, from Suffolk said the number of sightings has stayed consistently high over the past two decades. He added: “I’ve had police officers reporting ghosts in their stations,  bizarre  beasts stalking through woodland, staff bumping into strange shadow people in shops and more. “Many of these ‘paranormal’ events become the new ‘normal’ for some witnesses.” Ahead of a chilling week of paranormal  programmes...

Halloween costumes and 'looks' have come a long way since the good old days when you'd daub on some cheap face paint and sport a bad wig to celebrate. For film fans in particular, there are an abundance of  Halloween -appropriate characters - from terrifying villains like Freddy Krueger, to more family-friendly ones such as Minnie Mouse. She says: "My real inspiration though came on the weekends from the kids who went to the eccentric local club and drag queens who all inspired me to explore outlandish party looks." This turned Jody to sharing her looks online with other make-up enthusiasts. Incorporating some recognisable looks with more unique ones, Jody shows she is MORE than ready for Halloween with several terrifying transformations. With all this choice and inspiration, many make-up fans have turned it into a fine art. Seattle-based blogger and make-up artist Jody has eight years experience in the beauty industry after getting into make-up arti...

Eating the placenta after giving birth “ borders on cannibalism ” and can lead to infections, a leading gynaecologist has said. Consuming the afterbirth has been made popular by celebrities including Coleen Rooney and Kim Kardashian , who had the nutrient-rich organ processed into pills. A recent report published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology showed that increasing numbers of new mothers in the UK and US were requesting to take the placenta home with them after birth. The trend is known as placentophagy and was popularised after some claimed eating the placenta, which contains high levels of nutrients and hormones, can improve the milk production and moods. However, placenta eating can pose a risk of infection and should not be branded as a 'superfood', according to gynaecologist Alex Farr, of the Medical University of Vienna. Dr Farr insists that consuming the placenta will not help lactation or post-natal depression. ...

People can't stop giggling at this street sign after a vandal decided to go 'Robin' one of its letters. The 'Joker' worked their creative magic to a sign in Bateman Street three years ago , and it's been getting laughs ever since. Aircrew Supervisor Jim Hancox snapped a picture of the sign, which had been amended to Batman Street. Sharing the picture on Twitter, Mr Hancox wrote: "Now, I’m not one to condone vandalism or graffiti, but this did make me chuckle… #OnlyInCambridge #BatemanNotBatMan." To which, another user quipped: "Someone been 'robin' some letters'. Meanwhile, city chief crime fighter, Cambridgeshire's Chief Superintendent , Chris Mead, joked that soon Batman and Robin zone street signs will be appearing. Despite an uncanny resemblance to Bruce Wayne, Mr Hancox denied he was in fact the illusive superhero Batman, reports Cambridge News Over in North Carolina they've been having their own prob...

Think war is crazy? You wouldn’t be wrong... There have been more stupid conflicts for dafter reasons than you could imagine, not to mention peculiar plans, eccentric events and strange coincidences. Here author Benedict Le Vay picks some of the wacky war stories from his book and tells of the bizarre creatures who fought. In the 1930s, the military might of Australia took on an apparently easy-to-defeat enemy: the emu. Farmers – mostly veterans of the First World War who had been encouraged to settle in Western Australia, just in time for the Great Depression to slash prices for their produce –­­ were desperate and pleaded for drastic government action to deal the emus savaging their crops. Given that the emu cannot fly, has no commanders, is generally unarmed and untrained, and an easy target at six feet tall, and that the soldiers were armed with Lewis guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition, it should have been no contest. In fact, the emu was the clear victor. Only...

A girlfriend has played the ultimate prank on her boyfriend and left his terrified. Natalie Weaver couldn't resist trying out her new skills in a hilarious Halloween prank on her unsuspecting other half. The 23-year-old practised a Halloween make-up look where she used body latex, tissue paper and stitching to make her lips appear sewn together. As her boyfriend, Stephen Hall , was sleeping upstairs, Natalie decided to go and surprise him – entering their bedroom whining 'babe, my face'. Stephen, 27, was so shocked that he immediately started screaming and quickly changed his caring tones to ferociously jumping around the bed in a bid to get away from her. Natalie, from Castleford, West Yorks, said: "I definitely didn't expect half of the reaction that I received – I filmed it because I thought that when I went in he'd be shocked and maybe scream, but not this. "I had been watching a few Halloween make-up tutorials as I have never done Hallowe...

It was a crime that shocked the country. An 18-year-old returning home from an evening out at a local nightclub targeted at random and stabbed multiple times before her killer dumped her body. Due to the ferocity of the attack on trainee hairdresser Katie Rackliff, police were certain they were looking for a male killer. But they were in for a terrifying surprise - the sadistic killer was 12-year-old Sharon Carr. It would be four years before she was brought to justice, by which time she had stabbed a fellow pupil at her school who was lucky to escape with her life. While awaiting trial, she was sent to an assessment centre wher e she tried to strangle two members of staff. Convicted of wounding her young victim, she was sentenced to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure. Four years after Katie's murder, evil Carr must have believed she had got away with it because she started boasting about her knowledge of the crime. At Bulwood Hall young offenders institution ...

If you and your Dad are rubbish at talking then building things from trash might be a good bonding exercise and could stop all those arguments about whose turn it is. For most of us, bin night is anathema to all that is fair and just in the world. Being told to take out the trash by your parents (or other half - but, let’s face it, mainly mum and dad) is the source for mucho angst for generations from here to China . We at the Dave Desk are pretty sure it’s how the punk movement started in the first place, with Johnny Rotten being ordered to cart bin bags to the kerb in the rain. Nasty. One pair who see nothing rubbish about rubbish are Y u Zhilin and Yu Lingyun. They have become the Far East's answer to The Wombles - making good use of the things that they find, things that the everyday folk leave behind. The farmers-turned-artists have made a real name for themselves by creating sculptures from rubbish - like giant replicas of various Transformers char...

It went out of date 35-years-ago, but what does the inside of this tin of Green Giant sweetcorn look like now? The can was recently donated to a food bank in Cardiff, despite having a best before date of August 1982. But it turns out that the sweetcorn has lasted pretty well - and looks exactly the same as you would expect if it was well in date. Whether the same can be said about the taste is anyone's guess. And it's not the only out-of-date product the Cardiff food bank has received recently after someone donated a tin of soup to that is so old that Heinz doesn't even make the flavour anymore. The rusty can had clearly been forgotten about long ago at the back of someone's cupboard, until the donor decided to have a clear out. And when it arrived at Cardiff food bank - the tin of long since discontinued kidney soup was at least 46-years-old. The Heinz ‘ready to eat’ Kidney Soup, priced at 10d (24p in 'new' money) was handed into to the Trussell Tr...

This year’s IFA 2017 tradeshow is only just underway , but Acer is already churning out tech news – including a tempting selection of new laptops. Back to school season is upon us, which is why it’s no surprise to see Taiwanese tech giant Acer launching a range of new slim, lightweight notebooks that could be the perfect choice for essay-burdened students in desperate need of a Netflix binge. “Acer is constantly bringing the latest technology to its notebooks across the portfolio to give people the personal computing experience they demand in an always-on, digitally-driven world,” said Jerry Kao, President of IT Products at Acer. “Whether for work, play or creating, in the office or on-the-go, Acer offers a wide range of products to meet diverse and unique needs of the modern user,” he added. We’ve rounded up all the details on Acer’s new gear, which you’ll find below. Acer Switch 7 Black Edition Acer’s new Switch 7 Black Edition is the crème de la crème of t...

MICROSOFT'S email service Outlook apparently went down earlier and prevented thousands of users from accessing their messages. Those trying to log in were said to have been hit with an error page since the issue was first reported around midday. Skype users were also said to be having trouble logging in and Xbox owners were reportedly struggling to access their "Live" accounts. Both are run by Microsoft. Issues with Outlook were said to have been reported across Europe and the US. At roughly 7.30pm in UK the email service appeared to back up and running. into tree Twitter user Pablo Sanz tweeted at Microsoft Support: "Not working for me. "I can access via web, not in iPhone mail client. "I get blank page after the user/password validation." Microsoft replied: "Hi Pablo, we're aware of this issue. "Our engineers are already working for a fix. "Please bear with us." Last mont...

At its Next@Acer event in New York on Thursday, Acer expanded its Swift series portfolio to launch the Swift 1 and Swift 3 laptops. Both the devices will first arrive in China this year, followed by North America and EMEA in June this year. The company has also launched an all-new Aspire series with a range of new laptops catering to different consumer needs. Lastly, it also unveiled the Aspire U27 all-in-one PC and a fesh Predator gaming line- Acer Swift 1 and Swift 3 Diving in, the Swift 3 has a choice of 14-inch or 15.6-inch full-HD anti-glare displays, seventh-generation Intel Core processors, Intel HD or Nvidia GeForce graphics, and offers up to 10 hours of battery life. It runs on Windows 10, supports up to 512GB SSDs or spacious 1TB HDDs, up to 8GB of memory, and 2x2 MIMO 802.11ac wireless technology. The Acer Swift 3 is touted to be lightweight at just 1.8kg, support a HD webcam, backlit keyboard, and USB 3.1 Type-C port. The Swift 3 series will be available in North America...

The email search uncovered messages from Kibkalo to the blogger containing fixes for the Windows 8 RT operating system before they were released publicly. The complaint alleges Kibkalo also shared a software development kit that could be used by hackers to understand more about how Microsoft uses product keys to activate software. Besides the email search, Microsoft also combed through instant messages the two exchanged that September. Microsoft also examined files in Kibkalo's cloud storage account, which until last month was called SkyDrive. Kibkalo is accused of using SkyDrive to share files with the blogger. Kibkalo has since relocated to Russia, the FBI complaint says. Frank said in his statement that no court order was needed to conduct the searches. "Courts do not issue orders authorising someone to search themselves," he said. "Even when we have probable cause, it's not feasible to ask a court to order us to search ourselves." Hotmail...