Month: March 2025

The teacher appeared to be smirking away his screen, not even realising the 13 and 14-year-olds were filming him as the pornography was shown behind him.

The 62-year-old was teaching a physics lesson in Tashkinovo village, near the Russian city of Neftekamsk. But at the same time, he was seemingly watching an X-rated video on his laptop.

And pretty unfortunately for him, it was connected to the electronic blackboard behind him, with a pupil sneakily filming the whole thing from behind his physics textbook – causing it to go viral.

At first, a school source tried to point the blame on the teens, saying they were playing a prank on the veteran teacher.

But he ended up admitting to education officials: “I clicked on something, and some website opened.”

He claimed he’d been trying to open up an online journal and hadn’t intended to watch the explicit content – that was certainly more biology adjacent than physics. It’s reported that the teacher had forgotten his laptop was connected to the screen in class.

The school’s headmistress described the teacher as being ‘in shock’ after footage from the classroom went viral.

Unsurprisingly, there was a whole load of anger from parents and he decided to quit with immediate effect. The school had apparently wanted him to stay on his role, having had what was said to be an exemplary career to that point.

A source said it wouldn’t be an easy task to find a physics teacher up to the standard to be able to replace him.

The teacher was ‘valued and respected at the school’, having been there for nearly 40 years. It backed up that this NSFW broadcast was ‘accidental’.

After the footage of the incident went viral on social media, the school launched a review.

In her initial response to the scandalous situation, the headmistress said ‘comments will come later’.

“I need to hear both sides: I have already talked to the children, the parents, and I will talk to the teacher,” she said.

“Only after I hear both sides will I make a decision. No comments yet.”

It’s reported that the laptop that had this ‘accidental’ showing of the porn onto the electronic board in class has been confiscated with a law enforcement probe underway in the region of Bashkortostan.

While many remember Neil Armstrong for taking the first steps on the Moon, it’s easy to forget that Buzz Aldrin was the subject in one of the most memorable snaps in the history of the human race.

Unfortunately, a minority may believe that the moon landing was fake, as conspiracy theorists over the years have chosen not to accept the historic event, for whatever reason.

Scientists have worked hard in the decades since the first landing to gather information about our sole Moon, and while our knowledge about it may have increased, the photos taken on its surface haven’t got any better.

It also doesn’t help that humans last stepped on the Moon in December 1972.

But now, one ‘digital archaeologist’ on Reddit has gone out of his way to find more details in these existing NASA images.

Michael Ranger began his journey with the photo above, taken by Commander Neil Armstrong of Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin.

Unfortunately, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins was made to man Apollo 11 and remain in lunar orbit while his colleagues explored the Moon and collected samples.

If you look closely, you can see the reflection of Armstrong in the visor, as well as our own planet – if you squint hard enough.

So, how did Ranger do it?

Speaking to PetaPixel, he explained: “The visors of the spacesuits are coated with gold, so I colour corrected the gold out of it using the full photo as a colour reference to the real world colours.”

Ranger managed to sharpen what was in the visor, and turn it into a panoramic 360° image.

He explained: “I also added more room in the initial photo crop around the edges of the visor so that when it was unwrapped it would more accurately account for the space in the final 360° image that represents the inside of his helmet.”

Then, he points out: “Notice the pale blue dot.”

That’s our planet – over eight billion lives wake up and go to sleep every day, on that tiny ‘blue dot’.

In the image, you can see Armstrong in higher resolution, next to the Eagle lunar lander, operating the chest-mounted Hasselblad camera.

You can see our world in the top-right of the frame.

He also turned it into a panoramic ‘POV’ video, which you can view here.

People were amazed in the comments, as one wrote: “This is actually amazing. Super unique idea I can’t believe I’ve never seen before. I bet you could do this with a lot of Apollo pictures!”

Another said: “Well damn. You just made it possible for people to live the moment. Thank you!”

A third pointed out: “Wow that’s so cool to just discover another angle of the famous moon landing”.

Bin Laden led the terrorist group Al-Qaeda and was the man who organised the 9/11 attacks in the United States. He was discovered and killed during a raid in his Abbottabad, Pakistan compound on May 2, 2011.

Robert J. O’Neill, who shot to fame (pardon the pun) after killing the world-renowned terrorist, has undergone a big change of career in recent years, and now sells cannabis to help fellow former soldiers deal with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

But he recalled his days as a Navy SEAL in Netflix’s latest documentary, which was due to arrive on our screens on Monday 10 March, but was inexplicably delayed.

The three-part series will feature rare footage and will provide an in-depth look at how the world mobilised to hunt down bin Laden, founder of the militant Islamist organisation al-Qaida, after his orchestration of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

Featuring interviews with key figures in the US government who assisted in the global pursuit, American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden recounts the decade-long mission to capture one of the world’s most notorious terrorists.

Speaking on the documentary, Robert said: “These could be suicide bombers, but we can beat them, but we’ve gotta go now. I turn this way and standing in front of me, two feet away is Osama bin Laden.. It was one of those moments in life where things slow down.”

He added: “He’s taller than I thought, he’s skinnier than I thought, his beard was grey/white, but I recognised his nose, this is definitely him. He’s not surrendering, he’s a threat, not only to me but to my entire team, he has to die.”

The ex-SEAL has also previously spoken about what happened in the aftermath of Bin Laden’s death, including the humanity he showed towards the terrorist’s two-year-old son following his father’s graphic death.

He said: “I can hear bin Laden taking his last breath. When I shot him he fell to the foot of the bed.

“I shot him in the face three times. I moved Amal [bin Laden’s wife] and… his two-year-old son is now standing there, and this is the humanity of everything. This kid has got nothing to do with this. I’m a father. I picked him up and I move them to the back of the bed.”

There has been no update from Netflix thus far about the documentary, with screens still telling fans that the series is ‘coming soon’.

Jordan Adams, who is part of the ‘FTD Brothers’ lost his mum to dementia when she was just 52, and he and his brother Cian have inherited the rare gene which means they will also develop symptoms in their 40s.

The heartbreaking illness takes away people’s memories, and is linked to Alzheimer’s, which traditionally impacts people over the age of 65, but there are rare cases where younger people can suffer from the disease.

Jordan found out about his diagnosis with the cruel disease back in 2018, two years on from his mother’s passing. Only one percent of dementia cases are caused by inherited fault genes but Jordan and his brother were both unfortunate enough to receive the devastating diagnosis.

He said: “It’s cruel because I know exactly what is coming. I’ve watched every stage of that process of seeing my mum being stripped of everything that made her who she was and the effect that it had not only on her but the people around her.

“I’ve got a great opportunity, despite the sadness of my circumstances, to make a difference to change the lives of thousands of people in the future.”

Jordan is now an ambassador for Alzheimer’s Research UK and he recently discussed his diagnosis with award-winning actor and fellow ambassador Brian Cox in a recent film.

Brian said: “I am full of admiration for Jordan. Not many people of his age would have the courage to accept their diagnosis the way he has. This has taken huge courage on his part and that is something one has to admire and have respect for.”

Brian, whose brother and brother-in-law died after being diagnosed with dementia, has teamed up with Jordan to support the Omaze Million Pound House Draw in Scotland, with money raised from the draw going towards Alzheimer’s Research UK and the charity’s ongoing search for a cure.

Jordan said: “It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience sitting down with Brian and sharing my story with him, to support this fantastic campaign between Alzheimer’s Research UK and Omaze.

“Brian was very compassionate. As well as listening to my story, he also shared his own experience with dementia within his family, which just goes to show that anyone can be impacted by this devastating condition.”

He added: “Sharing my story to raise awareness and support dementia research has opened up some incredible opportunities for me, like this one with Omaze.

“The money raised from this partnership will do so much to help ensure other families won’t be devastated by dementia like my family has been.”

From today (12 March), there will be a 25 percent surcharge on any of the metals which are brought into the US from abroad, including on imports from the UK.

Industry bosses on our side of the pond have warned that Trump’s hike in taxes on goods is comparable to ‘taking a sledgehammer’ to free trade, with UK Steel saying it will have ‘huge ramifications’.

A host of people have been left pondering over what this actually means for our country, considering the US is our second largest export market for steel and aluminium after Europe.

William Bain, head of trade policy for the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), has now shared his expert opinion on what consequences Trump’s tariffs will have for the average person in the UK.

He explained that this plunges both countries on either side of the Atlantic into a ‘new age of uncertainty’, while sharing a wartime-inspired call to action for business owners in Britain.

“Keep calm and carry on exporting,” Bain told LADbible. “These are quite difficult times, but it’s important to emphasise just how important our US/UK commercial relationships are.

“They’ve gone on for centuries, they will go on for centuries. We’ve had tariffs from the US before and we carried on trading. The important thing is not to panic.

“There will be some impacts here, but we can work to mitigate them.

“I think the strength of our commercial, cultural and many other ties with the US will win – we will get through this period and still continue to have a close relationship with the US economy and society.”

Starting off with a dose of positivity might hopefully make the rest of Bain’s assessment of the tariffs a bit easier to swallow – but don’t worry, us lot don’t come off too badly.

The trade policy chief, who advised on Brexit, explained that the BCC has been advising a host of UK firms over the last week about how to handle this situation – down to how to best go about contacting US customs.

Bain said it’s a ‘really worrying and uncertain time’ for a host of business owners who are being forced to navigate this unknown territory alone, as these tariffs apply to a ‘broad range’ of steel and aluminium goods.

It’s not just the likes of car manufacturers who will feel the hit, as the former Labour MP explained that a lot of ‘downstream products’ are also slapped with the 25 percent tariffs too, rather than just large-scale exports.

“Things like tinfoil, a sofa that’s got a steel frame in it, construction materials that have steel plus a concrete element in it…it’s goods that have steel in them which are now affected as well,” he continued.

“So there’s a big range of companies affected by it, and it is a concern.”

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he intended to take a ‘pragmatic approach’ to the tariffs while negotiating an economic deal with the US.

Bain believes that the UK will probably start to notice the effects that the tariffs will have on trade with the US by mid-March, as he reckons there’s going to be a significant reduction in what we’re exporting.

Still, he remains certain that better days will be on the horizon soon enough…and if not, companies ought to consider prioritising commerce in other countries instead.

“Things will correct themselves over time,” Bain said. “Companies are putting strategies in place, they’ll look at diversifying trade as well. So they’ll adjust, but it could be a painful few weeks or months ahead.”

But it’s our American counterparts who are going to bear the brunt of this fallout, as they are the ones who have to put their hands in their pockets and fork out for the 25 percent tariffs.

Bain reckons that consumers in the States could end up coughing up at least another £14billion a year for these costs.

Despite this, Trump insisted the introduction of the tariffs marks the ‘beginning of making America rich again’, promising they will protect US manufacturing and increase jobs.

“It is a matter of fact that it is going to be the importers in the States who have to pay these taxes in order for the goods to be released from the port and go into supply chains or warehouses or shops,” Bain went on.

He added: “I think the concern for businesses over here is, will the customers in the US still want to buy at those prices? That is the concern, and also the uncertainty.

“[Trump] has chopped and changed an awful lot, sometimes every couple of hours. So businesses don’t know whether they are coming or going.”

I’m A Celebrity… winner Jones turns 39 today, however his birthday may look a little different from normal, as the musician is currently facing media scrutiny after a video which showed Love Island star and fellow campmate Higgins leaning in to kiss him in viral footage.

The clip came as a shock to viewers, as Jones had previously spoken about his 10-year marriage to wife Georgia Horsley while in the ITV camp.

Neither Jones, his wife or Higgins have since addressed the video publicly, which had been shared by The Sun on 1 March.

However, the McFly singer has now resurfaced on Instagram to reshare a number of birthday posts from friends and fans — which included numerous messages of support.

“Happy birthday to someone who can light up a room with just a simple smile,” read one kind fan message, alongside a snap of Jones on stage.

“Hope you have a wonderful day Danny. you so deserve it please remember especially today how loved and cared about you are by so many people hope you are well keep smiling that amazing smile.”

“Happy birthday @dannyjonesofficial please just have a good birthday ur amazing never forget that,” penned another fan, finishing the message off with a strong of celebration emojis.

“Happy birthday, mushy. You will shine again,” read a third message.

Messages also included kind words from the likes of bandmate Tom Fletcher, who wrote: “Happy birthday, mush Looking forward to standing on stage with you soon.”

Jones’ campmate and Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall also chimed in with a picture of the pair in camp together, alongside a ‘Happy Birthday’ message and a king emoji.

Jones spoke about the importance of his marriage during his time in the ITV jungle, with Georgia later seen emotionally reuniting with the singer after he was crowned King of the Jungle.

Georgia has been relatively active on the social media platform, sharing images of the couple’s seven-year-old son. However she has turned comments off on recent posts.

Meanwhile Higgins has shared a roundup of images detailing her outfit from the fateful Brit Awards evening, with the post seeing a several comments from fans asking what had happened between her and Jones.

She has since stayed away from posting grid photos, but has kept followers up to date with her work commitments in the US.

It might be one of the most bizarre occurrences ever, and something you’d only really experience in a bad dream, but Rev Mike Hall went through this in 2021.

The British reverend had bought the Luton home in 1990, but found out over three decades later that somebody had impersonated him and sold the property on for just £131,000.

Hall had been working in North Wales when he was told by his neighbours back in Luton that the lights at his property were on, and that someone was in.

After the long drive back, he found that a new owner was carrying out some building work.

BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours did some further investigating, as the locks had been changed and all of the Hall’s furniture and belongings had been taken out.

“I tried my key in the front door, it didn’t work and a man opened the front door to me – and the shock of seeing the house completely stripped of furniture, everything was out of the property,” he said.

The team managed to obtain the fake driving license that was used to impersonate him, a bank account set up to receive the payment, and even phone recordings of someone pretending to be Hall, telling solicitors to sell the property.

But this week, the reverend finally received some good news.

On Monday (10 March), the BBC reported that Rev Mike Hall was told by Judge Elaine Vignoli at Luton County Court that he would be granted outright possession of the home within 14 days.

He admitted he was ‘quite angry’ about the course of events in the past few years, calling the situation ‘quite sad’ for him and the family that have now been ordered to move out of the home.

This comes more than a year after his name was listed as the owner of the terraced house on the Land Registry back in November 2023, shortly before another problem came up.

Upon arriving at the property at the time, he found that one of its back windows was smashed, while the front door’s lock was ‘punched out’.

Hall believed squatters were living in the home, as curtains were closed, lights were on, and the boiler was being used.

At the time, the reverend said that approximately £60,000 worth of damage had been done, with Bedfordshire Police advising him to obtain an Interim Possession Order to get the two alleged squatters arrested.

After Hall reclaimed rightful ownership of the home, a BBC reporter went to the address, speaking to a man, woman, and young child that lived at the residence through a forged rental contract.

Luckily, Hall has finally managed to have the property returned to him after years of drama.

And yet for the Clifford family, an octopus is the only pet their marine creature obsessed son wanted. After years of begging, US parents Cameron Clifford and his partner finally gave into their son Cal’s wishes to have an eight-legged friend — which had been a dream of his since he was three years old.

On 11 October, 2023 Cal’s dream of owning an octopus would finally come true when he was presented with Terrance for his ninth birthday.

Given that an octopus isn’t a commonly owned pet, there aren’t too many instruction manuals for parents looking to indulge their children’s marine fascinations.

With the Clifford family swiftly found out after a mix-up with Terrance’s gender would leave the family looking after an additional 50 baby octopuses to take care of — and it wasn’t long before their home was completely overrun.

Caring for so many octopuses was also pretty costly for the Oklahoma family ending up with a pretty hefty set of bills from spilled water and small electrical fires as well as setting up impromptu aquariums all over the home.

“Do not get a pet octopus unless you’re ready to lose sleep and your kids’ college fund simultaneously,” Cameron joked in an interview with USA Today, when asked about what it was like to own an entire octopus family, after the family TikTok account @doctoktopus went viral.

However the marine aficionados among us will be aware that tragedy was on the horizon for the Cliffords, as a female octopus laying eggs typically signals they are reaching the end of their lifespan.

Sadly, the eight-legged social media star – who had over 450,000 followers – passed away on 22 April, 2024, with the Clifford’s posting a poignant tribute online to their late pet.

“It was, understandably, a very sad day. After laying eggs, Terrance lived another astounding 135 days.

“Cal chose the name Terrance after a rebellious character in a book he had recently read. For many reasons, I always thought it was an odd name for an octopus.

“Life can be sad but still full of meaning and even though this tank now sits empty, this sleeping boy [Cal] just three feet from it, now feels his soul a little more full. So much joy from a not so tiny octopus.”

Despite the fact Terrance had somewhat destroyed their home – which has been taken over by tanks for her babies, while being damaged by water spills and small electrical fires – they adored her being a member of their brood.

The family also went on to look after Terrance’s offspring, with around half of the brood surviving, a feat which astonished researchers.

Activity on the family’s TikTok account has since declined, with a final post from the Cliffords showing that the octopuses were now teenagers in July 2024.

Alzheimer’s is a brain disorder that causes memory loss, confusion, and changes in behaviour. It’s the most common cause of dementia in older people.

While there is no cure for the disease, experts have been able to identify some of the key indicators, including a recent study which suggests that people who take significantly longer to start the dream phase of sleep – a period of sleep that is known as rapid eye movement (REM) – may be experiencing an early symptom of the disease.

Meanwhile, a 74-year-old former neurologist was able to diagnose himself with the disease after spotting a specific symptom when he was 55 – losing his sense of smell.

He has opened up in a recent YouTube video about his diagnosis and some of the challenges he was facing at an early age, which encouraged him to seek out medical help.

He said: “So I got diagnosed eight months ago, and I think my symptoms probably started about two/two-and-a-half years before that.

“It’s funny because I don’t remember what my symptoms really were initially, all I remember was having some pretty big memory flaws, I remember I was sitting down to watch a movie once and my partner’s gone, ‘yeah, we watched that like a month ago’.

“Anyway, I watched the whole movie, and the ending was still a complete surprise. I had no memory of watching it whatsoever, and I didn’t watch many movies either at the time. So it was a bit concerning.”

He continued: “It’s funny though because I don’t know if I’ve had symptoms like that again ever since – I’m not sure if that’s even my Alzheimer’s. I have no idea. It’s just something where it was like, ‘Oh, God, that’s a bit concerning’. I just remembered having sort of more, bigger memory issues like that as being the problem.

“At some point, though, I started having some issues with my cognition more generally, and I think that was more getting closer to the diagnosis, where I noticed that.

“It wasn’t until even probably just a few months before the diagnosis I noticed that I was having issues with just thinking, being able to think deeply. I find that I have more sort of surface level thinking, more shallow thinking.”

One of the most concerning incidents for Fraser was when he left the house to search for his daughter late at night because she wasn’t answering her phone, despite her telling him earlier in the day that she would be at the cinema.

Fraser said: “I remember once, this is early on, I remember my daughter had told me numerous times throughout the day that she’d go to the movies that night and it would be sort of quite late with a friend, and it came to night time, and I started freaking out, thinking, ‘where’s my daughter?’, I was generally freaking out.

“I was driving to the nearby town trying to see from other friends, if they were with, if she was with, if they’ve heard from her. And it got to a point where I was about to ring the police, I was that concerned.

“I’d been trying to call her, trying to phone message, trying to message her, and just not getting through to her at all. So yeah, really freaking out. And then she ends up calling me, saying, like, ‘Hey, Dad, I’ve just been in the movies. Remember, I told you?’.”

Fraser now has a system in place with his teen daughters where they text him to let him know their plans to hopefully avoid a repeat of that scary incident.

Early Onset Alzheimer’s can affect people as young as in their 30s or 40s, and while there is no cure, an early diagnosis can improve quality of life.

According to the NHS, around one in every 13 people with Alzheimer’s disease are under the age of 65.

If you’ve been affected by dementia or Alzheimer’s and would like to speak with someone in confidence, contact the Alzheimer’s Society via 0333 150 3456 or visit their website for more information.

Launched across UK Maccies as of today (12 March), the drink is usually only available in the US, Canada, and sometimes Ireland.

And those buying the drink are doing a good deed while satisfying their sweet tooth, with 20 pence from every drink going to the official Ronald McDonald House Charities UK.

Maccies said: “McDonald’s is a founding and forever partner of the Charity, which provides free ‘home away from home’ accommodation to families with children in hospital.”

We’re talking about the viral Shamrock Shake. Bright green in colour, the drink is usually released in North America and Ireland to celebrate St Patrick’s Day which this year falls on Monday (17 March).

Brits can get their hands on the Shamrock Shake right across the UK but Maccies is warning that ‘when it’s gone, it’s gone’.

So while you can buy it until Tuesday, 25 March, if it sells out before then McDonald’s is hinting that supplies wont be restocked until the end of the two-week period of availability.

Peppermint flavoured, it follows on from the viral success of the Grimace Shake in 2024 which took TikTok by storm.

Those wanting to take advantage can expect to pay £2.19 for a small Shamrock Shake; £2.69 for medium; and £3.09 for large.

The Shamrock Shake itself was created back in 1967 by Hal Rosen, a businessman in Connecticut who ran a local McDonald’s.

Serving the minty shake to mark St Paddy’s Day, it officially debuted in American McDonald’s way back in 1970. And the history of the shake has forever been connected to Maccies’ charitable arm.

“In 1974, sales from the shake helped to build the very first Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia,” McDonald’s has said of the connection.

“The mission began when the daughter of a Philadelphia Eagles player was being treated for leukemia.

“Together with local McDonald’s owner/operator Hal Rosen, McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Eagles, the family raised enough funds through Shamrock Shake sales to help open the first Ronald McDonald House as a way to keep families close during difficult times.”

Alongside the Shamrock Shake, Maccies also has got other limited edition products such as the Mars McFlurry and Mozzarella Dippers, both available until 25 March.

There’s also the Raspberry and White Chocolate Pie on the menu until 6 May.

Those buying the Shamrock Shake in the USA will see 25 cents of their purchase given to the business’ charity with a goal of $50,000 (£38,600) on the cards.