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Big Brother's Tim Dormer enjoys a naked holiday with fiancé Ash Toweel at resort in Queensland

Former Big Brother winner Tim Dormer recently admitted he and his fiancé Ash Toweel like to use Tinder to meet other men.




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Lisa Clark looks elegant in a skin-tight dress with risqué cut outs at Sheraton Grand in Sydney

Former Big Brother star Lisa Clarke has cut an elegant figure in a skin tight dress with risqué cut outs at the launch of the Sheraton Grand in Sydney.




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Tim Dormer and Ash Toweel attend a restaurant opening in Sydney

Former Big Brother winner Tim Dormer admitted in September that he and his fiancé Ash Toweel like to use Tinder to meet other men.




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Big Brother's Reggie Bird shares heartbreaking photos of her son Lucas, 9, battling cystic fibrosis

Reggie Bird, 44, has shared heartbreaking images of her nine-year-old son Lucas' battle with cystic fibrosis.




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Ex Big Brother star Jade Albany was forced to remove her facial mole

Former Australian Big Brother star Jade Albany Pietrantonio has revealed why she had to remove her distinctive mole from her face.




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Big Brother's openly gay housemate Dave Graham celebrates inclusion ahead of Mardi Gras

He was one of Australia's first openly gay Big Brother contestants.




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Big Brother star Tim Dormer speaks out against climate change amid bushfires

Former Big Brother winner Tim Dormer has spoken out against climate change, amid Australia's ongoing bushfire crisis. 




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What does YOUR urine say about you? Doctors dub pee samples 'lie detector tests'

Shazney, 19, from Norfolk and Michelle, 40, from Fife are among the thousands of people to have their urine sampled for Channel 5's The Great British Urine Test, which airs tonight at 10pm.




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Argentine pastor could face a year in jail for selling fake gel that cures followers of coronavirus 

Héctor Aníbal Giménez, a pastor in Argentina, is being investigated for selling a alcohol hand gel which he claimed cures the coronavirus.




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MARTIN KEOWN: Marvelling at Kevin Keegan as a kid in 1974... How I fell in love with football

MARTIN KEOWN: I watched every minute of it, from the build-up, to the players walking out in front of 100,000 at Wembley, to Keegan scoring twice for Liverpool in a very one-sided 3-0 win.




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Anxiety around coronavirus crisis is leading Australians to abuse alcohol and cannabis

Director of the National Drugs and Alcohol Research Centre Professor Michael Farrel said alcohol and cannabis consumption would increase as anxiety and stress continues to grow




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Dad, 69, who shot his daughter in the face is freed from jail so he doesn't get coronavirus

Rodney Madex, 69, shot his daughter Tammy, then 44, at his Glengarry North home in Victoria in January 2019.




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Luann de Lesseps admits she's drinking again on the Naughty But Nice podcast

The Real Housewives Of New York star admitted she drinks occasionally now that she's finished with her year-long probation, though she said she hadn't had a drink in a month.




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Alcohol delivery company shares how social distancing has changed the way we drink 

A drinks retailer has noted some 'interesting changes' in the last two weeks with how Australians are consuming their alcohol.




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Spike in alcohol-related hospitalisations as Australians struggle to cope with coronavirus anxiety

The chairman of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Trauma Committee, John Crozier, said emergency departments had reported a rise in alcohol trauma cases over the weekend.




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Alcohol buying limits brought in at Dan Murphy's and BWS bottle shops

Dan Murphy's and BWS will limit the amount of booze Australians can buy at their bottle shops because of people hoarding alcohol.




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X Factor's Lucy Spraggan displays her INCREDIBLE abs in topless snap

The musician, 28, showcased her impressive six-pack in a topless photo shared to her Instagram page on Saturday, after dropping three dress sizes.




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COVID-19: The $10 beauty alternative to hand sanitiser - and there's still plenty in stock

The scarcity of hand sanitiser has skyrocketed since COVID-19 reached Australian shores on January 25, but this hand cream does the same thing - and it smells a whole lot nicer.




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Fewer died from alcohol poisoning in Russia after warm winter saw drinkers ditch vodka for WINE 

Just over 600 people died from alcohol poisoning in January, a 37 per cent drop compared to the same month last year. And average temperatures in Moscow were more than 20F higher than last year.




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NYC Bar owner is arrested for 'opening speakeasy where a dozen people were drinking' amid shutdown

Vasil Pando, 56, of Brooklyn, New York, violated mandated social distancing orders by hosting a dozen people inside a speakeasy bar to gamble and drink




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Supermarket shelves fully stocked with Easter Eggs as no one is panic buying or stockpiling them

Chocolate aisles up and down the UK are fully stocked with edible eggs with just two weeks to go until the Easter weekend.




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Autonomous cars 'will lead to more binge drinking', study finds

Researchers from Curtin University, Australia, say if a group don't need to assign a designated driver due to having an autonomous car, they will likely drink more.




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New Zealand bar slammed for coronavirus April Fool's joke pretending they were going to be open

Chapel Bar and Bistro, in Auckland, took to social media on Tuesday night to make the false announcement they would be open on Wednesday and selling cheap alcohol.




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Vodka producer make the drink from captured carbon dioxide

Brooklyn based Air Co was a finalist for the Carbon XPrize, designed to create a profitable way to capture and reuse greenhouse gases.




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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan reveals how to stop trolls from 'Zoom-bombing' calls

Millions of Americans are using Zoom during the coronavirus pandemic, but many have reported being 'Zoom-bomed' by trolls. Now, the app's CEO has revealed how to keep to your meetings safe.




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Hospital worker, 33, is arrested for 'stealing a box of masks from her job'

Otsego County Sheriff Richard Devlin, said Josie Wright, 33, was taken into custody for stealing masks (file image) and other medical supplies from Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, NY.




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Coronavirus US: Alcohol sales soar by 55% during lockdown

US sales of alcoholic beverages rose 55 per cent in the week ending March 21, according to market research firm Nielsen.




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Internet trolls hack Alcohol Anonymous Zoom calls

Internet trolls have hacked into several Alcoholics Anonymous video conference calls this week where they shout insults and torment members about the taste of alcohol.




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Australia to ship alcohol to Taiwan in exchange for material used to make face masks 

Australia has agreed to send Taiwan one million litres of alcohol to make sanitiser and vaccines in exchange for three tonnes of material to make face masks.  




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Best skin brightening products for glowing skin 2020

External aggressors, hormones, too much alcohol and stress levels can often leave our skin a little dull and lacklustre. The good news is there are plenty of beauty products that can help.




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How to make hand sanitiser at home

Stephanie Gibri, from California, filmed a DIY-tutorial for her YouTube channel, showing how you can use aloe vera, rubbing alcohol and essential oils to make the much-coveted gel.




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Zoom's latest security flaw allows hackers to steal customers' Microsoft Windows credentials

A new report reveals vulnerability in the videoconferencing software Zoom that lets cybercriminals steal users' Microsoft Window credentials who click on a link shared in a chat.




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Man fined £1,400 after threatening to kill neighbour who tried to break up lockdown 'party' 

Janis Zalitis, 29, received a note through his letter box stating that police would be called if the group did not leave the property in St Peter Port, Guernsey. Pictured: Guernsey's Royal Court.




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Celeb chef Ina Garten shares a video of herself mixing up an ENORMOUS Cosmopolitan

The Food Network star, 72, shared a tip for getting through quarantine: drink. She mixed up one of her favorite cocktails in a new Instagram video




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Married At First Sight: The bizarre way producers riled up the cast at the reunion

Married At First Sight producers went to extreme lengths to rile up the participants while filming Tuesday night's reunion dinner party on January 15.




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TOM UTLEY: If a drink was good enough for Churchill in the war, who am I to turn down the bottle? 

TOM UTLEY: A technical officer at the World Health Organisation warns us that drinking alcohol is an 'unhelpful coping strategy' during the lockdown.




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Ex-receptionist, 39, sues New Jersey dentist office, says staff partied too hard

Nadia Zevallos claims supervisor Lilly Almeida got away with her behavior because she was having a 'flirtatious and possibly romantic relationship' with dentist David Paltac.'




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Man who deliberately coughed on shoppers in Christchurch supermarket blames stunt on alcohol 

The man was arrested in Christchurch on New Zealand's south island on Saturday night and charged with endangering life by criminal nuisance and obstruction of a medical officer of health.




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Noel Gallagher admits he has stockpiled on alcohol amid coronavirus lockdown

While people have been encouraged not to stockpile food and toilet paper to ensure there is enough for everyone, Noel, 52, admitted he has been susceptible to panic buying.




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Australian cosmetic surgeon launches antibacterial hand sanitiser that kills 99.99% of germs

Perth plastic surgeon Dr Anh Nguyen, 41, has teamed up with natural skincare brand Biotopica to launch an 'alcohol-free' antibacterial spray which offers 24 hour protection against most viruses.




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Married At First Sight: Jo McPharlin denies weight loss surgery as she's branded 'too skinny'

Married At First Sight's Jo McPharlin has denied undergoing weight loss surgery after being body-shamed and labelled 'too skinny' by Internet trolls.




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No more corked wine! Secret method 'guarantees all bottles' will NOT spoil

Family-owned cork-making behemoth Amorim in Portugal says it has now developed a secret procedure that expels the troublesome chemical compound causing corked wine.




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Tatler reveals the aristocrats who've turned their back on booze

British blue-blooded beauties Lady Lola Crichton-Stuart, 20, Lady Mary Charteris, 32, and Rose Van Cutsem, 40, are among the poster girls for the new sober society set.




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Retired Rockies slugger Todd Helton sentenced to two days in jail for 2019 DUI

Retired Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton has been sentenced to two days in jail after pleading guilty last month to a DUI charge from 2019. He has reportedly gone through a treatment program.




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Grieving mother is racked with guilt after her son's death

EXCUSLIVE: Jane, 60, from Lancashire, is grieving the death of her only child, Lee Mulligan, 34, who hanged himself in her garden just hours after celebrating her 60th birthday.




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Instagram influencers ask bars and restaurants for freebies amid coronavirus

Actor Harry Cook was named and shamed online after asking wine company P & V Wine + Liquor Merchants for free alcohol in exchange for social media promotion.




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Amazon eye masks for dark under-eye circles

Tired of looking so tired? If you need to minimise the appearance of dark circles and under-eye bags and have given up on most eye treatments, look no further.




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Flume says he was headed down the same path as DJ Avicii who died aged just 28

Flume has revealed that he was heading down the same path as DJ Avicii who died tragically, aged just 28, in 2018. 




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Australia's panic buying may be ending, Commonwealth Bank credit card data shows

The Commonwealth Bank, Australia's biggest bank, has released new credit card data showing spending on food and alcohol had dived for several weeks in a row.




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Ambulance worker urges people to stay home in Facebook video after seeing people in beer garden

Ambulance worker Sophie-Louise Dennis spotted a group of ten-to-15 drinking in the beer garden of a closed pub along Tonbridge Road, Maidstone while she was working.