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This wholesome TikTok trend involves prioritising self-care. (Photo: Pexels/Mikhail Nilov)

What is a dopamine menu? TikTok trend explained

Teens living on the street sniff paint thinner. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Boy 'fights for life' after trying deadly 'chroming craze’

An optician debunks social media eye health hack myths. (Photo: Pexels/Anna Shvets)

Optician debunks TikTok eye health hacks

These are the most followed accounts on TikTok as of September 2024. Photo: Getty Images

11 most popular accounts on TikTok in 2024

Khaby Lame. Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images

Meet the TikTok star your kids are probably watching

Social media users went wild for "Chase bank glitch" but it has real life consequences. Photo: Getty Images/ Twitter

TikTok users tried to get ‘free money’ from a bank, it didn’t end well

Clips from Skibidi Toilet shorts on YouTube. Photo: DaFuqBoom!/ YouTube

What is the deal with skibidi toilet - and if it is dangerous for kids

Henry Rowley Tour Picture

Internet sensation Henry Rowley coming to Belfast

Alcohol: 5 viral wines you need to try according to “winefluencers” on TikTok (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Viral wines you need to try - according to TikTok's "winefluencers"

Former councillor Terry Westgate says tourists eager to get the perfect snap have trashed public flowerbeds in an "absolute tragedy' for the city.

Watch: Locals say tourists trashing flowerbeds to get Insta pictures

The Teenage Cancer Trust warns against ‘sunburning’ trend on social media. (Photo: Pixabay/Pexels)

TikTok's 'sunburning' trend explained - and why it's so dangerous

Abbie Guy, 26, with partner Callum Guy, 27, and their children Ava, five, and George, three.

Watch: Parents tell kids their birthdays are different day each year

Blake Lively attends the "It Ends With Us" UK Gala Screening. Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Sony Pictures

Why social media users are angry at It Ends With Us film

A letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) to the information commissioner argues TikTok could be in breach of UK law. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

Six of the funniest TikTok videos in history

Screenshots from Jools Lebron's TikTok. Photo: TikTok

Why your kids might be suddenly saying ‘demure’ a lot

Sunisa Lee has joined in on Olympic TikTok trend (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

What are your kids watching on TikTok? Olympic trend explained
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A car burns on Parliament Road, in Middlesbrough, during an anti-immigration riot. Credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

What being done to stop spread of misinformation amid UK Riots

Dermatologists advise that we apply sunscreen everyday. (Photo: Pexels/Karolina Kaboompics)

Is sunscreen bad for you? 'Dangerous' TikTok trend debunked

What is the deal with the Watashi Wa Star TikTok trend? (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

What parents need to know about TikTok’s Watashi Wa Star trend

There be witches on TikTok. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Why your kids might be watching witches on TikTok

I am absolutely obsessed with this one brand of ice cream

Screen grabs from tiny green mall wizard videos from TikTok

The viral TikTok green wizard explained

Find out what some of the most popular internet slang words/ phrases in 2024 actually mean - and what your kids are actually saying

Internet slang your kids might use and meanings - explained

Chocolate lovers are flying to Dubai for a viral chocolate bar. (Stock images for illustrative purposes by Getty/ATTA KENARE/GUILLAUME BAPTISTE/GIUSEPPE CACACE)

The viral chocolate bar that has Brits flying to Dubai to try out

Jessie Hallett and Lloyd Rowlands who are set to travel around Australia.

Watch: Woman books Australia trip with gym crush she met 5 days before

TikTok is working on Snapchat style streaks. (Picture: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images)

TikTok is copying Snapchat’s best feature and it could launch soon

Nobletts Wallpaper, a fourth-generation family business, is proudly celebrating its 85th year in business. Pictured are David Thompson, Paula Nesbitt, Paul Moneypenny, Michele McEvoy, Leonie Cooke and Tim Noblett

NI fourth-generation wallpaper firm celebrates 85 years in business
Established in 1939, Belfast’s beloved Nobletts Wallpaper has seamlessly adapted to the digital age, finding success producing videos that have garnered over 1 million views from around the world
Claire Cartmill

Aileen McGuire pictured selling sell a range of fashion jewellery and accessories along with some handmade pieces at a local stall

Love Your Local: 'My journey from a lockdown hobby to NI's ‘jewellery girl’

Karim Akhtar and Sully Lauren mistook a Premier Inn for the Northern Lights.

Watch: Friends mistake Premier Inn for Northern Lights

Newtownabbey man Jim Moore, aka Only Slaggin, has been endorsed by Gordon Ramsey

Only Slaggin gets seal of approval from Gordon Ramsay

Advocating the ambitious: The Apprentice & Dragons’ Den

The Smartphone Free Childhood organisation wants parents not to give their children smartphones until they are aged at least 14

Ian Ellis: Smartphones are a brilliant advance for humanity but come with perils

Anya Lautenbach’s garden.

Gardens: Cost-saving tips for a beautiful garden

Shaun Tookey cleans graves as a side hustle but hopes one day to make it a full time job. Picture: SWNS

Grave cleaning a "peaceful" & "satisfying" side hustle

A fare dodger who posted tips on TikTok about how to avoid paying for train journeys has been caught and fined more than £700 Picture: East Midlands Railway / SWNS

TikTok fare dodger fined - after telling followers not to buy tickets

Owners of Ooh & Aah Cookies, Ruth Armstrong and Barbara-Anne Mc Mullan are joined by members of their growing team as the Ballyclare-based bakery that creates freshly-baked personalised letterbox cookies announces it has experienced a 100% increase in business and created four new jobs after finding success on TikTok, utilising the platform to create a seven-figure sales channel. Credit: PressEye.com

Tiktok success helps Ballyclare's 'smart cookies' increase business by 100%

TikTok yob Kane Tilney, 23, regularly hurtled around Darlington on his motorbike and filmed his exploits which he posted on social media. But all police had to do to gather evidence against him was to watch his videos... Picture: Northumberland Police / SWNS

TikTok bike yob jailed after police use boastful videos as evidence

Jemma Murphy from Solihull is obsessed with the noughties decade and her house reflects that!

'Take a look inside my ‘00s house - I’m obsessed with the year 2000’

Millie Ray, a five-month-old baby with abnormally thick hair, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2023. See SWNS story SWSMhair. This baby has such an impressive head of hair that people think she's wearing a wig. Millie Ray, a five-month-old, was born with thick hair, and it has now grown so thick that people assume she's wearing a wig for babies. Julia Zhou, AGE, and Alex Kwong, AGE, Millie's parents say that people are fascinated by the tot's impressive mop of hair. They often ask the young parents, from Vancouver, B.C., Canada, if she is wearing a wig and assume she's older than she is.

Baby's hair is so thick that people think it's a wig

A mum was trolled for spending just £100 budget on each child's Christmas presents - but says she doesn't want to "spoil" them. Samantha Mary, 35, decided to set a budget for main presents and stocking gifts for this Christmas for her one-year-old son, Jack, and nine-year-old step-daughter, Isabella. She spent £20 on stocking presents filling them with items including scrunchies, car toys, and shower gel, and £80 on main presents. She bought her son a railway set and toys for his kitchen set and found her step-daughter an art set and Lilo and Stitch vest and pants.

Mum says she's had TikTok abuse for Christmas presents budget

Black pudding and bacon batter, hash browns, tomatoes, mushrooms, with bacon and orange marmalade drizzle. Hampton by Hilton is trailaling limited edition British Breakfast Waffle Trio as part of its free hot breakfast included in every stay

The ingredients that go into a Full English Waffle

Stills from the footage of the protest in Belfast

Palestine protestors parade through west Belfast Sainsbury's supermarket

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TikTok finds and shuts down secret operation to stir up conflict in Ireland

TikTok has been fined 345 million euro (£296 million) by Ireland's data watchdog following an investigation into how the social media platform processed children's data

TikTok fined after investigation into how they process children’s data

Former heroin addict Lynsey Brown from Newtownabbey now competes as a runner for Ireland

Ex-drug addict helping others to heal

Paul and Karen Smith are taking part in a charity fundraiser in memory of their son Harry (Credit: The Wonky Heart Challenge)

Couple’s suicide awareness fundraiser goes viral on TikTok

Why McDonald’s Grimace Shake trend went viral & how to make your own

A line of coloured pots containing herbs on a garden ledge.

Gardens: Small can be beautiful

TikTok will add a new text posts feature to the platform

TikTok adds text-only posts as social media battle continues

Watch as group of animals surround woman in a real life Snow White moment

Watch as woman has Snow White moment in a Florida park

Mariko Aoki phenomenon: TikTok revives incredible Japanese urban legend about pooping in bookshops

Mariko Aoki phenomenon: Why does shopping induce the urge to poo?

McDonald’s fans left drooling as new Lotus Biscoff McFlurry rumours

McDonald’s Biscoff McFlurry rumours leave fans drooling

Dog walkers could be fined for having their dogs off the lead in areas it's not permitted in Fenland

Vet shares list of common household items which are toxic to dogs

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Love Island star addresses homophobic tweets

‘Mizzy’, whose real name is Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, of Manor Road, Hackney was charged with failing to comply with a Community Protection Notice and will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (May 24).

TikTok prankster Mizzy arrested again days after court appearance