YouTube

The video-sharing site launched in February 2005 and was created by three former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. In November 2006, YouTube was sold to Google Inc for $1.65billion. Recent trends have seen users create viral videos to make money.

 

Man rescues SKUNK with head stuck in Coke can in 'most daring' moment of his life

The clip from Canada shows a Good Samaritan going to extraordinary lengths to save the stricken animal

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

What time is the Presidential debate and how can I watch in the UK?

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will go head to head in a series of live televised debates. Here's everything you need to know

Pair spark fury by scaling 235 metre TV transmitter in Flintshire

Daredevils post death-defying video of themselves scaling 235-metre TV mast - but locals aren't happy

The Moel-y-Parc transmitting station near Caerwys in  Flintshire , which was built in 1963, provides television pictures for large swathes of north east Wales

Watch these outrageous driving FAILS on Merseyside roads

Extraordinary driving FAILS captured by instructor on dashcam - and some are jaw-droppingly dangerous

Dash cam from driving instructor's car captured a range of dodgy driving

Monster anaconda found on construction site in Brazil

Man-eating anaconda measuring 10m found by construction workers who use digger to move it

Weighing an estimated 400kg, the snake's length is truly awesome and can be seen in full as the camera operator tracks from head to tail

Terrifying moment corpse of child saint who died 300 years ago suddenly opens her eyes

Tourists were visiting the Cathedral of Guadalajara in Jalisco in Mexico, where the preserved remains of Santa Inocencia are encased in glass

East 17's Brian Harvey tackles potato phobia by smashing one into fan's FACE in bizarre video

The popstar took his fear by both hands and literally hurled it away

Grossest Dr Pimple Popper video yet shows surgeon slicing open man's back and tugging out something horrifying

The footage begins with Dr Lee chatting with the patient as she prods the big fatty lump and draws where she will make her incision

'Idiot' adrenalin-seeker slammed after filming himself jumping from fourth-floor ledge of holiday hotel

The video shows the man jumping into a swimming pool in a new craze that has been branded 'balconing'

Boy accidentally hangs himself 'trying to copy prank he watched on YouTube'

The 11-year-old was found hanging in his closet by his mother after apparently watching the stunts online

Why is the iPhone 7 making a hissing sound?

iPhone 7 HissGate: Apple customers report hearing hissing sounds coming from their new iPhones

If you've just bought an iPhone 7, you may be alarmed to hear that some people are reporting hissing sounds coming from the new devices

Prankster's Uber spoof freaks out unwitting passengers

Uber passengers left panicking after prankster dresses as OAP and pretends to fall asleep at wheel

What the internet star doesn't tell his passengers is that his car is actually on auto-pilot and is more than capable of driving itself

Mystery four-armed UFO orbits the sun in startling footage that conspiracy theorists claim proves NASA alien cover-up

Alien hunters claim the mystery object has been orbiting the Earth's star for five years, capturing energy from the colossal star

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Prison inmate pictured cutting up a block of cannabis with a street value of £1,000 in his cell

The footage, sent to a contact on the outside, has been uploaded to YouTube, ridiculing government pledges to bolster prison security

Internet trolls attempt to bodyshame QVC model over hateful 'mismatched nipples' claim

Hateful internet trolls attempt to bodyshame QVC model over 'uneven nipples' - but she hits back

Sammi Marsh-Wade is a regular on QVC but a recent appearance sent lots of presumably lonely internet trolls into meltdown

Tanya Burr

Vlogger Tanya Burr on her new beauty collection: 'A girl can never have too many lipsticks'

We chat with the YouTube superstar about her glamorous new cosmetics range ahead of its official launch next month

Homophobic preacher who said Orlando massacre rid world of 'paedophiles' banned from entering UK

Gay-hating Stephen Anderson gained notoriety for his homophobic comments after 49 people were murdered in a gay nightclub.

Man turns his garden into an inferno after setting rubbish ablaze and causing an explosion

Stunt goes horribly wrong as man BLOWS UP his garden after lighting mound of rubbish soaked in petrol

The rubbish exploded with a huge blast - leaving the man's pristine garden a raging inferno

Ted McDermott and his son Simon

Alzheimer's pensioner lands Abbey Road record deal after carpool karaoke video with son goes viral

Ted McDermott, 80, show to fame when his son posted a video online showing the pair singing tunes in the car as they drove around Blackburn