US pop star Joe Jonas has been spotted hanging out with TikTok’s favourite train spotter Francis Bourgeois. (YMU Group/Isabel Infantes/PA)

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Betty, 90, celebrated for 55 years of fundraising efforts for lifeboat charity

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Cadbury World chocolatiers build Nutcracker model entirely out of chocolate

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Netflix hit Tiger King turned into five-act TikTok opera

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