Children who wear mermaid tails and single-fin pool toys are at greater risk of drowning, a new study has found. The popular aquatic products binds a child's legs together and acts as a flipper so ...

Spending your day in the water splashing around with a group of mermaids might sound like something straight out of a movie - but it's not. For that's what one Teesside mum does for a living after ...

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A terrifying clip has revealed the life-threatening moment a professional mermaid realised her costume was stuck on a piece of coral during a performance. Gabriela Green-Thompson Kay was imitating the ...

A mermaid has been told she cannot swim in her local pool. Leia Trigger, who also uses the name Mermaid Aries, has been banned from using her flipper in public swimming baths. The 18-year-old wears a ...