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Internet star LadBaby's B&M 'genius' heatwave hack to keep yourself cool for £15

With a sweltering heatwave forecast for the UK and an amber warning issued by the Met Office for extreme heat in parts of the North East, we are all looking for inventive ways to keep cool in the scorching summer weather . And one social media star has resorted to a somewhat unconventional method to deal with the heat.

TikTok star Mark Hoyle of @ladbabyofficial posted a clip that has since gone viral on the platform after sharing what he described as an “absolute genius” method of keeping cool. “This is your bedroom heat summer hack,” Mark announced in the clip, before heading into a B&M store and coming out brandishing a mystery bag.

The video soon revealed that he had bought cooling mats - designed for dogs. Pet cooling mats are made to give our four-legged friends somewhere cool to lie down in the summer, with most typed filled with a gel that automatically chills without the use of water or electricity - but LadBaby, who has scored four consecutive Christmas number one singles since 2018, showed that the mats aren’t just ideal for dogs, The Mirror reports .

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