Archive for December, 2011

FENTON the deer-chasing dog, Charlie Sheen and a woman who claimed to have an alien in her fridge have all won awards celebrating the best weird news stories

MANY dream of returning to their roots one day to settle down, but one man has taken the idea one step further - by moving into a home

VINTAGE tractors drew hundreds of people to the streets of a small Staffordshire town as onlookers anxiously awaited the antique machines as they plodded in a parade. Haughton and

A SOLDIER at home  on leave is being hailed a life saver after leaping into a freezing river to keep a drowning woman afloat until more help arrived. Private

[caption id="attachment_3999" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Snakes slither across the floor"][/caption] A man disgruntled at being asked to pay a bribe by government officials decided to get his

A NEW generation of children could be treated to 1960s TV classics Camberwick Green and Trumpton after footage believed lost was found by the 90-year-old creator. Gordon Murray, 90,

CHEESE-mad villagers from Stilton are celebrating after the lifting of a ban on them producing their own famous product - but it has to be made under a

[caption id="attachment_3966" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The century old Ledbury Hunt holds it's traditional Boxing Day meet"][/caption] It is reported that around 250,000 hunt supporters turned out to

THOUSANDS of shoppers in Birmingham queued up from the early hours of the morning in the hope of snagging a festive bargain. Eager punters started gathering outside popular shopping