THRILL seekers looking for a fright this Halloween should head to London – after the capital was revealed as the country’s spookiest spot. According
Month: October 2011
Mans lawnmower destroys his garden
WHILE many will be mowing their lawns this weekend for the final time before winter arrives, spare a thought for this keen gardener. After
School girl has orange-sized brain tumour
A SCHOOLGIRL who went to the opticians suffering from headaches was later found to have a brain tumour the size of an ORANGE. Doctors discovered
Knife thrower wanted
A JOB centre is advertising a bizarre vacancy for a place at the Circus of Horrors – as a knife throwers assistant. Dozens of people
Dog on a motorbike
AN ANIMAL lover who cannot bare to leave his beloved dog behind while he goes to visit is girlfriend has come up with a unique
Shoppers camp out to try new Tesco
RESIDENTS of the town of Dudley were so excited about the opening of their new Tesco that some of them queued through the night waiting
Wacky farmer collects hundreds of tractors
A WACKY farmer has amassed a bizarre collection of hundreds of model tractors and combine harvesters. Obsessed Mark Williams has collected the agricultural vehicles for
One-handed guitarist
WHEN he was born with an unexplained lack of a left arm that still baffles doctors today music lover Sam Draisey seemed destined never to
Five-year-old girls death was avoidable
THE death of a five-year-old girl – who was murdered by her father just three months after blundering authorities failed to take his death threats
UK’s worst 999 service fined £5 million
AN AMBULANCE service has been fined £5MILLION and branded the country’s worst after it was named as the only one in England to fail to
A collection of 250 typewriters… and every single ones still works
THEY’VE been replaced by laptops and computers thanks to the emergence of the microchip, but one man has bizarrely dedicated his life to collecting hundreds
Travellers set up camp at Olympic venue
A GROUP of gypsy travellers have moved on to the site where the USA Olympic team will be based for next year’s London 2012 games.
Dragon lizard goes missing and turns up at pub two miles away
A BEARDED dragon which went missing from home has turned up two miles away – in a pub called The George and Dragon. Giz vanished
Cycling to work worse for your health than walking
RIDING a bike to work in London could actually be less healthy than walking, according to surprising new research. Workers who choose to cycle to