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
Year: 2011
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THEY’VE been replaced by laptops and computers thanks to the emergence of the microchip, but one man has bizarrely dedicated his life to collecting hundreds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
Is this the world’s sweatiest footballer?
THIS is one player the opposition won’t want to swap shirts with – after he was dubbed the ‘world’s sweatiest footballer’. Former Premier League star
A thousand words paints a picture…
THEY say a picture paints a thousand words, but these extraordinary images show that quite the opposite can just as easily apply. At first glance,
Musician struck by lightening whilst performing
A SINGER got a shock live on the radio when a bolt of lightening blasted a hole through a wall “like a bomb blast”, badly
Skeletons dressed in flowers
AT FIRST glance, these over-the-top sculptures look like taxidermy taken too far. But no animals were harmed in the making of these ‘flower skeletons’
Children battled to save drowning 8-year old
AN EIGHT-year-old boy drowned face down in a swimming pool after fellow swimmers and a lifeguard thought he was “playing about” and “pretending to be
Premier League ref accused of grooming young boys
A FORMER Premier League linesman promised match tickets to young boys in exchange for their phone numbers before sending lewd texts, a court heard.
New wet-tech craze ‘iBathing’
OVER two million Brits are so addicted to Facebook and Twitter they can’t even take a bath without their smartphone or iPad, a new study
Cash-strapped council pay £1million for ‘slinky’ sculpture eye-sore
A CASH-STRAPPED council have been criticised for ‘wasting’ GBP1 million on an ‘eyesore’ sculpture which has been likened to a cow’s spine and a ‘massive
Schoolboy saves drowning dog
A HEROIC 12-year-old boy dived into a lake to save a drowning dog – and even had to BITE through fishing wire to free the
Second millionaire for Red or Black is full-time carer
RED or Black millionaire Kevin Cartwright today spoke of coming to terms with his fortune – and revealed he has since won GBP30 on a
PETA worker changes name to protest against foie gras
AN animal rights campaigner has taken a radical step to get her protest against the sale of foie gras in a famous store noticed –
Woman helps deliver sisters baby and saves her life
A QUICK thinking sister rushed to her sibling’s aid and saved her newborn baby’s life when she went into labour while in the bath. Mellissa
Teacher revealed as a porn star and stripper
A SECONDARY school teacher lead a double life as a porn star and a stripper while teaching children, a tribunal has been told. Hunky sex
Alfie the lost dog found
THE delighted owners of a 16-week-old puppy that was snatched by opportunistic motorcycle thieves have been reunited with their beloved pet. Tiny spaniel Alfie was
Councillor Jodie Jones is a 23-year-old beauty
SHE’S a far cry from the stereotypical stuffy old politician, but councillor Jodie Jones is causing a stir at her local town hall – and