AN AWARD-winning green grocer who falsely claimed disability benefits was caught out by undercover investigators who filmed him carrying sacks of potatoes and heavy boxes
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Longest serving police dog to retire
ONE of Britain’s longest-serving crime-fighting canines is preparing for a cushy retired lifestyle at the home of his best friend and handler for the past
Restaurant opens up kitchen to webcams
A POPULAR pub has become the first in the country to allow punters to watch their dinner being cooked on live webcams. During lunch and
Council workers paint bridge wrong colour
BLUNDERING council workers have accidentally painted a bridge bright YELLOW in a small town at the cost of thousands of pounds to the taxpayer.
Jilted lover names and shames cheating ex in local newspaper
A JILTED lover took the ultimate revenge when she appeared to out her cheating ex in the ‘bargain buys’ section of a regional newspaper. Hidden
Oompa Loompa abuses Pakistanis
A DRUNKEN ‘Oompa Loompa’ racially abused two Asian teenagers in front of families and children while out with his friend who was dressed as a
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THEY’VE been replaced by laptops and computers thanks to the emergence of the microchip, but one man has bizarrely dedicated his life to collecting hundreds
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
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,
GCSE grades rise for 23rd year in a row
TEENAGERS celebrated their GCSE results across the country yesterday with the percentage gaining A*-C grades rising for the 23rd year in a row. Just under
Disabled woman risks losing home after mobility allowance is stopped
A DISABLED woman who claims her condition is getting worse has been stripped of the benefits she relies on by cold-hearted officials. Gemma Goode, 24,
Twente’s stadium roof collapse
A stand at the Twente Stadium has collapsed, trapping an unknown number of people under the structure. “Part of the roof has collapsed. There are
Bored at work… one man went further than making an eleastic band ball
WE’VE all made bouncy balls out of rubber bands on a slow work day, but one man has taken things further and made an entire
Will.I.Am made out of black eyed peas
AN artist has created a portrait of hip hop star will.i.am using nothing but thousands of black eyed peas. Dubbed ‘Peacasso’, university student Lee Merricks
Woman died after falling in high heels
A POPULAR pub landlady died just days after falling over in high heels during a night out. Tragic Sian Thomas even wrote on her Facebook
Cheryl Cole sacking was ‘harsh’ says Pop Idol winner
The reigning champion of Idols, Finnish television’s version of Pop Idol, today described the reported sacking of Cheryl Cole from the US version of X-Factor
The tree that kids are scared to climb
COULD this be the only tree in Britain that children will be too scared to climb this weekend? With its haunting beady eyes, twisted snout
Smoke and mirrors…
SMOKE and mirrors have long been the preserve of magicians, but one amateur photographer has taken advantage of the concept to produce these stunning images.
Sisters give birth on same day
TWO sisters have defied extraordinary odds after they both gave birth to baby girls on the same day and in the same hospital ward –
Minature art made of loo roll
THEY may be the bane of many women’s lives who nag their other halves for leaving them lying around, but these empty loo rolls have