Dog driving
A British bulldog shocked passengers on a bus when it hopped into the driver's seat.
The six-year-old hound, called Louis, had wandered onto the bus in Blackpool at 7am and jumped into the seat.
He refused to move and looked as if he was about to drive off so the real bus driver so much that he had to call his superiors for advice on how to handle the dog....continue reading
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Blinding Virgin
25.Mar 2008
Almost 50 people in India blinded themselves after looking directly at the sun ...read
Unknown heaven
25.Mar 2008
A French teenage girl who wrote a letter to her late mother in heaven had it se...read
Two four-year-old US boys were handcuffed by a teacher
25.Mar 2008
Two four-year-old US boys were handcuffed by a teacher after refusing to take a...read
Cheeseburger rage
25.Mar 2008
An Austrian doctor was left furious when a lorry driver threw a cheeseburger at...read
A Russian woman survived a 100ft plunge without getting hurt
25.Mar 2008
Ludmilla Adamova, 27, fell from the ninth floor of a block of flats in Kemerovo...read
Running sheep
25.Mar 2008
German police were left stunned after a sheep outran their patrol cars and beat...read
No room in the coffin
25.Mar 2008
A Romanian man was left furious when the coffin he'd bought couldn't fit his de...read
Erotic funeral
25.Mar 2008
A Taiwanese man splashed out over £80 on an erotic dancer to perform at his 103...read
Pink poodle
25.Mar 2008
A US woman was fined £500 after dyeing her pet poodle pink....read
An Australian woman saved her pet kitten by punching a python
25.Mar 2008
An Australian woman saved her pet kitten by punching a python who was crushing ...read
Police crash
25.Mar 2008
A US police officer crashed his official vehicle into his police station....read
Character-building drinking
25.Mar 2008
Minnesota drinking establishments are getting round the smoking ban by declarin...read
An Italian Mafia boss has escaped jail because he is too fat
25.Mar 2008
Salvatore Ferranti, who weighs 462 lbs, was accused of having dealings with the...read
Granny grenade
25.Mar 2008
A Russian police station was evacuated after a 67-year-old woman walked in carr...read
Old jailbait
25.Mar 2008
A 73-year-old US man is returning to prison after breaking out 46 years ago....read
A US teenager held a rabbit ransom for $100
25.Mar 2008
A US teenager is facing charges of burglary and theft after holding a rabbit ra...read
Wee will survive
25.Mar 2008
A US woman was forced to drink her own urine after police left her in a cell fo...read
Toilet trouble
25.Mar 2008
A US woman wasted away after refusing to leave her boyfriend's toilet for two y...read
Truant saviour
25.Mar 2008
A 15-year-old US girl who helped stop an out-of-control school bus has been giv...read
A Belarus woman survived after being run over by a 90mph train
25.Mar 2008
A Belarus woman had a lucky escape after she was run over by a 90mph train....read
DIY operation
25.Mar 2008
A British brain surgeon used a £30 DIY drill to carry out a successful operatio...read
Cheap travel for GBP 6
25.Mar 2008
A Dutch teenager who ran away from with just £6 and a bag of crisps has been ca...read
Begging for change
25.Mar 2008
Chinese shop owners are having to get change from beggars - because they are so...read
Painful lap dance
25.Mar 2008
A US businessman is suing a strip club after he was hit in the eye by the shoe ...read
3.9 million pound nose
25.Mar 2008
A Dutch wine maker has had his nose insured for £3.9 million....read
Sweaters made out of beloved dogs
25.Mar 2008
A British couple have had sweaters made out of their beloved dogs....read
Sexual lie
25.Mar 2008
A US woman who claimed she was tied up and sexually assaulted made the entire s...read
100,000 pounds for cereal
25.Mar 2008
A cornflake resembling the US state of Illinois is going for £100,000 on eBay....read
Emergency services?
25.Mar 2008
A US man was so worried about missing his court date he dialled the emergency s...read
Naked Coffee break
25.Mar 2008
A US man was arrested after going through a drive-through naked form the waist ...read
Toad in the hole
25.Mar 2008
A British road was closed after 2,000 toads tried to reach their breeding lake....read
Rat's head in a bag of shrimp cracker crisps
25.Mar 2008
A rat's head has been found in a bag of shrimp cracker crisps in South Korea....read
Life for sale
25.Mar 2008
A British man has put his entire life for sale on eBay after his marriage faile...read
Personality transplant
25.Mar 2008
A British woman claims her personality has completely changed after having a ki...read
Engagement ring carried away by a balloon
25.Mar 2008
Lefkos Hajji, 28, from London, had asked his florist to put the £6,000 diamond ...read
A US man caused massive damage after running naked
25.Mar 2008
A US man caused massive damage after running naked through a hotel and grocery ...read
A German pensioner got a new anus instead of a leg operation
25.Mar 2008
A German pensioner is suing a hospital claiming she was giving a new anus inste...read
A Chinese woman made her boyfriend have a breast-reduction operation
25.Mar 2008
A Chinese woman made her boyfriend have a breast-reduction operation - because ...read
World's oldest Chinar gets company in Kashmir
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A TV vet claims more and more British pets are being prescribed antidepressants
9.Mar 2008
Romain Pizzi says Prozac is now being given to lonely animals whose owners leav...read
A British couple almost had their house burnt down by their pet tortoise
9.Mar 2008
Emma Fox, 30, and 45-year-old Paul Butler returned to find their Berkshire prop...read
A US man had his truck stolen by his own dog
9.Mar 2008
Charles McCowan reported the theft when his vehicle vanished from outside a min...read
Five Welsh police officers are facing the sack
9.Mar 2008
Five Welsh police officers are facing the sack after using their patrol cars to...read
A British couple's three children beat odds of 133,000 to one
9.Mar 2008
A British couple's three children beat odds of 133,000 to one to share birthday...read
A British man died after entering a competition to see how many fairy cakes he could eat
9.Mar 2008
In a statement, club owners Amanda Davey and Paul Dyke said: "We are all devast...read
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A British man died after entering a competition to see how many fairy cakes he could eat
In a statement, club owners Amanda Davey and Paul Dyke said: "We are all devastated by this tragic accident. We are all in shock.
A Serbian teenager survived a 25,000 volt electric shock
Damir Minarivic, 14, touched overhead electricity cables which power local trains at the station in Cerevic, in North Serbia, when he tried to get his ball back.
An Italian thief was arrested after he went back to the post office he had robbed
Bruno Perez, 31, had forced Lucia Marcelo to give him the post office's takings at gunpoint, but was so taken with the 21-year-old he returned to the post office in Genoa the next day.
Polish people are being offered the chance to pay their tax bills in blood
Taxmen have told their fellow countrymen that every donation they make to the local blood banks will allow them to wipe off their bill.
A British lorry driver was left stunned
A British lorry driver was stunned to discover he'd made a 100-mile trip with a live chicken under his bonnet.
Romanian policeman have started taking ballet lessons to become more graceful
20 officers in Timisoara have put their name down for lessons with two professional dancers and are looking forward to seeing the results.
A plane was grounded after a pet mouse escaped from a passenger's pocket
Liu Yulian had hid the rodent in her coat pocket as she smuggled it past airport security and took it onboard the flight.
A woman accused of being a witch has given birth while hanging from a tree
Pregnant Nolan Yekum, from Papua New Guinea, was found guilty of sorcery and was strung up in a noose.
The world's biggest hamburger is now available to buy
The world's biggest hamburger is now available to buy. The giant burger and bun weigh...
A British grandfather has been reunited with a wallet he lost 46 years ago
Ron Russell, 81, misplaced the wallet - complete with photos of his children, friends from his days as a corporal in the marines and dogs he reared as a breeder - in 1962.
An elderly British couple thanked a pilot for "dropping in"
Eileen Watling, 71 and her 83-year-old husband Alfie were settling down to watch TV when a Cessna light aircraft carrying two people nose-dived into trees in their back yard.
A US restaurant chef has been sacked after putting his pubic hair into a rib-eye steak
Ryan Kropp - who now faces a police probe - allegedly hid the hair in the meal for a customer who had complained about his steak being undercooked.
A British school has covered all of its pupils' faces with smiley faces on its websites
Cann Hall Primary, in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, decided to obscure the students to protect them from being identified by paedophiles on the internet.
A five-wheeled bicycle, which apparently rides like a surfboard, has been invented
The StreetSurfer - which was made by an Australian firm - has a traditional frame and rear wheel, but four front wheels.
A Chinese man rescued a young boy from a pond
He said: "I was walking along the pool with my own grandson, then spotted a boy struggling in the water."
A Canadian couple were arrested after having sex in a moving car
Motorists reported the couple after spotting them romping in the vehicle on the Trans Canada Highway in British Columbia, Canada, and also said there was a second nude woman in the car.
A Hungarian policewoman has been fired after her colleague spotted her in pornographic movie
Livia Kovacs - who served in the Budapest police force - played a dominatrix cop who uses her police handcuffs and a truncheon during a wild sex session.
A US man has been fired after requesting a prostitute as part of his reward
Neil Jorgensen, 62, from Iowa, had been given a gift certificate and one night stay at the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort as thanks for his hard work.
A 16-year-old Argentinian girl has given birth to triplets for the second time
The teenager, named only as Pamela, had her first trio of daughters when she was 15, adding to the son she'd had previously at 14.
A US woman was jailed after failing to return her library books on time
Keely Givhan, from Wisconsin, was pulled over by traffic police because her number plate lightbulb was broken.
An Iranian man has been ordered by a court to buy his wife 124,000 red roses
An Iranian man has been ordered by a court to buy his wife 124,000 red roses to make up for his negligence.
A US man begged his friend to shoot him - so he could miss work
Daniel Luch, from Washington state, had a bullet wound in his shoulder and claimed he had been the victim of a drive-by shooting while out jogging with a friend.
An Australian man got stuck 200ft up a tree after paragliding with his pet chihuahua
Paul Hansen, 42, was left dangling off a giant mountain ash tree with the pooch strapped to his chest shortly after taking-off in Melbourne.
A five-year-old Czech boy crashed his parents' car into a wall
Miroslav Novak took the keys to the vehicle in the middle of the night, got in, started it up, reversed out of the drive and then took off for a joy ride.
A pregnant woman gave birth in her car after getting stuck behind a learner driver
Jane Swiggs, from Cornwall, was being driven by her husband Paul and when she felt her contractions, the couple started their dash to the hospital.
A British man was found hiding in his ex-partner's dog kennel
A British man was found hiding in his ex-partner's dog kennel after he was banned from contacting her.
Man landed his private jet on a golf course to take his son to a tennis lesson
A US man was so worried his son would miss his tennis lesson he landed his private jet on a golf course.
Nagging wife left a man impotent
Sergio Vinucci, from Parma, says being constantly moaned at by his spouse caused him so much stress he could no longer perform in the bedroom.
A French mayor has banned residents in his village from dying
Mayor Gerard Lalanne has warned them that there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them and if they do pass away, there will be "severe punishment".
A Polish builder sacked after being caught pleasuring himself with a vacuum cleaner
The man was allegedly discovered on his hands and knees, naked, with his manhood in the end of the cleaning product in the canteen at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.
A French designer has invented the world's first sex doll for dogs
The Hotdoll is a dog-shaped figure which allows pooches to get their sexual needs.
A bikini model in Japan has been cleared of a crime - because of her large breasts
Serena Kozakura was convicted of property destruction in 2007 when she allegedly kicked a hole in a man's door before crawling inside.
A Chinese man has set up a service to help couples split up
He said: "If they break up in person, both parties may become emotional and unreasonable."
A 101-year-old British man is set to become the world's oldest competitive athlete
Buster Martin - who has already run the Roding Valley half marathon in Essex in five hours 13 minutes - is now focusing on London's 26-mile event next month.
A US man attacked someone with his anger management homework
Justin Boudin, 27, was on his way to a class - which helps him with his aggressive behaviour - when he assaulted a 59-year-old woman at a bus stop.
Are there robots in this world?
These people are perfect to the point of being robotic.
English brewers have invented a shellfish flavoured beer
English brewers have invented a shellfish flavoured beer. The tipple - called Scallop Stout - is set to be the main attraction at a local scallop festival in Kent.
A British walker has been reunited with his false teeth after spotting them in a magazine
David Packer, from Manchester, lost the dentures while walking in the Lake District in January 2007.
A suffering Spaniard has had a bullet removed - 70 years after he was shot
88-year-old Faustino Olivera was struck by a rifle shot during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and doctors failed to notice the bullet which had been lodged in his left shoulder.
Woman arrested after accidentally depositing drugs into her bank account
The offending bag of methamphetamine was put in an envelope at a cash deposit machine in Bremerton, Washington state, along with a wad of money.
A US woman claims she can remember almost every detail of her life
The 42-year-old Californian, known as AJ, has been dubbed Total Recall by scientists as she can picture where she was, what she did and what made the headlines on any date since 1976.
A British New Year reveller has been accused of littering
Heidi Lebers, 39, from Sussex, released the balloon with a message reading: "Happy New Year to whoever finds this when it lands".
An overweight British cat has been put on a strict diet after getting stuck in his flap
The feline's owner Molly Oliver, 68, thought Sooty's weight gain was harmless but decided to take him to the vets when she had to prise him free from the door.
A British girl's cinema date with her pet chipmunk ended in tears
Sarah Stoke, five, thought her furry friend would love to see new cartoon film 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' and snuck the pet into the movie theatre.
A married British couple have bought the train seats they both sat on when they first met
Jonathan Roberts, 57, and wife Jacqueline, 54, were stuck standing on a packed London commuter train when the conductor invited them to sit in two spare first class spaces.
A German woman who became pregnant after an online sex auction has won a court battle
Six different men won the auctions for a night of passion with the woman between April and May last year.
An eloping Italian man has been tracked down by his wife
Martino Garibaldi emptied the family bank account of �000 before fleeing his home town of Montecalvo.
Thai police launched an operation to stop teenagers from having sex
Officers patrolled parks, restaurants and shopping malls as they are "the starting points for potential sexual activities that will be done at home or motels."
An English man was arrested at gunpoint for carrying an MP3 player
Darren Nixon, who had his earphones in, was oblivious to armed policeman tailing him as he walked home from work after somebody raised the alarm when they saw him changing tracks.
Residents in a British village have applied for a grant to buy a donkey
More than 30 villagers claim they cannot reach their homes, in Chalfont, Gloucestershire, by car because the rod is too narrow.
A Czech woman was left stunned after finding a baked mouse in her fresh loaf of bread
Hana Korinkova claimed the rodent dropped out of the loaf as she cut into it and slid onto the side of the table.
A Polish man has been arrested for vandalism
Janusz Nowak, 61, was arrested as he posted the message on a pavement in the southern Polish town of Sosnowiec.
Overweight Mexican police officers are being offered cash rewards
Authorities in Aguascalientes want to offer �100 peso) for every 2lb the chubby policemen shed.
A Swedish teacher has been convicted of sexual harassment
The 47-year-old exposed her chest to the boy as punishment after he covered the blackboard with swear words and sexual drawings.
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