Bizarre

Woman has phobia of watching DOI
29 January 2013

Woman Has Phobia of Watching Dancing on Ice
A terrified woman is so scared of ice and frost she cannot watch 'Dancing on Ice' or read about it in newspapers. Wendy Wiffin, 47, suffers from extreme pagophobia - a ...

Funeral procession goes through BK drive-thru
29 January 2013

Funeral Procession Goes Through Burger King Drive-Through
A man's funeral procession made sure he got his last meal by going through a Burger King drive-through. Each member of David Kilme's family and friends in the car purchased a ...

Living Barbie falls out with Ken over surgery
29 January 2013

Living Barbie Falls out With Ken Over Surgery
A living Barbie paired up with a real-life Ken for a photo shoot - but they fell out over surgery. Justin Jedlica, 32, has splashed out around £70,000 on plastic ...

France ban word 'hashtag'
29 January 2013

France Ban Word 'Hashtag'
France have banned the use of the word ''hashtag'' from all government documents. Académie Française has said the country's own word for hashtag, ''mot-dièse'', must be used within government documents instead ...

Danger
29 January 2013

Woman Accused Of Attempting To Kill Her Husband with Poison In Her Private Parts
A woman stands accused of trying to kill her husband by putting poison inside her private parts and then asking him to perform a sex act on her. The stunned 43-year-old ...

Man travels to 201 countries without flying
28 January 2013

Man Travels to 201 Countries Without Flying
A British man is due to complete his record of visiting every country in the world without flying by today (28.01.13). Graham Hughes will enter the Guinness Book of Records when ...

Couple lose 17 stone after fast food addiction
28 January 2013

Couple Lose 17 Stone After Fast Food Addiction
A couple have lost 17-stone between them after previously being addicted to fast food. Emma and Dylan Smith used to eat calorific treats from McDonald's on a daily basis for breakfast ...

Boy fakes kidnap to avoid parents' evening
28 January 2013

Boy Fakes Kidnap to Avoid Parents' Evening
The son of a Spanish police officer faked his own kidnapping to avoid a parents' evening. The 11-year-old boy text his father to tell him he had been taken from the ...

Igloo goes up for sale on property website
28 January 2013

Igloo Goes Up for Sale on Property Website
An igloo has gone up for sale on a property website. An advert for the icy abode - which has a price tag of £1 million - has been uploaded ...

Family finds missing tortoise after 30 years
25 January 2013

Family Finds Missing Tortoise After 30 Years
A Brazilian family have found their pet tortoise 30 years after she went missing. The Almeida family discovered Manuela, who they lost in 1982, alive and well inside a box ...

Woman desperate to be paraplegic
25 January 2013

Woman Desperate to Be Paraplegic
A British woman is desperate to become a paraplegic so she can be in a wheelchair all the time. Chloe Jennings-White, 57, has a rare condition called Body Integrity Identity ...

School only has one pupil
25 January 2013

School Only Has One Pupil
A Chinese school only has one teacher and one pupil. The education facility - which is based in the village of Nanou in China's Fujian Province - reopened last year ...

Soccer team win first match in five years
25 January 2013

Soccer Team Win First Match in Five Years
A British soccer team have won their first match in five years. Huncoat United under-15s suffered 94 defeats before finally winning a match earlier this month against Brierfield Celtic in the ...

Goat cleared of vandalism
24 January 2013

Goat Cleared of Vandalism
A goat has been cleared of vandalism. Gary the goat has had his court case dismissed in Australia after a judge ruled neither the four-legged animal, who had been pulled ...

Elderly couple attend illegal rave by mistake
24 January 2013

Elderly Couple Attend Illegal Rave By Mistake
A couple in their 80s accidentally ended up at an illegal rave when they were looking for a jumble sale. Dick and Lil Dickens arrived at a warehouse in Cambridge - ...

15,000 crocodiles escape in South Africa
24 January 2013

15,000 Crocodiles Escape in South Africa
Around 15,000 crocodiles have escaped from a farm in South Africa. The reptiles are on the loose in Limpopo after they broke free from the Rakwena crocodile farm when owners ...

Man shoots manhood
24 January 2013

Man Arrested for Carrying Gun After Shooting Manhood
A man in Trinidad and Tobago has been arrested for illegally carrying a gun after shooting his own manhood. The security guard, 33, was found by policed bleeding in his ...

Woman freed after getting stuck between buildings
23 January 2013

Woman Freed After Getting Stuck Between Buildings
A US woman has been freed after she got stuck between two buildings. Firefighters were called upon in Portland to get the woman out of her tricky situation after she ...

Library holding pole dancing classes
23 January 2013

Library Holding Pole Dancing Classes
A library is holding pole dancing classes to encourage visitors. Mayfield Library in Midlothian, east Scotland, is putting on the session on Love Your Library Day next month in the ...

Woman dedicates room to Smurf collection
23 January 2013

Woman Dedicates Room to Smurf Collection
A British woman has dedicated a whole room in her home to her £20,000 Smurf collection. Karen, 37, stores her 5,000-item collection, which features more than 1,000 figures of the ...

Seashell house sells for 120k
23 January 2013

Seashell House Sells for 120K
A house covered in seashells has sold for £120,000. The three-storey property in Dartmouth, south west England, was purchased by local radio journalist Louise Cotton, who admits the abode isn't ...

Thieves steal 10m after digging 10ft tunnel
22 January 2013

Thieves Steal 10M After Digging 10Ft Tunnel
Thieves in Germany stole £10 million from a bank's vault after digging a 100ft tunnel. Police in Berlin have revealed images from the scene at the Berliner Volksbank in the ...

Dog mourns owner in church
22 January 2013

Dog Mourns Owner in Church
A dog has become a regular at church to mourn its owner. German shepherd Tommy sprints to his local church to pay tribute to his late owner Maria Margherita Lochi ...

Dad vacuums daughter's hair
22 January 2013

Dad Vacuums Daughter's Hair
A video of a father vacuuming his daughter's hair has gone viral. The eight-second clip - which sees the man place the cleaning device onto his little one's tresses and ...