These alcoholic favourites have inspired the names of an entire family (Picture: Wikicommons) An American man who was named after Jack Daniels whiskey has taken a similar boozy approach to his own offspring-by naming his new-born son after Jim Beam whiskey. Jack Daniels Leathers, 32, from Louisiana, told Houma Today that his parents named him […]

Lindsey McNamara appeared in court on Friday (Picture: ABC/WCVB) A woman in America has been accused of walking into a police station and throwing sausages and bacon, because God told her to ‘feed the pigs’. Lindsey McNamara, 24, appeared in court on Friday, after the incident at Framingham Police Department, Massachusetts, and has been charged […]

‘Hello, Yes I’d like to report some stick insects please.’ (Picture: File) It’s been a great year for unwarranted emergency service calls, thanks to the man who rang 999 after his pizza took 45 minutes to arrive, and the woman who rang because her cat was giving her a ‘strange look’. There’s one more late […]

Gemma Carlisle praised her campaigning husband’s work after it emerged he was charged with a drink driving offence hours before a road accident which left him hospitalised

London was the region that saw prices grow fastest, said Nationwide, but the ripple effect meant St Albans and Reading were the cities with the highest inflation.

The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 with more than 450 people on board was meant to go to Las Vegas but returned to London at 3.45pm after developing a technical fault shortly after take-off.

SSP, which runs outlets including Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza in stations and airports around the world, insists the move is to bring sizes ‘in line with competitors’

Ilya Gavrichenko had to say his lines dressed as the wrong Joseph (Picture: YouTube) Fluffing up your lines is normally the biggest mistake a child makes during their school nativity. But one 12-year-old went a step further and fluffed up his entire character. Ilya Gavrichenko went home and told his parents that he had landed the […]

Lunarness Mendoza is accused of going on a rampage (Picture: Police) A man went on an unusual pre-Christmas rampage that allegedly involved him exposing himself to children, stealing an officer’s Taser and then attempting to get into a police car. Lunarness Mendoza, 32, was eventually caught and arrested on charges of assaulting an officer, indecent […]

Someone left this sign on their lawn (Picture: Twitter) A woman annoyed with finding dog poop on her lawn has decided to fight fire with fire. The homeowner, who only gave the name ‘Annie’ when signing off on her angry letter, threatened to find the dog’s owner and ‘take a dump on their doorstep and car windshield.’ […]

The competition counts Rachel Stevens and Carol Vorderman as previous winners (Picture: AP Photo/PA, Gareth Fuller) After being named Briton of the Year by the Times this week, Nigel Farage has been put forward as a candidate for another – and rather different – accolade: Rear of the Year. The annual competition, which counts Rachel Stevens, […]

You might impress your mates, but you’ll end up in hospital. (Picture: Fox News) Most of us will have indulged in some seasonal excess at some point this Christmas- but perhaps not to the extent of this man, who was hospitalised after downing an entire carton of eggnog in 12 seconds. Ryan Roche, from Utah, […]

These puppies are really cute, for now (Picture: West Midlands Police) These puppies may look cute now but wait until they get older and they’re chasing you down a dark alley way. The animals are currently being trained by West Midlands Police and will eventually be able to locate drugs, firearms, cash and explosives. ‘CUTE […]