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Legs allowed

A golf club in one of England's most traditional seaside towns is allowing men to show off their legs for the first time in 113 years. Read

No black sheep

A cheeky ram is certainly not the black sheep of the family after he made himself at home in his rescuer's house. Read

High price of petrol

A Florida man has won £50 worth of petrol by agreeing to name his unborn son after a pair of radio DJs. Read

Telling porkies

Breakdown patroller Steve Milner thought his controllers were telling porkies when they rang to direct him to a pig the size of car stranded on a country road. Read

Cat in the box

A cat that climbed unnoticed into an open box was shipped nearly 500 miles Germany, but emerged from the journey unscathed. Read

Pole dancing goes underground

Commuters in Peru's capital Santiago had their journeys to work improved by a pole dancer who took her act onto a pole inside a underground train Read

Spooky slug

A carnivorous slug which sucks worms in "like spaghetti" has been found in British gardens for the first time, biologists said. Read

Tall story

A demolition team has begun knocking down a £600,000 new house after council planners ruled it was 2ft too tall. Read

Lucky 13

A 62-year-old woman has finally passed her driving test - 27 years after her first lesson. Read

Beetle back

A giant beetle thought to have been extinct in the UK since the early 18th century has been rediscovered alive and well on a pavement. Read

£27,000 Library fine

A US man accused of borrowing hundreds of books and DVDs from libraries around the Denver area and then trying to sell them will be doing all his library borrowing from behind bars from now on. Read

Man climbs skyscraper

A man scaled a portion of The New York Times' 52-storey headquarters today, becoming the third person to do so in a span of a few weeks, police said. Read

Top shed

An octagonal garden building complete with bar has been named Britain’s Shed of the Year. Read

Bat bra

A teenager spoke of her shock after finding a bat curled up in the bra she had been wearing for five hours. Read

CCTV for oink

A water buffalo was set up with its own CCTV system after being targeted by thugs. Read

Clip-together house

An artist will build a clip-together home in just 10 days to criticise "boring" modern housing. Read

Arms study

Animal experts are launching a study in an attempt to find out whether the octopus favours a particular arm when feeding. Read

Tea and robbery

A Japanese woman and her six-month-old baby safely escaped from an armed robber with a cup of tea and a chat. Read

Book hunt

Private detectives are being used to track down overdue library books, a council said. Read

Best mate

Zoo keepers have found a mate for for a giant male beetle that arrived in the UK in bananas from Costa Rica. Read