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'Bodies' scare

Police investigating reports of "bodies" lying by a major road instead found scarecrows. Read

Council apology

A council apologised to a homebuyer after workmen ripped out the fittings in her new house by mistake. Read

Rhino round-up

A rare one-horned rhinoceros has been captured and returned to an Indian wildlife park two weeks after it escaped. Read

Deadly pane

A man suffocated after getting stuck trying to climb through a window when he became locked out of his apartment in Ohio. Read

Dibley hits Kazakhstan

The nation may not have warmed to Borat - but Kazakhstan has snapped up the rights to one of Britain's most successful sitcoms, The Vicar Of Dibley. Read

Lapdance offer

Conservative MPs have been given discount vouchers for a city centre lap dancing club ahead of the party conference later this month. Read

Keys 'emergency'

A firefighter who used his engine to deliver a set of house keys to his partner has been disciplined. Read

Mother, 33, posed as cheerleader

A 33-year-old American woman is accused of stealing her daughter's identity to attend high school and join the cheerleading squad. Read

Man loses broken brolly lawsuit

A Manhattan restaurateur who sued a supermodel for one million US dollars (£557,000), saying she intentionally damaged his designer umbrella, has lost his claim. Read

Man married 25 times

A man from Nepal says he has finally found happiness with his 25th wife after 24 failed marriages. Read

Seahorse colony

A conservation charity has called for action to protect seahorses after finding the UK's largest known colony of the rare creatures off the South Coast. Read

Shark tow

A large shark entangled itself in a surfer's leg rope in Australia and began towing him and his board out to sea, the surfer has said. Read

All in the genes

Trainspotters and Morris dancers can now defend their unfashionable hobbies as a genetic inevitability, according to research. Read

Cooking up controversy

Thailand's prime minister was forced to resign today along with his Cabinet - because he appeared in a television cooking show. Read

Online animal matchmaking

Zoos around the world will be soon be using an online dating agency to find sex partners for rare species. Read

In father's footsteps

Following in your father's footsteps by attending the same university is one thing. But moving into the same dorm room as your dad? Read

Soup reaction

A plane was forced to land when a passenger had an extreme allergic reaction to a leaking jar of mushroom soup, it was revealed. Read

Plunge survival

A teenager is lucky to be alive after falling 60 feet down a cliff on to rocks, the Coastguard said. Read

Spider alert

A soldier’s family have been frightened out of their home by a dangerous spider thought to have been unwittingly imported from Afghanistan. Read

Sorry about that

The last witch beheaded in Europe has been absolved as a victim of "judicial murder" more than 200 years after her death. Read