You could survive a plane crash with this new aircraft designYou could...
A Ukranian aviation engineer has come up with an aircraft design that he believes would greatly increase your chance of surviving a plane crash. It involves a detachable cabin that removes...
View ArticleWoman fined £145 for eating banana in traffic (video)Woman fined £145 for...
Sitting in a long line of traffic can really work up an appetite, but satisfying your hunger could cost you. A British woman was fined a staggering £145 for eating a banana while...
View ArticlePensioner with Canadian accent found wandering in UK villagePensioner with...
A pensioner with an American or Canadian accent has been found wandering alone in the village of Credential in Hereford. He was first found on the evening of Saturday 7 November 2015, and police...
View ArticleHuge lizards in epic battle on busy road (video)Huge lizards in epic battle...
Two large monitor lizards have been caught on camera locked in an epic battle - in the middle of a busy road. The animals are so involved in their fight that they appear to be oblivious to the...
View ArticleFishermen in Japan set whale free (video)Fishermen in Japan set whale free...
This poor whale was found stranded, exhausted and injured by fishermen near Tokushima, Japan. It almost died - but the fishermen worked tirelessly to save it, cheered on by an audience of locals...
View ArticleWeird dining etiquette rules around the worldWeird dining etiquette rules...
It's very easy to cause offence when travelling, isn't it? Who knew, for example, that just looking at someone else's food can be incredibly rude in certain places? Or that...
View ArticleZoo worker falls into gorilla enclosure and breaks legZoo worker falls into...
A Los Angeles Zoo employee fell at least 20 feet into a gorilla enclosure yesterday. According to the zoo, the animals were secured in their night time accommodation while the rescue took...
View ArticleWorld War prisoner camp to become luxury holiday resortWorld War prisoner...
A former World War II concentration camp that once housed thousands of prisoners is being turned into a luxury beach holiday resort. The prison is on Mamula island in the Adriatic sea, off the...
View ArticleWorld's most remote job? This island is looking for staff (video)World's most...
Fancy escaping the rat race? You can't get further away than this. Tristan da Cunha is an island situated midway between South Africa and South America and it's looking for an...
View ArticleUSA prepares for monster stormUSA prepares for monster storm
Fifty million Americans a facing a massive winter storm expected to dump more than 2ft (60cm) across the east coast and cause widespread devastation. A state of emergency has been declared...
View ArticleOAP caught naked in park says he was 'catching last of sun's rays'OAP caught...
An 82-year-old man caught naked in the bushes of a park in Derby told police that he was catching the "last of the sun's" rays and testing insect repellent. Sidney Wilson was...
View ArticleZika virus: Pregnant women warned to stay away from Rio OlympicsZika virus:...
Health officials have warned pregnant tourists to avoid travelling to Brazil for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics after an outbreak of the Zika virus which causes babies to be born with unusually...
View ArticleBritain launches world's first VIP visa service for wealthy UAE...
Britain has launched a VIP visa service for Emiratis to start their trips to the UK in style. The new 'Platinum service' is a world first for UK visa applicants in the UAE and has been...
View ArticleFare dodger spotted clinging to back of bus in BournemouthFare dodger spotted...
A fare dodger was spotted clinging to the back of a double-decker bus during rush hour on a busy main road to save paying the £4 fare in what has been branded an "astonishingly...
View ArticleUK weather: Is Storm Jonas heading towards Britain?UK weather: Is Storm Jonas...
Britons have been warned to prepare for downpours and flooding as the killer snowstorm that battered America heads for the UK. Forecasters have predicted the effects of Storm Jonas, which has...
View ArticleAndie MacDowell's Twitter rant after flight downgrade to 'tourist' classAndie...
Andie MacDowell has taken to Twitter after she paid for a first class ticket on an American Airlines flight - but was moved to 'tourist' class because of her dog. See also: Obese dog...
View ArticlePlane makes emergency landing on Moscow motorwayPlane makes emergency landing...
A small plane was forced to land on a busy motorway in Moscow after suffering engine failure. According to ABC News, the incident occurred on Saturday on the Yaroslavsky Highway, near the town of...
View ArticleAdorable sloth clinging to motorway barrier rescuedAdorable sloth clinging to...
Pictures have emerged of the heartmelting moment a beautiful sloth clinging for its life to a motorway crash barrier was rescued. The sloth was found after getting stuck while trying to cross...
View ArticleBoy 'lucky to be alive' after crocodile drags him into riverBoy 'lucky to be...
A boy has managed to fight off a crocodile attack in Zimbabwe. Mpumelelo Tshuma, 15, was swimming with six friends in the Gwayi River when the crocodile grabbed him by the leg and tried to pull...
View ArticleMan 'pats' huge great white shark in MexicoMan 'pats' huge great white shark...
These daredevil divers decided that the sight of a great white shark wasn't thrilling enough, so opted to entice it in with a hunk of bait. The pictures, taken by Dmitry Vasyanovich, 47,...
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