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UK A biker who's blind to fear: Sightless daredevil reaches 167mph on motorcycle
Blind biker sets new world speed record
Every corner's a blind bend for this motorcyclist. But Stuart Gunn's inability to see where he's going has not prevented him from setting a new…
Sticking power got me a fleet of tiny warships
Sticking power got me a fleet of tiny warships
You need to really stick at it to build a fleet of miniature warships like this – and Philip Warren has certainly put the hours…
Ducks
Ducks escorted off road by police
All kinds of animals and birds have made the news after causing havoc by wandering onto roads, but none of them seem to do it…
Tech Waterproof boxer shorts let you keep gadgets in your pants
Waterproof boxer shorts let you keep gadgets in your pants
If you've ever jumped into a hotel pool and had that sinking feeling your mobile was still in your pocket then you probably need to…
Sex boxes, Switzerland
'Drive-through sex boxes' to be opened for prostitutes
Drive-through ‘sex boxes’ are being introduced in Switzerland to try and help regulate prostitution…
World
Law catches up with Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop yet again
Law catches up with Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop again
A man whose name gave him worldwide attention last year when he was arrested for drug possession has had yet another run in with the…
Extraordinary video of bus driver cutting his nails while at the wheel gets him sacked
Bus driver filmed cutting his nails while at the wheel
Nailing the art of driving while giving yourself a manicure is neither big nor clever, particularly for a Singaporean bus driver who was fired after…
Thrill-seekers use JCB digger as 'water ride'
A group of men have made a splash after coming up with a unique (and dangerous) way to entertain themselves involving an industrial digger as…
Family Guy, remake, chicken
Family Guy chicken fight gets live-action remake
The famous scene from Family Guy where Peter Griffin fights a chicken has received a live-action remake, with two stunt women taking the places of…
Police have cracked down in heatwave-hit China - to end the shady practise of adding umbrellas to motorbikes. Traffic cops in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, are confiscating the parasols from riders saying they are a menace to other road users. "They obstruct the vision of the riders and when they get caught by the wind or the rush of a passing truck, they can blow the rider right out of the saddle," said a police spokesman. Angry riders say they are being left to suffer in the region's sweltering 40 degree heatwave. But one officer said: "They can wear hats or use high factor sun cream. There are lots of legal alternatives."
Police in China target umbrella-adorned motorbikes
Chinese police are staging a crackdown on motorcycle sunshades because of fears that drivers are putting both themselves and others at danger…
UK
Firework.JPG It almst hit me on the bike, I got it on video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTWIJmaQ1U yourpics@bbc.co.uk Joe Furness  11 Webster Street Mossley Ashton-Under-Lyne Lancashire OL5 0QQ United Kingdom
Errant firework explodes under bus in Manchester
A wayward firework skipped in front of two motorcyclists and exploded under a bus in Manchester, in footage posted on the internet…
Anti-cheating hats - Kasetsart University - from Kasetsart University  Facebook page, 17/8/2013
Anti-cheating hats cause storm in Thai uni
As A-level students across the land celebrate or commiserate their results, there may be a few just wishing they had been given these unusual anti-cheating…
Bulletproof couch - grab from WFAA video taken 17/8/2013: http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Bulletproof-couch-on-display-at-Fort-Worth-hunting-show-220003231.html
Texan invents world's first bulletproof couch
An American company has started developing what it considers to be the world’s first bulletproof sofa and gun safe…
Loose change James Bagarozzo parking meter thief in New York
Man stole £135k from parking meters - all in loose change
A man has been jailed for stealing more than $210,000 (£135,000) from parking machines across New York - entirely in loose change…
Nasa, parallel parking
Top 10 must see viral videos of the week
Metro runs through the top 10 viral videos of the week including a 21-month-old Elvis fan and a Q&A session with a flock of sheep…
Dog, cat, breast feeds
Dog breastfeeds cat
Hot on the heels of a cat nursing some ducklings comes another unlikely partnership - a dog breastfeeding a cat…
Cows blamed for powercuts in Llanddona, Anglesey
Itchy cows blamed for power cuts
A small Welsh village keeps plunging into darkness - and itchy cows are getting the blame…
Sheep protest
Stop your bleating! Sheep host sinister Q&A session
They may not know what they are saying - but this flock of sheep in New Zealand certainly are being herd (see what we did…
Restaurant, thieves
Robbers cook themselves three-course meal
Thieves normally steal valuables and cash during robberies so it came as something of a surprise when one set of criminals decided to cook themselves…
homemade zipline fail liveleak video
Dad builds homemade zipline - what could go wrong?
A dad who built a zipline from an old piece of wire and other assorted pieces of scrap while on a camping trip escaped with…
Nasa, parallel parking
Nasa students 'solve' problem of parallel parking
The 'complexities' of parallel parking have long baffled drivers but the problematic manoeuvre could soon be a thing of the past after Nasa students came…
World
PORTLAND, Ore. - A former Coos County Sheriff's deputy and his wife, a member of the Romanian royal family, face federal charges accusing them of running illegal gambling operations and cockfighting derbies at an Eastern Oregon ranch.  Federal agents arrested John Wesley Walker, Irina Walker and 16 others in Oregon and Washington on Thursday after the indictment was unsealed.  The charges stem a cockfighting operation in Irrigon in Morrow County, Oregon, involving 10 "derbies" that took place between April 1, 2012, and May 19, 2013, federal prosecutors said.
Romanian princess arrested over illegal US cockfighting ring
Federal agents in the US have reportedly arrested a Romanian princess and former sheriff’s deputy over an alleged cockfighting ring…
BUNGLING workmen painted a sign on one of London¿s busiest roads telling pedestrians to look RIGHT for oncoming traffic when they should turn LEFT...The rogue sign on frantic Holloway Road, Islington, north London, amazingly told shocked walkers to look away from the tidal wave of vehicles ¿ although the arrow actually did point left...The deadly Transport for London marking appeared at a pedestrian crossing on the jam-packed dual carriageway where cars race along at 30mph last Thursday morning (Aug 8)...Gina Turner, who works in REW, an electrical store near the crossing at the junction with Tufnell Park Road, said: ¿I went out and as I crossed I thought ¿oh they¿ve repainted the road¿...¿Then I looked again and I couldn¿t believe it - I thought I was seeing things...¿Someone¿s going to be looking right and get knocked down and killed...¿I¿ve already heard car horns going off and seen people having to jump back out of the road...¿It¿s really dangerous."
London road sign fail: 'Look right' - with arrow pointing left
As if a busy dual carriageway in London wasn't difficult enough to cross in the first place, bungling workmen from Islington council have painted a…
Super tourist carries the whole world on his shoulders
Tattoo tourist carries the whole world on his shoulders
Many of us will have acquired bits of tat as souvenirs of our travels abroad. But William Passman has gone for something more permanent than…
Creepy crawlies worm their way onto plates at pop-up 'pestaurant'
'Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub,' Bart Simpson once eloquently professed, and it appears Londoners may have been saying exactly the same at this pop-up 'pestauarant.…
UK
Nudists toast spa hotel alcohol licence victory
Much to the annoyance of local opposition, a nudist spa and hotel in the West Midlands has won the right to sell alcohol, play live…
Find out how old your ears are
Find out how old your ears are
Unlike your liver, skin or the Doctor, your inner ear can’t regenerate. As it gets older (or as you take it to loud places) it…
A woman is seen walking in Manhattan with her pet pooch harnessed to her back in a 'pooch pouch'. Where: New York City, NY, United States When: 14 Aug 2013 Credit: Alberto Reyes/WENN.com
Forget walkies, it’s all about the ‘pooch pouch’
Walking your dog in a bustling city can be fraught with danger if your pooch struggles to be seen by commuters and their hurried stomping…
Dog passed off as a lion
World's worst zoo tries to pass off dog as lion
A zoo has landed itself in hot water after trying to pass off fluffy dogs as lions and rats as snakes…
World
Teenage Exorcists: The 'Buffy sisters' battling sexually transmitted demons
A group of self-proclaimed teenage exorcists, backed by a controversial US preacher, has recently travelled around Ukraine purporting to be demon slayers. But is it…