Burglar bit his way through steel bars

CHONGQING, CHINA – Police solved a spate of mystery burglaries after finding the culprit was biting his way through steel window bars. Xiong, 23, confessed after a man told detectives he was sharing a hotel room with someone who could crack walnuts with his teeth. Xiong said he could chew open steel bars up to 1cm in thickness by prising open welding spots with his teeth.Read

Meteorite hits schoolboy

ESSEN, GERMANY: A schoolboy is thanking his lucky stars – after surviving being hit by a meteorite. The white-hot meteorite hit the ground so hard it left a foot-wide crater and a three-inch long scar on 14-year-old Gerrit Blank’s hand where it bounced off him.Read

Robotic snake used to spy on enemy

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: A robotic snake which can spy on enemies and plant bombs has reportedly been designed by military scientists.Read

Chinese man banned from selling saliva of teenage girls

BEIJING, CHINA – The country’s equivalent of eBay has banned a trader from flogging the saliva of pretty teenage girls following complaints. The seller collected the £2-a-time bottles of saliva from 18 year-olds as they slept.Read

£5m monkey problem in China

LOS ANGELES, USA: A zoo spent £5 million building a world-beating home for three rare golden monkeys promised to it by China – but has now been told the deal is off. The Chinese government gave no reason for the decision and red-faced zoo bosses are now looking for alternative primates.Read

Burglar bit his way through steel bars

CHONGQING, China: Police solved a spate of mystery burglaries after finding the culprit was biting his way through steel window bars. Xiong, 23, confessed after a man told detectives he was sharing a hotel room with someone who could crack walnuts with his teeth. Xiong could chew open steel bars up to 1cm.Read

Smurf world record broken!

The scene in the Oceana nightclub in Swansea where 2,510 people, the majority of whom were students from the local university, gathered to smash the world record for the largest number of people dressed as Smurfs.Read

The Catholic Kama Sutra: Sex secrets with a religious twist

WARSAW, POLAND: A priest has published a sex manual dubbed the Catholic Kama Sutra.Read

Undertaker cut legs off man with saw to fit him in coffin

SOUTH CAROLINA, USA: A funeral director has been stripped of his licence after a worker used an electric saw to cut the legs off 6ft 7in preacher and musician James Hines, 60, so that his body would fit in the coffin.Read

Hubbie wants to have sex on lawn with neighbours watching

Q WE’D both got a bit tiddly at a barbecue party, and my husband started on about his sex fantasies. One was doing it with someone on the back lawn, with the neighbours looking. I was shocked, not just by the exhibitionism but by that “with someone” – not with me! Should I worry?Read

Monkey waiter is a big hit with punters

TOKYO, Japan: A little-known restaurant is booked out weeks in advance thanks to a new member of staff – a MONKEY waiter. Fuku-chan greets guests and takes them hot towels at the end of their meals at the Kayabuki restaurant. One diner said: “He has these airs and graces that make him look just like a French waiter at a posh restaurant.”Read

Three year old buys digger for £8,000

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: A three-year-old girl bought a mechanical digger for £8,000 while her parents were asleep. Pipi Quinlan logged onto the family computer and got on to an online auction site her mum had been using earlier.Read

Three year old buys digger for £8,000

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: A three-year-old girl bought a mechanical digger for £8,000 while her parents were asleep. Pipi Quinlan logged onto the family computer and got on to an online auction site her mum had been using earlier.Read

Three year old buys digger for £8,000

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: A three-year-old girl bought a mechanical digger for £8,000 while her parents were asleep. Pipi Quinlan logged onto the family computer and got on to an online auction site her mum had been using earlier.Read

Banana man tries to rob cafe

NORTH CAROLINA, USA: A teenager tried to rob an internet cafe with a banana – then ate the ‘weapon’ before he was arrested. Police say John Szwalla entered the shop with the fruit concealed under his t-shirt and demanded money, pretending it was a weapon. But the shop owner and customers managed to overcome the thief – who then scoffed the banana before police arrived.Read

The Catholic Kama Sutra: Polish priest calls for saucy sex in the name of god

WARSAW, Poland - A priest has published a sex manual advising couples to have a ‘saucy and fantasy packed’ love life.Read

Hell's Kitchen Star Marco Pierre White wants to cook PM Gordon Brown

MARCO Pierre White said he would like to “cook” Prime Minister Gordon Brown, declaring he had no faith in the Government.Read

Steamy hardcore porno films being filmed in Tamworth, Staffordshire

A MIDLAND pub has been exposed as the location for a steamy pornographic film.Read

Black Panther spotted on Cannock Chase

Sightings of the elusive Chase Panther are still being reported to the Chase Post.Read

Cannock Chase reports of 'Loch Ness' serpent sightings

What’s long, floppy, usual concealed but hangs out at Cannock Chase’s more secluded spots?Read

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