Some funny and possibly useful stories:
- Kenyan women hit men with sex ban: Kenyan women’s activists slap their men with a week-long sex ban in protest at squabbling in the coalition government.
- YouTube helps man deliver baby: An engineer in Cornwall delivers his baby son after watching a instructional video on YouTube.
- Enforced diet gives dog freedom: A Jack Russell escapes the rabbit warren where he was trapped for 25 days after shedding a quarter of his weight.
- Slumdog child star gets new home: The makers of Slumdog Millionaire say they have bought a flat for one of the child stars whose Mumbai shanty home was demolished.
- Demi Moore to support Susan Boyle: Demi Moore is planning to fly in from the US to support Susan Boyle in the final of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.
- Family see Jesus image in Marmite: A family believe they have spotted the face of Jesus Christ on the underside of the lid of a jar of yeast spread.
- Woman gives birth at Tube station: A 32-year-old woman gives birth to the first baby boy to be born on the London Underground.
- Millionaire gives away his estate: A Northumberland multi-millionaire is selling his £16m country estate and giving every penny to charity.
- Danger Mouse to release blank CD: Gorillaz producer Danger Mouse is to put out a blank CD after his latest, star-studded album is derailed by “legal issues”.
- New Zealand hunts accidental millionaires: Police in New Zealand seek a couple who disappeared after a banking error deposited NZ$10m in their account.
- Toddler buys real digger online: A New Zealand couple get a shock when their three-year-old daughter bids to buy a real-life mechanical digger in an internet auction.
- Couple’s 81st wedding anniversary: A Plymouth couple who still have a kiss and cuddle before going to bed celebrate their 81st wedding anniversary.
- 60 Years in an Iron Lung: Martha Mason lived in an iron lung for over 60 years to help her breath.