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Company looks for Glaswegian interpreter

A FIRM has advertised a job vacancy for an interpreter to decipher Glaswegian.Read

Drunks beaten up by cage fighting cross-dressers

A BUNCH of drunks picked a fight with two cross dressers on the streets of Swansea, but didn't count on the fact that they were both trained cage fighters.Read

Gran fights off bear with pillow

AN American gran fought off an intruding bear in her home with nothing but a decorative pillow.Read

Clown blasting off into space

A SPACE tourist and "circus entrepreneur" is trying to become the first clown to go into orbit.Read

Colombian kids cross mountains on zip line to go to school

CHILDREN from a remote Columbian village journey to school every morning using a zip line to cross a 1200ft drop over a raging river.Read

Pomeranian pooch banished from town

A VICIOUS Pomeranian pooch has been banished from his home town for bad behaviour.Read

The man with a phobia of women

A MAN has claimed that he has a medical condition which stops him from being able to approach girls.Read

Dogs hang ten as part of canine surf competition

IT LOOKS like someone has gone mad with Photoshop, but these dogs are really riding the surf.Read

Twenty-eight foot Humpback whale found in Thames

A DEAD twenty-eight foot Humpback whale has been found in the River Thames in London.Read

Fed-up passenger drives bus home herself

A PASSENGER on a bus got impatient of waiting on the driver to start his shift - so drove the vehicle herself.Read

The 600,000 dollar dog

A CHINESE woman has paid over half a million dollars for a dog and ordered 30 luxury cars to collect them from the airport.Read

George W Bush is 'one of the worst examples of English'

GEORGE W Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Donald Rumsfeld have all featured in a poll of examples of mangled English.Read

Polish couple claim to have footage of a spying Yeti

THE existence of Sasquatch, aka Yeti, is one that has divided people for decades and every once in a while new footage comes out that seems to claim they are real creatures, only for it to be debunked later on.Read

Fake corpse sparks murder hunt

A DIRECTOR shooting an amateur horror film sparked a murder hunt when he buried a fake corpse in woods.Read

Like a fish out of water

A GOLDFISH survived for seven hours after leaping out of its tank.Read

Twittering grandfather becomes internet star

A 73-YEAR-OLD grandfather has became an internet sensation after posting his grumblings on micro-blogging site Twitter.Read

Camera-loving squirrel jumps in on holiday snap

A CHEEKY squirrel jumped in on a couple's holiday snap during their holiday in Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park, Canada.Read

Dundee woman to sue over falling pineapple

A PIECE of fruit could prove costly for Tesco.Read

Tunisian woman pregnant with twelve babies

A TUNISIAN woman is believed to be pregnant with 12 children.Read

Where do babies come from?

MOST parents in the UK have been left stumped when their inquisitive kids have asked them to explain a science question like 'where do babies come from?'Read

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