July 2009 Archives

Pity any unsuspecting visitors with roofboxes on their cars - baboons at Knowsley Safari Park have worked out how to open them and help themselves to the contents...

Amanda Weston is desperate to get rid of hiccups - after enduring them for SIX years.

Cleaner Amanda, 41, has painful 20-minute bursts of hiccups at the same times, six times a day - which adds up to 730 hours each year.

Amanda, of Hull, said: "I have no idea what started it all off. It went on for a week and then a month- it was relentless, but my GP said there was nothing he could do, unless they were 24 hours a day.

"He said it was very rare but unless I was hiccupping in my sleep I'd have to put up with it.

"It's like a routine. The hiccups get on my nerves, but at least everyone knows who I am.

"I just want someone to find out what is causing it and, hopefully, cure me."

A cat loves commuting so much he takes the same bus journey every day - and has done for the last four years.

Each morning Casper waits in a queue for the No3 outside his owner's home. He hops on the back seat for the 11-mile round trip to Plymouth before jumping off an hour later.

Drivers make sure he gets off at the stop for his home.

The nation's favourite chocolate bars are under threat of being cut by a fifth in a Government bid to fight obesity.

But while popular brands including Mars and Kit Kat could be dramatically downsized, the prices may stay the same.

The Food Standards Agency wants to lop 8-10g from the average bar taking Mars and Twix from 58g to 50g.

David Cameron turned the air true blue as he tried to sound cool in a radio interview yesterday.

The Tory leader admitted voters were "p***ed off" about MPs' expenses and used the word "t**t" on the breakfast show.

He was trying to win over younger voters but his remarks sounded simply toe-curling.

Some 4.6 million items of luggage were lost at European airports in the first 10 months of last year - one for every 64 passengers, figures show.

The number is down after five years of growth, but EU transport chief Antonio Tajani called it "unacceptable".

Across the world, nearly 33 million bags went missing in 2008, 20% down on 2007.

Fearne Cotton has revealed the secret to eternal youth - being rebirthed.

Yep, that's right. The Radio 1 presenter, 27, says she has resorted to extreme measures to deal with the stresses of fame.

Apparently her ability to cope with her rocketing career is down to other-worldly treatments.

Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen has been threatened by terrorists, outraged at being ridiculed in his new film.

The Palestinian al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades angrily condemned the movie as "part of a conspiracy" against them.

And they warned: "We reserve the right to respond in the way we find suitable against this man."

A brewery claims to have found the answer to binge drinking - a beer with an 18.2% alcohol content.

A single 330ml bottle of Tokyo* contains six units of alcohol, which is twice the recommended daily limit.

It's made by Aberdeenshire-based BrewDog, which sparked controversy last year when it launched a 12% beer, Tokyo. Founder James Watt said: "Our beers are loaded with flavour, bite and body so you drink less of them. They are a cure to binge drinking."

But Jack Law, of Alcohol Focus Scotland, said: "This is utterly irresponsible."

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