May 2011 Archives

DOCTORS have found almost 30 ants living in the ears of a teenage girl who loved snacking in bed.

Fallen crumbs from the 16-year-old's night-time treats tempted the insects into nesting in her ears.

Medics found six in her left ear and more than 20 in her right after she went to a hospital in Taiwan with pain and itching.

The ants were successfully removed and doctors said she was lucky to have no ­permanent damage. They also told her to stop eating in bed.

A balding African penguin in San Francisco has been given a helping flipper. His keepers have created a mini wetsuit for him.

A branch of McDonald's has defended its decision to turn away a couple travelling by horse and cart from its drive-thru facility in Alfreton, Derbyshire.

Police in Hampshire are trying to track down the owner of a life-size stuffed toy tiger which sparked a huge alert in response to fears it was a real animal which had escaped.

The average person has double the amount of online friends than physical ones, a study has revealed.

And people tend to be more open, confident and honest with their virtual friends than their "real" counterparts.

The study, commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust shows that people typically have 121 online friends compared with 55 physical friends.

A ­BURGER that can be popped in a toaster to cook is about to hit supermarket shelves.

Tillman's Toast Me! ­burgers can be put into the toaster straight from the freezer.

The German meat firm's UK boss Jon Gymer claimed: "There's nothing else like it out there at the moment."

Packs of two, costing ­between £1.39 and £1.59, are due to be sold by Tesco later this month.