Mystery surrounds the appearance of a giant Lego man on a beach in Brighton, England. The 1.8m (6ft) tall red, green and yellow figure with the slogan "No Real Than You Are" painted on its front, was spotted on the beach by a local resident whilst walking to work on 29 October. In August 2007...

12 barrels of lager were delivered to Windsor Castle, the Queen's Berkshire residence yesterday...but were turned away as the 2,000 pints should have been going to the The Windsor Castle, a pub 5 miles away in Maidenhead. Ordered ahead of the England-Croatia fotball match, the barrel arrived at the...

Robbie Coltrane, probably best known for starring in the Harry Potter movies and the hit TV detective series Cracker, has had his picture used in a "Wanted" poster in New Zealand by police loking to track down a young burglar who apparently looks like Robbie. As the suspected culprit is only...

What were these parents thinking?!!! A 9 year old girl in New Zealand named Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii (!!!!!) by her parents has been made a temporary ward of court by a judge so that she could change the truly awful name her parents gave her. Judge Rob Murfitt criticised the parents of the girl...

Move over Paddington Bear. From the BBC news website: A stray parrot was reunited with its owner in Japan after repeating its name and address at the local veterinary clinic that took it in, police said. Police captured the red-tailed African Grey, Yosuke, earlier this month after a woman called to say...