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A dog has given birth to fifteen puppies in what turned out to be a special Mother's Day. Poppy, an Irish Setter, was due to give birth to an estimated eight to 10 pups, but owner Lisa Wardle could not believe her eyes when the tiny dogs just kept coming. Lisa, 40, says that she plans on selling the majority of the cute pups. Her daughter Abi has claimed one so that two-year-old Poppy can still have contact with one of...

I think it has been well established by now that whatever comes out of Donald Trump's Twitter account is utter horse shit, but now engineers are giving them the attention they deserve. A robot has been designed that automatically prints Trump's tweets, places them over a lighter and transforms them in to ash. Compared to the many Twitter bots circulating the social platform this machine has taken a literal approach. For each tweet, @burnedyourtweet does just what its name suggests: prints,...

Paul Brown, 48, spent nine hours crafting the T-Rex out of over 200 specialist balloons to take into his children's school as part of "Dinosaur Week". The inflatable structure is the biggest the dad-of-two has ever created in his 30 years of balloon modelling. He previously made a series of superhero costumes after his work went viral and received hundreds of thousands of likes on Facebook. Paul, who lives with his wife Kirsty, 38, son Sammy, nine, and daughter Molly,...

Stunning photos show millions of beautiful daffodils in full bloom as the UK enjoys a sunny spell at the beginning of spring. Grampian Growers in Montrose grow around six million daffodils and those stems are now being prepared to be lifted in June after being planted two-and-a-half years ago. The yellow flowers cover an area of 1,000 acres and managing director Mark Clarke, 52, said the plants will soon be picked and sold. He said: "Of the six million stems...

A pensioner has celebrated her 100th birthday and revealed her longevity is down to a cap of whisky in her MORNING cup of tea. Hilda Hutchinson also has a drop of brandy in her coffee during the winter months and a sherry at Christmas. She celebrated the landmark birthday with a glass of champagne, as she hosted a family reunion at her sheltered home in St Anne’s, Nottingham. The mum-of-three, who was “honoured” to receive a telegram from the Queen,...

This is the heartwarming moment a toddler who lost all her limbs to meningitis takes her first steps with a new walker. Brave Harmonie-Rose Allen, three, was struck down with a deadly strain of meningococcal septicaemia at just ten months old. She was rushed to hospital where doctors told parents Freya Hall, 22, and Ross Allen, 24, that she had a ten per cent chance of survival. Miraculously, brave Harmonie-Rose defied the odds and beat the killer bug - but...

PC James Patterson, a qualified lifesaver who swims for the GB police swim team, leapt into action to save the man after he fell into the River Trent in Nottingham. He entered the water at 4.35pm on February 18th with a life ring tied with a rope and swam to the middle of the fast-moving river and pulled the man to safety. He had just two metres left on the rope by the time he reached the already unconscious man....

Diesel, a six-stone bull mastiff, is thought to be the first dog to have used the pioneering new garment. Yvonne Nugent, 47, was left devastated when the three-year-old pet pooch was caught under her trailer as she dropped off hay for horses on her farm. Diesel was left with three bone-deep lacerations on his back leg. After considering amputation and putting him down, vets at The Crescent Veterinary Clinic, Leics., decided to try the pioneering new technology on him. The...

A thrifty bride stunned her guests and passengers when she travelled to her wedding - onboard a regular bus. Yvonne Gorman, 34, opted to take public transport after deciding it would be too difficult for guests to find parking spaces near her city-centre wedding venue. She stunned passengers - and her groom Jim Lease - when she and 13 guests arrived for her big day on board the i4 Trentbarton bus service in Derby. Stunned passengers watched on as the...