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Two beer-loving pals raised a glass today on visiting a record-breaking 20,000 PUBS on the world's longest pub crawl. Peter Hill, 60, and John Drew, 62, said cheers as they marked their incredible milestone having visited a boozer every week for the last 33 YEARS. The pair started the venture in 1984 with Peter's dad, Joe, after the gang became bored with going to the same pub every week. When the Black Country Ale Tairsters started a pint cost 64p,...

This adorable seal spends its days cuddling — a stuffed toy that looks like a “mini me” version of itself. The seal, believed to be called Hiyori, was given the plushie toy by zoo staff and it was clearly love at first sight as he couldn’t stop hugging it. Super cute photos have surfaced on the internet of the smitten seal holding his new best friend in a loving embrace, and letting the miniature toy ride on its back. The...

‘Gimme Shelter’ is quite an apt song for a homeless hound from the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, who is the spitting image of Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood. With his jet black mullet and shaggy appearance, staff at Dogs Trust Shoreham were quick to spot the uncanny resemblance of Saluki cross, Domino or ‘Ronnie Woof’ as he has been nicknamed, to the Rolling Stones guitarist. Found as a stray, Domino didn’t have the best start in life; however staff...

The son of a Bangladeshi immigrant from one of the country’s poorest areas is to follow in the footsteps of Princes William and Harry after winning a prestigious place at Eton. Kaashif Kamaly, 15, will swap impoverished Forest Gate in the East End of London for the hallowed halls of the world-famous public school after winning a two-year £76,000 scholarship. He will rub shoulders with the elite when he takes his place at the Windsor school to study A-level Maths,...

Nancy Watson also revealed the secret to a long life was “smiling, laughing, joking and drinking Guinness”. She admitted she was “scared stiff” of riding the bike, but managed to keep a smile on her face as she went through with the long-term promise to do it on the big day. Reflecting on her 100 years, the lifelong Liverpool FC fan, who was born in Birkenhead on The Wirral said: “I’ve had fun, love.” The great-grandmother-of-13 celebrated her landmark birthday...

Rolls-Royce has unveiled a new single seat electric sports car for children to drive around hospital. Engineers at the iconic British firm spent more than 400 hours of their spare time developing the all-new Rolls-Royce SRH. The one-off motor has been hand built for child patients at St Richard's Hospital Paediatric Day Surgery Unit in Chichester, West Sussex. It will allow youngsters to drive themselves to the operating theatre in an attempt to reduce their anxiety and stress. Rolls-Royce normally...

This is the heart-stopping moment a woman was run over by a heavy good train - but miraculously emerges totally unscathed. Onlookers said the burqa-clad jumped down from the platform to cross to the other side, but tripped on the tracks. But before she could get up an enormous 40-carriage goods train rumbled through Agra's Raja Mandi station in India at high speed. Passengers looked on in horror as the woman in her 20s had no option but to pin...

A teacher who was bullied as a schoolboy for being gay bravely came out to 1,000 of his pupils during a school assembly. Daniel Gray made the bold decision to be open about his sexuality after being told to keep it a secret while training to be a teacher. But after coming out in an assembly, the 32-year-old teacher has been inundated with support from staff, current and former pupils at Harris Academy South Norwood, in Croydon, south London. Back...

A devastated eight-year-old girl with autism has been made an exact replica of her precious blanket to replace her life-long comforter after a global appeal. Bella Mildon had never been apart from the fleecy green teddy bear quilt ever since nurses wrapped her in it when she was born prematurely weighing just 3lbs. But the green fleeces had deteriorated with age and Bella, who cannot speak, self-harms and has the mental age of a one-year-old child, was desperate without them....