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  A quirky couple are living a real-life fairytale after turning their semi into a medieval CASTLE. Martin and Jayne Townley have painted the rear of the house to look like a grey stone fortress complete with battlements and archways over the windows. They have banners and flags flying from the guttering, a giant shield hanging on the outside and a pillory in the garden. Inside the house is like an old baronial hall with swords on the wall, gauntlets...

A lucky pilot has told of his miracle escape when he plummeted 2,300ft to earth after a wing on his microlight collapsed in mid-air. Eric Rhodes, 57, managed to radio his wife Denise, 65, as his aircraft was falling to tell her: "I love you lots, sweetheart. Goodbye, I'm going to die." Incredibly, seconds before he hit the ground, Eric managed to manoeuvre the two-seater microlight to avoid two lakes and a cluster of trees to crash land in a...

  Baffled residents were left outraged after a parking warden left his car carelessly across half a bay - and say he should have given himself a ticket. A picture snapped by local Steven Way shows the enforcement officer's shoddy parking outside the white lines, although not obstructing other cars. The grey 17-plate Ford Fiesta, driven by a Shepway District Council warden, was spotted in Hythe, Kent, on Monday morning. Steven, a chartered building surveyor, stressed that the officer "shouldn't...

  Museum staff were baffled after discovering an Egyptian mummy's HAND during a clear out. The mummified limb belonging to an ancient woman was found in a plastic box. Bones were visible near the wrist and the skin was blackened and flaking with age, although the discoloured fingernails were still intact. But it was not an official part of a huge collection of 100,000 historical objects and how it got there and when has baffled curators. The bizarre find was...

Spruce Springclean, a carpet cleaning shop in Cornwall, has been named the best business name in Britain, according to a new survey. It was followed by the rib-tickling Surelock Homes, a Portsmouth-based locksmith, and the Planet of the Grapes – a wine bar in London. Four in 10 Brits say that a witty or memorable business name is likely to make them use that company over a similar one. And one in 10 say they can remember funny company names...

  These shocking photographs show children dicing with death as they dodge cars by lying in the middle of a busy ROAD. The three children appear to be playing 'chicken', a game involving waiting as long as possible in the way of cars, before jumping away at the last second. In one of the images, two of the children are seen lying in the middle of the road, while another image shows one the children running out on to the...

Surely there is nobody in the world more excited by motorsport than this lad? This two-year-old boy's priceless reaction to motorbikes roaring past him on a race track has gone viral – after the video was watched more than 40 MILLION times. Little Logan Cox was taken to Silverstone by his parents Daniel Cox, 27, and Kristy Vernalls, 27, because he is a big fan of bike racing. While other youngsters might have burst into tears at the noise of...

A famous fishing port has blasted a beloved savoury dish into space to celebrate its new status as UK City of Culture. The famous 'Hull Pattie', along with a portion of chips reached almost 38,000 metres into the stratosphere tethered to a high-altitude weather balloon. The aim of the NASA-style send-off was to capture City of Culture's most famous dish in Hull, East Yorks., following the 8.55am launch on Monday (July 4). The pattie, which is a deep-fried potato and...

  Road users were left scratching their heads when bungling workmen painted a lopsided cycle symbol - which looked more like a "wonky penny farthing." The crooked sign, to indicate a cycle lane in London Road, Sleaford, Lincs., has baffled cyclists since it appeared on Sunday (2/7). Red-faced bosses at Lincolnshire County Council have vowed to replace the image with the correct template after receiving a deluge of complaints. Retired HR manager Paula Brown, 61, who lives nearby, said she...