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This is the moment a witness says she caught a "boozed up" hen party reveller having a drunken row with a bride-to-be - on a FLIGHT. Families on the 6am flight to from Gatwick to Tenerife said the "lairy" hen party member was knocking back spirits and mixers during the four-hour journey. But an hour from landing, passengers said the woman with short blonde hair picked a fight with the bride-to-be and refused to take her seat on the Norwegian...

A five-legged lamb has been born at a farm in Derbyshire and named after a Tom Hanks character. The Texel Mule cross was born on Thursday morning and farm owner Mark Bayley said he was totally healthy. The Bayley family nicknamed the young male Forrest in the hope his extra limb gives him the same love of running as film character Forrest Gump. Mr Bayley said although it was tempting to sell Forrest for meat, he would probably be kept...

A budget insurance firm has created a waiting list for customers looking to protect themselves – against alien damage. Following NASA’s recent announcement about the discovery of seven exoplanets, three of which could potentially support life, speculation has arisen over how we might protect our homes and possessions should damage be caused by life entering our planet. Despite there currently been no insurance products out there to protect us from extraterrestrial life forms one firm has created a waiting list...

A huge lorry took 14 hours to travel 35 miles as it transported one of the heaviest loads ever to be taken on a British road - weighing a whopping 560 tonnes. The giant coils of steel cabling were transported on a truck which measured 6m (20ft) wide and 82m (269ft) long - which together weighed more than a space shuttle. The enormous vehicle brought traffic to a standstill as it crawled along roads at a maximum speed of just...

A tragic GP who had a "sixth sense" for diagnosing illness has died suddenly after failing to spot he had life-threatening sepsis. Shiv Sekaran, 48, passed away after the immune system attacking infection led his kidneys to fail last Saturday (March 11). His death from sepsis comes just a week after the government issued new NHS guidelines on treating the condition within one hour of symptoms being spotted. The weekend before his death Shiv had arrived home from a holiday...

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...

A biking mad entrepreneur made a round the world cycling trip - on a Boris bike. Chris Astil-Smith, 24, rented the Boris bike in London and cycled around seven cities including New Delhi, Las Vegas and Paris - and landed himself a £300 late return fine. For three weeks in January Chris cycled around five countries and spent two days in each city capturing the trip with friend and videographer Alex Tyrwhitt. He faced security trouble in New York as...

An extraordinary search and rescue dog from Cheshire was honoured today (Thursday 16 March 2017) by leading vet charity PDSA for his devotion to duty in some of the world’s most challenging regions. At a special ceremony at Manchester Town Hall, Border Collie Bryn became the latest recipient of the prestigious PDSA Order of Merit* – the animals’ OBE. Bryn’s award is in recognition of his exemplary service as a search and rescue dog, working with Cheshire Fire and Rescue...

A Ukip canvasser who was caught on camera urinating on an elderly woman's fence will not face court action after he sent her a letter of apology. CCTV shows the man, who is wearing a Ukip rosette and a flat-cap, relieving himself at the side of Marjorie Pinches' house in Stoke-on-Trent, on her 73rd birthday. Another camera caught the moment she confronted the man who was distributing political leaflets before he tried to push his way into her house to...