Weird News

This is what extreme lengths a cheeky punter went to as they entered a racecourse for a flutter with a bottle of vodka - hidden in a BREAD ROLL. The hilarious image shows a baguette with its centre carved out and replaced with a bottle of Glen's Vodka wrapped in salami and tomatoes. But Southwell racecourse staff didn't see the funny side as they confiscated the £5 bottle of alcohol from an unhappy race goer. This is what extreme lengths...

A bomb dating back to World War II has been exploded on a Scottish beach after a pair of treasure hunters stumbled across it. The amateur archaeologists were scanning the beach with metal detectors and were fortunate to not set the device off. They began digging to uncover the rusty bomb in the sands of Culbin, Moray, and continued to do so until the explosive was completely unearthed. A bomb dating back to World War II has been exploded on...

A council worker had a miracle escape after he escaped with only minor injuries when he plummeted 50ft (15m) into a rubbish pit in his DIGGER. Emergency services were called to the waste facility following the freak accident at around 10.30am on Monday morning. Fire crews rescued the driver who had been trapped for three hours, but incredibly he suffered only neck injuries at the dump in Bar Road, Coventry. Shocking pictures taken at the tip show the large digger...

A Conservative branch of theologians are trying to argue that the Pope is not in fact a Catholic. For many years the Pope's views on Catholicism have been as concrete as the probability of a bear taking a dump in the woods, but now his commitment could be in question following accusations that there has not been a true pope since the death of Pope Pius XII and the subsequent implementation of Vatican II – which ushered in a wave of liberal reform...

An IT consultant has revealed how he was forced to sit in a seat soaked in someone else's urine for an 11-hour flight from Heathrow to Cape Town. Andrew Wilkinson, 39, who lives in London, said that when he pointed out the wet stain to a crew member, he was given toilet seat wipes and told to clean it up himself. Andrew, who was travelling to Cape Town to help his parents move house, said the flight was excruciating as...

A pet goose which has become so domesticated it cannot fly is getting help from the experts - as he loves nothing more than visiting RAF air shows and having a gander at the planes. Jack the Chinese Gray Gander goose lives a life of luxury in the home of his owners Sally Eynon, 45, and Keith Burgess, 58. The eight-year-old has become a regular at his local pub where he drinks cider, and enjoys watching TV and going on...

A snake hitched a free ride from Costa Rica to the UK on a PINEAPPLE before it was discovered by a shocked shopper. The Scottish SPCA was called out to Tryst Park, Edinburgh after the reptile was found hiding between the leaves of the fruit on Tuesday. A snake hitched a free ride from Costa Rica to the UK on a PINEAPPLE before it was discovered by a shocked shopper. A member of the public had bought the pineapple at...

A British Sainsbury's worker cracked a US police case when he located a missing four-year-old-girl from his bedroom -- 5,000 MILES away. Harry Brown, 21, traced little Yvette Henley to a motel in Arizona by convincing her estranged father - who had fled the state - to let him order a PIZZA to his room. Yvette was reportedly staying with her father Virgil Henley, 28, when a court granted guardianship to her grandparents, Gary and Kim Forester. Yvette Henley with...

This year's Boomtown Fair queue is quickly becoming notorious for the shocking time it took for festival goes to gain entry into the site. Some revellers were waiting for a staggering seven and a half hours to gain entry into music festival site. This comes after the Winchester based festival ramped up their security searches. Security teams were searching for prohibited equipment and drugs after last year's event, when a car park fire damaged hundreds of cars. There has also...