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Watch – Cruel! Man conned into thinking he’d won £100K on scratchcard
Salesman Gary Boon's cruel colleagues slipped the fake card into a bundle of lottery tickets and betting slips they gave him as a leaving present. The 35-year-old was over the moon when he scratched the surface and discovered he'd hit the jackpot. Funny footage shows the group sitting in their local pub when a shocked Gary interrupts them and whispers: "Guys, I need to stop you. I've won £100,000." He shows them the prize ticket to faux enthusiastic responses of,...
Watch – OAPs fight before one helps the other look for his dropped glasses
This is the odd moment two OAPs settled an old score with a fist fight outside a care home - before one helps the other look for his glasses. Onlookers said the pair crossed paths with one accusing the other of "ignoring him for months". The argument got heated - with the pair both setting down the carrier bags - before they squared up to each other with the fists clenched on a nearby green. A video taken by a...
Couple turn their garden hedge into 8ft-tall Pac-Man
A couple have told why they have turned their front garden hedge into an 8ft-tall PAC-MAN. Patrick and Sandra Moyle have spent the last two years shaping the bush to look like the pill-popping game character. They've even designed it so that its mouth includes the road sign for their cul-de-sac in Ivybridge, Devon. Patrick, 66, a retired police officer, said the idea first took root with their son-in-law Thomas Merkl. He was waiting for a knee replacement two years...
Tim Farron Faces Election Challenge From Man Dressed As A Fish Finger
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron's general election campaign got off to a flying start yesterday morning with a statement of intent within a few minutes of the Prime Minister's surprise call for a snap election on June 8. Customarily quick off the mark, the LibDem leader rose to Theresa May's challenge: “This election is your chance to change the direction of our country," he announced. “If you want to avoid a disastrous Hard Brexit. If you want to keep Britain in...
Trip Advisor jailbird back behind bars
A man whose Trip Advisor style review of his PRISON CELL went viral is back behind bars after committing further crimes so he could "clear his head" in custody. Christian Willoughby, 35, hit the headlines exactly a year ago when he posted a Trip Advisor-style review from custody on social media for "light-hearted banter". The review joked he would give his cell at Grimsby Police Station "4 stars. It's the all day breakfast that lets it down really. Apart from...
Britain’s first Divorce Hotel opens in Yorkshire
Britain's first real 'heartbreak hotel' service vows to give couples the chance to wine and dine, relax and then after a romantic weekend get - a DIVORCE. Costing up to a staggering £10,000, the 'quicky-divorce' creation allows partners to vent their arguments and views in neutral territory without hefty lawyer fees. Couples will check in, stay in separate rooms, but promise to settle their affairs and seal their divorce within two days - and be officially split three months later....
Watch – Simpsons superfan has Homer tattooed on his arm 52 Times
A Simpsons superfan is trying to set a new world record after getting Homer tattooed on his arm - 52 TIMES. Restaurant manager Ricky Viner, 32, fell in love with the cartoon series as a child and said he saw Homer as a "father figure". Ricky, 32, of Warminster, Wilts, said: “I was adopted as a kid so in a funny way Homer became the father figure I always wanted.” "I instantly fell in love with the programme when I...
Watch/Listen – Grandparents claim alphabet toy bought for grandchild shouts “F**K”
Stuart and Diane Gravenell bought the LeapFrog Alpha Pup toy for £17 from Boots as a gift for their granddaughter Iris, The toy helps to teach young children the alphabet and phonics, as well as featuring three educational songs. But when the pair's daughter Jessica Sollars took the toy out of the box for Iris she instantly realised one of the songs had X-rated lyrics. A song that is supposed to say “One, two, chew on a shoe, three, four,...
Daring Bristol foursome to take on Atlantic row…without any rowing experience!
Between them they have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, cycled to Paris, run a marathon in the Arctic circle, kayaked down the Zambezi and driven a Mototaxi across Peru. Now, four friends from Bristol are to take on the ultimate challenge – to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Despite having no previous rowing experience, Mark Gibson, Jon Lakin and brothers Steve and Dan Baker, who together form the ‘Nuts over the Atlantic’ team, are taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic...