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Children are sure of a big surprise if they go down to the woods today. That's because they'll see an 18ft high teddy bear made of straw bales. Farmer Phil Gwilliam made it out of more than a ton of newly-mown straw in the village of English Bicknor in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire to...

This nutty squirrel looks like he was impersonating one of Doctor Who's arch enemies. But all it was doing was eating its favourite snack from a Dalek-shaped bird feeder. The extravagant bird feeder was made by sci-fi fan Chris Balcombe of Purlieu, Hampshire, who made it from an old Dalek...

William and Kate yesterday attended their first state occasion together as a married couple. The new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended Trooping the Colour which marks the Queen's official birthday. In fact, the Duke actually took part in the ceremony for the first time. Watched by...

The remake of the classic 1955 British movie Dam Busters is to have the name of the dog changed. The new movie, like the original one, will be based on a true story depicting RAF 617 squadron, which in 1943 destroyed dams in Germany with Barnes Wallis's famous and ingenious bouncing bomb...

A teenager has turned his garden shed into a shrine to the classic BBC comedy series Dad's Army. Dad's Army ran from 1968 to 1977 and was about the Home Guard whose job it was to try and defend Britain if Germany had invaded during WWII. Now dedicated Darren Stride, 19, is hoping his...

When this dinner-suited reveller got thrown of the Savoy Hotel in central London he didn't realise he's to become an internet star. The drunk was ejected from an awards ceremony hosted by Stephen Fry. CCTV then caught him trying to walk down some steps behind the hotel but he ended up falling...

The organisers for the 2012 London Olympics have unveiled the Olympic torch. The torch has 8,000 holes in its gold coloured aluminium frame, representing each of the runners who will transport the Olympic flame for 70 days around the UK and Ireland. It is adorned with a discreet London...

Archaeologists have uncovered a skeleton at the former home of the vaccination pioneer Dr Edward Jenner. A University of Bristol team found the remains at The Chantry in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Jenner lived in the 18th and 19th centuries but the adult skeleton comes from a much earlier...

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the death of Ophelia by drowning is one of the most emotional moments of the play. But could it have been inspired by a real-life tragedy in the Bard's own family? A coroner’s report shows that a Jane Shaxspere drowned aged two-and-a-half while picking corn...

Self-confessed "ugly" couple who met through dating agency for the ugly have split A self-confessed ugly couple who met through an online dating agency for the "aesthetically challenged" have spilt up. Tom Clifford, 37, and Janine Walker, 32, who shared a mutual love of junk food and TV...

Immortalised in the film Zulu starring Michael Caine, the Battle of Rorke's Drift was one of the most heroic moments in British history. Just 150 heroic British redcoats successfully held off over 4,000 primitive Zulu savages on the banks of the Buffalo River in Natal, South Africa on 22nd and...

Shoppers at British supermarket chain Asda can now buy 1lb punnets of strawberries. It may not seem a big deal at first until you realise that they haven't been able to do this since 1995. This is a result of Britain being in the bossy EU, an organisation which made it illegal for goods in...

A mound which is supposed to be the burial place of legendary wizard Merlin has been found to date to 2400BC. Radiocarbon dating tests were carried out on charcoal samples taken from Marlborough Mound, which lies in Marlborough College's grounds, in Wiltshire. Some believed that the mound...

British pilots have unleashed the awesome firepower of their Apaches for the first time to blitz Gaddafi's forces. Two £40million Army Air Corps Apache WAH 64Ds - call signs Ugly 5-1 and Ugly 5-2 - obliterated a key radar and communications centre and killed a number of Libyan soldiers who...

A country path has been shut down by cops after 13 dogs collapsed and died within an hour of walking along it. Horrified dog owners started reporting the mystery deaths of their pets to vets, police and RSPCA officials last week. Police believe the dogs were poisoned. The dogs all...

Sick yobs beheaded 18 birds after breaking into an aviary in Manchester. They also speared a frog and poisoned fish at the city's Wythenshawe Park. They also smashed 130 windows. Cops said that more than £10,000 of damage had been caused and trees had been chopped down during the incident...

A giant recreation of Noah's Ark could be moored in the Thames during the 2012 London Olympics. The Ark was built by Dutchman Johan Huibers. He spent around £1 million building the "Ark" after dreaming about a great flood sweeping Holland. He saw the dream as a signal to spread God's...

The lads and lassies of the RAF - the world's oldest and best air force - are using one of its E-3D Sentry spy planes to help protect Libya's civilians as the war between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels continues to rage. There are seven E-3Ds based at RAF Waddington near Lincoln. Since...

As the wife of a man serving in the RAF, Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, already has a life involving the military. But now she is being lined up to become honorary colonel-in-chief of a British Army regiment. It is tradition for members of the Royal Family to become honorary...

British Prime Minister David Cameron has appproved the sending of British Army Apache helicopters to Libya to put pressure on Gaddafi. The Prime Minister insisted the time was right to "ratchet up" the pressure on the Libyan leader. Speaking in Froggyland, Cameron said: "There are signs...