A farm in the Staffordshire Moorlands is offering pet “weddings” for people who want their dog, cat or farmyard animal to get married to its mate.
Endon-based Fine Feathers started offering the service after it hosted a ceremony for two of its own dogs.
The majority of people are more worried about skin cancer than they were a decade ago but still do not protect themselves, a survey has suggested.
The Institute of Cancer Research poll of 2,000 people found more than a third do not use sunscreen when sunbathing.
The number of moles may offer an indication of how quickly the body ages, a study suggests.
King’s College London scientists compared key ageing DNA with the number of moles in a study of 1,800 twins.
They found the more moles a person had, the more likely their DNA was to have the properties to fight off ageing.
A car made famous by the cartoon series The Pink Panther is expected to fetch up to £100,000 at auction.
The sleek pink car appeared in the titles and credits of the television series featuring the legendary pink cat and Inspector Clouseau.
The 23ft (7m) car is a lengthened 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado, complete with pink plush interior.
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A Beverly Hills mansion has been advertised for sale at $165m (£81.4m), making it the most expensive residential property listing in the US.The former home of US newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst has 29 bedrooms, three swimming pools, tennis courts, its own cinema and a nightclub.
But it has to be dark, and it takes only a small amount to help.
Dr. Laura Svetkey, director of Duke University’s Hypertension Center stressed that the study results should not be viewed as license to gorge on chocolate. “I would be as happy as the next person if I got to eat more chocolate,” she said, but cautioned that weight gain from eating large amounts of dark chocolate would counteract any benefits on blood pressure.
Hippo Jessica weighs almost a ton and enjoys sweet coffee and a massage before she goes to bed. She’s a hippo with a big identity crisis – she thinks she’s a family pet.
Tonie Joubert, a retired game warden from Hoedspruit in South Africa, found her washed up on his land by flood water when she was just a day old.
A team of the most stressed people in Spain are being ordered to demolish a luxury hotel as a new form of therapy.
Armed with hard hats and mallets, the team will be encouraged to let off steam rock-star style by smashing up the 146 rooms of the NH Alcala hotel in Madrid.
Hundreds of rubber ducks are expected to appear off the coast of Cornwall – having been afloat at sea for the past 15 years.
The wayward bath toys have covered 17,000 miles since they accidentally fell overboard in the Pacific Ocean during a storm in January, 1992.
Mind your Ps and Qs in the jungle – gorillas have impeccable table manners.
Field staff working on a project in Africa have been tracking the animals by following a trail of ape serviettes.
It seems our distant cousins are a bit like us when it comes to finishing their food, especially after munching on the oily detarium fruit.
They also reach for something to wipe their mouths and hands.
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