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- Why does Everybody Hurt?
- UK ticket machine operates in German
- 100-year-old whisky for auction
- Russia tests stealth fighter jet
- Hathaway collects Hasty Pudding
- Dinosaur had ginger feathers
- 'Bone-crusher' handshakes rile MP
- New Zealand girl fends off shark
- Apology over Taylor Swift mix-up
- Indonesian bee sting boy cleared
- Transformers leads Razzie contest
- Stamps mark Girl Guides centenary
- Teacher aiming to swim Atlantic
- Cigarette blast takes man's teeth
- Picasso masterpiece fetches £8.1m
- German ice walker saved by webcam
- Fight to save hidden castle fails
- Banker red-faced over blue photos
- Slice of quiche?
- Sculpture fetches £65m at auction
- Camels sold for millions in UAE
- Benefit cheat stole less than she could have claimed
- US-born pandas relocate to China
- Webcam viewer spots rhino birth
- Naples celebrates pizza trademark
- Backing over banker 'nude' photos
- Pheasant terrorising North Yorkshire village 'attacks people in street'
- Erotic-photo banker keeps his job
- Shackleton's whisky dug from ice
- Doctor Who props up for auction
- Roads ungritted as thieves steal salt from bins
- Dinosaur footprint haul in China
- Scots pensioner joins judo elite
- Chef presses on with Scots wine
- Sword swallower sets world record
- Children 'believe sheep lay eggs'
- Super Bowl breaks ratings record
- Mexico pulls South Park episode
- Seabed camera shows cruise photos
- Bank sleep to fight tiredness
- Owners of QM2 seabed camera found
- School bans Valentine's Day cards
- Gaffe costs Chile mint boss dear
- Do speedy elephants walk or run?
- Russia farmer planted landmines
- Airport code for secret proposals
- India Olympians get free uniforms
- 'Lost World' archaeologist sought
- Airline paints plane with idiot's guide to flying
- Courtney Love gives Oxford talk
- Japan to rent pandas from China
- Paint tin causes bus ride refusal
- Australian woman, 60, beats shark
- Shot US policeman saved by badge
- Haiti charity single tops chart
- Parliament gets wedding licence
- Fines of $97,000 for Dubai driver
- Vodafone launch 'cheapest phone'
- Rescue centre cat wedged in can
- Fans to make You're So Vain video
- King Tut ‘was killed by malaria and bad bones’
- McCartney hopeful of Abbey deal
- Cash fire sparks ski lift rescue
- Ukraine footballers' Harrods ban
- India unveils 'anti-terror buggy'
- National Trust may buy Abbey Road
- Ruby valued at £11m sold for £8k
- Who was My Sharona?
- Dumas film sparks race criticism
- 'Rob me' site reveals empty homes
- Austria monastery seeks recruits
- Elephant 'secret language' clues
- Man charged with drunk driving horse and lorry simultaneously
- Australians eating against racism
- 'Anyone but England' shirt fears
- UK MEP attacks new EU president
- Robin Hood hacker exposes bankers
- Road to be named Lara Croft Way
- Batman debut comic sells for $1m
- Chickens to cut Belgium's waste
- Couple in own skeleton donation
- 'Nose blow' driver case dropped
- Danny La Rue costumes for sale
- Naked Sydney people make a point
- Massive head of pharaoh unearthed
- New scan could nose out criminals
- Lazy dog 'walker' loses licence
- Scheme boosting urban beekeeping
- Codebreaker needed
- Child 'directed NY airport jets'
- Mouskouri offers Greece pension
- fighting cock kills less than fantastic Mr Fox
- 'Fake pilot' arrested in cockpit
- US snow art gets frosty reception
- Canada drops anthem change plan
- Cat survives four weeks by eating frozen peas
- Swiss vote on lawyers for animals
- Kilted skiers set 'world record'
- Girl starved to death while parents raised virtual child in online game
- Bonobos opt to share their food
- Nuclear bunker sold for £20,600
- Crime gang's 4x4 now police car
- Weddings plan for former prison
- Crash caused by driver 'shaving bikini line'
- Mobile phone allows boss to snoop
- Belgian paper issues '3D edition'
- Oscar bosses defend Fawcett snub
- Starling flock 'falls from sky'
- Hugging pair break world record
- Hollywood rejects Wellywood sign
- Safety fears hit cheese-rolling
- Sacked sex worker goes to court
- Bleakley achieves water-ski goal
- Atheists celebrate lack of faith
- Mary Rose dog skeleton at museum
- Queen invented phone, pupils say
- Fake invasion news panics Georgia
- Stranded turkey trip to be filmed
- Mafia suspect trapped by Facebook
- French train 'explosion' blunder
- TV bosses sorry after porn mix-up
- Bosnia 'Virgin Mary' claim probed
- 'Scout woggles banned' in Harrods
- Velociraptor's cousin discovered
- Disabled servicemen in Pole trek
- Erotic films must incur full tax
- £29m raised by Sport Relief event
- 'Bottle boat' on Pacific voyage
- Lie-in for teens yields benefits
- £300,000 insurance claim for car
- Woman calls police to complain police put her in jail
- Wonky fruit to stay on sale in EU
- Treasure Island sequel for Motion
- Tiny cube to tackle space debris
- Road skid rap for Lewis Hamilton
- Probe sees 'Pac-man in the moon'
- Man in poisonous snake record bid
- Secret isle inspired dragon tales
- 'Hollywood' sign for Essex town
- Cute alert: dog nurses baby squirrels who lost their home
- Easter eggs 'may be healthy'
- Banksy in world exhibition top 30
- 10 stories that could be April Fools... but aren't
- April Fools' Day 2010: How the UK's media tried to make fools of us all
- Man told to remove pothole sign
- Good Friday drinks for Irish fans
- Japan mayor's paternity 'example'
- US girl sues over scribble arrest
- Senegal unveils $27m giant statue
- Blackpool's trams back on track
- Filipino tycoon in plagiarism row
- Doctor uses ambulance for new cow
- Man sings in choir for 70 years
- Cheryl Cole 'best-dressed' woman
- Canada's unstoppable insect man
- Jordan fooled by 1 April 'aliens'
- Diet success hedgehogs released
- Official height for Everest set
- German snake comes to sticky end
- Warning as monkey goes missing
- Post cancelled after cat attacks
- Twitter predicts box office hits
- Missing cat turns up six years on
- HP outlines memory of the future
- Greek sues over 'Turkish' yoghurt
- Army tea marches onto High Street
- US boy, 13, in Mount Everest bid
- 'Phallic' art clouds Pope visit
- Man leaves mother-in-law in car park by mistake on day trip
- Learner driver flips car on roof
- Lucky find claims record lottery
- Danish hotel in pedalpower offer
- Rare coins are declared treasure
- Congress to archive every tweet
- Boys 'prefer cars from early on'
- Rare Stones track to be released
- Oxfam travel book fetches £37,000
- Cheese race may go on big screen
- Obamas are million-dollar earners
- Eastenders to axe six characters
- Washington's $300,000 book fine
- Lineker's 24-hour trip for show
- Role in Neighbours up for grabs
- Women climbers race for top peaks
- Cameras capture 'Highland tiger'
- Marathon motivation 'discovered'
- Horse adopts family of ducklings
- Obama plays more golf than Bush
- Bond film on hold 'indefinitely'
- Russia considers 'car siren' curb
- Celebrity tweets 'show happiness'
- Public relations is now history
- Clever crows can use three tools
- Light shed on bee-tricking orchid
- Dreams 'can help with learning'
- Beijing wages war on smelly dumps
- Missing OK Corral records found
- Super-rich 'become richer again'
- Hawking warns over alien beings
- Chocolate 'linked to depression'
- Hugo Chavez launches on Twitter
- Man rescued after sailing blunder
- Estonia celebrates Bible marathon
- 'Pick the right veg' for health
- Rare fox cub triplets born at zoo
- Chilli peppers 'help pain relief'
- Dizzee Rascal in display project
- Fat Americans a 'security threat'
- Hundreds strip off in Lowry shoot
- Hole-in-one triumph for woman, 90
- Iconic US court entrance closes
- Bridges singer on Turner prize list
- Picasso work fetches record price
- Robot-inflicted injuries studied
- SA queues to see World Cup trophy
- Novel material 'mimics muscles'
- Young 'like fruit to look good'
- Turkey nude hotel plan hits hitch
- Lebanon claims new hummus record
- Chavez tops Twitter in Venezuela
- Newton tree sample set for space
- Admirer makes pass at 'hottie' Obama
- Lady Gaga's surprise call for young Youtube star
- 3D images of live honeybee colony
- Face of medieval knight revealed
- Men tell more lies than women
- Ninjas chase muggers in Australia
- 'Lost' Booker awarded 40 years on
- Waterlily saved from extinction
- Renault urged to scr ap car name
- US boy, 13, 'youngest up Everest'
- Champs-Elysees turned into farm
- God called in for World Cup help
- Google Pac-Man eats up work time
- 'Pink Hitler' advert row in Italy
- German bank 'blown up by robbers'
- Titanic musician joins dictionary
- Greek PM's phone cut by mistake
- Simon Cowell to get special Bafta
- Comparing salaries leads to blues
- Blondes march to cheer up Latvia
- Eurovision loser 'still smiling'
- Churchill auction 'to fetch £1m'
- Iceland woos world with net event
- The Unswinging Sixties
- Designers defend World Cup ball
- How cockroaches 'talk' about food
- Woman's tan is seatbelt excuse
- Tree cat rescued after six days
- Clinton in Queen birthday blunder