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- Sydney hosts concert for canines
- Rare stamp is sold for £400,000
- Ambassadors bet on USA v England
- Stray dog rescue costs thousands
- Burglar foiled by rebounding rock
- World Cup trophy 'not solid gold'
- Four legs win as horse beats man
- Police guard bank left unlocked
- Brown gives goods to charity shop
- Vicar revives ancient archery law
- 1966 World Cup fears over N Korea
- Mountain rescue for tired pet dog
- Legal threat to water fight plan
- Royal ears hit by vuvuzela blast
- Cathedral bones 'are Saxon queen'
- Customer leaves cabbie £250K tip
- Sailor back after 1,152 day trip
- England fan 'looking for toilet'
- Costner helps clean up oil spill
- Stolen tiger and camels 'at risk'
- US state studies 'digital plates'
- Research into honey bee decline
- Exotic animals 'found wild in UK'
- Harrods offers staff sales degree
- Manet work sells for record £22m
- TV star Dec misses England goal
- Thieves empty SA police station
- Amputee cat given 'bionic feet'
- Secret US-UK 'spy pact' released
- 'I'm with stupid' Tornado prank
- Lunar eclipse 'magnified' in US
- 3D mission returns first pictures
- Largest gold coin sells for $4m
- Prince Harry throws first pitch
- Marilyn Monroe X-rays auctioned
- UK scrambles to keep 'dozen eggs'
- Roubles rain down in Moscow chase
- 'Sea monster' fossil unearthed
- Napoleon's hair sold at auction
- Obama film premieres in Jakarta
- Wonder Woman gets trendy makeover
- Brazil's Christ statue re-opened
- Scientists work on car for blind
- Herschel 'fitted with zoom lens'
- Diageo fills pension with whisky
- Grandmothers link orcas to humans
- Buffett gives charities $1.93bn
- World Cup replica made of cocaine
- Ex-eating champion arrested in US
- Italy drivers hit coin 'jackpot'
- Minogue gives birth to baby boy
- Tags reveal puffin food 'hotspot'
- US airline 'loses Israeli guns'
- Huge Roman coin find for hobbyist
- Octopus 'to predict' Cup winners
- WI lands £1m record deal to 'jam'
- Taking a bath in the Irish Sea
- Namesakes welcome Blair in Kosovo
- Aboriginal warrior laid to rest
- California mooners in track show
- 'Psychic octopus' Paul to retire
- Rescue passengers perform karaoke
- Cleaner returns $50,000 lost cash
- Study probes effects of exercise
- Drunk Australian rides crocodile
- 'Red hot' arrivals at seed vault
- Drunk Australian rides crocodile
- 'Red hot' arrivals at seed vault
- Study probes effects of exercise
- 'Psychic octopus' Paul to retire
- California mooners in track show
- Rescue passengers perform karaoke
- Mexico offers free gay honeymoon
- 50-mile diversion for drivers during town's roadworks
- Hidden Kafka papers to be viewed
- German motorway hosts huge party
- 'World's oldest champagne' found
- 'Age lie' beauty queen wins again
- Model of supersonic car unveiled
- Rare primate on camera in S Lanka
- Sidney clinches snail world title
- Car hoisted to paint yellow lines - then driver gets parking ticket
- Second henge found at Stonehenge
- Roman coin find declared treasure
- Animal beer containers 'perverse'
- Satellite spies vast algal bloom
- German chips 'to shrink' in heat
- Bear takes car for short joy ride
- Royal family opens Flickr account
- First woman for Grimethorpe band
- Jordan police stop lettuce demo
- Runaway tiger found in S Africa
- Dogs 'mimic owners' movements'
- Christian shop manager dissuades would-be armed robber
- Two-legged lamb saved from the chop
- Expert knitters make a boob on purpose
- White van man gets stuck up a mountain because of satnav
- Google has self-driving cars… Self-driving cars!
- Chillean miners
- Boy of three who weighs 10 STONE is banned from nursery for being a 'health hazard'
- 6pm the best time for women to get their way
- Bird demands walkies with grieving dog owner
- Monkey climbs onto macaw's back in cute picture
- Helpful ghosts and friendly fairies in paranormal 'hotspots' across the UK
- Kitten gets flushed down toilet, survives
- Main event: Tutankhamun - His Tomb And His Treasures
- Incredible pic of baby elephant having trunk pulled by a crocodile
- Miracle escape after toddler falls seven storeys from apartment block, bounces off ca
- cutest animal calendar-pictures
- Pelican makes a pal in London park
- Lidl selling reindeer meat for Christmas
- Blind woman uses miniature horse instead of a guide dog
- The helpful hippo that rescues helpless animals from Mara river
- Andrex ad invitation to dog breeds other than labradors to audition - cute pic
- Cubs saved by a heroic mother lioness - pics
- Horses fight over mating rights - astonishing pic
- Spanish 'orgasm' video criticised
- Girl rescued from Argentina well
- Royal wedding venue speculation
- Renault's 'Zoe' gets green light
- US Air Force warning over Facebook use
- Russia prison to install sunbeds
- Museum granted £2m funds
- Havers walks out of jungle show
- Woman trapped in Paris bathroom for weeks
- Google 'fans' pelt German homes with eggs
- Elephant cured of five years' tusk ache
- Train-hopping cat hitches a ride along the Tarka line
- Sexy air crew calendar takes off
- Gaga drops Facebook for charity
- Author thanks nation for 'bad sex' gong
- Spider-Man actors left dangling in NY show
- Simpson bracelet breaks records
- Coffin of JFK 'assassin' for sale
- Naughtie slips up on Today show
- Snowman theft reported to police after woman dials 999
- Bizarre hairy fly is rediscovered
- Live Corrie attracts 14m viewers
- Custer last flag sells for $2.2m
- Cat's 30 minute car engine trip
- Medals deal struck for Royal Mint
- French king's lost head 'genuine'
- Niemeyer still working at 103
- Hotel boasts $11m Christmas tree
- Anti-Berlusconi tweets swamp feed
- Early Christmas for Farc rebels
- Stella wins The Apprentice final
- Zara Phillips to marry rugby star
- Is music without notes still music?
- Boy is youngest US chess master
- Flash-mob evacuation at US mall
- New Zealand releases UFO reports
- How to hide Christmas disappointment
- American Civil War message is deciphered
- Michelle Obama helps out Santa tracking hotline
- Australia airbed teenagers saved
- French train was 'hell on wheels'
- Bon Jovi are top earners of 2010
- Parole linked to kidney donation
- Ex-spy Anna Chapman gets lion cub
- Minister tries to save Ringo home
- Iran leader's car gets $1m offer
- US bird deaths 'may be fireworks'
- New year bug hits French texters
- 500 blackbirds drop dead from sky after, 100,000 fish, 5,000 birds died
- Golden-voiced homeless man is a hit
- Pantomime broke Geneva Convention
- 'Kidney sisters' leave US prison
- Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia cautioned for shoplifting at Sainsbury’s in Wilmslow
- Cheeky zebra flashes a smile for tourists
- Heidi the cross-eyed opossum's Facebook page attracts 50,000 fans
- Kate in black at friend's wedding
- Beckhams expecting fourth child
- Device 'muffles dentist's drill'
- Cross-eyed opossum becomes internet star
- Naples gunshot victim sneezes out bullet
- Send in the police... circus causes uproar
- Caught! Golfer playing while on disabled benefits
- Barack Obama artwork case settled
- 'Grow a beard for Belgium' appeal
- Calling bird saves Christmas tree
- Pioneering computer to be rebuilt
- Man to sue over 'rodent bite to penis' in jail
- Curious crows use tools to probe objects
- sky were simply drunk, animal experts have revealed.
- Fall of Rome 'recorded in trees rings'
- Venezuela fury at Hugo dog in soap
- Mothers admit to parenting lies
- Scots reclaim Shackleton's whisky
- New daughter for Kidman and Urban
- Colombia police nab drug-laden pigeon
- Pregnant police mutts in doghouse
- Bolivia launches coca diplomacy
- Fourth Great Escape tunnel to be excavated
- Teen's game tops iTunes app chart
- German guilty of US spider smuggling
- Mobile pulled from dog's stomach
- 'Rubbish hotel' opens in Madrid
- Bike accident grounds US astronaut
- Twitter chronicles actions of JFK
- Russian spy to front mystery show
- France warned over rare hamsters
- Austria hunts 'Obama bank robber'
- Honduran policemen 'robbed bank'
- Scots bid to undo US haggis ban
- Surprise landing for Chile leader
- Seahorses' body shape explained
- Iran's press retouch Ashton photo
- How pigeons sniff their way home
- Boy 'put piano on Miami sand bar'
- Friendly robin reliant on Co-op
- Dutch prisoner 'too big for cell'
- China TV 'fakes missile footage'
- Male breast reductions increase
- World's oldest woman dies in Texas at 114
- Bhutan monk is first to fall foul of anti-smoking law
- Google accuses Microsoft of 'copying' in 'Bing sting'
- Tough new smoking ban in New York
- Belgian runs 365 marathons a year
- Malawi row over 'public flatulence ban'
- Firefighters save bull terrier with the kiss of life
- Aguilera fluffs Super Bowl anthem
- Paranormal activity at Thorpe Park in Surrey
- Church approves iPhone confessions
- Dutch inmate loses plea for supersized cell
- VIDEO: Polite robber sorry for holding up US shop
- Chase puts two suspects in jail
- Drunk driver causes five accidents
- Sex ban mooted for Belgian crisis
- Ford has no truck with Ferrari using F150 name
- Artist forced to remove camera from head
- Mubarak steps down
- Workers paint disabled parking bay around lamppost - picture
- Opossum Heidi gets Oscars job
- Zoo offers Valentine's roach gift
- Bee deaths puzzle Canada museum
- 'Moby d ick' captain's ship found
- Malaysia Valentine 'trap' warning
- Tiger attack foiled by soup ladle
- India minister in UN speech gaffe
- Thai couple break kissing record
- New Downing St cat 'is a good ratter'
- China's synchronised fish anger activists
- Mosquito-eater spider likes smell of sweaty socks
- Video and pictures: Uncle Joe making history with two billionth mint ball
- IBM supercomputer Watson is trivia king
- Headsplitting hangover - Ancient Brits' skull mugs
- Police track size 21 shoe owner
- Australian town kills its speed
- Blue Peter star in tightrope walk