Caretaker Drank $102,000 in Historic Whiskey
Patricia Hill owned 104 bottles of valuable whiskey that came with the mansion she bought and converted to a historic inn in PIttsburgh. The Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey was distilled in 1912, and was...
View ArticleSkyscraper Melts Car
When Martin Lindsay returned to his car, parked near a new 37-storey skyscraper in London dubbed the “Walkie Talkie” because of its shape, he found that his car had been melted: Mr Lindsay, director...
View ArticleFunny stories from around the world
Some more funny and random headlines from around the world: Gates calls Ctrl+Alt+Del a mistake: Bill Gates said he would have preferred a one-button alternative to the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Del....
View ArticlePlay-Doh’s 2013 Year in Review
When you think about the children’s modeling clay brand Play-Doh, a social commentary of 2013 is not top of the list of things I would expect. The brand has released this 2013 Year in Review,...
View ArticleFunny headlines from around the world
Some of the more random headlines from the BBC News website over the last week or so: Anglicans to face Vatican batsmen: The head of the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury, accepts a...
View ArticleFunny headlines from around the world
Some of the more random headlines from the BBC News website over the last week or so: US school confiscates pupils’ meals: School officials in the US state of Utah apologise after a worker confiscated...
View ArticleThe worst place to have a car fire – the lions enclosure in a drive-through...
Where would be the absolutely worst place for your car to catch fire? In the lion enclosure of a drive-through safari. And that’s what happened to Helen Clements and her two children when they visited...
View ArticleFunny headlines from around the world
Some of the more random headlines from the BBC News website over the last week or so: Vatican Library to digitise archives: The Vatican Library begins digitising its priceless collection of manuscripts...
View ArticleFunny headlines from around the world
Some of the more random headlines from the BBC News website over the last week or so: Saudi street fridge to feed the poor: A man in the Saudi city of Hail puts a fridge outside his house so people can...
View ArticleFunny headlines from around the world
Some of the more random headlines from the BBC News website over the last week or so: Facebook parking revenge praised: A council praises a parking campaigner who is posting images on Facebook to...
View ArticleGood News Story: Filipino boy studying on street given a college scholarship
A little boy who was photographed doing his homework in the glow of a McDonald’s neon light has received an outpouring of support after the heart-rending image went viral. Now Daniel Cabrera could be...
View ArticleChildren’s Services cuts could be dangerous
Here’s a brief interview I did with BBC Radio Solent this morning on the issue of Children’s Services cuts:...
View ArticleMan accidentally tips more than £1 million on dinner
Everybody makes mistakes, but not every mistake costs its victim masses of money. In Scotland, a restaurant diner was shocked to realize that he’d accidentally tipped more than £1 million on a £100...
View ArticleCCTV shows hero rescuing fallen man from London Underground tracks
A man has been rescued after collapsing on the London Underground and falling onto live train tracks. The 47-year-old who fell is pictured below wearing a yellow hard hat and fluorescent jacket. He...
View ArticleThe Good Childhood Report 2016
Over the last decade the Children’s Society have asked over 60,000 children how they think their lives are going. The Good Childhood Report 2016 is their fifth in-depth study into children’s...
View ArticleSyrian children use bomb crater as makeshift swimming pool
Life under siege: Children in Aleppo use bomb crater as swimming pool More than 2 million people in Aleppo have no access to clean water as the conflict in the Syrian city continues to escalate,...
View ArticleGovernment must invest in children’s & youth services
Leading children’s charities and local councils have called on the Government to urgently close the funding gap facing children and young people’s services as new research reveals a sharp rise in...
View ArticleHampshire detectives charge man following investigation into online sexual...
Hampshire Constabulary have released a statement about a local investigation into online sexual offences: Officers from the child abuse investigation team at Hampshire Constabulary have charged a man...
View ArticleChristmas feel good story
In 2013 a teenager collected hundreds of supermarket vouchers to buy £600 worth of shopping for 4p so he could give the food to families: Jordon Cox, 16, scoured endless websites and magazines and...
View ArticleChristmas feel good story
In 2013 a teenager collected hundreds of supermarket vouchers to buy £600 worth of shopping for 4p so he could give the food to families: Jordon Cox, 16, scoured endless websites and magazines and...
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