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CROYDON: Circus of Horrors performer Hannibal Helmurto has mammoth tooth fitted

Hannibal Helmurto skewered himself when swallowing a sword during a previous performance at Croydon's Fairfield Halls

9:45am Friday 9th January 2009

A circus performer has had prehistoric ivory from a mammoth tusk implanted as teeth because he could not bear to part from it during his divorce.

MERTON: UFO sightings linked to Colliers Wood wind turbine

Merton Abbey Mills' Terry Buckland and Peter Walder celebrate the arrival of the turbine last year

2:13pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A link between wind turbines and UFOs has sparked speculation that the craft are flocking to Merton.

East Croydon commuters delayed by sat nav error

Southern's trains have GPS which allows it to open the correct number of doors at stations with shorter platforms

2:22pm Tuesday 6th January 2009

Stunned passengers travelling on a train from East Croydon were told their train would be skipping six stations, owing to a faulty satellite link.

HERTSMERE: Rare bats found in old Shenley buildings

Long-eared bats will be given new homes in the new year

10:35am Monday 5th January 2009

Brown long-eared bats have been discovered in old buildings due to be demolished in Shenley.

ST ALBANS: Ducks race through Harpenden.

10:33am Friday 2nd January 2009

More than 600 plastic ducks raced down the River Lea in Batford yesterday.

Crap at Christmas wrapping? Call a professional

One of crap wrappers at work

2:07pm Monday 15th December 2008

Have you ever thought your loved one’s perfectly wrapped gift bore the signs of a little professional help?

Does even Batman get parking fines in Lambeth?

A parking inspector with the Batmobile in Lambeth

7:50am Wednesday 10th December 2008

At first glance it seems even the caped crusader himself could not escape the beady eye of Lambeth’s parking wardens when a parking ticket was slapped on to the windscreen of none other than the batmobile.

Dartford resident sent another woman's bank details for 16 years

 Patricia Pheasant

2:17pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

For 16 years, Patricia Pheasant has pleaded with Barclays bank to stop sending her the bank statements of another woman.

BROMLEY: Mum kills rat with vacuum after son is bitten

 Alison Law was forced to kill a rat similar to the one above after it bit her 10-year-old son

3:04pm Monday 1st December 2008

She admits that she is petrified of rats but that didn’t stop an angry mum from confronting a rodent that bit her son - armed with a vacuum cleaner.

LAMBETH: From bankers to punk rockers

9:36am Friday 28th November 2008

You would think for bankers sacked in the global financial meltdown life as a rock star might not be the most obvious career move.

BARNET: Privates on parade...

Each team will consist of one sergeant, a police constable and seven PCSOs.

2:25pm Thursday 27th November 2008

A Colindale police instructor nicknamed “Randy Dan” has lost his job training new recruits after taking his pseudonym a step too far.

EALING: One legged prisoner flees from court

10:32am Monday 24th November 2008

A one-legged prisoner gave three able bodied guards the slip when he was due on court over burglary offences.

Epsom Wildlife Aid says homeless baby hedgehogs need a hand

Some of the 23 homeless baby hedgehogs at Epsom Wildlife Aid

8:35am Friday 21st November 2008

Twenty-three baby hedgehogs have a comfy billet for the winter at Wildlife Aid but without the help of the animal charity the little creatures would die.

Three teaching couples find love at Carshalton Boys’ Sports College

Three teaching couples find love at Carshalton Boys’ Sports College

11:29am Monday 17th November 2008

Love was on the curriculum at a Carshalton school after six teachers met and got married.

WANSTEAD: Is 'Bigfoot' on the loose in woods?

10:37am Tuesday 11th November 2008

Park officials have denied a bigfoot-like creature is on the loose in Wanstead’s woods after a “strange and hairy” bear-like animal was spotted by a fisherman.

ENFIELD: Oil supply in garden baffles the experts

11:05am Friday 7th November 2008

A family fears that their home is worthless even though it is sitting on top of a ready supply of oil.


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