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Coco the parrot is up before the beak.

The Experiences of a Very Unimportant Officer. "The dugouts in this part of the line were infested with rats. They would frequently walk over one when asleep. I was much troubled by them coming and licking the brilliantine off my hair; for this reason, I had to give up using grease on my head. I never heard them biting anyone."

How much do you love your bike?

Catnapped!

Why you can't call your horse Nutzapper.

What kids like to do online. more inside

If you wouldn’t mind just waiting till my computer warms up, I will tell you when you are going to die.

Abandoned baby monkey now has a pigeon best-friend.

Sisters keep mother's body in fridge for ten years - and visit her every weekend.

Dying alone in London.

Tarred and Feathered. The story behind the summary justice meted out to an alleged drug-dealer in Belfast.

Six days at a Scottish monastery.

Sleeping with the enemy. The British women who fell for German PoWs.

The 50 best movie robots. more inside

The Road To Clarity. Designing the typeface that will appear on all new highway signs in the United States.

20mph petrol-driven rollerblades.

Man robs bank disguised as tree.

The Flying Scotsman. "He is the underdog who took on vastly superior odds, not with fancy machines and sophisticated back-up but a training diet of marmalade sandwiches, a bike made of scrap parts, including bearings from his washing machine, and a determination to win despite obscurity and an empty bank account."

The London Russianistas